Nixon and Fred Thompson "dumb as hell"
 

Title should read Nixon ON Thompsom

So what say you stickyfingerz? not tomention he was trying to HELP Nixon on the Watregate scandal.

"WASHINGTON - Fred Thompson gained an image as a tough-minded investigative counsel for the Senate Watergate committee. Yet President Nixon and his top aides viewed the fellow Republican as a willing, if not too bright, ally, according to White House tapes. "

"Nixon was disappointed with the selection of Thompson, whom he called "dumb as hell." The president did not think Thompson was skilled enough to interrogate unfriendly witnesses and would be outsmarted by the committee's Democratic counsel."

""Oh s---, that kid," Nixon said when told by his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, of Thompson's appointment on Feb. 22, 1973.

"Well, we're stuck with him," Haldeman said."

"Nixon expressed concern that Thompson was not "very smart."

"Not extremely so," Buzhardt agreed."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070707/...pson_watergate

Amazing.

But the conservative blogs tell him he's smart so it must be true.