Comments on: Fred explains Anbar. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:33:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bill Hobbs http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4068062 Bill Hobbs Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:36:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4068062 What Fred said about smoking and Al Qaeda happened to be true. Among the news media reporting it: Embedded blogger Michael Yon, and the Washington Post: http://www.elephantbiz.com/2007/09/whats_fred_smoking_1.html What Fred said about smoking and Al Qaeda happened to be true. Among the news media reporting it: Embedded blogger Michael Yon, and the Washington Post:

http://www.elephantbiz.com/2007/09/whats_fred_smoking_1.html

]]> By: NeoCONS 'R' SCUM http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066494 NeoCONS 'R' SCUM Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:11:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066494 Keep on 'yapping, fred, you're <em>doing fine.</em> Keep on ‘yapping, fred, you’re doing fine.

]]> By: Bruno Hauptmann http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066462 Bruno Hauptmann Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:57:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066462 I think Fred brings the best buxom trophy wife to the contest. We want to see much more of that one. I think Fred brings the best buxom trophy wife to the contest. We want to see much more of that one.

]]> By: ipod http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066445 ipod Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:29:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066445 ha!! - poor old tobacco lobbyists missing out here while halliburton makes squillions....what a shame :( ha!! – poor old tobacco lobbyists missing out here while halliburton makes squillions….what a shame :(

]]> By: Mary Contrary http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066335 Mary Contrary Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:36:13 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066335 you're off just a little bit, Freddie. They don't want to smoke... they want to smoke <em>Americans</em>... you’re off just a little bit, Freddie.

They don’t want to smoke… they want to smoke Americans…

]]> By: carolinablue http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066332 carolinablue Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:32:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066332 the Fred trolls are silent :)) the Fred trolls are silent :))

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066296 big papa Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:49:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066296 Comment by Badger #9 ...you gotta love those right wing GOOBERS... ...so much compassion for the least of these... Comment by Badger #9

…you gotta love those right wing GOOBERS…

…so much compassion for the least of these…

]]> By: dbadass http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066115 dbadass Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:53:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066115 Physical geography instructors are correct... "Put red fred in the shed" Physical geography instructors are correct…
“Put red fred in the shed”

]]> By: Buck Fush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066112 Buck Fush Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:47:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066112 Smoking? As in what in the world is Freddie smoking? Smoking? As in what in the world is Freddie smoking?

]]> By: carolinablue http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066060 carolinablue Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:42:42 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066060 His is definitely the most ridiculous campaign. Even before it was launched it was a sinking ship, people were leaving as fast as possible and the person at the helm was his trophy wife. I mean the man shows up at the Iowa fair wearing Gucci shoes...how completely out of touch can he be? Then his persistent refusal to participate in debates, which further points to the fact that either he just intellectually lazy to face hard questions or he is afraid that in his senility he will blabber something. I do not like any of McCain's positions but compared to Fred he comes out as sharp and quick witted, which just shows how pathetic this guy is. His is definitely the most ridiculous campaign. Even before it was launched it was a sinking ship, people were leaving as fast as possible and the person at the helm was his trophy wife. I mean the man shows up at the Iowa fair wearing Gucci shoes…how completely out of touch can he be? Then his persistent refusal to participate in debates, which further points to the fact that either he just intellectually lazy to face hard questions or he is afraid that in his senility he will blabber something. I do not like any of McCain’s positions but compared to Fred he comes out as sharp and quick witted, which just shows how pathetic this guy is.

]]> By: upside00 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066037 upside00 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:07:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066037 <em>It’s typical Fred…lazy, lacklusterand intellectually dim. One wonders if all this crazy talk are early signs of senile dementia. Comment by carolinablue — September 8, 2007 @ 6:40 pm </em> Too bad he won't even get his own party's nomination. The returns would be SOOO fun to watch. The only bet would be, how far into double digits would he lose by! And probably would have been asleep by the time the polls closed anyway. It’s typical Fred…lazy, lacklusterand intellectually dim. One wonders if all this crazy talk are early signs of senile dementia.
Comment by carolinablue — September 8, 2007 @ 6:40 pm

Too bad he won’t even get his own party’s nomination. The returns would be SOOO fun to watch. The only bet would be, how far into double digits would he lose by!

And probably would have been asleep by the time the polls closed anyway.

]]> By: carolinablue http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4066020 carolinablue Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:40:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4066020 It's typical Fred...lazy, lacklusterand intellectually dim. One wonders if all this crazy talk are early signs of senile dementia. It’s typical Fred…lazy, lacklusterand intellectually dim. One wonders if all this crazy talk are early signs of senile dementia.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4065947 katy Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:01:25 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4065947 * <em><strong>Not All Would Put a Heroic Sheen on Thompson’s Watergate Role</strong> by Michael Kranish WASHINGTON — The day before Senate Watergate Committee minority counsel Fred Thompson made the inquiry that launched him into the national spotlight — asking an aide to President Nixon whether there was a White House taping system — he telephoned Nixon’s lawyer. <strong>Thompson tipped off the White House that the committee knew about the taping system and would be making the information public.</strong> In his all-but-forgotten Watergate memoir, “At That Point in Time,” Thompson said he acted with “no authority” in divulging the committee’s knowledge of the tapes, which provided the evidence that led to Nixon’s resignation. <strong>It was one of many Thompson leaks to the Nixon team</strong>, according to a former investigator for Democrats on the committee, Scott Armstrong , who remains upset at Thompson’s actions. <strong>“Thompson was a mole for the White House</strong>,” Armstrong said in an interview. “Fred was working hammer and tong to defeat the investigation of finding out what happened to authorize Watergate and find out what the role of the president was.” [...] http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/04/2286/ via the Boston Globe</em> ... the righty's hero... no surprise... ... *
Not All Would Put a Heroic Sheen on Thompson’s Watergate Role
by Michael Kranish
WASHINGTON — The day before Senate Watergate Committee minority counsel Fred Thompson made the inquiry that launched him into the national spotlight — asking an aide to President Nixon whether there was a White House taping system — he telephoned Nixon’s lawyer.

Thompson tipped off the White House that the committee knew about the taping system and would be making the information public. In his all-but-forgotten Watergate memoir, “At That Point in Time,” Thompson said he acted with “no authority” in divulging the committee’s knowledge of the tapes, which provided the evidence that led to Nixon’s resignation. It was one of many Thompson leaks to the Nixon team, according to a former investigator for Democrats on the committee, Scott Armstrong , who remains upset at Thompson’s actions.

“Thompson was a mole for the White House,” Armstrong said in an interview. “Fred was working hammer and tong to defeat the investigation of finding out what happened to authorize Watergate and find out what the role of the president was.”
[...]
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/04/2286/
via the Boston Globe
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the righty’s hero… no surprise…
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]]> By: TC http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4065943 TC Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:56:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4065943 When I read the initials of the state where the last person interviewed in the story was from, SD, and then saw the L in the "Lake" before the SD...it made me think that was perhaps what TV tough guy Thompson maybe had been using.... When I read the initials of the state where the last person interviewed in the story was from, SD, and then saw the L in the “Lake” before the SD…it made me think that was perhaps what TV tough guy Thompson maybe had been using….

]]> By: upside00 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4065914 upside00 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:26:31 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4065914 <em>Comment by Whyareprogressivessodense?? — September 8, 2007</em> I am SOOOO glad we have all these Fred -I -E supporters here, he will be like shooting fish in a barrel if he gets the nomination. His lack of the ability to grasp reality is only behind that of ronnie raygunz. But he could make a good guest host for Jay Leno. Good Luck with this guy, Repugs! Comment by Whyareprogressivessodense?? — September 8, 2007

I am SOOOO glad we have all these Fred -I -E supporters here, he will be like shooting fish in a barrel if he gets the nomination. His lack of the ability to grasp reality is only behind that of ronnie raygunz.

But he could make a good guest host for Jay Leno.

Good Luck with this guy, Repugs!

]]> By: Badger http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4065878 Badger Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:33:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4065878 Comment by Marie — September 8, 2007 @ 3:32 pm Thanks Marie, but I lifted that information from an article in Rolling Stone Magazine. I just remembered where I read it, amazingly. I would provide a link, but I'm not smart enough to figure how to do it. The article is online, and definitely worth reading. Just google "The great Iraq Swindle" . Comment by Marie — September 8, 2007 @ 3:32 pm

Thanks Marie, but I lifted that information from an article in Rolling Stone Magazine. I just remembered where I read it, amazingly. I would provide a link, but I’m not smart enough to figure how to do it. The article is online, and definitely worth reading. Just google “The great Iraq Swindle” .

]]> By: HunterFredThompson http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4065873 HunterFredThompson Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:26:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4065873 Vote for me, because I played a president on TV. Vote for me, because I played a president on TV.

]]> By: Bobwurst http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4065866 Bobwurst Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:17:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4065866 Ok, so grampa fred is a little slow, but i got to admit, he smells great. Stale cigar smoke and aqua velva. yep that's what I want my president to smell like. Ok, so grampa fred is a little slow, but i got to admit, he smells great. Stale cigar smoke and aqua velva. yep that’s what I want my president to smell like.

]]> By: Another Chris http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4065811 Another Chris Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:39:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4065811 Here's the deal with the smoking ban. It was an attempt by Al Qaida to further their creation of an Islamic State ruled under Shari Law. Shari Law bans things like smoking dancing, music etc. The fact that this was rejected by the people of Al Anbar is a great thing. A little history, one of the reasosn why AQ was so comfortable in Afghanistan in the late 90's and early 200's is because the Taliban thought along the same lines when it came to establishing a strict fundamentalist Islamic society. Here’s the deal with the smoking ban. It was an attempt by Al Qaida to further their creation of an Islamic State ruled under Shari Law. Shari Law bans things like smoking dancing, music etc. The fact that this was rejected by the people of Al Anbar is a great thing.

A little history, one of the reasosn why AQ was so comfortable in Afghanistan in the late 90’s and early 200’s is because the Taliban thought along the same lines when it came to establishing a strict fundamentalist Islamic society.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/comment-page-1/#comment-4065803 Marie Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:32:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/fred-explains-anbar/#comment-4065803 #9 badger Thanks! I knew a smart person here would help me out!! #9 badger
Thanks! I knew a smart person here would help me out!!

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