Fred Thompson has now gotten involved in the Rush Limbaugh "phony soldiers" controversy, putting out this statement defending Limbaugh and attacking the Democrats: "Congressional Democrats are trying to divert attention from insulting our military leader in Iraq and pandering to the loony left by attacking Rush Limbaugh. He is one of the strongest supporters of our troops, yet Democrats claim he is not being strong enough. I wonder who General Petraeus and his troops think is most supportive."
Fred Thompson isn’t someone I think about very much. I haven’t watched Law and Order since the brunette lawyer left the show a long time ago. I try not to remember that he’s from my beloved birthplace [Tennessee]. And I think he’s not really a contender because he says stupid things all the time. But this is the second time this week that he’s come out with an Administration Talking Point. Earlier, he said:
… Thompson said it was imperative to remove Hussein from power.
"Saddam Hussein, today, had we not gone in, would be sitting on this power keg and be in control of the whole thing," Thompson predicted. "He would have been the new dictator of that entire region in my estimation. He is–was–a dangerous irrational man who, by this time, would have been well on his way to having the nuclear capability himself."
In remarks delivered earlier in a café, Thompson said Hussein "clearly" had weapons of mass destruction prior to the beginning of the war.
Saddam had W.M.D.s and Rush Limbaugh is a Patriotic Saint in the same week? Is Fred Thompson being fed lines from the White House? Is this clown-like figure the Republican Heir-Apparent? One more hard-core Talking Point and the diagnosis is confirmed…
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