Fred Thompson Responds To CBS Story
(CBS)
(CHAMPION, PA.) – Earlier today, Fred Thompson blasted Barack Obama on John McCain's behalf and introduced Sarah Palin as "the most remarkable success story in the history of American politics."
I thought that was overstating the case a bit; Thompson disagreed, and wrote me to say so.
"Seems as if, all of a sudden, some of my old buddies over at CBS have become very sensitive to what they consider to be hyperbole on the presidential campaign trail. Imagine that," Thompson wrote, referring to me pointing out that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt have rather remarkable success stories, too.
"I didn't realize that the mainstream media considered winning the Revolutionary War and freeing the slaves to be political events. But, nevertheless, it just occurs to me that this woman went from the PTA to becoming the vice presidential nominee, and along the way became Governor."
Thompson goes on to say that Palin "defeated... the big oil companies" and reformed energy policies in Alaska, and that if she were a Democrat, the media would be much more interested. "If she'd been a liberal woman doing all this, CBS and the other networks would already be fighting over the rights to create a television series about her."
Thompson doesn't specify what kind of television series he has in mind, but one can suppose it would be part of the "Law and Order" franchise.
If you'd like to listen to Thompson's full statement,
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All media outlets should boycott coverage of the McCain campaign until Ms. Palin is made available to the American people and not the just the Republican Party. This election is too important for uninformed voters and slogans. The American People have the right to know what her political views are.
Posted by lvjen at 11:51 AM : Sep 11, 2008
If McCain was still a Navy pilot would he pick Palin as his wingman ?
POW again...
John Aravosis (DC) 7 9/10/2008 04:55:00 PM ET
So now John McCain is lying about what independent watchdogs have said, or haven''t said, about Barack Obama. McCain just put out an ad claiming that FactCheck.org called Obama''s attacks on Palin "completely false"..."misleading." Only problem? FactCheck.org said that quote about someone else, not Obama, and in fact, FactCheck.org says Obama''s criticisms of Palin have been accurate. So, John McCain lied, again, to the American people. (CBS caught McCain lying in the same ad about Katie Couric, claiming that she as well criticized Obama - she didn''t.) And he''s going to keep lying until the media stars asking him the larger questions, like what all these lies say about John McCain, the man he''s become, the loss of his maverick image, has McCain reached a point of utter desperation, has Karl Rove totally taken over McCain''s campaign, and is McCain any longer in charge of his campaign? We''ve all known John McCain for decades. So who is this guy running for president in his name? That''s the question the media should be asking. What happened to John McCain?
All media outlets should boycott coverage of the McCain campaign until Ms. Palin is made available to the American people and not the just the Republican Party. This election is too important for uninformed voters and slogans. The American People have the right to know what her political views are.