Comments on: AP/L.A.Times Don’t Mention Thompson Abortion Lobbying Claims Made by Hillary Supporters http://www.bloggernews.net/18423 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:40:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: penalcolony http://www.bloggernews.net/18423#comment-55967 penalcolony Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:02:44 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18423#comment-55967 The authority on Arent Fox's billing records is not Thompson's flack, but Arent Fox -- which declined comment. Sooner or later, Arent Fox will have something to say, at which point your ad hominem defense of Ol' Fred may wilt. In any case, Ol' Fred isn't Hillary Clinton's problem right now. For her, Ol' Fred is a problem -- and probably not much of one -- that might arise sometime next year. Right now, Ol' Fred is a problem for . . . Giuliani, whose poll numbers have been dropping for months now, and . . . McCain, whose campaign is in (probably temporary) crisis, and . . . Romney, who's getting no traction despite outspending all of his rivals, and . . . Gingrich, who probably won't run unless Thompson doesn't. If you're looking for the root of this story, remember: nobody's better at knifing Republicans than other Republicans. The authority on Arent Fox’s billing records is not Thompson’s flack, but Arent Fox — which declined comment. Sooner or later, Arent Fox will have something to say, at which point your ad hominem defense of Ol’ Fred may wilt.

In any case, Ol’ Fred isn’t Hillary Clinton’s problem right now. For her, Ol’ Fred is a problem — and probably not much of one — that might arise sometime next year. Right now, Ol’ Fred is a problem for . . .

Giuliani, whose poll numbers have been dropping for months now, and . . .

McCain, whose campaign is in (probably temporary) crisis, and . . .

Romney, who’s getting no traction despite outspending all of his rivals, and . . .

Gingrich, who probably won’t run unless Thompson doesn’t.

If you’re looking for the root of this story, remember: nobody’s better at knifing Republicans than other Republicans.

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