Comments on: HuffPo: Fred thinks Hezbollah is based in Afghanistan?

By: tommylotto

tommylotto — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:25:04 +0000

Maybe Fred wasn’t reading directly from the script and flubbed his line…

By: jedijson

jedijson — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:06:48 +0000

I didn’t think AP was saying anything against Fred!, but was trying to point out how deluded HufferPot is.

But then, I support a President who cannot pronounce the word ‘Nuclear,’ too. Even if he’s doing some things I disagree with.

By: El Cazador

El Cazador — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:39:18 +0000

Honestly, I don’t get how anyone could have thought that AP was doing anything but bringing attention to more HuffPo post-sewage, rather than trying to slam him. He also said in the post that he could not find a quote upon which the HuffPo mess was based.
Wanderlust on October 5, 2007 at 3:01 AM

Absolutely. It’s another PuffPo from HuffPo. Consider the source. Good Grief.

By: Brat

Brat — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:22:24 +0000

The one and only comment from “NorthernCross” under that HuffPo piece totally disproves the article. Too bad, but not surprising, that they haven’t corrected it.

From CNN:

Thompson said military action is not “the first thing that ought to be thrown out for consideration.” But,he later added, “Ultimately you cannot take the military option off the table. You’re dealing with a country where terrorism and state sponsorship go hand in hand. They’re responsible for many of the activities of Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Taliban now in Afghanistan…not to mention what they’re doing in Iraq.”

By: csdeven

csdeven — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:50:14 +0000

Fred Thompson, the Only Man who can Save America!

LOL!

BKennedy on October 5, 2007 at 4:30 AM

Yeah, just ask him and he’ll tell you.

Bwahahahahaha!!!

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:29:06 +0000

They fear the Fred.

By: LakeRuins

LakeRuins — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:13:18 +0000

Just remember Huffin N Puffin is linked on the Yahoo News which automatically gives her more clout across the web.
Why is everybody jumping on Allahpundit? He seemed to defend Fred. C’mon people enough of the knee jerk reactions already. The post at HuffPo is second hand information presented through the filter of somebody who heard what he wanted to hear or at the very least is going for his 15 minutes of fame by being the latest to start a gotcha storm.
I am waiting for Fred to appear at one of the debates and then I will be ready to make a decision on whether or not I want to throw my full support behind him.
I am not into the “who can beat Hillary” game but rather who best represents me. It is up to the person who wins the Republican nomination to beat Hillary and if that person doesn’t necessary reflect conservative values what does that say about the Republican voters in this country?

By: right2bright

right2bright — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:11:56 +0000

So now if we say we find a terrorist in Oregon, Huffpo thinks we believe that all terrorists come from Oregon?

Strange people these lefties.

By: Big S

Big S — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:03:48 +0000

I’m not sure how that would work Constitutionally, but Repubicans are supposed to be for states rights, no?

Hollowpoint on October 4, 2007 at 11:44 PM

Lincoln might disagree.

By: saved

saved — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:52:28 +0000

Hey Allah. Change your handle to Stretch. Why do you give Huffingb**ch the time of day?

By: davod

davod — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:48:39 +0000

I have listened to a couple of these so-called gaffes and found that the gaffes`results from a less than intelligent listener. Anything leass than a clear cut sentence is lost on some people (Except of course unless the speaker is a Democrat).

By: BKennedy

BKennedy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:30:46 +0000

Former senator Fred Thompson continues to be his own worst enemy on the path to the White House. Thompson’s appearance last weekend at the annual conference hosted by Teddy Forstmann in Aspen was “embarrassing,” several attendees have told the Huffington Post, as he botched current events questions and suffered from verbal gaffes.
Amid a gathering of high-profile media, business, and government figures, Thompson made the strange claim that the Islamic group Hezbollah is in Afghanistan (it’s based and run out of Lebanon).

Fred Thompson, the Only Man who can Save America!

LOL!

By: Texas Nick 77

Texas Nick 77 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:38:30 +0000

Love is blind, dear csdeven, and it’s a good thing.

Entelechy on October 5, 2007 at 1:48 AM

Love is deaf, as well as blind, in some cases.

Bill & Shillery. Q.E.D.

By: Texas Nick 77

Texas Nick 77 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:29:48 +0000

HuffPo has bigger traffic than Kos and this particular story is already starting to turn up in places on Google News. I’m doing Fred a huge favor here by trying to debunk it. It amazes me that some of you don’t see that.

Allahpundit on October 4, 2007 at 10:40 PM

Hey AP, I do appreciate the effort. If the lefties want to smear ANY conservative (republican or democrat) and by any means, we all need to jump on their accusations immediately and debunk them. I say, please keep up the good work.

By: Texas Nick 77

Texas Nick 77 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:20:56 +0000

Sounds like some of our very own derranged Fred-haters, doesn’t it?

Some of you guys should go on over to huffpo to post and raise the IQ’s both here and there. ;)

techno_barbarian on October 4, 2007 at 10:09 PM

Touche.

By: omnipotent

omnipotent — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:13:12 +0000

Which Forstmann mentioned in the HuffersPOS hit piece headed up this “Forstmann Conference”?

Teddy Forstmann or Forstmann Little?

Something here smells fishy……

By: omnipotent

omnipotent — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:07:00 +0000

If it weren’t for bitching just how much traffic and how many comments would blogs be able to generate? It’s the Internet; it’s what we do.

Hollowpoint on October 5, 2007 at 1:04 AM

Amen brother!

By: Wanderlust

Wanderlust — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:01:24 +0000

From the original post:

An outright lie to make him sound stupid or a semi-honest misunderstanding of a more complicated point he was trying to make?

and

I’m doing Fred a huge favor here by trying to debunk it. It amazes me that some of you don’t see that.

Allahpundit on October 4, 2007 at 10:40 PM

Honestly, I don’t get how anyone could have thought that AP was doing anything but bringing attention to more HuffPo post-sewage, rather than trying to slam him. He also said in the post that he could not find a quote upon which the HuffPo mess was based.

I’d say that AP was trying to prevent a smear, and the posters who misunderstood that haven’t yet got their heads around AP’s occasional quirky way of putting things.

/sheesh

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:48:20 +0000

Yeah, riiiiight. When dealing with the Fred groupies you cannot seriously be surprised at any of their kookiness.

csdeven on October 4, 2007 at 11:38 PM

Love is blind, dear csdeven, and it’s a good thing.

By: countywolf

countywolf — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:37:15 +0000

Who cares if he had a slip of the tongue about some jerk terrorists. You guys would rather have Hillary and ‘white trash Willy’ back in office? Give the guy some slack. Let’s see how he does in a debate with the other ‘candidates’.

By: doriangrey

doriangrey — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:36:23 +0000

Heh heh heh even if it does get under AP’s skin now and then, it keeps him on his toes and it keeps him honest… :p

doriangrey on October 5, 2007 at 1:35 AM
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Oh and I almost forgot, and it keeps him off the streets at night… :p

By: doriangrey

doriangrey — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:35:21 +0000

If it weren’t for bitching just how much traffic and how many comments would blogs be able to generate? It’s the Internet; it’s what we do.

Hollowpoint on October 5, 2007 at 1:04 AM

Heh heh heh even if it does get under AP’s skin now and then, it keeps him on his toes and it keeps him honest… :p

By: Hollowpoint

Hollowpoint — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:04:04 +0000

I can’t understand what some of you are bitching about. The post give Thompson every benefit of the doubt and confronts the smear head on.

SouthernDem on October 5, 2007 at 12:05 AM

If it weren’t for bitching just how much traffic and how many comments would blogs be able to generate? It’s the Internet; it’s what we do.

By: SouthernDem

SouthernDem — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:05:12 +0000

I can’t understand what some of you are bitching about. The post give Thompson every benefit of the doubt and confronts the smear head on.

By: doriangrey

doriangrey — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:00:14 +0000

With so much specificity and verbatim quoting in the Huffpo piece, and with such well-known and unimpeachable sources as the ones they cite for the quotes, I find it hard to argue with the Huffpo take on the event.

DaveS on October 4, 2007 at 11:30 PM

You are joking I sincerely hope.