Mitt Romney Watch: The Phoneyfred.org Flap

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  nate

  September 10, 2007 at 11:17 pm

  Before you go into attack mode yourself you should consider that Romney and his campaign are not responsible for the site. It could have been a Romney supporter. Right now we just dont know who did it and/or who knew about it. So practice what you preach, dont smear Romney unless you know he was involved.

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  caltechgirl

  September 10, 2007 at 11:26 pm

  Good lord. Do these people not pay attention? Isn’t this exactly the same thing that whack job Santa Monica lawyer guy tried to pull a month ago?

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  det

  September 11, 2007 at 11:59 am

  Good Grief, folks, since when is satire considered “dirty politics”? In today’s rabidly partisan atmosphere, is all political commentary and discussion to be completely devoid of humor? Grow up!

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  Flap

  September 11, 2007 at 12:02 pm

  Satire, no it wasn’t.

  It was a “HIT” site which cast silly but pointed aspersions on Fred Thompson.

  If Romney wanted to do this at least he could have the “STONES” to take responsibility for it.

  Why did the Romney-bots take it down?

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  scott ballard

  September 11, 2007 at 1:38 pm

  If fred is such a sissy that he needs an apology for this, I doubt he has the stones to be CInC. I mean really, fullosseos, why the hissy fit? Romney’s taking on the chin for putting his dog in a carrier? Fred ever have a dog in the back of his red pickup? What’s the diff? Romney’s sons didn’t serve? Did you? Did Fred? Consider this-all those hit pieces on Romney’s past accomplishments reveal the stark difference between the candidates-ROMNEY HAS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, FRED DOESN’T. List One thing fred accomplished- he failed to get anything to stick on the Clintons in his investigations and I’m tired of rebublicans who don’t deliver.

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  Flap

  September 11, 2007 at 1:46 pm

  Since Romney will not apologize he is inviting more inquiries into this flap.

  Mitt can make all the comparisons he wants to Thompson but he should have the “STONES” to own up to the attacks.

  Did I serve?

  Yup CO, United States Public Health Service.

  Did Fred? Don’t think so but don’t know. Did Mitt? Nope. Did Mitt’s sons? Nope

  I agree about Mitt’s and Fred’s accomplishments and that is why I support Rudy.

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    scottballard

    September 11, 2007 at 2:44 pm

    Thanks for serving. My point is that if fred (or fredheads)think this site deserves an apology, he doesn’t have the stones to run for, let alone be, CInC. What was so offensive- fred chased skirts? He was a lobbyist? He had a Hollywood lifestyle? Is he embarrased about it? If so, why? What drives me nuts is the fredheads who pretend fred is like them- he’s not. He’s an actor/lobbyist/senator. He’s married to someone 25 years his junior. I believe the reason most fredheads support fred is that he’s not mormon. Let’s be honest- Mitt’s changed on abortion- so’s fred, guiliani and reagan. What else do they have against him? no one comes up with anything more substantive than “He put his dog on his roof”, “his sons didn’t serve” or “he’s too good”. These are supposed to be serious arguements? When our country is at war? What they really are is a thin veneer over bigotry. At least the left admits they don’t like him because of his religion. The dopes on the right come up with lame excuses and candidates like fred. If you can come up with sibstantive reasons against Romney, I’m all ears.

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      Flap

      September 11, 2007 at 2:55 pm

      Scott,

      I have quite a few posts on why I prefer the Mayor over Mitt Romney.

      Policy, accomplishment and experience for me pretty much sums it up.

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  Joachim

  September 11, 2007 at 4:21 pm

  I saw the story on PhoneyFred yesterday. Interesting
  how the mud is flying already. Just wondered if you’d
  seen this in Big Head Dc:
  http://bigheaddc.com/2007/09/05/abrad2345-watch-your-back/
  I’d also note that before the Washington Post nailed
  Romney for the PhoneyFred site, the Thompson blog’s
  first suspect was Giuliani and his newly hired
  consultant, Scott Howell:
  http://www.blogsforfredthompson.com/tags/scott-howell
  Can’t help but wonder if they found the right culprit, but wrong prank.

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  CMartel2

  September 11, 2007 at 5:40 pm

  What? Mitt Romney has countless sites attacking him on the net, many put up by Fred Thompson supporters. He hasn’t said a word about them. But Fred Thompson can’t make it a week into his campaign before he starts squealing like a stuck pig over a satire site?

  Really now, what did the man think he was getting himself into when he put on that ridiculous wig and paraded around in it? The man deserves to be parodied for that alone.

  It amuses me to see these Thompson supporters parading around as if he’s the real man because he “eats a chili dog.” Meanwhile, someone tugs on his ponytails and he’s on the ground screaming bloody murder.

  Do you think Romney, Duncan Hunter, or Tom Tancredo would be pulling this feigned insult? Yeah, right.

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  Flap

  September 11, 2007 at 6:14 pm

  Yeah, but Romney won’t own up to his involvement and fires an underling.
  
  What a man?