Left Still In A Tizzy Over Thompson Working For Libyan Terrorists
I’m a little surprised that folks on the left would be making such a big deal about the 3.3 hours of assistance and advice Fred Thompson gave a colleague who was defending Libyan terrorists accused of killing 200+ Americans. Christopher Orr at The New Republic has a post up excoriating Thompson for his participation, and I’m just not getting it. Even the even-handed Glenn Reynolds has a post up accusing Thompson of lobbying for the terrorists, which I think is probably a pretty gross misrepresentation of what he did.
After all, lobbying and working on a criminal defense case are two entirely different things.
Are we really supposed to believe that by working in a minor capacity on behalf of Libyan terrorists that he actually agrees with the motivations and actions of those terrorists? Because in order to see this revelation as a black mark against Thompson’s character that’s what we have to believe.
And I, for one, and not prepared to believe that about Fred Thompson. The facts just aren’t in evidence. And besides, as I pointed out in my previous post on this matter, Thompson has a lengthy record of voting against Libyan interests while he was in the Senate.
This is all smoke and mirrors thrown up because those running against Thompson, on the right and the left, see him as a threat. Which, seen from a distance, should be something of a compliment to Thompson.
