Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Romney surrogate pushing discredited Thompson story?

Attempting to butch up ones own conservatism by impuning anothers is not a winning strategy. This type of thing has a tendency to elicit the exact opposite of the desired result.

Gary Marx, a senior adviser to former Gov. Mitt Romney, apparently has started a Fred Thompson clipping service, along the way adding a bit of editorial perspective.

Marx, along with state Romney folks, spent most of Monday peddling the partially discredited Los Angeles Times articles that claimed Thompson lobbied for a pro-abortion group back in 1991.

Over the past 36 hours, the story has literally changed twice on the L.A. Times website, with facts removed or recollections changed.

That hasn't stopped Marx, who serves as a senior aide to Romney for outreach to social conservative groups, from emailing the articles, introducing them as a seemingly concerned conservative.....


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