I guess it boils down to who would you rather have over for dinner -- Nixon or Thompson?

The good news for Thompson is that being dumb was not an obstacle for the current President.

Comments from fourty years ago? Brian, wouldm't it be interesting to have tapes about you at that age? See what people realy thought?

You can smell the republican desperation. Projecting their delusions on the empty suit of Thompson the Christian Taliban zealots are DESPERATE and imigaine him to be Reaganesque.

Time to pay the piper. There is a price to pay when you hitch your failing cronyism and anti-american authoritarianism to Bush's wagon.

Good riddance.

We survived 8 years of Ron and George the second, Thompson should be perfect.The United States now will have proof that the office President is really not necessary, congress can screw things up without any help from the Whitehouse.

Your timeline seems a little off. If the last comments you quote were made by Buzhardt in June 1973 (which is what your story indicates), then it was more than a year before Nixon resigned, which was in August 1974.

Nixon never had any dealings with GWB. If so, he would have thought Fred Thompson was a genius!

the guy's the perfect choice

To say that Thompson is "dumb as hell" in no way distinguishes him from the current commander-in-chief and also suggests he would make a good nominee for the party.

Yes, Nixon would have found most of us dumb, even the dumb ones.

It seems the press is doing everything it can to shoe string Senator Thompson's presidential campaign. It is surprising the press would use Nixon quotes for charactor reference. In the 70's most people thought Nixon was like a used car salesman with posters saying "would you buy a used car from this man?"

I'm glad to see someone is onto this story. But, you missed a VERY important part of this story. Thompson has for years gotten away with claiming the mantle of the one who exposed the taping system when he asked the question about it in open session when in actuality he was busy WARNING the Nixon White House ABOUT the discovery of the taping system behind the back of the committee. As you have pointed out in your story, Thompson violated the confidentiality of the committee investigation and acted as a mole for the White House.

Ironically, he was given the honor by his mentor, Sen. Howard Baker, of asking the question about the tape system - discovered during private session by one of the investigators on the team - in open hearing. He and Baker both realized that it would reflect well on Thompson and the minority if he asked this question.

It's simply mind boggling that he now gets away with the claim that it was he, Thompson, that was responsible for revealing the taping system when in actuallity he was the one who tipped the White House off about it. And, it's equally mind boggling that you have missed what is an even more important aspect of this story - not only did Thompson violate the confidentiallity of the investigation but he has lied for years that he was the one responsible for nailing Nixon by revealing the taping system.

Here, let me make this easy for you. Imagine that Al Gore has just mentioned in an interview that he was instruemental in passing legislation that helped launch the internet. Now, imagine making that into a front page story about Gore making a dishonest claimi to have invented the internet. Only in the case of Thompson, there IS a false claim and there IS a lie that should be a front page story.

Sorry I don't have time to give you some links for research but it should be easy to find the documentation for this.

People need to remember who Nixon was. I viewed him as arrogant, condescending, and bigoted. I don't think that it's surprising that he had a low opinion of everyone else around him.

Typical Liberal Media, put down the Republican candidates and prop up the Democratics (especially Queen Hillary). Where is the "real" news article about the investigation into Henry Shu and when did/where Hillary turn that dirty money back into? What would Nixon call Hillary Clinton?

Isn't this story several months old?

Only bad actors (reagan) make good presidents. Good actors (thompson-law and order/hunt for red october) make bad presidents.

You are always attacking those who are not liberal. Those who are liberal and live in liberal ways that are of your persuasion seem to be spared the dug up bull that quickly shoots them down as you report. There are many who are getting their news elsewhere because you cannot willingly simply report the news.
Yes you buy your ink by the train car load and that is your advanage, but the public can sure let the flim flam you write go unheard of. It is sad that we the public can't rely on honest news. But when you put a figure up on your screen to tell the public what has happened, if he is not liberal you have to report on him or her then put him down so as to discredit. Why? Why can't you be balanced in your reporting? I don't expect an answer but that is how I feel about ABC reporting.

Baker isn't a dumb Senator, he just plays one on t.v. and 'da movees.' say what you will about Tricky Dick -- he makes the entire field of current GrOPers seem like the petulant corporate whore boyz they iz -- too dumb to count even a hanging chad. thank you, the Ghost of Dick Nixon. at least you know a pack of ghouls when you see 'em! ;)

Thompson was a US Senator in 2002, we were at war in Afghanistan, getting ready to start another war with Iraq, and Thompson thought the best use of his time was to quit the Senate to follow his minimalist acting career on Law & Order? Why should we believe he is really interested in public affairs now?

"And he said he realized his responsibility was going to have to be as a Republican increasingly."

Says it all, doesn't it?