By The Prowler on 7.10.07 @ 12:08AM
Kissing up to social conservatives at Fred Thompson's expense.
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:
"Friends,
"Below are a collection of clips from press coverage of Fred's
lobbying for a Pro-Abortion group. This is an important story to
monitor as we all watch to discern the truth of this disturbing
development. Please let me know what you think and what you may be
hearing from others in this regard."
Disturbing indeed. At the same time on Monday, prominent social
conservatives in Michigan and elsewhere were receiving
hand-delivered files of clips regarding Thompson, similar to the
ones Marx was emailing across the country."
A Romney insider says that their campaign had nothing to do with
the peddling of the story, saying that another Republican campaign
with friends inside the pro-abortion group spent time last week
pushing the story.
"But this is big news, and if Fred wants to be frontrunner he
ought to be used to getting beaten up like one," says a Romney
supporter in California, who received the email from Marx.
"Governor Romney's been a frontrunner for months and he seems to be
dealing with it pretty well."
topics:
Abortion
