Romney Denounces PhoneyFred.org — Calls It "Juvenile and Offensive"
Mitt Romney is working to put more distance between himself and PhoneyFred.org, a now-defunct Web site that attacked Fred Thompson — and was put up by a business associate of a GOP consultant employed by the Romney camp.
"The Web site is obviously juvenile and offensive. It was not done by anyone employed by my campaign, and Mr. Tompkins indicates it was not done by his firm, that the person who put it up was acting on his own," Romney told the Associated Press. "I've said I do not want to have that person in any way associated with my campaign."
The site was put up by Wesley Donehue, an associate consultant for Tompkins, Thompson, and Sullivan — the firm of South Carolina political consultant Warren Tompkins, who works for Romney.
Comments (7)
Daniel wrote on September 12, 2007 6:12 PM:Noone thinks that Romney will suffer much from this controversy, but it also plays into Thompson's hand by proving the others are worried about him. And given the bounce Thompson has been receiving, this is hardly surprising.
KingElvis wrote on September 12, 2007 6:44 PM:Is PhoneyFred cached somewhere? I can't seem to get a hit on it.
I'm genuinely interested in any weakness this guy has.
I've heard he's kind of lazy - like a modern day Eugene McCarthy (That was JK Galbraith's take on Gene anyway).
anonymouse wrote on September 12, 2007 7:17 PM:Any of these canditates still non tainted?
Looks as though nobody with integrity has a desire to run for our higher offices anymore. Says a lot for our candidates... and those who keep voting them in...
Are any candidates non-tainted? I thought that was a prerequisite for running for office. If you're totally clean, all the scumbags will work to eliminate you so you don't get into office and clean THEM out. This goes for all parties.
Anonymous wrote on September 12, 2007 7:32 PM:Apparently devout Mormons are just as honest as devout Christians. If Romney gets elected, we will undoubtedly find more weapons of mass destruction elsewhere in the mideast.
Joe wrote on September 12, 2007 7:48 PM:I hope that the Republicans name Fred Thompson; I think he'll be easy and fun to defeat. He's the kind of guy that the Republican base will just love, but he's notorious for personal laziness; he'll fall apart during a long campaign, and by November it will be plain for all to see that he's just a corporate lobbyist who wants to give us a third term for George W. Bush, with policies to match.
Mamet wrote on September 13, 2007 6:32 PM:Romney is vying to Thompson's vice president.
