Washington Post
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has been crisscrossing the country since early this summer on a private jet lent to him by a businessman and close adviser who has a criminal record for drug dealing.
Thompson selected the businessman, Philip Martin, to raise seed money for his White House bid. Martin is one of four campaign co-chairmen and the head of a group called the "first day founders." Campaign aides jokingly began to refer to Martin, who has been friends with Thompson since the early 1990s, as the head of "Thompson's Airforce."
Thompson's frequent flights aboard Martin's twin-engine Cessna 560 Citation have saved him more than $100,000, because until the law changed in September, campaign-finance rules allowed presidential candidates to reimburse private jet owners for just a fraction of the true cost.
Martin entered a plea of guilty to the sale of 11 pounds of marijuana in 1979; the court withheld judgment pending completion of his probation. He was charged in 1983 with violating his probation and with multiple counts of felony bookmaking, cocaine trafficking and conspiracy. He pleaded no contest to the cocaine-trafficking and conspiracy charges, which stemmed from a plan to sell $30,000 worth of the drug, and was continued on probation.
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ReplyDeleteNow, let me get this straight;
ReplyDeleteThe guy isn't wanted by the law and the last time he got in trouble was OVER 25 years ago which he never spent a day in prison for even for the initial charges!?!?
AND the only thing he's being accused of now is providing Fred with a cheap way to fly around!?
Is this association the BIG let down?? The BIG offense??
lol LOL LMHO ROFLMHO!!
You had to have gotten this from some clown of a comedian as this amounts to nothing...actually, less than nothing. However, it was good for an excellent laugh.
Thanks!!
it amounts to nothing, probably. but the perception many will have won't be good.
ReplyDeleteit is not ideal for the potential leader of a country to be accepting assistance from confirmed crooks (sure, the drugs crimes are no biggie in my opinion, but i ain't no god bothering, conservative, republican votin' type). reflects very poorly on his judgement.
Tiny Tyrant,
ReplyDelete* What's a "crook" as it pertains to this story?? He wasn't charged with stealing.
* How would anyone know about something a regular background check wouldn't reveal unless the guy told them??
* How would you then pretend to suggest Fred's "judgement" could be viewed as "poor" for what he reasonable could not know??
OR is this merely spinning in wishful thinking on the part of a LibProg??