I'm all for providing legal representation to criminals - yes, even suspected terrorists - but as a political ploy, should Fred Thompson somehow win the Republican presidential nomination, then the Democratic ticket would have a huge card to play - and it comes straight from the Karl Rove/Lee Atwater playbook.
The NY Times reports that the former Senator from Tennessee (Thompson) provided legal assistance to the lawyers representing the two Libyan men charged with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scottland.
If that doesn't defeat a possible Thompson-led Republican ticket in 2008, then there is indeed a huge double standard in America. Had it been a Democratic presidential candidate who helped represent the Libyan thugs, the GOP would blanket the airwaves with the news and the electoral map would be blood red on election night.
So...step up to the plate folks. Pound away at this.
