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Newsbuster folks have been wondering how the MSM will attack Fred Thompson, now that it appears he's in the race.  Warner Todd Huston's blog  has a notion.  I continue to see this amalgam of the public press and a political movement as the most serious threat to our survival as a nation.  Without their sponsorship, none of the other threats (leftist educators, liberal courts, today's Democratic party) could survive,  Here's an example  I just tripped tripped over. “ Balloon #1 - Thompson is a traitor As I chronicled in my last Newsbusters piece about New York Times TV writer, Alessandra Stanley, who poked at the good Senator over his leaving the TV show upon which he played a part, one line of attack says that Fred Thompson is not to be trusted because he is letting down the producers of the TV show. Since the show is in ratings trouble, his leaving looks like some sort of traitorous move as far as Stanley is concerned... not that anyone ELSE sees it, of course. Balloon #2 - Thompson is a Bad Friend This one is another stab at Thompson's supposed disloyalty. The UK's Timesonline is centering their attack on the fact that Thompson was once a very vocal supporter of John McCain's bid for the Oval Office, yet now he is "stabbing him in the back" by turning around and running for that same office himself. As far as I am concerned, anything that dims McCain's chances is good for the country. Balloon #3 - Thompson is Lazy With this one, I think we have the winner as I have seen this line thrown off a few times, though this is the first time I've seen a full story on the charge. Newsweek has come out full bore on Thompson's supposed "laziness". ”