Steve Gill, a Nashville Talk Radio Host and author of "The Fred Factor" had Debbie Schlussel on his show this morning to ask her about Spencer Abraham, the former Michigan Senator who was reported to have been hired as the new campaign manager for Fred Thompson.
According to Steve, the Thompson campaign staff called him this weekend and informed him that Abraham was not going to be their campaign manager. They said he would have nothing to do with affecting policy decisions for Fred. They said that he was hired for his political skills.
Since there has been such an uproar including from myself about Fred hiring Abraham, I have been keeping a close tab on the events surrounding this issue. Spencer Abraham received an award from the National Council of La Raza (the racist pro-illegal immigration group) and refused to sign a letter calling on President Clinton to condemn Palestinian terrorism and Yasser Arafat.
I was also aware that Debbie Schlussel had said that this was the "
final nail in the coffin for me in opposing Fred Thompson's quest for the White House."
Therefore, when I heard Steve Gill was going to be interviewing her this morning, I called his show to ask him to ask her some questions for me. I didn't get to speak to Steve since he was interviewing her at the time but I did get to ask the person answering the phone to pass along my message to Steve.
I wanted him to ask Debbie, why she said that this was the final nail in Fred's coffin? I was wondering what else Fred had done to turn her against him?
I also wanted Steve to ask her who she was supporting?
And finally I wanted Steve to ask her why she was no longer a columnist for Townhall.com?
To my pleasant suprise, Steve did ask her my first two questions though he said that a couple of callers had suggested them so I can't take all the credit.
Debbie said that the reason this was her final nail for Fred was because of his previous lobbying for the abortion group, you remember the one that was reported from decades past and because of another reason that I can't remember at the moment but it was just as lame. Her main point was that Fred wasn't really Conservative.
When Steve asked her who she was supporting, she said Rudy Giuliani.
Steve challenged her by asking why she would hold the fact that Fred lobbied for a pro-abortion group against him but still support pro-abortion, pro-gay-marriage, pro-gun-control Rudy Giuliani?
That's when she went into the usual Giuliani spin about the most important issue is the War on Terror and nothing else really matters. Then why Debbie does it matter that Fred might have once lobbied for a pro-abortion group nearly 20 years ago?
While I agree the War on Terror is a very important issue, I don't think it's the only issue.
Don't get me wrong. I am still troubled by Fred hiring Spencer Abraham to have anything to do with his campaign. Still, it was rather revealing that Debbie is pro-Giuliani.
Elusively yours,
ilja