Of course...

Nixon expressed concern that Thompson was not “very smart.”

“Not extremely so,” Buzhardt agreed.

“But he's friendly,” Nixon said.

“But he's friendly,” Buzhardt agreed. “We are hoping, though, to work with Thompson and prepare him, if Dean does appear next week, to do a very thorough cross-examination.”

Five days later, Buzhardt reported to Nixon that he had primed Thompson for the Dean cross-examination.

“I found Thompson most cooperative, feeling more Republican every day,” Buzhardt said. “Uh, perfectly prepared to assist in really doing a cross-examination.”

Later in the same conversation, Buzhardt said Thompson was “willing to go, you know, pretty much the distance now. And he said he realized his responsibility was going to have be as a Republican increasingly.”

...the people who want to vote for Thompson won't care a bit about any of this - maybe even view it as a plus - and the people who do care wouldn't vote for Thompson anyway.

So what else is new, please?

Link: Fred Thompson aided Nixon on Watergate - Yahoo! News