Posted on 09/10/2007 8:09:37 AM PDT by jdm
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The race is Fred’s to lose.
Fred does appear to be the mainstream Republican in the race.
Of the Top Tier Candidates:
Rudy is left socially. McCain is left on Amnesty and Free Speech. Romney is left on Socializing Healthcare.
Of the Bottom Tier Candidates:
Hunter and Tancredo are one-note wonders addressing an issue (Amnesty) that already died. Brownback is so unknown his mother doesn’t return his calls. And, Ron Paul is just plain nuts.
So Thompson fills a big gap: Normal Conservative Republican.
While I haven’t decided finally, the shorthand analysis above does have me leaning Thompson.
No he just showed he was too scared to show up where 1 million Americans were watching a bunch of guys catching fish in their mouths...
That's cruel... true, but cruel.
Now its Fred can do no wrong, fred is wonderful, fred is great, etc., etc, etc. Lets talk about his legislative accomplishments. He pales in comparison to men like Rudy Giulliani, and Duncan Hunter.
I beleive Fred to be a nice man, one who sought and obtained the back room annointment of the RNC, and is now prepared to do his song and dance all the way to the convention. Fred is working to make himself into a grass roots candidate ;-)
His record as a legislator is better than Hellery's. His record on illegal aliens is weak.
Fred is busy creating an image, and now he must brave the slings and arrows of the liberal MSM.I wish him good luck
But in all truth Fred reminds me of another great RNC annointed American, Bob Dole, who BTW had a much stronger legislative record than Fred.
The big difference, The Rudy and Paul waves were and are built up my a very loud minority. The Fred wave is supported by a pretty good number of FReepers including, it appears, the house itself...
Just a thought from your "Pinko Mexican loving bud" Jonesie...
Way to early to make such grand pronouncements.
Right on Parker, Fred’s got it according to many VETERANS at: http://Vets4Fred.net.
We can’t get enough of him. We want him as our next Commander in Chief!
You are right...
We should give it a couple of weeks...
Got a pretty wide stance on abortion, too, over the years ...
“Fred’s got it”
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Is that a quote from his wife?
I’m still a Hunter guy, but Thompson is acceptable to me as a second choice.
How about a few months, and several debates...and then allow for the unexpected, which will undoubtedly arise between now and the Super Primary day(s)?
That said, its time to ‘thin the herd’ at the debates on both sides. Top three or four candidates only in the next ones seems logical.
Women love Fred.
Women detested Dole.
Fred is smooth.
Dole was abrasive.
And on and on and on
As do millions of other Americans whose views on abortion have shifted to the right since 1994.
Is amnesty Freds official position on Illegal Aliens, or is that going to be wishy washy ?
I will be most delighted to see some of his positions on electoral issues, and am awaiting his responces to questions relating to them.
I don't give aq RA who "likes" him and who doesn't.
Perhaps. BUT Fred is also the only candidate who drastically and dramatically increases the "Pucker Factor" on the Democrats.
Not only for President of the folks who would turn out to vote for him, but also some lengthy coattails of the "Oh, what the heck as long as I am here I might as well vote for these other folks," voters.
Right...
With all the publicity he’s getting, I can’t help but wonder if MSM is just trying to sell us another bill of goods like they always do.
That will be Fred and the dead ;-)
Unless RP pulls off an upset...
snicker...
Wow , I've alrteady filled out my ballot.
LOL.
What is Thompson's position on Amnesty for Illegal Aliens?
Oh sorry, thats right, you said its a non issue, Guess I shouldn't have asked.
LOL.
Is this yet another case where the decision is being made by “someone” before the primaries are even held? I don’t get what is so special about Thompson. If the negative stuff in his past were attributed to some Democrat, Freepers would be all over it calling the person a traitor, immoral, etc., but since Fred has an (R) by his name and seems to be someone’s anointed, all is forgotten and forgiven. Helping the Lockerbie bombers, and Freepers want to give him a pass? Amazing.
Just what we need.. another “conservative” like Bush.
Great. Another candidate to have a beer with. What war will he get us into?
I predicted and continue to predict that the MSM polls(including Fox) will continue to show that Rudy is on top. They (most) are not even going to show a bounce for Fred, they are afraid of Fred.
I am afraid the masses will hear the phony polls and not be open to Fred for that very reason.
Thompson's making all the right noises of late, but his record is not all that different from Rudy McRomney.
And on and on and on...>>>>>>>>>>>>
Women loved Bill Clinton. Women Detested George Bush Sr.. Bill Clinton is smooth. George Bush Sr. is abrasive.
And on and on and on..........;-)
Wow, the level of Fred fandom here is slightly reminiscent of the Blue Dress presidency. LOL.
I’m starting to think the only debates that matter are the ones between the final two candidates. I think those debates sealed it for W, and exposed Gore for being a whack job in the end.
If it does come down to Fred or Hillary, I think you are going to see a version of the same thing. Same with Fred and Hussein Obama.
Fred’s going to appear level-headed, and Hillbama will be struggling just to appear comfortable on stage.
If you’ve got a bill of particulars, I’ll listen. I’m waiting for a lot of positions to be staked out, and mud to be slung before making a judgment.
I’m just saying the other guys have left a pretty big hole for a normal conservative. If Thompson is that guy, he has good placement.
You are absolutely right on Regulator.
I want to see some positions on issues from Fred, and see how he shakes out. He ain't been rode hard nor put up wet yet as a campaigner.
Time will tell.
You are a delight, a pick up for my day...
Oh and the pinko bit was a gift from you, no self adornment. I am sure you share that will all who argue with your greatness......
I’m just here to counter the loose cannons and keep conservatives looking sane to the general public so we don’t disappear in a storm of idioitic rhetoric and ignorant bullsh*t...
No, I said that for the one-note wonders, that is a decided issue. We are not having an Amnesty, Congress voted it down. The one-noters have no other traction in the race.
I have no information that Thompson is Pro-Amnesty like McCain. If so, that is an indictment. Do you have such information? I'm listening.
"Pro-Terrorist" doesn't wash. Lawyers will pick up lots of defendants they don't necessarily believe are all around good guys. Did Thompson display an affinity for bombing? If so, that would be an indictment. Please advise if you can show that.
Otherwise, we can put that into the mix with Rudy's cross-dressing. Interesting and informative, but probably not decisive.
Good points.
Case in point: Bush 41 was "pro-choice" at one time.
Was that the gay cowboy movie?
Are you implying that W started the war we are in now?
You just proved my point. No matter what Fred has done, you will defend him, but if the same actions had been attributed to a Democrat, I doubt if you would be so forgiving. Neither would any other Freeper.
We either have standards or we don’t, and they should apply equally to everyone, even or maybe especially, to fellow Republicans.
No matter what, you will make excuses for any negative news about Fred. You will either claim it’s a leftist media plot to get him, or wave it off as being either long ago or not important.
Fred didn’t start late, the others started early.
No doubt about it, he’s very presidential.
What war will he get us into? Hopefully he’ll have the sense to go to war against any nation that helps insane men run airplanes into places such as the Pentagon and high rise office buildings, resulting in the deaths of over 3,000 Americans.
Perhaps you’d prefer he appease them.
A major irritation of the Republican base has been President Bush’s trouble articulating. Given a prepared speech he can deliver it with the best of them, but slap a microphone in front of him like at a press conference and we Republicans cringe. His sloppy speaking style only serves to bolster the false perception of his incompetence.
That is why the most important but least discussed asset we are looking for in a candidate is the ability to communicate, and Fred Thompson seems to be what we the Republicans are yearning for.
In President Reagan’s Farewell Address he said, “I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things.” Fred Thompson is a communicator of great things and I am honored to be behind him.
LOL! Yeah right! That's why National Review and the WSJ editorial page, and all of the other 'conservative' media are falling all over themselves with endorsements for him.
I haven't seen any party big-wigs even near him, much less pushing him from behind.
Albert Gore depicted himself as being pro-life at one point, too. Common denominator? Political expedience.
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