Posted on 06/13/2007 7:42:49 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
"'They've' been hearing his footsteps for weeks. With each massive rumble the quake of the earth was echoed in their hearts growing more distinct with each stride."[snip]
"If you want the toughness of Giuliani but can't take the baggage of cross-dressing, three marriages, anti-marriage, pro-abortion, and highly questionable on judges; if you want clear-headed straight talk of McCain - but without the frantic sometimes pathological mood swings, and someone who doesn't think political speech should be stifled - but encouraged; if you want the radiant intelligence, and clearly socially conservative positions of Romney - but are afraid to be called bigot for not feeling comfortable in voting for him, then for these reason's and a dozen more - Fred's your man!"
I guess putting away the Teflon Don was a pansy thing to do?
you're right but folks like most of what he says and the way he says it
the guy is Will Rogers charm, women love him, men respect and like him too
He has everything to win easily if he wants it....but like you I want continuing drumbeat of where he is now..I would like precise explanation of his amnesty views....the otnly other quibble I have is abortion but his votes and ratings speak well enough.....and I would like to see as little NWO/RNC regulars behind him as possible
You have to be born with a presence like his....he even had it back in H2Ogate days when he was given the occasional chance to speak over the mike...he talks, folks pay attention
and I know folks who know him well...my family has supported him in the past and he is what you see....the personality is just like that...no feigning folksy...he is folksy
he could really hone how conservative he is if he has the stones for it
I welcome Fred into the race. I for one am interested in looking at many candidates before I decide.
Fred seemed to wimp out a lot when he was Senator — does he have the mental toughness he will need?
I didn’t say you blindly followed anyone, you accuse others of blindly following and that my friend is elitist.
I also didn’t “put words in your mouth” I pasted your exact quote.
From a Previous FR Post….
There are three GOP frontrunners. All are wonderful men, two of them are legitimate national heroes. But all have fatal flaws.
Let’s list them.
John McCain is a patriot from a patriot family. His father and grandfather – both of whom rose to the rank of four-star admiral – stood together on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered. John McCain was the third successive generation of his family to graduate from the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
And he capped his fearless service to this country as a longtime prisoner of the brutal North Vietnamese.
John McCain is an American hero.
But he’s also a both-sides-of-the-street Republican who tends to mock conservatives more than he represents them. And, when Teddy Kennedy stood up to offer amnesty to every illegal alien in the country, John McCain was standing right there beside him.
That is the last straw. We’ve already had one Republican president who refused to defend the borders, we will not tolerate another one.
So McCain is out.
Rudy Giuliani is an outstanding man. His work cleaning up New York City, and then responding with inspiring leadership abilities in the wake of September 11, make him an outstanding candidate for president.
Unfortunately, he’d make a better Democratic candidate because his personal philosophies are far more consistent with the values of that party than the Republican Party.
Rudy is a liberal, plain and simple. And that just doesn’t fit with the philosophy and purpose of the Republican Party.
Which brings us to Mitt Romney. Less impressive as a leader, more impressive as an organizer. Mitt Romney’s strength is that he has created a superbly constructed and richly financed campaign. It is a tremendous asset and strength which might propel him into the nomination.
But he wasn’t a war hero, and the most notable aspect of his elective career – other than essentially socializing Massachusetts medicine – was failing to stop gay marriage from coming to his state.
My beef is that Mitt Romney seems to have been a certified liberal until he was 58 years old. Then he seems to have begun a public preparation for the presidency, including a miraculous and convenient conversion to conservatism. He has, over the last two years, reversed himself on almost all the big issues of the day. I just can’t get my mind around how a man of his age could so resoundingly change his world view.
Also, I think sometimes he doesn’t tell the truth. His account of his experience as a firearms supporter – claiming to have been a hunter all his life – seems to have been shown to be a fabrication.
So, Mitt Romney is not the guy for me.
Fred Thompson, however, he walks on water.
No, he’s not perfect. No, he’s not the second coming of Ronald Reagan.
But he is an unusually bright, gifted and experienced leader whose entire public life has been dedicated to being a genuine card-carrying conservative. He doesn’t believe in global warming, he doesn’t believe in open borders, he doesn’t believe in gun control.
He’s everything Hillary Clinton is not. Heck, he’s everything George W. Bush is not.
The Republican Party is on the verge of becoming pointless. It has so cynically sold out its core beliefs and supporters that it is now nothing more than a cheap copy of the Democratic Party.
George W. Bush has given us record deficits, a massive new welfare program, the attempted federalization of education, unrestricted illegal immigration, the right war fought the wrong way and now he’s a convert to global warming. Republicans gave him the White House and he gave them the shaft.
And they’re hankering for a little bit of the old-time religion, a genuine conservatism that is about something bigger than just winning the next election. In fact, real Republicans – like, presumably, real Democrats – see winning elections as a means, not an end. And while Republicans over most of the last 10 years have been good at winning elections, they have proven woefully inadequate at making those wins count for anything when it comes to advancing conservative policies that will help and strengthen America.
Which is where Fred Thompson comes in.
He is the last chance real Republicans have of getting a candidate on the ballot.
Which is why I hope he runs.
Which is why I hope he wins.
It's very strange. Am I supposed to be excited about this guy because he's a Hollywood actor or because he's a lawyer or because he's both?
Others here are blindly following him, treating him as the next conservative messiah, so what I said isn’t elitist, it’s pure observation.
When people say you’re being bitter because you don’t walk in lockstep with their belief their candidate is infallible, then yes, you’re following blindly.
Bitterness? Hardly. If Thompson is the nominee and a conservative I'll gladly support him. But we know very little about what he wants to do if he's the president. We were saddled for eight years with a compassionate conservative who is a globalist to boot. He talked a good game, but when it came down to acting he was on Ted Kennedy's side.
What will Fred do? What's his platform?
I'd like to hear a little less about the rumbling of the earth when he lays the hammer down, or whatever nonsense it was, and a little more about what he thinks he brings to the table.
I don't want another George W. Bush.
You're supposed to be excited about him because he's "electable."
As far as does he have the mental toughness goes; I hope we find the answer to that in the Primaries as opposed to in the general election or in the Whitehouse.
Quite possibly. What I want to know is whether or not that's a good thing.
You're picking teams and viewing this as a sporting event. I'm looking at the future of this country.
I don't want another eight years of compassionate conservatism. This country desperately needs a true conservative.
Fred Thompson is a moderate.
What are his plans?
The way some of these people speak of Fred makes me think of that little exchange from Branveheart
“William Wallace: Sons of Scotland! I am William Wallace.
Second Soldier: William Wallace is seven feet tall!
William Wallace: Yes, I’ve heard. Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he’d consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.”
That may be true for McCain and Giuliani, but I think Romney had no choice other than to do it that way. Six months ago, his name recognition was back in the third tier, clearly he's figured out how to come from the back of the pack.
It will be a very interesting Thompson vs. Romney debate. May McCain and Rudy drop out soon.
With all due respect if anyone is ignorant of where Fred Thompson stands on practically any issue under the sun it’s because they choose to be so.
FR has had countless postings on his votes, editorials, speeches and commentary.
Whats with all this “second coming of Reagan” ? Reagan was a great conservative .....who also negotiated and paid of terrorists while supplying an insurgency through improper channels. Then he lied and obfuscated on the stand. Sorry, but that will always taint his record for me. Bring on Fred, but no President gets too high a pedestal
Isn’t it frustrating to carefully analyze the candidates and describe why Fred would make a good candidate and then have others blast you with statements like, “What has he ever done except be an actor?”.
There is NO candidate right now who is conservative enough for me. However, Fred IS conservative enough for me.
Isn’t it frustrating to carefully analyze the candidates and describe why Fred would make a good candidate and then have others blast you with statements like, “What has he ever done except be an actor?”.
There is NO candidate right now who is conservative enough for me. However, Fred IS conservative enough for me.
You know, I don’t think it is so much “Fred worship” as it is he is just so much more a core conservative as compared to the rest of the field. Don’t get me wrong, he is not “god”, or even close to it, he is just more real and honest to god natural and less “polished” and rehearsed than the rest. I like his natural relaxed manner and matter of fact quality.
“I aid I like Fred, and intend to vote for him if he runs, and have said it before.
If he doesn’t throw his hat in, I’m with Romney.”
You were a Romney supporter as evidenced from your past postings, when did you change?
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