Posted on 01/12/2008 8:28:37 AM PST by jellybean
Fred Thompson: philosopher Submitted by Joewm315
In the earliest days of our country, our leaders, the Founding Fathers, were first and foremost philosophers. They were thinking men in the tradition of the greatest minds of the Greeks or the Renaissance. Men like Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Benjamin Franklin wrote for years about freedom and the role of government. Their writings inspired the birth of what is now the greatest nation on Earth.
They were men of substance, who thought deeply about issues. They believe that substance and thought trumped rhetoric. They set bedrock principles, and adhered to them even under great pressure to do otherwise. They never wavered in their convictions because they had thought deeply on them and set them in stone. These men led the way with action, yes, but it was action backed up by years of philosophy, and it was these philosophies, set on paper for the world to read and judge, that inspired a fledgling nation to stand with them.
In modern times, another man came along who had been thinking and writing about the most dire issues confronting his country. This man chose to run for President. He was derided as an actor and a lazy man, a man who didn't have the drive to run a country. His name was Ronald Reagan.
Looking back at Reagan's body of work, we can see that he was a thinker and a man of substance, who had been penning philosophical treatises on the issue of the Communist threat for years before he chose to run for office. This philosophy kept him grounded during his eight years as President, and he never abandonded his principles. In the end, the nation was better for it.
Today, we are blessed with another man of substance in our search for a candidate. Like Reagan and our Founding Fathers, he is first and foremost a thinking man and a philosopher. He has been thinking and writing about the dire issues that face our nation for years. If you have any doubt about this, I encourage you to read Government at the Brink, Fred's seminal treatise on Government fraud, waste, and corruption (The links to volumes 1 and 2 can be found halfway down the page entitled "legislation", and are in PDF form). Fred not only espoused these principles so eloquently, he lived them as a legislator, fighting earmarks and fraud and forcing the first vote on term limits in decades. In the tradition of George Washington and confirming his commitment to his principles, Fred walked away from an easy reelection vitory after two terms in the Senate.
Fred continued to add to his resume as a philosopher, joining the American Enterprise Institute. During this time he spoke and wrote on the most dire issues facing our nation, such as the threat of Islamic extremism, the weakening of our military during the Clinton years, and an increasingly inscrutable and unworkable tax code that prevented economic growth.
As Reagan was, Fred is derided as lazy because of his depth and substance. In our sound-bite culture, fuelded by a sensationalist media more interested in the trials and tribulations of the Spears family than in the dire threats our country faces at home and abroad, can a man of substance and depth rise to prominence as he once would have? I submit that he can and will, but he needs the help of men and women of substance and character around the nation.
We face a dangerous enemy that desires our destruction, and we face them while led by a Congress that passes a trillion dollars in pork projects while fighting every step of the way against giving our troops the funds they need to achieve victory. We have been blessed, once again, with a philosopher who understands the threats posed by Islamic extremism and government corruption, and has the solid foundation of principle needed to stay the course. Will we support him, or will we pass this opportunity by?
I encourage you to go to www.fred08.com and research the positions and history of this modern philosopher. I encourage you to stand with him in this election, and let it be known that America is still a nation of substance and principle, and will not be brought low by a culture of vapidity incapable of rousing itself to action. Stand with Fred Thompson, and stand against government corruption and media complicity. Stand with Fred Thompson, and stand for character and strength. Stand with Fred Thompson, and he will stand up for us.
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Fred Thompson, John McCain’s best hope for splitting the conservative vote, and getting the nomination.
Posted for FlAttorney by TAB
My guess is that after he loses big in South Carolina, Thompson will pull out (remember, he told Hannity he is making his stand at South Carolina). Then we can all congratulate him for putting up a good one-state fight. We can also take solace in the knowledge that he would have made a very conservative president, even if he didn't have a clue on how to get there.
Posted for FlAttorney by TAB
Wow, finally an excellent thread for Fred.
So how do we know Huckabee isn’t the one trying to “split the conservative vote?” He seems pretty chummy with McLame.
Duncan Hunter for Vice President FlAttorney, 2008 1st Quarter Chairman, South Florida Attorneys for Fred (“SFAF”) Jan. 11, 2008: The GOP Grave or Fred for ’08 Pres, Pick One! - - With all the current consternation, conflagration, and political constipation among key Republican National Committee members, many State GOP leaders and members, and certain GOP PAC's – along with the obvious confusion among the Republican general public with their uninformed and delusional State Caucuses and Primaries support of “Republicans in Name Only” Presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and Rudy Giuliani (in early Florida primary polls) – I believe it's appropriate to reflect back on our position statement and my September 9, 2007 memo. It is particularly important to understand, with full clarity, the last two sentences of this memo.
Sept. 9, 2007: FlAttorney says: I and “South Florida Attorneys for Fred (SFAF)” are greatly pleased that Fred Thompson finally agreed to run for 2008 President of the United States of America. Fred did not want to run, no more than I or many of my colleagues and friends want anything to do with Federal politics. But the George Soros Shadow Party(“SSP”), using the National Democratic Party as their front-operation(“D-SSP”), have become extremely powerful and very dangerous. They threaten the principles and very fiber of our great Country. I can’t express how dangerous these worthless maggots have become in the last five years.
 Wed., 09.05.07: At 7:57 p.m. ET while taping "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", for broadcast later that evening, Fred Thompson finally said: "I'm running for President of the United States." The studio audience responded with thunderous applause. |
Posted for FlAttorney by TAB
Great interview and really good discussion between Mark and Fred about the liberal stands of Huckabee AND MCCAIN! Just click on the 01-11-08 Stream. Fred comes on about five minutes into the tape. GO FRED!
http://www.marklevinshow.com/audio.php
Huckabee was a much easier target for Fred than McCain, one of his buddies in the senate, and somebody Fred supported on McCain-Feingold. I imagine it would be hard to attack McCain also since Fred is part of the same Washington crowd, part of the same group of failed Republicans who squandered the momentum from the 1994 revolution. Perhaps most significantly, as long-time senate peers, McCain knows things about Thompson that others may not, and that is why Fred was afraid of going after McCain.
Video: Rush Limbaugh on Fred’s “Stellar Performance” By Sean Hackbarth in Debates, Video
Rush Limbaugh talked about last night’s debate. Fred, being the winner, took up a good portion of his talk.
Here’s some of the transcript:
THOMPSON: Governor Huckabee’s campaign manager said it accurately in terms of what they believe. They believe that it is over. This is a battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party and its future. On the one hand, you have a Reagan revolution; you have the Reagan coalition of limited government, and strong national security. On the other hand, you have the direction that Governor Huckabee would take us in. He would be a Christian leader, but he would also bring about liberal economic policies, liberal foreign policies.RUSH: And, you know, now, this was unique. This has not happened to date in Republican debates with a Republican calling another Republican a liberal. And this is why Fred was considered to be on fire. He continued.
THOMPSON: He believes we have an arrogant foreign policy in the tradition of blame-America first. He believes that Guantanamo should be closed down and those enemy combatants brought here to the United States to find their way into the court system eventually. He believes in taxpayer funded programs for illegals, as he did in Arkansas. He has the endorsement of the National Education Association, and the NEA said it was because of his opposition to vouchers. He said he would sign a bill that banned smoking nationwide. So much for federalism, so much for state’s rights, so much for individual rights. That’s not the model of the Reagan coalition. That’s the model of the Democratic Party.
RUSH: Where has this been? Everybody is asking, “Where has this been,” besides on this program? Where has this been in the context of the Republican debates? When I got home from dinner last night and started checking e-mail both from friends and just others, it was just shy of orgasmic — there was so much excitement and happiness, and people were also frustrated, where’s this been? Fred’s finally come alive. This is an annunciation of the conservative agenda that has not been present in their debates before, and everybody has known, a lot of people have known it’s there. It just hasn’t surfaced. So now, because of Fred’s stellar performance last night — I should say Senator Thompson’s stellar performance, guess what’s happening? It’s predictable. The Drive-Bys, media commentators, the pundits who ought to be so ashamed of blowing New Hampshire as badly as they did, they shouldn’t be able to show their face, they suffer no embarrassment whatsoever, they are saying it’s too little, too late. We had two states. We had the Hawkeye Cauci; we’ve had New Hampshire. We had two states. It’s too late? Fred doesn’t have a chance? Just wait ’til we get to these states where there are full-fledged conservative Republicans, not like New Hampshire, where McCain won the election with Democrats and independents. Mitt Romney got a majority of the Republican vote in New Hampshire. But the Republicans, in a Republican primary, were outnumbered by Democrats and independents.
You keep hucking your opinion on polls...they did so well in New Hampshire.
Who are you supporting?
As far as Thompson fearing McCain...cut me a break.
“The Detroit Free Press reported this morning that Thompson is at 6% in the national polls. The cumulation of polls in South Carolina has him at 9% (Real Clear Politics), well behind McCain and Huckabee. In Michigan, he is running at 5%, behind Ron Paul. My guess is that after he loses big in South Carolina, Thompson will pull out (remember, he told Hannity he is making his stand at South Carolina). Then we can all congratulate him for putting up a good one-state fight. We can also take solace in the knowledge that he would have made a very conservative president, even if he didn’t have a clue on how to get there.”
The latest polls out are results taken BEFORE the debate this past Thursday. So, lots of changes are coming! This is just beginning and SC is only the fourth state to vote, along with Navada next Saturday. Sure there will be another debate this coming week for Fred to shine through again as the real conservative in this race! I wouldn’t count on Fred being out by any means! Listen to this interview. It is a great one, with THE great one Mark Levin! GO FRED!
http://www.marklevinshow.com/audio.php
Exactly.
Thompson's deceiving - and silly - talking points against his opponents ("Blame America first") sound just like something from the Clinton spin machine. I swear it is getting harder and harder to tell "conservatives" (and their supporters) apart from liberals in their methods.
Communists tried and tyranic theocracies tried “christian kingdom on earth”...
As a catholic who studied to be a priest and a brother who is a priest,i wondered many times why some christians (and jews also)could be so close sometimes and involved in tyranic ideologies and powers...
I found out it was the consequence of a dramatic misunderstanding of their own faith and a lack of education.
Roughly faith DOESN’T GIVE YOU ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING health,science,arts,work,coock,sport...
You just have to work “a little”,HARD,and move the brain if you have got one...Got it brother?
I fear stupid christians
“It was real interesting hearing Fred Thompson talk about Ronald Reagan last night,” Huckabee said. “Because Fred Thompson supported Gerald Ford in 1976 and not Ronald Reagan. He supported (fellow Tennessean) Howard Baker in 1980 and not Ronald Reagan. I appreciate his recent conversion, but some of us were for Ronald Reagan back in the early days; our legacy goes back a little further.”
Ronald Reagan was stupid Christian, and look what he turned us into. OH MY GOD RUN! ITS A CHRISTIAN!
Yes, yes...it’s all a conspiracy.
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