Posted on 03/25/2007 9:34:11 AM PDT by Josh Painter
The "Draft Fred Thompson 2008" campaign is still gaining steam. There are now over 4,000 committed volunteers in all 50 states that are ready to give their all to make sure that Fred is the next President of the United States. The organizers believe that they may have as many as 10,000 volunteers signed-up soon.
Bumper sticker requests are pouring into Nashville at an astounding rate.
I have spoken to a few more people this week that are/were close to Fred, many of them former members of his staff. It seems to be split 50/50 on the issue of whether or not Fred will run... The interesting thing, though, is that those who think he will run are adamant, passionate about their position, while those who don't think he will run are reluctant to say that there is no way that Fred would run and tend to hedge their bets.
I've started to come around over the course of the past few weeks. I didn't think we'd be seeing Fred Thompson's name on the ballot in the primary - even if I longingly wanted it there - but I'm starting to believe that the likelihood of a Thompson candidacy is great.
Someone over at AR15.com had 500 Thmompson for president bumper stickers printed up and started giving them away on the site. They were gone within a day or two.
I like Fred. But my big concern is this. It's no secret that McCrazy is one of his best friends. (He's great buds with Hagel too).
Much as I hate conspiracy theories, I'm concerned that the plan is for Fred to run with McScrewloose, win, then not serve out his full term, leaving us with the Republican we most dread as president.
Ah, the old guilt by association canard. I don't think that dog is going to hunt. People can be good friends and political opponents at the same time.
"The Odd Couple" characters Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, or Tony Randall and Jack Klugman, gave $1,500 and $200, respectively, to the Republicans and the Democrats, respectively.
Mary Matalin and James Carville are perhaps Washington's strangest odd couple. He was the 1992 campaign manager for Democrat Bill Clinton. She was the deputy campaign manager for Republican George H. W. Bush the same year. Their friends on both sides of the aisle don't understand what they see in each other.
Next in the order of strangeness would be former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. I guess Ex-POTUS types have to stick together.
Actor Michael Douglas donated a whopping $35,0000 to the Democrats, while his dad, actor Kirk Douglas, gave $1,000 to Republican Pete Wilson's presidential bid.
U.S. Pepublican Party moderate George W. Bush and U.K. Labour Party socialist share a deep friendship and a like-mindedness on the war against the jihadists.
Newt Gingrich and George Mitchell are very good friends, as were LBJ and GOP Senate Leader Everett Dirksen, although they were fierce rivals on many major legislative battles.
But thwe two negotiated the compromises that helped pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a landmark measure that ended a century of legal racial discrimination.
The Knoxville News Sentinel's Michael Silence doesn't believe theat fred Thompson and John McCain will have to compete for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. Silence says that he thinks that McCain, whose campaign is faltering, will step aside if Fred decides to run. And I wouldn't lose any sleep ofver the fear of a hypothetical Thompson - McCain ticket, either. McCain's ego and his age are just two of the arguments against that.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/silence/archives/2007/03/mccain_will_dro.shtml
Yikes! I left out Tony's name. The line should read: "U.S. Pepublican Party moderate George W. Bush and U.K. Labour Party socialist tony Blair share a deep friendship and a like-mindedness on the war against the jihadists."
Sure, Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy are great friends too. But I don't worry about them running on the same ticket. Same for all the other examples you cite.
The author at your link speculates that McCain will drop out if Fred decides to run. He offers no basis for his speculation, but it's not relevant to my point. McCrazy can drop out of the presidential sweepstakes and still be picked up as VP. Despite what I and a lot of Freepers think of the loon, from the standpoint of getting elected, an argument can be made he would be a very good choice for a Thompson ticket. He does have a following and would add geographic balance.
I hope he runs, but he'd better decide soon, or the train will leave the station. The deciding primaries are only 9 months away.
From what I've read, he intends to decide by the end of June. I think that should give him enough time.
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