Fredipedia: The definitive Fred Thompson Resource
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Posted on 06/06/2007 1:36:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hugh Hewitt wondered aloud on his radio show this week if Fred Thompson might not be a good GOP nominee for President because the country “might not want another slow talking Southerner after Bush.” He’s not the only GOP commentator I have heard express this sentiment.
Every time I hear someone say this, I have to wonder if the person saying it is projecting their own anti-southern bigotry onto the American public or if their really is a large bloc of voters that would base their vote on where someone is from and/or how fast they talk.
It was especially interesting for Ohiophile Hewitt to say this given that he accuses anyone of bigotry that thinks Romney’s religion is relevant to their decision whether to support him for President.
Since I started blogging at Redstate three years ago and since my conservative epiphany in 2000 I can say that the biggest disappointment I have had with some conservatives in the blogosphere is the amount of anti-southern bigotry I have seen. I have even come to have a superiority complex on all things regional given that I have never known a Southerner that would not vote for someone because they were not from the South. I guess we developed this superiority during the formative Civil Rights years!
Or maybe we base our votes on relevant information? Like their policies, duh? Character?
Folks, voters vote on issues, character and leadership. Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are all from the South. Bush kills terrorists. The other guys that talk slow appeased them. Bush cut taxes. The others from Dixie raised them. Bush picks good judges. Clinton put a feminist on the court. Carter lusted in his heart. Clinton lusted all over the carpet and Bush is faithful to his wife.
Southern Diversity. (Except on immigration, all three would sell out the country)
Voters will not be “reminded” of Bush if Thompson advocates border security first, cuts in government spending and delivers lines like a fine actor from Law and Order.
Where a candidate is from is irrelevant at the top of the ticket. If it is relevant to you, look in the mirror.
Southern prejudice? Lord, gimme a break.
Ping
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Tony Blair should have done all of G.W. Bush's talkin'.
After six years in the presidency you think Bush would have made an attempt to be able to speak better extemporaneously.
Or, maybe he has, but simply can't. If he hasn't gotten used to speaking in public yet then maybe he really doesn't care that he can't communicate. Maybe he's just a dope.
Funny there wasn't any mention about a slow talking southerner from Arkansas.
I just popped in and out of another thread where they are cutting Fred up pretty good. There were some people in there who had been for Fred but seemed to be changing their minds about him after reading some of the crap posted there. Fred has them running scared but I hate that they seem to be turning people against him. I think they are Hunter people.
Are you from the south?
Or maybe he is just one of those people who knows what he wants to say but just can't say it. That doesn't make him a dope. My Dad was the wisest man I have ever known but couldn't say poop with a mouthful. But he put his wisdom into everything he did. Because a person isn't a good communicator doesn't make them stupid.
Exactly!
Everything about a candidate affects whether one will vote for him or not. Thompson will make decisions based on his experience as a Globalist,being a Neocon,and the fact he was a Lobbyist.
And all those things are what will concern voters a lot more than because he is a southerner and a actor, although it's not something that can be ignored either.
What thread is that? I’ll go troll hunting.
Fredipedia: The definitive Fred Thompson Resource
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Figures. If you don't support Hunter, then you're a godless, unpatriotic America-hating Communist!
Yes! Exactly! I am so tired of this victim mentality. Fred is nobody's victim.
Dixie Ping
Bush was just "misunderestimated" until the McCain-Feingold which he didn't veto, the Kennedy-written education bill, the prescription drug sellout, the mishandling of Dubai ports... but the straw which pulverized the camel's back was...
AMNESTY.
Thanks, but nope not me, you WISH I were a troll, fool...
Just a Republican voter stating FACTS! Deal with it!
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