Posted on 07/23/2007 6:04:09 AM PDT by pissant
In the last six months or so, when my Democrat friends have engaged me in discussions about Hillary Clinton, at some point I usually ask them a simple question to gage their support, knowledge, and level of commitment to their candidate. The question is, “What has Senator Clinton accomplished in her life, in her career to qualify her to be President of the United States?”. And of course they know who I support and they generally know his amazing credentials and experience, so when I press them for answers to, “What has she actually done that sets her apart?”, I almost always get a totally blank stare, with no reply.
So I got to thinking about Fred Thompson. Many people are discussing Fred Thompson’s imminent entry into the Republican race for the nomination. More importantly, there are those who back him in that race. It is they to whom this blog post is directed; it is not directed to those visitors who are committed to Mitt Romney. I am only looking to the true Fred Thompson supporters for comments to be left on this post.
There are a number of questions that come to mind for any FT supporter to answer, such as:
– Why is Senator Thompson the superior candidate to be the Republican nominee in 2008? Specifics. – What specific leadership qualities make him superior to Mitt Romney? – What specific leadership experience qualifies Senator Thompson as superior to Mitt Romney? – We know the dozens of huge successes in Mitt’s career. What specific successes in Senator Thompson’s life or career are superior to those of Mitt Romney?
Please feel free to leave any comments you wish as long as they are specific. Your comments can be both objective (measurable) or subjective (qualitative).
To assist you in crafting your answers, here are some examples. An example of an objective answer to the above questions regarding Mitt Romney for instance is that “he has been an executive; a leader of large entities most of his career.” Another example of an objective answer is, “Thompson is an actor; Romney is not.” An example of a subjective answer, again referring to Mitt Romney, would be that “he is a better communicator than Senator Thompson”.
Poor or non-answers are things like, “Well, I just like him better!”. Though obviously subjective, that answer has no meaning except that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
This is a perfect opportunity and forum for all FT supporters to show the rest of us why their candidate is the best. Here is a forum in which many who visit this site either support Mitt Romney for President, or the visitors here are considering Mitt Romney’s strengths and attributes in relation to the possibility he might be the be the best candidate. So here is a perfect place for all supporters of Senator Thompson to come on over and give us all the specific reasons FT is more qualified than Governor Romney to be the chief executive of the largest entity in the world and in world history.
All I ask is that in your comments, you be very specific and provide facts where possible. You have obviously chosen to back, support, and promote Senator Thompson for President. You obviously believe Fred Thompson is superior to Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Mitt Romney and should be our (Republicans’) choice to run against the Democrat challenger. As you present your arguments, answers, and comments, please qualify them by answering the “why” question.
Your comments should be completely positive. What do I mean here? Your answers are about Senator Thompson and his superiority; this is not a forum to tear down and to be negative. If you would rather tear down or criticize any other candidates, including Mitt Romney, please go to another site. If you choose to leave comments of a negative nature, we may delete them. Please leave all the positive comments you wish in favor of Fred Thompson, but again, please be very specific and be clear as to how they are in fact superior by comparison and contrast. This is very simple.
Fred Thompson supporters: This is your opportunity to show us all why Fred Thompson the man, the leader, is superior to Mitt Romney.
~ Vic
Why does this remind me of the old battlefield strategy where you just line your forces up face to face and shoot the heck out of each other. In that kind of battle, what Thompson is doing can be described as an asymmetrical war. While the other parties are face to face shooting, he is coming in on the side and controlling more and more of the battlefield.
In other words, while the other candidates are playing checkers, Thompson is playing chess. To ask him to play checkers is asking him to give up a battlefield advantage.
I see no reason to insult Duncan Hunter, just because he’s not going to get the nomination doesn’t make him a bad guy.
Yeah, that work as an adult for the gov’t started in Vietnam.
I don't think he's hiding at all, in fact he has been quite visible.
In my opinion, this election season started stupidly early. If Thompson were to hold out 'til September I wouldn't think it's too late.
His responses thus far to Michael Moore, the Clintons, and the media; his writings on a wide variety of topics -- all this show his willingness to fight, his ability to make the left look daft, and his ease in entertaining his suppporters simultaneously by articulating his (our) positions in a "boy, are you a buncha dumb bums" kind of way.
He is a confidence builder, he loves his country, and he can unite a wide swath of the electorate. He will literally and figuratively tower over whatever dingbat the Rats end up nominating.
I don’t think he’s a bad guy. He’s just not as lily white and pure as his supporters like to make him out to be. I didn’t make that pic...I found it on some kook website and posted it to mess with pissant.
Duncan Hunter’s alright. If we had 434 other congressmen like him, we’d be in a lot better shape. He’s not presidential material though and never was.
Yep. I came here to FR in anticipation of Hunter running. LOL
You've got to be kidding!
You think that post describes you. Interesting.
So far I’ve seen little. But hey, there’s still time.
Agreed! Thanks for clearing that up.
Well, that would probably represent about 1% of the primary voting audience, of which, best case scenario, they would 'flip' half who read what they post. So you now have 1/2% flipped, but then you have to hope they flip to you and not another 1% candidate.. Let's say we have 4 1% candidates, so now you are looking at increasing your margin by 1/16%. How does that bring you up with Rudy who, even after shaving 1% off, is still beating you by 30%?
Not for long. It will be how does a 10% candidate break thru.
I have no idea. LOL
The sense of futility must be stifling.
You bring up a good point with this.. While the other candidates are out attacking each other, Thompson is taking it right to the Dems.. he knows who the real adversaries are, and by going after Moore and Hilldog, he is appealing to what our side really wants. We don't want candidates that will tear other Republicans down. We want candidates that will go after the left.
Actually, not true. When Hunter gets his name ID up there(working on it) he will be just as electable. And once that happens it will be a matter of records. Fred won’t stand much of a chance with his marshmellow past and tapdancing present.
Changing your support to Mitt, eh?
LOL. That oughta go far. Is that the fingers in the ears "LA LA LA LA LA' you are talking but we are not listening strategy.
So is Rudy. He’s taking the dems to the woodshed as well. Does not make me want to support him. Hunter is taking the dems to the woodshed while in congress to this day (who else demanded Harry Reid resign, who else mocked Pelosi’s bill to have a 15 day waiting period for new troop deployments, who else wrote a bill to build a border fence, who else took Murtha’s cut and run bill and forced it to a vote, etc etc).
Its the campaign supporters that fight amongst each other mostly, at least til nearer to primary time.
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