His name's Fred Thompson:
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
His lifelong liberalism is a disease I do not trust. He mentioned R B Ginsburg last year, not decades ago. LOL
He’s also on record waffling about what that means. He said that Buzzy Ginsburg could be considered a strict constructionist. Rudy’s promises in this area are meaningless.
Rudy winning the presidency would be the end of the conservative movement in this country for generations. Romney is the same deal, but more stealthy. I won’t vote for either of them.
Elections are battles and movements are wars. I will NOT lose a war to win a battle under any circumstances.
Good, because I already told you that if Hunter gets the nom, I will definitely vote for him.
= )
Please keep in mind that I am, philosophically, a radical libertarian. It's not by choice, it's who I am, and how my mind works. I find just about everybody to be a bit of a statist, LOL. (This is also why I will never vote for Giuliani. Ever.)
Alright, but you better have Hunter in your holster when Fred’s knees start buckling after he wears out his tapdancing shoes. ;o)
Trust has nothing to do with it, we’re talking about a choice between him and the Hidebeast. He’s gonna want a second term and to get that he has to get the base and to get the base he has to follow through with his promise concerning Supreme court nominees.
Hey what was Hunters opinion on the Recall election of California? Is there any statements at that time of his thoughts or who he voted for?
Get the entire quote. It was not good.
Thompson voted for Clinton’s conviction for obstruction of justice and removal from office.
You have been linked to Thompson’s statement on the various charges.
Don’t know, but I think he’s buds with McClintock, so I hope he voted for him. LOL
His name's Fred Thompson:
You would have critizied Jon Paul Jones and Stephen F. Austin.
You fight at the time necessary to win the war, not fight because ninnies have their panties in a wad.
Good!
His votes on judges while in the senate are nothing to write home about, frankly. But none of that matters, since we now believe he’s a strict constructionist despite pimping McCain Feingold Thompson in front of the SCOTUS. ROFL
The court is the main concern in the next election. And if the choice comes down to Rudy or Hillary I’m not going to throw up my hands and cede it to her. I’m going to do what ever I can to get more conservative justices. Rudy might renig on his promise given! I know damn well Hillary won’t renig on hers. This purist crap gets us deeper the hole. Justices last thirty years or longer.
Oh I’m a rabid Fred Thompson guy. We’re talking scenarios here about IF Rudy gets nominated.
As of right now, I am a Rudy supporter. My #2 is Fred. That may change, but I honestly cannot say that I have seen any leadership from Fred, and that is what I am looking for. That is a very subjective feeling, so I am not looking for arguments against Rudy (I really know them all), but in the spirit of the original question, I am going to say that the two reasons I support Fred (as my #2 right now), are his communication skills, and his conservatism as compared to Rudy.
If Fred gets the nomination I will gladly support him. In fact I make a pledge to send him a $ donation on the first day of the general election.
Thank you three for supporting your candidate with such vigor, as opposed to others on this thread. You are all good reflections of the true grass root support Fred has attained.
We can make big gains on the court, or we can have a push, unless something happens to Scalia. Otherwise, the ones being replaced are Ginsburg and Stevens. If that happens, we still are doing better than we were. It’s not worth destroying the conservative movement for.
That’s just my opinion and you can call me a purist if you like, but this is just one of the reasons why I am supporting Fred Thompson. I want a candidate that I can support without holding my nose.
So be it!
Why do you support Rudy?
I want to show some people here that there are a LOT of real Conservatives supporting Rudy, it isn’t just moderate appeal.
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