[Iowa David]

Cruz

[chajin]

Thompson in ‘08, Gingrich in ‘12, Cruz tomorrow.

[Yaelle]

Isn’t Fred still running? What? Oh no!

[dp0622]

Wasn’t he the DA of Manhattan for a while? :)

[coon2000]

Trump

[Marie]

Trump! (And yes, I was a massive Thomson supporter. I’m so sorry that he got sick)

[wkg]

Trump

[PapaBear3625]

Trump

[acw011]

Fred - Newt - Trump..

[reed13k]

Thompson in ‘08, Gingrich in ‘12, Cruz tomorrow.

Though I have thought about voting Trump just to kill off Kasich for good here in Ohio. I know Cruz won’t win here, but if I could make sure Kasich doesn’t I kinda feel my vote would be better used. Especially since it’s winner take all.

[VRWCmember]

Thompson waited too long in 2008 to enter the race and failed to build on the grassroots momentum that he could have ridden. I disagree with your notion that he attacked Huckabee. Huckabee was never a front-runner, or even a serious candidate for that matter, and Thompson did not really run an attack campaign against the other GOP candidates. Ultimately we were saddled with McCain in that race - who many suspected might run as a democrat. It usually does not serve the GOP well to nominate a candidate that can easily be mistaken for a democrat based on his policy positions and voting record.

In answer to your question, I voted for Fred Thompson in the 2008 GOP Primary, and I voted for Ted Cruz in the 2016 Primary.

[onyx]

[usurper]

Cruz or Trump starting to shift my leaning towards Trump after repeated Cruz screw ups.

[llmc1]

Since they’re all either liars, or dems, or both, I would have to go with the Constitution. Closest would be Cruz.

[Snickering Hound]

Best campaign shirt ever.

[Charles Henrickson]

I supported Fred, now it’s Ted. Both really “got” conservatism and could articulate it. I donated to both campaigns.

[No Dems 2016]

I sat the primary out in 2008. In 2012 I voted for Gingrich and this year for Donald Trump.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Fred Thompson in ‘08 and Cruz in ‘16.

Whether Cruz will be any more successful than Thompson remains to be seen.

[diverteach]

Trump, because he’s a no BS kinda guy like Fred seemed to be.

[boycott]

From Thompson’s Wiki page ......

He did not speak much about his religion during his campaign, saying, “Me getting up and talking about what a wonderful person I am and that sort of thing, I’m not comfortable with that, and I don’t think it does me any good.”

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Certainly not Cruz-like in that regard.

I am a Christian but Cruz’s holier-than-thou behavior has turned me off of him.