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So give us some reason to vote for Fred. He's a good man, however, He couldn't even control his own Government Committee Chairmanship, and capitulated to John Glenn, the minority man.

What did he do impressive while he was Senator? I'd like some reasons to support him.--Gracey

Precisely, Gracey.

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But still. Mr. Thompson is a candidate without an exploratory committee, a campaign war chest or a full-time staff. Apart from a few close friends, Mr. Thompson has, as yet, no real inner circle and no coterie of trusted advisors guiding his campaign.
At a time when most G.O.P. Presidential hopefuls are putting as much distance as they can between themselves and the Bush administration, Mr. Thompson has made a point of fund-raising for Scooter Libby's defense fund.
And in terms of his actual policy positions, Mr. Thompson is hard to identify. He has supported drilling for oil in the Arctic, and is a supporter of gun-owners' rights. But in other ways, he takes after moderate Republican Howard Baker, his old boss on the Congressional committee that investigated Watergate.
He supported campaign-finance reform and opposed tort reform. He doesn't support gay marriage, but would still leave the issue up to the states rather than banning it outright. His position on abortion, while officially pro-life, can best be described as a work in progress.
And he supports some immigrant guest-worker programs.
It's too soon to know whether his ideological squishiness will be a problem. But given the irrelevance of actual details this far into Mr. Thompson's cinematic Presidential bid, maybe it won't matter.
"Fred Thompson--well, he's not Ronald Reagan," said Mr. Keene. "But he's done enough, and is well enough liked. He's a fallback."
The perfect role.
The Mysterious Appeal of Fred Thompson
BY REBECCA SINDERBRAND
The New York Observer

As I said above, after Bush, the voter will be looking for proven competence in 2008.

We nominate at our own peril someone whose only ‘executive’ experience is playing a president in film.

And he supports some immigrant guest-worker programs.

Are you trying to win a prize, Mia, for being the biggest hypocrite at FR? You support a thrice-married, adulterer that is rabidly pro-abortion and pro-homosexual while attacking the moral depravity of the Clintons. Now, you're attack Thompson on illegal immigration when there isn't a politician in the nation that has done more to coddle illegals?

So, if illegal immigration is an important issue, then let's see you condemn RINO Rudy's record on it:

Immigration politics have similarly harmed New York. Former mayor Rudolph Giuliani sued all the way up to the Supreme Court to defend the city’s sanctuary policy against a 1996 federal law decreeing that cities could not prohibit their employees from cooperating with the INS. Oh yeah? said Giuliani; just watch me. The INS, he claimed, with what turned out to be grotesque irony, only aims to “terrorize people.” Though he lost in court, he remained defiant to the end. On September 5, 2001, his handpicked charter-revision committee ruled that New York could still require that its employees keep immigration information confidential to preserve trust between immigrants and government. Six days later, several visa-overstayers participated in the most devastating attack on the city and the country in history.

New York conveniently forgot the 1996 federal ban on sanctuary laws until a gang of five Mexicans—four of them illegal—abducted and brutally raped a 42-year-old mother of two near some railroad tracks in Queens. The NYPD had already arrested three of the illegal aliens numerous times for such crimes as assault, attempted robbery, criminal trespass, illegal gun possession, and drug offenses. The department had never notified the INS.

Source: Heather Mac Donald

CNN clip:

Announcer: "Back in 1996, mayor Giuliani went to federal court to challenge new federal laws requiring the city to inform the federal government about illegal immigrants."

Rudy Giuliani: "There isn't a mayor or a public official in this country that's more strongly pro immigrant than I am. Including disagreeing with President Clinton when he signed an anti-immigration legislation about two or three years ago."

The New York Immigrant Coalition Press Release, August, 1989:

Rudy would continue to make city services available to all immigrants, regardless of immigration status.

Prohibit city workers from reporting undocumented immigrants to the INS, unless criminal activity is involved….

Make sure that city workers understand what benefits immigrants are entitled to….

Encourage outreach to immigrant communities to encourage their utilization of city services….

Support the use of interpreters and translators in city government

Support bilingual and bicultural education with goals of learning fluent English and maintaining native language skills….

Oppose making English the “official language” of the U.S.

Support adding alienage to protected class under City’s Human rights Law.

Additionally, he has supported Bush's guest worker program.

Thanks for your post, MIA. I can’t imagine Fred T. running while his best buddy, John McCain is in there. However, just heard on Rush that McCain may be having problems. Maybe they’re working a deal.... McCain drops out... and F.T. gets in.

I’m still left with the impression that he’s not tough enough to deal with our enemies. - and that enemy includes Hillary the unAmerican beast. Perhaps F.T. would be a good V.P. with Rudy?