Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 01/06/2008 5:39:19 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Frankly, I think the choice for Republicans in 2008 is between Fred Thompson and oblivion. There is no guarantee, of course, that we will not choose oblivion. They don't call us The Stupid Party for nuthin'!
I think that conservatives need to form a new party cause the Repub is no longer truly conservative.
My understanding (corrections and updates welcome) is that Fred consiters NH too lib, he will not change anyones mind there anyway and is going directly to SC.
When you say New Hampshire is too lib, I hope you are meaning libertarian because that is what they consider themselves. Both in the Republican and Democratic side. I believe they also have a huge amount of independents in the state.
Because there is not a large religious backdrop in the State, they tend to possess liberal views on social issues. They see abortion as a woman’s choice and preventing it would be the government unduly intervening. I can’t tell you how many ways I disagree with this, but I’m just espousing their views.
One other thing, I consider myself as having a libertarian bent also. However, I do have differing views than these type of libertarians in regarding a lot of social issues.
Fred keeps winning but he doesn’t move in the polls. I am just flabergasted... I don’t get the gop right now!
Paraphrasing Fred's answer: It is because of you guys (MSM). I watched the Fox coverage of the Iowa voting and the panel members on Fox where saying all night that McCain would come in third, it was all about McCain and when the results came in and I was third, and not McCain, there was no mention of my name.
FOX just had a few numbers on the NH Primary, Fred is at 2.1%. Skipping NH and going to SC sounds like a wise choice on his part.
If Fred can finish strong in NH, then SC can be the state that puts him on top for good.
Correct. I watched it from beginning to end and that is exactly what FOX did. Total blackout of Fred. Most of the MSM was doing it. Nightline on ABC ran for an hour and did in-depth of the candidates that night (Clinton-Edwards-Obama and Huck-Mitt-Juan. In the entire hour I recorded Fred Thompson being mentioned exactly SIX SECONDS. It was to grudging admit that Fred had "apparently" gotten third place.
GOP tonight [Mark Steyn]
Fred was great. He’s like Perry Como. He should never not sit down. Romney, I thought, was not good. McCain’s crack about how he agreed Mitt was the “candidate of change” was an instant killer of the governor’s post-Iowa rhetorical tic and he had no comeback apart from a prissy complaint about McCain being “needlessly personal”. He’s got to be better than that if he’s going to retrieve this thing by Tuesday.
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Watching FNF this morning it was all about the Dem debate. Berry and Hillary debate clips all over the place. They may have had one short clip showng the Republican debate.
Big winner was Fred.
Big loser was Romney.
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Another great interview with FRed, this time on CNN. Go FRed!
It's about time MSM started waking up to realize Fred is real.
Yep, FOX is still bleating on about Mitt-Huck-Juan-Obama and breaking it up with news flashes on Britney.
Yes, it was Wolf Blitzer. I, too thought he did a fair interview, surprisingly.
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