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TV Star, Former Republican Senator Fred Thompson Mulls '08 Presidential Bid
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| March 8, 2007
Posted on 03/08/2007 7:43:28 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: Howlin
I could have sworn they did. Wiki says they haven't. I can't tell from their website. It's like a TrueConservative™'s post on FR.
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posted on
03/08/2007 10:47:43 PM PST
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: CharlesWayneCT
Thompson is definitely on my list of considered candidates, along with Romney, then Brownback, then Gilmore and Hunter, although I'm not committing to that order yet. Based on opinion on Free Republic, Hunter is the favorite, followed by Thompson, with McCain, Giuliani, and Romney showing a lot of negatives. Plus, face it, a Hunter-Thompson ticket would drive the Demonrats gonzo!
bavarianilluminati.com
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posted on
03/08/2007 10:49:31 PM PST
by
bIlluminati
(You can get more with a kind word and a Colt .45 than you can with a kind word alone.)
To: zarf
I wouldn't go as far as RINO - he's just more of an all-around, "regular" conservative, less ideological, has a basic disdain for the way things are done in Washington, loves America, and has a basic conservative viewpoint.
Duncan Hunter he's not...but he's a considerable improvement over just about anyone else out there who actually has a snowball's chance in hell of winning.
343
posted on
03/08/2007 10:49:54 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: Hildy
That doesn't matter to me.
344
posted on
03/08/2007 10:50:20 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: AmishDude
You actually think a thread on FR with all of 10 posts was indicative of the entire Republican 2000 primary season?
To: itsahoot
I wouldn't say that. Thompson can come across as another beltway insider, however...let's not forget that the main reason he left Washington was because of all the BS that goes on there - he's in the position of being liked well by his fellow Senators but not being quite the "insider" that would make him a negative.
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posted on
03/08/2007 10:58:46 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: JRochelle
How is he to the right of Bush on the issues?
347
posted on
03/08/2007 10:58:57 PM PST
by
gpapa
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To: Siobhan
Rudy Giuliani/Newt Gingrich '08 That's my 2 cents.
348
posted on
03/08/2007 10:59:24 PM PST
by
Silly
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To: EternalVigilance
EV, would ya lay off the pro-abortion LIE?
349
posted on
03/08/2007 11:00:07 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: Pyro7480
He can't. He's going off a 13 year old National Review article - but all his votes in the Senate suggest a strong pro-life position.
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posted on
03/08/2007 11:02:51 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: Gelato
Thompson is like McCain was about 10 years ago when most people still liked him.
And Fred's not a lunatic, either.
351
posted on
03/08/2007 11:03:46 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: RockinRight
352
posted on
03/08/2007 11:04:23 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
To: RockinRight
Lie? It's what he ran for the Senate as. That's indisputable. If he's changed, I, for one, am going to need a lot more than an alleged phone call by a staffer.
But, he can't run from the fact that he was THE linchpin for McCain-Feingold.
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posted on
03/08/2007 11:05:31 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(With "Republicans" like these, who needs Democrats?)
To: streetpreacher
Hey, it's delicate and imprecise work to find articles that old, you try it.
But it only took 3 checks, with my search criteria, to find one.
354
posted on
03/08/2007 11:06:32 PM PST
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: EternalVigilance
McCain-Feingold, and his rolling over for the Clintons are his two major negatives.
However, McCain has about 10 major negatives and Rudy has about 1,433 major negative points...
355
posted on
03/08/2007 11:07:24 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: Howlin
356
posted on
03/08/2007 11:09:16 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: RockinRight
Can't argue with that. But, trashing the Bill of Rights is still a damned big hit to me.
Nevertheless, Thompson, should he enter, is going to destroy Giuliani and Romney. Stick a fork in 'em.
357
posted on
03/08/2007 11:12:04 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(With "Republicans" like these, who needs Democrats?)
To: EternalVigilance
Oh, believe me, I'm no fan of McCain-Feingold, either.
If I could combine Newt's brain, Romney's personal life, and Hunter's politics, we'd have the perfect candidate...but, we can't.
Thompson in my book still ranks better overall than the others.
As far as the abortion thing...let's hear what HE has to say if he does in fact run...THEN we can argue. :)
358
posted on
03/08/2007 11:14:00 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
To: EternalVigilance
"You posted a claim by a columnist that runs 180 degrees counter to the facts. Fred Thompson was known by everyone in politics as a pro-choice politician. If he's changed, I would say that you and his supporters need to provide the proof of that."
There have were very few senate votes regarding abortion while Thompson was in the Senate. On all of them, he voted the pro-life side...
It would be best if he said NOTHING about abortion at this point. Let it alone. The only way someone can be pro-choice is to be stupid. He doesn't strike me as stupid.
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posted on
03/08/2007 11:14:45 PM PST
by
babygene
(Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
To: notaliberal
Well...I can give him a pass, and here's why:
Neither of them were married at the time. She was attractive, and, let's face it, probably about as easy as a first grade math test. I don't think marriage was on his mind with her, quite honestly.
And so what. He was single at the time.
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posted on
03/08/2007 11:17:24 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
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