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Bob Beckel: Fred Thompson run would be our worst nightmare
The Recliner Commentaries ^ | March 10, 2007 | Dennis

Posted on 03/10/2007 1:47:33 PM PST by Josh Painter

Democratic strategist Bob Beckel admitted, in an interview on Fox News, that Fred Thompson for president would be their worst nightmare. Sounds good to me!

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008election; democrats; divideandconquer; electionpresident; elections; fredthompson; republicans; thompson; thompsonforpresident
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To: hosepipe

(I am unaware about the Burglar stuff. Tell me more about that if you can)

I admire and respect Newt. He was magnificent for a short time in the 90s. I just cannot see him as the political leader of the Republican party. The intellectual leader? perhaps.

Conservatives (republicans) need a man (any women out there?) who can excite and re-energize the soul of America...the masses...the average American who tries to keep heart and soul together. Who fights our wars. Who cares not for Sunday morning politics on TV. Reagan was able to do that. There are other Reagans out there. Maybe Thompson has the right stuff the gumption and the street smarts to mobilize the conservative troops. I think he does.

McCain tried but does not. Rudy does not. Romney does not.


301 posted on 03/10/2007 9:01:12 PM PST by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

Craig Livingston


302 posted on 03/10/2007 9:08:14 PM PST by nopardons
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To: ReignOfError

I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think that he can do that.


303 posted on 03/10/2007 9:11:45 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Thompson is OK, but still I have to ask - what state could he win, that Gore and Kerry won in 2000/2004. any of them? We can run Thompson, obviously the base would like him more, but it we do - I think we have the exact same electoral strategy as we did in 2000 and 2004. Which means Thompson has to win Ohio, or he loses.


304 posted on 03/10/2007 9:14:16 PM PST by oceanview
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To: eleni121
Maybe Thompson has the right stuff the gumption and the street smarts to mobilize the conservative troops. I think he does.

If he only was one.

Fred is a moderate liberal Republican, in the mold of his friends and closest political allies John McCain, Chuck Hagel, Howard Baker and Lamar Alexander.

305 posted on 03/10/2007 9:14:36 PM PST by EternalVigilance (With "Republicans" like these, who needs Democrats?)
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To: oceanview
BINGO !
306 posted on 03/10/2007 9:15:36 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Sturm Ruger
Also, Thompson married a 35-year-old major babe just five years ago. Ol' Fred is probably still pretty frisky, LOL.

Image at right is from the 2004 SAG awards. Best I could find. Her name is Jeri Kehn, a political media consultant, and they were married in 2002. They have one daughter.
307 posted on 03/10/2007 9:18:25 PM PST by ReignOfError (`)
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To: ReignOfError

As an issue, fugedabowdit. I grew up in NC watching Jesse Helms on WRAL, which one minute spot vanished when he first ran. Reagan gave us a little over a year free from "Bedtime for Bonzo" reruns, and Pat Buchannan gave up a lucrative radio show in '96. Been there, done that, not a big deal.


308 posted on 03/10/2007 9:20:32 PM PST by barkeep (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc)
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To: EternalVigilance

I agree with Thompson's votes about 85% of the time.

As Reagan said, "An eighty percent friend is not a 20 percent enemy."

Therefore, Thompson qualifies as an ally, not an enemy.


309 posted on 03/10/2007 9:35:26 PM PST by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...
Democratic strategist Bob Beckel admitted, in an interview on Fox News, that Fred Thompson for president would be their worst nightmare.

Interesting...

310 posted on 03/10/2007 9:37:28 PM PST by nutmeg (National Security trumps everything else.)
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To: Horatio Gates; Libertina; Billthedrill; Cap'n Crunch

Check out my new tagline. It's in honor of Horatio's hometown and my possible trip there on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday were a big disappointment


311 posted on 03/10/2007 9:38:43 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (There once was a dream called "Hippy Beat Down." The mere whisper of it made officers smile.)
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To: eleni121
Therefore, Thompson qualifies as an ally, not an enemy.

Well, he's certainly no friend of the First Amendment.

And, his views on abortion, borders and number of other important issues are largely unvetted. I think the percentage you've arrived at is largely wishful thinking.

312 posted on 03/10/2007 9:42:40 PM PST by EternalVigilance (With "Republicans" like these, who needs Democrats?)
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To: Paleo Conservative
I thought he looked much more presidential than Clinton.

A sickly Blue Tick hound would look more presidential than Clinton.

Not that appearance is a good measure of a man, but in his case it was. Somehow he reminded me of a side show barker in a two-bit carnival.

313 posted on 03/10/2007 9:45:17 PM PST by epow (Conservative Republicans win national elections, RINOs lose national elections, history proves it)
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To: eleni121
[... (I am unaware about the Burglar stuff. Tell me more about that if you can) ..]

The Sandy Berger affair.. google it or research it here at Free republic..

314 posted on 03/10/2007 9:53:43 PM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: Sturm Ruger
They're afraid. Very afraid...

Not as afraid as the Rudybots will be if Thompson gets into the primary race. I think the only reason some of them are touting Rudy so hot and heavy is because they don't see a viable conservative candidate on the menu, but Thompson would fill that vacancy very nicely if he announces.

If he gets into the race he has my vote unless I learn something unsavory about him that I didn't know when he was a Senator from my nearby neighbor state of TN. As best I remember his terms in the Senate, he was a pretty solid conservative on most important issues.

315 posted on 03/10/2007 10:00:18 PM PST by epow (Conservative Republicans win national elections, RINOs lose national elections, history proves it)
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To: barkeep
As an issue, fugedabowdit. I grew up in NC watching Jesse Helms on WRAL, which one minute spot vanished when he first ran. Reagan gave us a little over a year free from "Bedtime for Bonzo" reruns, and Pat Buchannan gave up a lucrative radio show in '96. Been there, done that, not a big deal.

Not to mention Alan Keyes and Lynne Cheney. And Al Franken. I'm sure there are many other people who left their broadcasting careers to run for office. It's not a campaign issue, but if NBC has a solid suit for breach of contract, it could give Thompson several million reasons not to run.

316 posted on 03/10/2007 10:01:27 PM PST by ReignOfError (`)
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To: nopardons
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think that he can do that.

Bill Clinton had a legal defense fund, and if memory serves, it paid not just his legal fees but his fines. DeLay had one. I don't think the government has a lot to say about any donations folks want to make to a worthy person, group or cause, though they can decide whether the donations are tax-deductible or not, and they can shut down "charities" that launder drug or Mob money or fund terrorism.

It's a complicated question. On the one hand, Thompson has a legal obligation that could prevent him from running for president. NBC has a legitimate case; if Thompson violates his contract and thus costs them millions, they're owed compensation. If a group of donors wants to remove that impediment, because they think he should be president, why not?

On the other hand, such a fund would be a way folks could do a very large favor for a presidential candidate, possibly expecting large factors in return, outside the limits and disclosure requirements of campaign finance. Both Clinton's and Bush's presidential library funds have been eyeballed as possible means of, not to put too fine a point on it, laundering a bribe.

317 posted on 03/10/2007 10:55:55 PM PST by ReignOfError (`)
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To: nopardons

nopardons wrote: "Since it is doubtful that Thompson can raise the needed funds, a McCain hookup is more than probable."

Actually, some of the same people who are urging Thompson to run are major GOP fundraisers. Nice try, though...


318 posted on 03/10/2007 11:00:38 PM PST by Josh Painter ("The Clintons don't take a dump, son, without a plan.")
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To: Sturm Ruger

I believe, and HAVE believed for a year now, that Fred Thompson is the ONLY viable Republican, that can:

A) UNITE the Party under a single banner...

B) Deliver our "Message" in a way that gets through to the Sheeple...

C) Can raise the funds needed to mount an effective campaign...

D) Make Hillary/Obama look like raging, incompetent children in a political debate...


319 posted on 03/10/2007 11:11:02 PM PST by tcrlaf (VOTE DEM! You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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To: editor-surveyor

editor-surveyor wrote: "You simply don't understand Beckell's function, or motivation."

And you simply don't understand what a moron the man is. He paid a hooker by writing a check. This is not the kind of stategic mind that can dupe the political opposition into doing his will. And he did a real bang-up job as Mondale's campaign manager in 1984, doncha think?


320 posted on 03/10/2007 11:12:34 PM PST by Josh Painter ("The Clintons don't take a dump, son, without a plan.")
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