Posted on 03/16/2007 1:42:16 PM PDT by STARWISE
"The illegal immigration issue must be front and center during all of the GOP Presidential Primary Debates as well as during all of the General Presidential Debates! This will separate all of the "pro-enforcement of all of the U.S. immigration laws" Republican Presidential candidates from all of the "pro-amnesty for illegal immigrants" Republican Presidential candidates! Good-bye U.S.A. if more amnesty for illegals happens soon."
I'm big on this issue, and while I don't think Thompson record amounts to my own, I do think he'll run on an enforcement policy.
He would do really well if he picked Duncan or someone like him. The desire to have someone that you know will back that position, is desireable by many conservatives. I just think ultimately we don't want a 'comprehesive' package to come-out. The system must be fixed...we must have clear enforcement.
I think the primary interest is in the workplace. Just mandating the use of verification. Simply putting that in place leave all business whom do such, open to legal dispute. I for one think that in some cases we'll need immigration...but it has to make sense, and it can't be just supply the dems with more votes or business with cheap labor.
It has to be a geniune need to our economy.
Divorced. I think his current wife is like twenty years younger.
We already know all we need to know about those two. At least I do.
Whoever wins the nomination, the rats will run him through the meat grinder. I want somebody who will mangle the meat grinder.
Thank you
Yes, Al was supposedly a Tennessean who was acceptable as a Congressman and then as a Senator - before he dropped his pretenses and showed voters here what he really is. Don't forget that we kept him out of the White House in 2000 by not letting him have our electoral votes. If he'd had those, all the nonsense in Florida would not have been necessary.
As for Fred, he's head and shoulders above the other Republican candidates - and those other candidates probably know it. I wonder if there's already a "Law & Order" episode in the can where D.A. Arthur Branch leaves to run for a higher office? I sure hope so.
I'd love to see a Thompson/Hunter ticket.
That's tanned...rested...and ready
He is someone I could campaign for and get votes for him in New York!
Algore was a tennesean? thats rich I tell ya, rich.He may have been born there but he sure as hell wasnt from there.
Thompson/Hunter ticket.Would be sooooooooooo cool.
If they don't, here's a shot of Fred being head and shoulders above Chief Roberts!
(Incidentally, there is a movie in which he played POTUS but I don't recall the title.)
"Last Best Chance," or something like that? The movie in which he played POTUS?
In any case --- Fred sure is hugh.
He referred to the undocumented as "illegal aliens". Nothing more need be said. He throws political correctness out the window.
Rudy guy here. Thompson is quickly becoming my second choice. As a matter of fact, other than Rudy, Thompson is the only guy in the field who can beat the Democrats and the Islamists.
In my opinion, if Fred Thompson gets in, no one but God Himself will be able to stop him from becoming the next President of the United States.
I agree with Zach Wamps's assessment of Senator Thompson's personal gifts and political skills. They're God-given and substantial.
About the only point of disagreement I have is his assessment of Fred's overall conservatism.
Wow. If we get Thompson, Romney *and* Newt running, we might actually have debates where Republicans say meaningful articulate things!
I'm all for any new candidate who can knock Rudy off his perch.
Only negative is can detect are:
1. only lege experience, what about executive background?
2. what about his age?
Hi Gonzo!!! Wouldn't that be fun!! Hunter Thompson!! The stoners would vote and say, "Dude, I thought he died"
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