Posted on 03/19/2007 6:28:12 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Not a chance in hell that happens - do they pay these people to write this nonsense?
Oh, Thompson may get cold feet and not run, but there is ZERO chance of conservatives who would support him suddenly falling in love with the Manchurian Candidate on the basis of his endorsement. Democrats do those types of things - of course, much of the GOP establishment is filled with Dem-lite types, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised if they actually believe this.
McCain is dead politically and is simply too dumb to lay down.
So the retarded thinking goes.
Yes you are right they have always been linked. Fred co-sponsored McCain Feingold along with McCain. They have been friends for years and Fred raised money for McCain. There is no reason to deny it - it happened and I'm sure their friendship is not gone. Friends are friends regardless of whether we like the friendship or not.. This was bound to come up. Maybe its better it comes up now before he decides to run. Get it all out and then run.
I clicked on the link and feel dirtier for having done so.
You should have posted a warning that this is a liberal site. ICKY!!!
McCain will not hurt FDT in terms of conservative support. FDT has too much common sense conservatism in his character to suffer any significant damage by association with McCain.
If FDT runs, the election is not going to be decided by Conservatives because they will be galvanized to charge the voting booths in support of FDT and against HRC. There will be few stay-home Conservatives.
If FDT runs, the election will be decided by swing voters and a portion of dems (Thompson democrats). This is where McCain's support can help. If McCain can deliver a 10% margin advantage of the swing voters and a sliver of dems say 2%, then FDT wins the popular vote by about 56%.
This is chess, not emotional gambling. Take support from all quarters in unity for a real conservative victory against a very real dangerous threat.
Roosevelt and Truman sat with Stalin.
If Thompson were to officially throw his hat into the ring, he would instantly poll better than McCain.
Why would the guy with the better poll numbers give in to the weaker candidate?
If Thompson were to officially throw his hat into the ring, he would instantly poll better than McCain.
Why would the guy with the better poll numbers give in to the weaker candidate?
If Thompson were to officially throw his hat into the ring, he would instantly poll better than McCain.
Why would the guy with the better poll numbers give in to the weaker candidate?
John McCain is in terrible health and would likely not live out his first term. Fred Thompson is a young, virile man who would lead this nation with strength and determination.
You are right. Like it or not, McCain has a following and admirers. If he would drop out and endorse Thompson it would help solidify Fred's position and probably be more than enough to overtake Rudy. Right now Thompson seems to be the only potential candidate who can go into the general election with a united party behind him. All of the others would leave factions of the party sitting out the election.
Which is probably why he said he would only do one term. Why the heck he's running I'll never understand.
Political Insider is not a liberal site. It's neither Republican or Democrat is a political news site.
The person who posted the article is known to be a Rudybot and posts Rudy, Rudy, Rudy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thus the Rudy involvement. It was posted to lift Rudy by lowering expectations of his opponents.
"So why is Rudy leading in every national poll--surely, there must be Rudybots in every house in America. Rudybots must be conducting the polls, too. And then the Rudybots in the media writing the articles, Rudybots in Washington showing support..."
If you go back to the last election in 2004, at this point in 2003 Howard Dean was "unbeatable" according to the polls. Being the frontrunner this early in the campaign can be extremely hazardous.
Look at our own polls here.
Didn't Thompson take one of the polls HANDS DOWN? And, look at the current sitting information, McCain at 5% while the Former Mayor of NYC (who is REALLY a LIBERAL lol) is winning? What's up with the world today (Yes, I voted for Juliani over several others too though... Does it mean that we look at people for what they really are, and not labels applied to them? -- Probably).
If Thompson ran, I'd vote for him over everyone else who is considering or planning to run.
LOL... one things fer' certain. If Thompson spends more than a couple of weeks 'deciding'... and then says he's not interested... his name is sh*t around here.
ROFLMAO!! You are going by FR Polls??? You are kidding aren't you? FR does NOT represent the average voter. You should know that by now. If you are going to go by FR polls you better start your own FR country and elect a FR president. But regardless, Fred Thompson is not in any legitimate polls yet so we don't know how he will do yet.
UMMM Thompson is NOT a Rudy opponent yet until he decides to run. When he runs then he will be an opponent.
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