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Hopefully, your friend will look at that email and decide he needs to do a little more research. It can only help.
I wouldn't worry about it till Thompson actually becomes a real live candidate.
Perrot? Did your friend really spell it that way?
While I currently support Rudy, I'd have no problem if Thompson won the nom and I'd happily vote for him in the general.
That said, to compare Thompson and Reagan isn't exactly fair.
Reagan was President of SAG
Reagan, since the GE days in the late 50s and really picking up steam with "The Speech" for Goldwater in 1964 was arguably the national spokesman for conservatism for the better part of two decades
Reagan was a two term Governor of the largest state in the Union, population and economy wise.
Reagan had already ran in 1968 and in 1976 when he came within a hair of taking down Ford.
Thompson has no real executive experience of any kind, spent 8 years in the Senate during which time he never really led any key committees or accomplished any signature legislative feats to speak of. I don't recall him being described as any leader in the conservative movement from 1994-2002.
He left the Senate in 2002 and seemed quite happy in his current gig until conservative dissatisfaction is causing him to reconsider.
Thompson has never ran for national office before.
He seems to be a guy that people are latching on to because they're not happy with the current field, more than they are happy with him.
That said, with Thompson considering getting in, it appears that Rudy may have accomplished the goal of sinking the USS McCain. All Freepers should probably recognize that if it wasn;t for Rudy and his numbers the last few months, McCain would be at 40% or higher and would have the inevitablity thing that Hillary has. Rudy took that away from him and if nothing else, Rudy's candidacy finished off McCain and for that he deserves credit.
It's a long way to the election. Fred Thompson has plenty of time to make his case.
With all due respect to you I don't think your friend is a real deep thinker.
The mental pain the democraps will suffer with Fred as Presidnet is reason enough to support him wholeheartedly. Besides, he's a Tennessean, an honest man, and a true conservative.
You do know, don't you, that Fred Thompson was a lawyer before he was an actor?
And that he got his start in acting playing himself in a story about corruption in politics - he being the DA prosecuting the corrupt (need I say it?) Dimocrats?
Him: I don’t mean to say anything is wrong with Fred, I mean the whole situation is just so saddening.
Me: Fred being an actor is a big plus in this case. He is the only electable conservative (possibly) running. His acting MAKES him electable in this case. Take heart, my friend. This is as good as it gets for a real conservative.
Ok, so I guess he is upset about having a leader be elected because he has good stage presence. I can understand that. However, I also understand that this is the media age, and that stage presence means more to the general public than experience or ideals.
The first time Perot talked about running, he was not laughed at. Just based on an announcement on Larry King Live, he immediately started polling at better than 40 percent of the public against the entire field of possible candidates, based on a vague commitment similar to Thompson's. There was more buzz than you could possibly imagine. Thompson's test of the waters yielded him 12 percent within the Republican ranks. That is a very big difference.
I haven't seen a very big groundswell for the guy beyond the vocal few supporters here at FR, and a few articles and endorsements out of Tennessee.
Me too, and folks stopped taking my checks signed like that. Imagine!
Personally, I hope that in about nine years, we are asking "who is the next Fred Thompson?"
It really bothers me that Thompson was a supporter of the unConstitutional McCain/Feingold bill. I'll need to learn more about his positions on issues such as abortion, the 2nd Amendment, illegal immigration and the homosexual agenda before I consider voting for the man.
Again, I question that factoid about Fred being buddies with McCain. Senators---politicians in general---and men---and co-workers everywhere---often say that about people they must work closely with. My good friend John, my good friend Fred... Are they?