Thompson Is for Real (Run, Fred, RUN!)

The Washington Post ^ | 04/02/07 | Robert D. Novak

[SE Mom]

In just three weeks, Fred Thompson has transformed the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. It is not merely that he has come from nowhere to double digits in polls. He is the talk of GOP political circles because he is filling the conservative void in the field.

Republican activists have complained for months that none of the Big Three -- Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney-- fits the conservative model of a conservative leader for a conservative party. The party faithful have been waiting for another Ronald Reagan. But in conversations with them the past year, nobody mentioned Thompson as the messiah until he appeared March 11 on "Fox News Sunday."

Thompson was surprised by the reaction to his statement that he was "giving some thought" to running. In the first Gallup Poll that listed Thompson (conducted March 23-25), he scored 12 percent -- amazing for someone out of public life for more than four years who has not campaigned. More important is his backing within the political community. Buyer's remorse is expressed by several House members who endorsed Romney, the former Massachusetts governor.

[Eastbound]

LOL!

[Doofer]

[Darkwolf377]

Oh, I DO like Fred. It's those who are already mumbling about his religion that have me pissed.

They have me believing there are a lot of DUers here who are going to just chop away at whoever's the frontrunner.

[papasmurf]

"Their appreciation of him stems not from his eight years as a U.S. senator from Tennessee but from his role as Manhattan district attorney on the TV series " Law & Order."

Well, that's a slap in the face. LOL

"Thompson's critics assert that, bored with his lucrative career as an actor, he is enjoying the 15 minutes of fame created by a chance TV interview and will not run..."

Sounds like someone on this board...

I'm in for Fred, all the way. I am a bit concerned about T.Thompson throwing his hat in the ring, and I do think the name confusion will draw some away from who they thought is the REAL Thompson. I have to wonder why T.T. did it, and who put him up to it. Who is T.T. aligned with?

:O)

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[Politicalmom]

What are you nattering about?

The issues make up the ideology, and character is a BIG issue.

[Politicalmom]

Tommy Thompson is a STALKING HORSE!!

[Josh Painter]

HyperFredLinks v2.15


Blog and Media Buzz:

Newsweek: "It looks as if Fred Thompson is getting ready to run for president."
Intellectual Conservative: Run Fred Run
NY Times Blog: Thompson gains in Gallup Poll at Rudy's expense
Christian Chronicle: Fred Thompson's church roots draw interest
USA TODAY: Jeri Thompson "dusting off her old political reporter contacts list."
OneNewsNow: Support grows for Fred Thompson White House run
The Conservative Voice: The Courage of Fred Thompson
Lisa Fabrizio: It's Not Too Late for Fred to enter the race
Rich Galen: Thompson and Gore
Bruce Walker: Fred Thompson and Supreme Court Nominations
J.B. Williams: Fred Thompson and Ronald Reagan
Mona Charen: Run, Fred, Run!
Patriot Post: Democrats fear Fred Thompson ... and should
American Spectator's AmSpec blog: Thompson-a-saurus Rex
WaPo: A 'Law & Order' Presidential Candidate?
RedState.com: Goodbye Law and Order, Hello West Wing
Up & Coming Magazine: Watch Out Democrats
More Thompson Analysis from postpolitical.com
Boston Herald: GOP stage set for Thompson
Captain's Quarters looks at Fred Thompson
Mary Katherine Ham Makes the Case for Fred Thompson
OmniPundit criticizes some conservative pundits for dimissing Fred's chances
L.A. Times: Conservative Republicans turning to Hollywood star
Doug Hagin makes a pitch for Fred on American Daily
Draft Fred… Enough Said!
Britt Hume on the Fred Phenom
The Hill says The Fred Thompson Surge will transform the GOP race
AOL:'Law & Order' Actor Mulls White House Run
Race 4 2008: A Conservative Man For All Seasons
William Rusher: Thompson has many undeniable qualifications for the nomination
Human Events: Fred Thompson is a conservative who can win
Fred is 'Just Right' to most conservatives on the issues
Zach Wamp Says Thompson Likely To Run For President
Fred Thompson -- the next Ronald Reagan?
Political Wire: Thompson Seeking Political Operatives
Insiders Map Plan for '08 Thompson Bid
Rush: GOP Base Excited About Fred Thompson
J-Lo: This Fred Thompson Thing Looks Like It Could Be Getting Serious
The Truth About Fred Thompson
NewsMax - Wanted by the GOP: One Good Man
 

Fred Thompson Endorsements:

J.C. Watts Lends Support To Thompson For President
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist Call for Fred to RUN
Tennessee Republicans Urge Fred Thompson To Run
Three Prominent Texas Officials Urge Thompson to Run
Zach Wamp: Why Fred Thompson Should Run For President


Fred Thompson Interviews:

audio: Laura Ingraham's Fred Thompson interview
Transcript of the Fox News Sunday interview that fueled the Fred phenom
John Fund's WSJ Opinion Journal Fred Thompson interview
audio: Sean Hannity Interview (paid membership required)


Fred Thompson Videos:

Fred Thompson's remarks at Nashville 9/11 memorial service
Fred Thompson: "Soldier"
Fred Thompson: "Courage"
Fred Thompson for President ad
Draft Fred Thompson ad by Mister Politics


Websites With High Fred Thompson Content:

Knoxville News Sentinel: No Silence Here blog
Elephant Biz is a Thompson news gold mine. Just keep scrolling...
Former Sen. Bill Frist's Volunteer Political Action Committee blog

 
Fred Thompson Websites:

Online Petition to draft Fred Thompson has over 11,500 signatures
draftfredthompson.com: The FDT grassroots activist forumDiscussion Forum
Draft Fred Thompson 2008 Committee website
Draft Fred Thompson 2008 unofficial blog
Elect Fred Thompson 2008 Blog
Meet Fred Thompson
My Prayer - Fred Thompson elected President in 2008
Senator Fred Thompson for President in '08
Grassroots Voter, a Better-Fred-Than-Red blog
Blogs For Thompson, news for Frederalist bloggers
Coloradans For Fred Thompson blog
Floridians for Fred Thompson
Iowans for Fred Thompson blog
Ohio 4 Fred - New state blog
New Hampshire for Fred Thompson
South Carolinians for Fred Thompson
Tennesseans for Thompson
Official Thompson Store: Gear for Fredheads

 
Fred Thompson Biographies and Collections:

Bio from Fred's hometown of Lawrenceburg, TN
Fredipedia: Wikipedia's Fred Dalton Thompson bio
AEI Bio (Fred Thompson is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute)
IMDB Fred Thompson bio
IMDB Fred Thompson's TV and film credits
Fred Thompson Papers, Modern Political Archives, U. of Tennessee
Sen. Thompson's statement re: the Clinton articles of impeachment


Fred Thompson's Paul Harvey Show Transcripts:

Gandhi's Way Isn't the American Way
A New News World
Power of the President
Plutonic Warming
The Case for Competence
Hollywood vs. Iran
Southern Exposure
Suing for Silence
Mothballing the Fleet
Wishful theorists
War Funding Puzzlement
Unsafe in America


If you have trouble linking to any of these sites, please let me know. Thanks.

[Stayfree]

Tommy Thompson is only doing this so as to what Dennis Kucincih is doing, collecting campaign funds so that they can retire on them. I have repeatedly reported on how the policticans can accumulate huge retirement funds tax-free before and I will do it again. But you people are stupid to think that they are doing because they think they are serious contenders. One of these days I will research how much these ripoff artists have stolen from us taxpayers. Ex-gov Gray Davis supposedly had a campaign fund of about $140 million when we kicked him out of office. If he did what other politicians have done with their campaign funds, he has a pension fund of $140 million. How do you like that?

[Oorang]

Excellent linkage, thanks for all your effort.

[SE Mom]

Actually- for me anyway- this isn't ABOUT Rudy. Or Hunter, or McCain, Romney, Brownback, Ron Paul or ANY of the other candidates.

I don't hate any of them- admire and respect them all, in fact.

Fred can win the nomination AND the election. Not because he's right on this issue, or because he did or didn't vote for this or that legislation..

Fred can win..because he's an American.

[SE Mom]

Start gargling :)

[ElkGroveDan]

Former New York mayor Giuliani has dropped precipitously, from 44 to 31 percent, amid attacks on his ideology and personal life.

Former New York mayor Giuliani has dropped precipitously, from 44 to 31 percent, amid attacks on revelations about his ideology and personal life.

[Stayfree]

Tommy Thompson is just another opportunist, see my post at #28.

[papasmurf]

"Tommy Thompson is a STALKING HORSE!!"

I agree, but who's horse is he riding behind?

:O)

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[STARWISE]

WOO HOO !!

RUN, FRED, RUN !! YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR PUBLIC AWAIT YOU !

[KoRn]

Love your tagline. Thompson supporters here on FR should consider themselves to be "The FRederalist Society". hehe

[ElkGroveDan]

Congrats, then--you Rudyhaters ....can't beat him intellectually or on the issues,

On the issues of abortion, gun control and special rights for homosexuals, what could be more "intellectual" than "he's on the wrong side for the vast majority of Republicans". It's a fact, not an attack.

[papasmurf]

"collecting campaign funds so that they can retire on them"

I believe you, but I don't know the mechanics of how they get away with it. I mean, why else would Sharpton run? LOL

:O)

P

[Stayfree]

These @ssholes passed tax legislation so they never have to pay any taxes on their huge campaign funds untill they take it out as salary, and most of them only use the funds to pay for their expenses(?). Talk to me and I will explain how they get millions tax free.
Very few people understand how they designed the tax law to benefit themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dangus]

C'mon, Darkwolf, even as someone who has written well-read vanities here about the plausibly conservative values of Giuliani, I have to assert that the "scandals" brought forth by Giuliani opponents are largely reasons to question his conservative values. And, besides, now is the time for Giuliani to show he can weather the storm of scandals... not after he's won the nomination and is facing the Big Democratic Media Machine.

The photos of Giuliani dressed as a drag queen aren't personal peccadillos, they illustrate a decision by Giuliani to embrace the homosexual radical left. The three ugly marriages don't merely call into question his personal life, but they are intriguing evidence on whether Giuliani merely went pro-choice because he needed to to govern NY, or whether he has apostacized from his once pro-life values.

If Giuliani is flipping back and forth for electability on conservative issues, I want to know that any latest positions which seem he has remained a conservative at heart (i.e., promising to nominate a candidate like Roberts, Alito or Scalia) are because he has decided that being a conservative is the way to rule as President, not just the way to get the Republican nomination.

I'm open to voting for Giuliani; I'm particularly encouraged by his comments about the USSC, but he's got to talk to us.