Right, Said Fred

The Weekly Standard ^ | 04/19/2007 | Stephen F. Hayes

[Doofer]

Thompson didn't announce, but he said all the right things.

SIXTY-THREE REPUBLICAN members of the House of Representatives showed up at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC, on Wednesday afternoon to hear from Fred Thompson, the former Tennessee Senator and potential presidential candidate.

"I've not been pleased with the field of presidential candidates on our side," says Representative Lynn Westmoreland, a second term congressman from Georgia who attended the meeting. Westmoreland had been impressed with Thompson after his March 11 appearance on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. Westmoreland says his view of the field reflects the consensus of his constituents. "I just don't see any excitement from people at home, at county meetings and other events."

Thompson talked about the issues that he has said will be the focus of his campaign if he decides to run--entitlement reform and national security, chief among them. He also took questions about other issues including abortion and immigration as the attendees sought to get a better sense of his brand of Republican politics.

Thompson contrasted the fever in the country about global warming with the relative lack of public interest in entitlement reform. We are so alarmed by a problem that we know so little about, he said, but we won't do anything about this problem that we know for certain we'll have to address at some point. (For those who think Thompson might run as a more conservative version of John McCain, who Thompson supported in 2000, global warming could be an interesting difference between the two men.)

On national security, Thompson reiterated his commitment to winning the war on terror and said the question in a post-Iraq world would be whether we would be living in a dangerous world or a very dangerous world.

[Doofer]

[RichInOC]

“I’m too sexy for my love, too sexy for my love, love’s going to leave me....”

[jellybean]

In a phone interview shortly after Thompson left Capitol Hill, Representative Westmoreland said that his colleagues left impressed. "He didn't dance around any issue," Westmoreland says. "There was no BSing around."

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[SE Mom]

From the piece linked..

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In a phone interview shortly after Thompson left Capitol Hill, Representative Westmoreland said that his colleagues left impressed. “He didn’t dance around any issue,” Westmoreland says. “There was no BSing around.”
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[jmc813]

Does anyone knoow if there is a list of all of the congressmen who attended this meeting floating around anywhere? I suspect there is a chance my Rep. might have shown up.

[dirtboy]

Thompson contrasted the fever in the country about global warming with the relative lack of public interest in entitlement reform. We are so alarmed by a problem that we know so little about, he said, but we won't do anything about this problem that we know for certain we'll have to address at some point.

Great comparision. Now look at Rudy and McCain and Newt, who have all drunk the human-caused global warming Kool-Aid.

Fred stands tall above them in the common sense department, along with the ability to project that common sense.

Rudy's spent the last three weeks wrestling with the abortion issue. And losing.

[eastsider]

Thompson contrasted the fever in the country about global warming with the relative lack of public interest in entitlement reform. We are so alarmed by a problem that we know so little about, he said, but we won't do anything about this problem that we know for certain we'll have to address at some point.

Man, oh man ... this guy just keeps on looking better and better by the day.

Please, Fred ... RUN!!!

[Chena]

Mr. Thompson IS the man we need! BTTT

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Thompson contrasted the fever in the country about global warming with the relative lack of public interest in entitlement reform.

This really seals my support of Thompson for me. Entitlement reform is perhaps the #2 issue after the WOT. Thompson gets it.

[dirtboy]

And not only does he bring forward the issue of entitlement reform, he also manages to mock the global warming crowd. All in the same statement. Brilliant.

[dforest]

Ah, you know. Fred is going to run. Can we wait until the end of April early May?

Of course.

[eastsider]

I suppose I can wait another couple of weeks. I’m so jazzed about the idea of having FDT as a candidate ... I just hope we’re not setting ourselves up for a letdown.

[dforest]

I really do think he is going to run. I got that idea from the Garrison show. He mentioned that he had to settle out some obligations at the end of the month. Having lived here all my life. Hoosiers will be Fredheads!

Rooty will be history.