“I don’t understand conservative enthusiasm. He supported McCain-Feingold CFR, which was the worst single piece of legislation passed in the last 20 years.”
Are you on crack?? McCain AUTHORED CFR! And Giulani would have backed it wholeheartedly. At least Thompson has backed away from it. Besides, CFR will be moot shortly, no one is going to follow it, the money always squirts around the sides.
Well, no.
McCain AUTHORED CFR! And Giulani would have backed it wholeheartedly. At least Thompson has backed away from it. Besides, CFR will be moot shortly, no one is going to follow it, the money always squirts around the sides.
Didn't say I liked McCain or Guiliani. Frankly, I think all three of them suck eggs. (I would have a very hard time pulling the lever for McCain, even as against HRC--and I really dislike the idea of HRC being president.)
Suggest you read my post again. In it, I wondered why conservatives were all googly-eyed over Thompson, given his support of CFR.
The CFR vote was a fundamental "tell" for our politicians. Any politician who thinks it's a good idea to put citizens in jail for critizing elected officials 59 days before an election has a very serious judgment problem.
"Backing away" doesn't do it for me. I would prefer to hear something like: "How could I have been so stupid as to vote for CFR? I promise never to do anything like that again. If elected president, I will actively support the repeal of CFR. I now understand that permitting citizens to criticize elected officials is at the very core of a free republic and that without free criticism of elected officials, a totalitarian state is almost inevitable."