Slate Thompson Takeout

New York Sun ^ | April 23, 2007 | Ryan Sager

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Rudy McRomney is terrified of Fred.

For good reason.

[johnny7]

spam...

[rintense]

Oh brother.

[Moose4]

I don’t think Fred’s stand on federalism is a bad thing...stuff like gay “marriage” and abortion should be pushed back down to the states IMO. Then the battles can be fought in the state legislatures, where they should be. And if abortion and gay “marriage” is legalized by the LEGISLATURES (not by judicial fiat) in those states? Well, the people’s representatives have spoken, and they’ll have to answer for it, one way or the other.

His friendship with McQueeg...meh. The Senate is a very clubby place. His sponsorship of the unconstitutional abomination that is CFR is a bad thing, but I’d be interested to hear his current opinion on it, and if he realizes he screwed up.

}:-)4

[Pistolshot]

You can smell the fear of Fred. It is so thick, you could cut it with a knife.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The article he discusses.

Falling for Fred -- What his swooners overlook.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Anyone hear want to dialog?

This is important.

[horse_doc]

If New England want so have public beastiality on the floors of their legislatures, I could care less, as long as they don't insist on Texas doing it as well.

I'm an arch-social conservative in my own state, but it is none of my business what other states do.

That's the way it is supposed to work - letting a few states do stupid things, and allowing them to fail miserably, is part of the laboratory of the Republic. It works a lot better than hectoring people about how to live their lives.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The guns are out for Fred apparently.

[Pistolshot]

Sure, I can . What’s on your mind?

[Always Right]

First and foremost, I think Mr. Dickerson is right about how damaging Mr. Thompson's ties to John McCain could be.

Discounting people with guilt by association, puh_leeez. The lame of lame.

[rob21]

I agree. Fred Thompson has some serious flaws which can’t be explained away, as hard as the Fred Speds may try. I’ve seen Thompson supporters defend Bill Clinton while trying to justify his not guilty vote on the perjury charge, I’ve seen them dismiss his attack on our First Amendment rights because Thompson has “changed his mind”.

Of course, now the Fred Speds will attack me for telling the truth. I’ll be accused of being part of another campaign, etc etc. No matter how hysterical they get, it won’t change the fact that they have abandoned conservative principles in the name of supporting a candidate who hasn’t even entered the race yet.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Yeah, let’s chat. Let’s have a dialog.

I smell viking kitties in your future.

[Badeye]

I’d say this is way too much ‘inside baseball’ and irrelevant to the coming primary season.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The points in the post.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Discounting people with guilt by association, puh_leeez. The lame of lame.

Now this is an interesting point of view. Tell me more.

[mikeus_maximus]

It's not that we social conservatives think he's the perfect candidate-- he's not. But he's solid on the fundamental issues of abortion and marriage, and far more so than any other candidate.

On national defense and fiscal matters, he's also more likely to take a consrvative approach than our current prez or any of the other candidates.

If he jumps in, it's over for Rudy McRomney.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

...Of course, now the Fred Speds will attack me for telling the truth....

No. No. I understand that the new tone on FR is calling for dialog.

[johnny7]

“Rudy... RUDY?!” -Sally Struthers, 'The Getaway'