Posted on 05/24/2007 10:53:53 PM PDT by Josh Painter
STAMFORD, Conn. In his second major outing as a presidential candidate in waiting, Fred Thompson spoke last night to the Connecticut Republican Party for its annual Prescott Bush awards dinner...
"We are now living in a nation that is beset by people who are suicidal maniacs," Mr. Thompson said, laying into the recent proposed compromise, engineered by Senator McCain, that would provide legal status to millions of currently illegal immigrants while ostensibly strengthening border enforcement. "We're sitting here now with essentially open borders."
"They don't get it that putting it on a piece of paper anymore, even passing it into law, does not convince the American people that they will do what they say they're going to do," Mr. Thompson thundered.
And... he had much harsher words for the Democrats on the war in Iraq. "We look at our friends on the Democratic side who have clearly decided not what is best for their country, but what is best for the Democratic Party, and how they might get additional votes in future elections," he said.
"Our choice is where we will fight," Mr. Thompson said, echoing President Bush's familiar line about fighting the terrorists there, so as not to have to fight them here. All the Democrats want to debate, he said, is "the date of our surrender."
Agree or disagree, these were the words of a man ready for a fight. If folks weren't ready to believe it after Orange County, they should be after Stamford.
Talking to a likely Thompson staffer ahead of the speech, I said I hoped he'd get in the race and shake things up. The staffer said, coyly, "I think you'll get your wish." I didn't push for a date and time. But this guy's ready to go for it.
(Excerpt) Read more at latestpolitics.com ...
Nope! No balls! My son is 30 years old and he took his with him when he left.
Main Entry: er·satz
Pronunciation: ‘er-”säts, -”zäts, er-’; ‘&r-”sats
Function: adjective
Etymology: German ersatz-, from Ersatz, noun, substitute
: being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
He needs a tan so he doesn’t look pale and sickly.
As much as we might like for him to make it official, he has other obligations right now, and he'll have plenty of time when those have been completed. You don't think a full YEAR before the election won't give the voters plenty of time to get to know the candidates? Most voters won't even start paying attention until the two major candidates have been chosen. The primaries are all about revving up the base of the party to get excited to campaign. I think there is plenty of time still left to do that.
I can find many spellings and definitions that would insult you little man.
Those of us who like him are anxious for him to announce, but we respect his desire to meet his professional obligations before doing so.
I like to hear about general issues.
Bump!
“I think you’ll get your wish”
: )
That's fine. Read some of his commentaries. He's done some good ones.
Oops! Make that Courtesy of Freeper, Storm Ruger!
It is a matter of contract obligations. Certainly you can appreciate the fact he understands the “rule of law”.
"I can hardly think of a worse way to find out what a candidates positions are than listening to those ersatz debates".
You posted "You find debates irrelevant. Okay."
As you obviously didn't know the difference between "ersatz debate" and "debate" I provided you with a definition.
Now you reply "I can find many spellings and definitions that would insult you little man."
Look, you insipid twit, posters have been real nice to you on this thread because you just sounded ignorant. It appears now that you're more likely just an irritating troll.
If you keep it up you might find yourself in Zottawa.
It’s not acting, it’s sales and marketing.
Who’s one of the biggest Thompson supporters here?
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