FRED THOMPSON TO THE RESCUE? (Bob Lonsberry)

boblonsberry.com ^ | 06/01/07 | Bob Lonsberry

[shortstop]

Run, Fred, run.

He’s everything Hillary Clinton is not. Heck, he’s everything George W. Bush is not.

[JHBowden]

Better Fred than red.

Hell, that sounds like a new tagline!

[backhoe]

Excuse the cut and paste-- I recently cobbled this together:

Fred is the only one I give enough of a damn about to vote for. And walk the streets for. Make of this what you will. I'm not going to argue with people around here, but until he popped up, I had decided to stay home election day 2008.

Yes, all the others were that bad, in my sight. Gawd-awful...

Here's a sampling of Fred- enough for everyone to make up their own minds:

▲ Click to see where he stands on the issues. ▲

Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference

FredÂ’s position statements on ABC Radio:

http://abcradio.com/Blog.asp?id=15663&m=5&y=2007

How Fred ThompsonÂ’s Senate Record Stacks Up

Here's the table that shows the ratings that Thompson earned from various interest groups.

Fred Thompson's Ratings
Conservative Organizations:

• American Conservative Union: ~88
• Americans for Tax Reform: 90
• National Taxpayers Union: 84 (rated 7th best)
• National Right to Life: 77 (scored reduced due to vote for CFR)
• Eagle Forum: 75
• Conservative Index: 80
• Christian Coalition: ~85
• Family Research Council: 100
• Citizens Against Government Waste: 90
• Military Officers Association of America: 100
• NRA: "Staunch supporter of the Second Amendment"

Liberal Organizations:

• Planned Parenthood rating: 0
• NARAL Pro-Choice America rating: 0
• ACLU: 14
• NAACP: ~18
• LULAC: ~20
• Human Rights Campaign: 14
• NEA: ~10 (received a 0 in 2000)
• NOW: 0
• Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 13
• AFL-CIO: 0
• SEIU: 0
• American Federation of Teachers: 0

Sources: Project Vote Smart and Various Internet Sources
A tilde represents an average made of scores available.
This is a work in progress. Your mileage may vary.

table hattip:Spiff

[tiger-one]

NO
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/05/31/is-fred-thompson-a-small-government-conservative/

[xcamel]

[Huck]

It has so cynically sold out its core beliefs

How foolish can people be??? Cynicism IS the core belief of political parties. They haven't "sold out" anything. They're behaving predictably.

[AFPhys]

“The Republican ... [going along to get along with] ... the Democratic Party [liberals, and] ... George W. Bush has given us record deficits, a massive new welfare program, the attempted federalization of education, unrestricted illegal immigration, the right war fought the wrong way and now he’s a convert to global warming. Republicans gave him the White House and he gave them the shaft.”
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I believe it is not fair to place this solely on President Bush. IF he had been a different man, he could have prevented much of this, but he really doesn’t believe much in using the veto, or in bad-mouthing his political opponents.

To be fair, most of the blame for this lies on the UNSWERVING DEDICATION of the Senate Democrats to creeping socialism for the United States. That huge block of lockstep votes is a formidible obstacle now to any real conservative concepts in Congress. All they need to get is a few RINO Republicans on any particular issue, and they have a cloture-vote majority... see the recent immigration votes for a recent example.

Moreover, it is a grave error not to include “Campaign Finance ‘Reform’” in this list.

[shortstop]

Your emphatic NO does not match the accompanying article from Cato. NO what?

[Huck]

but he really doesn’t believe much in using the veto, or in bad-mouthing his political opponents.

You can't brush this off. You're basically saying he's unwilling to do his job. He's deferred and punted every step of the way. I understand it. He's not competent, and so for him deferring to others has been a good survival strategy.

To be fair, most of the blame for this lies on the UNSWERVING DEDICATION of the Senate Democrats to creeping socialism for the United States.

Blaming socialism on socialists is fine. That's like blaming crime on the criminals. But we're not debating the existence of socialism (crime.) We're debating the effectiveness of GWB and the GOP to combat it. Of course the criminal is responsible for the crime, but if you've got keystone kops falling all over each other, you've got an enforcement issue as well. It's not enough to say, 'dont blame the moron cop, he didn't rob the bank."

Moreover, it is a grave error not to include “Campaign Finance ‘Reform’” in this list.

I agree. Another fine example of GWB shirking his responsibilities.

[starbase]

I like that slightly-pissed-off look on his face. We need that now. I read one place he would position himself as a candidate that "is an adult, with a firm grip on the rudder", or something like that.

After nearly 20 years of boy Clinton, privileged Bush, and his read-my-lips self serving father, an adult is EXACTLY what we are in desperate need of in the Oval Office today. (and a slightly pissed off adult, would be perfect)

[ghostrider]

I'm not going to argue with people around here, but until he popped up, I had decided to stay home election day 2008.

Hear! Hear! McCain is a third generation military elite. Third generation elites are often not representative of your average American. Rudy is definitely liberal. Romney? Well, he was elected in Massachusetts - enough said. Fred may be the man most able to salvage the tattered wreckage of our sovereign nation. Time will tell.

[jellybean]

And they’re hankering for a little bit of the old-time religion, a genuine conservatism that is about something bigger than just winning the next election. In fact, real Republicans – like, presumably, real Democrats – see winning elections as a means, not an end. And while Republicans over most of the last 10 years have been good at winning elections, they have proven woefully inadequate at making those wins count for anything when it comes to advancing conservative policies that will help and strengthen America.

▲ Click to see where he stands on the issues. ▲

Draft Fred Thompson

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[xcamel]

the “I should feel sorry for you, you deranged little liberal twit, but you’re not worth the time” look

[P8riot]

The Republican Party is on the verge of becoming pointless. It has so cynically sold out its core beliefs and supporters that it is now nothing more than a cheap copy of the Democratic Party.

AMEN!

[Texas Federalist]

Fred is the only man who can bring all factions of this party together.

[backhoe]

I like that slightly-pissed-off look on his face. We need that now. I read one place he would position himself as a candidate that "is an adult, with a firm grip on the rudder", or something like that. After nearly 20 years of boy Clinton, privileged Bush, and his read-my-lips self serving father, an adult is EXACTLY what we are in desperate need of in the Oval Office today. (and a slightly pissed off adult, would be perfect)

A big "Amen!" to that.

[Silly]

[Atlas Sneezed]

“My beef is that Mitt Romney seems to have been a certified liberal until he was 58 years old. Then he seems to have begun a public preparation for the presidency, including a miraculous and convenient conversion to conservatism. He has, over the last two years, reversed himself on almost all the big issues of the day. I just can’t get my mind around how a man of his age could so resoundingly change his world view.”

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To those who think Fred is “too old”, they should keep in mind that he is only 8 years older than Mitt was when he was still a certified liberal.

[floriduh voter]

Florida’s starting a Freepers for Fred Ping List.

[Lazamataz]

GALOSHES