Like Reagan Without the New Ideas (Fred Thompson)

The New York Observer ^ | June 6, 2007 | Jennifer Rubin

[SunkenCiv]

I love the smell of [expletive deleted] in the evening.

[unspun]

I think we may find that F. Thompson would be tougher on his domestic policy positions than Ronald Reagan was as president.

Not all of those positions are the best (like taking the Steven A. Douglas "states rights" approach to abortion) however.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Every critical article, editorial, op-ed piece and screed about Fred Thompson tells me that the lame-stream media, defeatocrats, RINOs, amnesty pushers, gun-grabbers, peacecreeps, KOS kids, abortion supporters and assorted other Marxists are deathly afraid of his candidacy.

Good! They should be!!

[Eric Blair 2084]

So wasn't Tom Brady, replacing Drew what's-his-name. The New England Patriots never looked back. Neither will we.

Drew Bledsoe. And Tony Romo replaced Bledsoe too and made the Pro Bowl. I hope he follows in the same footsteps since I'm a Dallas Cowboy fan.

The point is that for every Tom Brady there are 557 Babe Laufenbergs who get in the game and then the whole world finds out why they've been backup QBs for their entire career. :-) Hopefully Fred is more Troy Aikman than Jeff George.

[Politicalmom]

Not to mention that Thompson is a foreign affairs expert, with an emphasis on China, North Korea, and Russia.

[Shortstop7]

Very well said.

God Bless our President.

[Eric Blair 2084]

I think it’s the fact that a real grass roots campaign is Drafting Fred Thompson into the race

No doubt. That's the way it's supposed to work. Now he's here. You and I can bring him here, but now it's up to him to seize the opportunity.

[Politicalmom]

That was NOT the second one. That was the only one.

[Eric Blair 2084]

What about post #23?

[Eric Blair 2084]

Never mind.

[Reagan Man]

Reagan promoted a strong defense, limited govt, tax reforms and right to life issues.

These weren’t new ideas, they were old ideas and the right ideas that America was built on. Reagan simple made them work.

If Fred Thompson can revive the Reagan agenda, America will be a better place.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Her publication criticized FR over the Giuliani purge so they have no credibility.

Good catch. You're right, that was the NY Observer. Nobody else in the MSM or even the blogosphere said pooh about that. Shocking that a 12,000 post thread on the biggest conservative forum on the internet didn't deserve a mention anywhere else. Jim must be disappointed. If it were my site, I know I would be.

[Moonman62]

I don't know if Reagan's ideas were new; they were just CORRECT.

That's a very good point.

[Eric Blair 2084]

That’s all we can ask for.

If I could get some of that on the local level here in the DPRNJ without having to bother to run for office myself I would be really happy.

Unfortunately, it falls under the category of “if you want a job done right, you have to do it yourself”.

[Eric Blair 2084]

I’ll hold you to that.

[Uriah_lost]

As WFB is quoted as saying, “Don’t just do something, stand there”

[upchuck]

I don't want a bunch of new stuff.

I just want conservative stuff. FDT Bump!

[backhoe]

Don't shoot the messenger.

No problem, neighbor- back when I posted stuff, I often put up "things I disagreed with strongly but thought we ought to know about..."

However, I do have one comment for Jennifer Rubin...

Meow, honey!

[SE Mom]

LOL! Yep:) How bout those Patriots?

Give me back-up QB’s like Brady anytime.

[jimfree]

New ideas didn’t help Gary Hart. Reagan had many old ideas - they were just expressed more clearly and enthusiastically than in the years prior to 1980.