Posted on 06/14/2007 9:28:25 PM PDT by Josh Painter
For decades, conservatives struggled to take over the Republican Party. They remember Reagan as the man who led them to power. They're worried that the current front-runners for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination may challenge the conservative ascendancy.
Mitt Romney? "A little convenient in the switching of his positions," Bennett said. John McCain? "A little too mavericky" in Bennett's view. Rudy Giuliani? "He's out there on social and domestic issues in a way that a lot of the [conservative] base may be willing to accept but isn't happy with."
And Thompson? "Fred Thompson, in the imagination, feels like the bowl of porridge that is just right," Bennett said. "But the tasting is yet to occur."
... "I don't think the American people are going to turn the keys to this country over to a party who invest their political capital in defeat," Thompson said.
One way to get conservative juices flowing is to take on filmmaker Michael Moore... "You know, the next time you're down in Cuba visiting your buddy Castro, you might ask him about another documentary filmmaker," Thompson said in a Web video addressed to Moore. "His name is Nicolas Guillen. He did something Castro didn't like, and they put him in a mental institution for several years, giving him devastating electroshock treatments. Mental institution, Michael. Might be something you ought to think about."
What clinches the sale for many conservatives is that Thompson looks like a winner. "This is the guy we need to beat the ultimate Democratic nominee," South Carolina state Sen. John Hawkins said. "And if we're ever going to be able to beat them, the person to do it is going to be Fred Thompson." At a time when Americans are concerned about physical security, Thompson has been described as "the ultimate Papa Bear."
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
I agree. This will be the issue that decides the next election. He would be the perfect man to lead the revolt, because he spent 8 years in the Senate and knows how to maneuver to get it killed.
Huh?
Please add me to your list. I’m already on a couple of e-mail lists for Thompson and have donated. He’s my guy for 2008, fer shur.
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