No candidate is perfect. Quite right. I’d be happy to support Giuliani. You guys need to stop drinking the kool-aid. A cross-dresser? Are you serious? It was a joke. Bush has an approval of about 30 percent and you guys want to go with a guy that is just like him. I’d rather take half a loaf. And I’m glad you brought up Hillary Clinton because that’s exactly who will be president if the Republicans nominate Thompson. Taft screwed us in Ohio. It’s going to go to the Democrats. How are we going to make that up? Thompson sure as hell won’t take any states into our column from the Northeast. Hillary may yet be able to pick up Arkansas.
And laugh all you want but the joke is going to be on all of us if we’re not smart about who we choose to go into battle with the Clintons.
Thompson isn’t “just like Bush.”
In fact, from the Dems’ perspective, the candidate most often compared to Bush is Giuliani. I’ve been over to enemy territory.
They think Giuliani is Bush II. Fred? They FEAR him.
Dems are literally terrified of Thompson. They know he’ll wipe the floor with Hillary and anyone else they nominate. Fred connects with the base — voters. He doesn’t mince words. If he doesn’t agree with you, he’ll say so and explain why. No nuancing, no avoiding answers. He’ll win the south easily, and we need southern states to win.