As the Rudybots like to remind us, No candidate is perfect. Fred Thompson is a friend of John McInsane, and supported him on a lot of issues. That can lead a person in a lot of wrong directions.
That said, he ain’t Rudy Guiliani or John McInsane, and I’m willing to support him in the General. (I’ll be votin’ for Duncan Hunter in the Primary, most likely.)
Ah, but the problem is many of these FredHeads admit "No candidate is perfect" for President, but they want their Senators to be perfect. Jon Kyl's voting record is much further to the right of Fred's, and almost flawlessly conservative, except Jon Kyl voted the "wrong way" on ONE bill -- he caved on illegal alien amnesty in 2007 and co-sponcered the idiotic "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act" created by Bush, McCain, and Kennedy. And is the conservative responce? Kyl can't be trusted anymore, find a primary challenger and kick him butt to teach him a lesson.
Now the problem is Fred also voted the "wrong" way on immigration, and he's had a handful of other votes where he supported a failed liberal position while guys like Kyl voted the RIGHT way.
And we're left with a whole bunch of people on this forum who will spend the 2008 primary ranting and raving that when Jon Kyl votes their way 99% of the time, it's not good enough because he "betrayed" them on one issue, but when Fred Thompson votes their way 80% of the time, it's an outstanding example of a principled Reagan conservative and we need to give this guy a promotion a commander-in-chief. And don't bother "throwing away your vote" on someone more conservative, like Tom Tancredo, because Fred is "electable"
The hypocrisy here among so many Fredheads has kept me firmly away from their candidate. At least I don't scream that abortion is wrong when Rudy supporters it, then turn around and endorse a big pro-abortion Senator like Arlen Specter in the primary.
Best choice out there, all things considered. But if Fred Thompson wants my vote in the general election, he's going to have to earn it like any other candidate. He either needs to get into the race or get out of it. If he's in, he needs to be prepared to work his tail off, raise money, address issues and meet with undecided, neutral and even hostile audiences, the same as all the other declared candidates have done so far.
Fred can't just cruise on his celebrity status. We had a guy here in Pennsylvania who thought he could do that. Nice fellow, very likeable and probably would have made a decent governor. He certainly would have been an improvement over Ed Rendell. You may remember him. His name was Lynn Swann.
“That said, he aint Rudy Guiliani or John McInsane, and Im willing to support him in the General. (Ill be votin for Duncan Hunter in the Primary, most likely.)”
My thoughts exactly. I’m not even gonna read the other 900 posts now. ‘nough said.
Maybe I'm just tired but it's getting to be too much for me to take in. I guess it is still early but I sure would like to see a "clear cut" nominee who we could back with confidence. Is that man out there? Have we already seen him and don't recognize him yet? Is there yet someone else waiting in the wings? I hate this game more and more every day. I'm taking two aspirin and going to bed. Good night.