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He turned out to be a shooting star—a dazzling flash in the sky, soon gone,
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For six of his eight years as a Senator
Right there, the writer lost credibility with me. From there on, everything he wrote was subject to: "I wonder who he's backing and feels that Fred is a threat to be eliminated?" "Soon gone"??? He neglected to add that Fred was REELECTED to a new term in even bigger record numbers! He likely would have been so reelected in 2002, leaving office in Jan 2003 after 11 years in office= but he had just lost a child and decided not to pursue another campaign. Personal tragedy can slow one down for a bit.
So this blatant omission about Fred's runaway success in being elected to a second term - and serving 11 years in the senate - negates anything else he has to say.
It just smacks of the Republicans biggest handicap - shooting their own.
And sorry, Bachert, your disclaimer "I'm only the messenger here." doesn't hold water. You post a diatribe against Thompson that is less than honest and claim immunity. Nope.
This is the drive-by shooting tactic one is used to from the left.
You obviously have another horse in the race...and seem to be as intellectually dishonest as the writer. No pass...
Seems like shooting their own is what the Thompsonites are doing to a guy like Hunter, shooting him with the bullet of UNELECTABLE.
Thompson served 8 years in the Senate, I believe. (http://www.imwithfred.com/About.aspx) Where are you getting 11?
Also, as many forget, Fred ran on a pro-term limit platform and promised from day one to only serve two terms- a promise he kept.
As for the article, I'm going through these votes, but I see some that are referenced are procedural votes and not actual bill votes. There was a influx of anti-Fred posts a few weeks back quoting some anti-immigration site that proved Fred voted for illegal immigration. This was shown to be bogus because they only pointed out the procedural votes to move the bill to and from committee (which he voted For) and ignored completely that when the actual bill went to vote, he voted against it.
Actually, I have thought Fred was the guy to get behind and if others here can knock down Viguerie’s data, I may STILL back him.
So sad that we seem to be lusting for a knight on a white steed to ride into the White House and “save us” from the fate so many of us have engineered for ourselves. Ain’t gonna happen.
And the CONGRESSIONAL RACES ARE FAR MORE VITAL TO THIS COUNTRY.
If you want to know why, send me a private email.