Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Posted on 07/11/2007 7:19:50 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
It wasn't a rock star's reception, but 12,000 talk radio fans on hand for the Republican's first public visit to Georgia as a possible presidential candidate treated Fred Thompson as a contender.
"Run, Fred Run!" many yelled as they gave the actor and former U.S. senator a standing ovation Tuesday night at Sean Hannity's "Freedom Concert" at the Gwinnett Arena.
Thompson didn't say whether he would run, but he told one group of Gwinnett businessmen to "keep your powder dry," prior to the concert.
"I think we may be able to do something good for this country," Thompson said.
Thompson was a surprise guest at the Hannity event, but he took the stage before any of the political celebrities who headlined the concert. Oliver North and Newt Gingrich were scheduled to wow the Republican faithful, along with a medley of country musicians and entertainers.
Thompson's last-minute Georgia visit was launched after midnight Monday when the unannounced candidate told an aide that he would accept Hannity's invitation to attend the concert. The conservative Fox News talk show host made the offer to Thompson on Sunday afternoon, said Joel McElhannon, a staffer for Thompson's exploratory committee.
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"I think about the shenanigans that you're seeing in Washington, D.C., these days and I say do the opposite of what's going on up there," Thompson, said to enthusiatic applause from the chamber crowd.
The concert goers gave Thompson 30-second standing ovations on both ends of his four-minute speech.
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How the heck was it a "surprise" if there were 12,000 people waiting for him?
I dont know why this seems to offend like it does...this seems simply brilliant and savy to me.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Because he wasnt billed to be there. SURPRISE!!!
I read he’d be at it Sunday or Monday. Either way, glad to hear he got a great response.
12,000 talk radio fans on hand for the Republican's first public visit
How the heck was it a "surprise" if there were 12,000 people waiting for him?
That is written in an asinine manner. They were "on hand" for the Hannity concert/political event, not for Thompson.
Anyone else getting the sense that Hannity may jump the SS Giuliani for Fred?
They were there for the FReedom Concert, he was a last minute addition.
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Writing-on-the-wall syndrome, perhaps?
Wouldn't hurt my feeling a bit!
I don’t know who or what you are, but WELCOME!!
LOVE IT!!
I couldn’t listen to Hannity. How did Fred react to the FairTax question?
That was my first thought. Hannity calls and invites him? Did he invite Rudy? Apparently not. Hmmmmmmm.
He said that the current tax code is a mess and if printed out it wouldn't fit in the back of his pickup truck. He said he'd been talking extensively to Rep. Linder and "other experts" on the FairTax and was intrigued by the idea. He also said that a massive overhaul of the tax system is long overdue and Americans know it. No specific commitment to the FairTax, though.
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