"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Darn, I'd have gone for Moses.
Good post! Abraham was a big supporter of open borders, comporable to Martinez or Graham on immigration issues. I wish Fred had picked someone else. I also don’t see the wisdom in selecting a guy who LOST as campaign manager. Granted, he won in 1994, in an election where the GOP won the biggest House & Senate landslides since the 1920s. But he lost in a more competitive environment in 2000 to Debbie Stabenow. Sorry, but an incumbent Republican who loses to Debbie Stabenow isn’t the guy I’d pick to manage my campaign.
I don’t think this is a disasterous move by Fred but sometimes these little symbolic things are psychologically important. When GOP primary voters are begging for a true conservative, particularly on border and immigration issues, it seems to be a major misfire to select Abraham. Imagine if Bush’s two Supreme Court appointments had turned out bad and that was the driving issue in the GOP primary, and in that climate Fred had picked a defeated former Senator with a pro-abortion voting record as his manager. Same deal here, but with Bush’s immigration debacle being the issue.
Thompson is strong on the border, both in word and deed:
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Fred_Thompson.htm#Immigration
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjhkYzZiNTAxZjAyZTNjNzkxNjA2ZTNmNDBhNjhlYWU
http://fredfile.imwithfred.com/2007/a-good-day/