Posted on 07/30/2007 7:41:58 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Seems to me if you are waiting for the perfect candidate, you'll be waiting an awful long time!
Since this has become an issue, why doesn’t Fred Thompson himself, issue a clarification.
I think there is a lot of misreporting going on.
This is a good story but was posted earlier in the day.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873813/posts
I’m not the posting police, I was just on the other thread earlier. The subject is important, how gullible are we when the MSM puts out some twisted information?
Does he ever? He runs a real sloppy ship, IMO.
Also unclear is why Spencer Abraham, who is friendly with Islamists and was no friend of Israel, and who was an open border advocate, would even want to support Thompson, who is pro-Israel and wants to build the fence.
Fred silence says it all to me.
There are a lot of times when Fred does in fact issue a clarification himself. In interviews or written form. Many times people say he hasn’t when he did. He’s been on the road travelling for quite some time which limits such things. And does the press report all he says? No, they cover how they felt about what he said.
The written word requires that one be able to read and understand and take the time to read it. The interviews are largely on the internet. The daily FRed thread has links or full postings and excerpts everyday. If you truly are interested, it is there. Fred has in many interviews indicated that things the press has said about him are not true.
They are both strongly prolife. IMHO
Not one named quote identifies Abraham as campaign director.
Why should Fred respond when nobody has made a credible claim that Abraham is the campaign manager?
(Common sense really)
This Fred supporter thinks that this is MSM-driven and advanced by supporters of other candidates to hopefully convince others that Fred’s not a candidate they should support. For some here on FR, it has obviously worked.
And, you are absolutely right, those looking for The 100%Perfect Candidate are never going to find one.
Enwright is either a political genius (Karl Rove in training) or he is a soldier, marching on orders from the Bush campaign. For those conservatives who like the policies of Bush, it is good news. And for those conservatives who thought Bush was wrong on illegals and entitlement spending it just might mean more of the same.
So it begs a question: Is Thompson a Reagan conservative, or a Bush conservative?
That being said, I've read repeated claims about what Abraham isn't running or doing, but there's no real explanation of what he will be doing.
A "MERE" campaign advisor, and an "Ambassador" to Washington?
Sounds peculiar.
“Since this has become an issue, why doesn’t Fred Thompson himself, issue a clarification.”
I think Fred’s time is better spent getting his positions out there, as he has been by posting them on his website imwithfred.com. If there is any validity to all the various attacks on Fred, the attack will begin to show legs, until then Fred should ignore them, as the fact that your enemies are attacking, means they fear you, and the public will pick up on that. It also means more free publicity.
Oh, come on. Fred can spare 10 minutes from his busy day to issue a clarification.
“Oh, come on. Fred can spare 10 minutes from his busy day to issue a clarification.”
I don’t believe he should honor every attack with a response, there are going to be a lot of attacks, most will not deserve a response, and so all attacks must be treated inconsequential until they prove they have legs.
An open borders activist joining Fred's campaign is not inconsequential.
It appears that Fred doesn't know that.
As a Fred supporter I've had the same thoughts.
I'm sure he has access to the Internet and can reach his supporters directly, the question is why hasn't he?
“An open borders activist joining Fred’s campaign is not inconsequential. It appears that Fred doesn’t know that.”
Let’s see if a month from now it’s still an issue. If Fred limits himself to only hiring people who have the exact positions on the issues as he does, he would be left with an organization of 1. I support Fred and as a Jacksonian Libertarian I have differences with Fred on a number of things. It seems to me that Fred hired a centrist, that would be welcome every where in Washington, to Lobby for him. Fred isn’t going to have a problem gaining the support of conservatives, he is going to need to get in front of RINO’s and independents in order to work the old Fred charm on them and gain their support.
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