Posted on 08/06/2007 4:17:12 PM PDT by SJackson
Kevin Barrett
Ed Thompson, the most successful Wisconsin third party candidate since Fighting Bob LaFollette and the Progressives, says he may run for president as a pro-9/11-truth candidate in 2008.
Thompson discussed his potential run today on the Dynamic Duo radio show, LINK. If neither his brother Tommy Thompson nor fellow truth-seeker Ron Paul get the Republican nomination, Thompson said, "somebody will have to do it."
Informed that Ron Paul had spoken out for a new 9/11 investigation, while cautioning that a change of administrations wouldn't solve the 9/11 problem overnight, Thompson said "Why not? Why wait for an investigation?" He insisted that a new, truly independent investigation staffed by 9/11 truth-seekers--"people like you, Kevin"-- should happen ASAP.
Thompson passionately expressed his sense that the nation is in dire straits, that the war must end and the truth must out, and that the major parties are incapable of facing the crisis. "The people are afraid of you, Kevin--they're afraid you may be right (about 9/11)," Thompson said, adding that he had watched several 9/11 truth videos and found them extremely disturbing.
Thompson also spoke of his own spiritual crisis, how he had once been suffering from extreme depression and suddenly encountered "the light" and the knowledge that love was the ultimate reality. He suggested that the U.S. is approaching a very dark crisis and will only survive if enough people realize that we need to love each other, not demonize, hate and kill. He wondered aloud why a powerful country like the U.S., surrounded by oceans and unthreatening neighbours, needs to pursue "defence" by killing people all over the world.
Thompson, who polled 11% of the vote as a Libertarian in the 2002 Wisconsin gubernatorial race, agreed that the polls suggest that a third party 9/11truth candidate could make history. Last year 36% of the American people said 9/11 was high treason; this year it must be over 40%. If those 40% vote, they would surely vote for a third party candidate who promised an immediate, no-holds-barred investigation. And an independent who got 40%, leaving each major party candidate with around 30%, would win.
Thompson's brother Tommy, who is also thinking about running for president, could not be reached for comment.
Weren't they a doo-wop group in the 50's? I thought I saw them on a PBS special last nite....
Or was that the country group with the hit single, "I keep missin' you...but my aims gettin' better"?
Ping! ;)
“Informed that Ron Paul had spoken out for a new 9/11 investigation,”
...which would explain, of course, why Paul is just SOARING in the polls...
Bravo Sierra.
It would be if they conducted the poll at a showing of Loose Change, which they probably did.
That or downtown Berkeley.
What have they Thompson brothers been drinking??? They are both delusional egomaniacs.
Oh yeah....that was another real knee-slapper!
He suggested that the U.S. is approaching a very dark crisis and will only survive if enough people realize that we need to love each other, not demonize, hate and kill.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.
Lord we don’t need another candidate... there are so many candidates we can’t remember their names. There are liberals, and netroots each seeking fame.....
Thanks for the ping!
Folette is actually an interesting fellow, a Republican who served in the House a term or two, a term as Wisconsin Governor, and a couple decades in the Senate where he was well thought of. As the Progressive Party (Progressives were Republicans back in the day) he got near 20% in his Presidential run.
Tommy, please rein in your little brother. 2 Thompsons are one too many. 3 of them would be utter chaos.
That's about where Ross Perot came out, and got Clinton elected in '92. Once his flakiness was discovered, he only got about 8 percent in 1996.
As a Thompson myself, I say you are exactly right—LOL!
A few points under 20, I think he’s 2nd to Perot. Got Coolidge elected. Teddy Roosevelt stated publicly he should be hung for his opposition to WWI, which is his appeal to the antiwar movement, not his other accomplishments. Of course politics wasn’t nasty back then.
Ed Thompson owns a bar Tomah, Wisconsin.
Ed Thompsons Tee Pee Supper Club
Ed Thompson joined the Libertarian Party when his Bar was raided and he was charged with having illegal gambling machines.
Now wouldn’t that be something, if Tommy Thompson and Ed Thompson were going at it in the General Election. Brother vs. Brother.
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