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Perhaps recognizing that all his rhetoric was depressing a crowd that(sic) given him a loud and extended welcome

I sure hope he recognized it! Americans don't want a leader who tells us about how bad our problems are, we already know that. Americans want a leader who optimistically tells us how he will lead us to victory and success.

I support Fred and hope I never hear another speech like that from him.

>Americans want a leader who optiisticaly tells us how he will lead us to victory and success.<

You are so right. That is why when people listen to Duncan Hunter they hear his solid, well thought out answers to our problems. They hear a vigorous man determined to turn the ship of state out of the fast sea lane to disaster on so many fronts. And they are turning to Duncan Hunter in droves.

Most of the Republican candidates are taking pages out of Duncan Hunter’s book. And Fred will be no exception.

Prokopton wrote: "Americans don't want a leader who tells us about how bad our problems are, we already know that. Americans want a leader who optimistically tells us how he will lead us to victory and success.

I support Fred and hope I never hear another speech like that from him."

Most Americans realize that in order to solve a problem, we must first be aware of it. Then we must understand it. And finally, we must take the steps needed to solve it.

As Captain Ed has pointed out, "Since Thompson has not yet declared his candidacy, he cannot represent himself as the solution to these problems, nor can he give a detailed list of actions he would take, once elected. To do so would put him in danger of running afoul of the FEC, which already has received a complaint about the nature of Fred's exploratory campaign. Technically, this has to be a listening tour until he changes his status, which is expected to happen shortly after Labor Day."

Once Fred is officially in the campaign, expect specific solutions to the problems which confront our nation, and yes, an optimistic rallying cry from him to join together and get the job done.

As Fred reminded the Repulican convention in 1996:

"For eight historic years, President Reagan's contagious optimism and unsinkable hope reawakened our nation's pride and reminded us that America's birthright is to live free and to dream big.

But he taught us not to dwell on the past. He taught to look to the future. And you know what he'd tell us if he were here now?

He'd tell us to lift up our eyes and look over the horizon, not just to what we can do, but to what we can become — an America where government is small and our families are strong; where we are free to save and invest what we earn from honest labor. An America where a head with an idea and a heart with a dream can achieve anything because nothing is beyond our reach."

I disagree strenuously. PART of our problem is that we DON’T now how serious our problems are. What we hear is a great deal of rhetoric and 20 point plans (to quote Fred) to fix this or that issue. We haven’t LEADERS. We have politicians.

Fred is going to educate us (that’s my opinion) on our real problems. He WILL offer solutions and remedies for them- but first he has to get our attention.

Optimism is our strength and we CAN overcome our problems- but I see us sleeping in entrenched right v left hatred, utter lack of trust in our government individually and collectively.

Fred is not going to sugarcoat. America simply MUST wake up to itself before ANYONE can lead us forward to our future greatness.

I was moved and inspired by the speech- because someone told me the truth. The facts are where we must begin.

I may not want to hear more speeches like last night- but I think I need to- think we ALL need to. We have to snap out of it.