Posted on 09/06/2007 9:41:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Candidate Says U.S. Must Return To Basics. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson said Thursday that he's ready to work hard in Iowa to make up for lost time.
Thompson was in Des Moines a day after announcing his White House run.
He said he still has enough time to get out his message.
"The preliminaries are over, the game is beginning as far as I'm concerned and I'm looking forward to it," he said.
He said he skipped the debates in an effort to reach more people.
"I want to reach them as directly as I can -- in the ways that I can. One of the ways you can do that is television, another way is the Internet," he said.
He said the numbers of months spent on the campaign trail probably does not equate that many times with ultimate victory.
"It's who you are and what you believe in. That's the main thing," he said.
He said there will be plenty of times for debating and he is looking forward to them. He added that he does not like the format.
"I don't think it's really designed to illicit much information in 30 second sound bites. I'd prefer to sit down one on one with somebody and talk for an hour," he said.
When asked what sets him apart, he declined to compare himself with other candidates.
"That's for the people to decide. Those are all the things that the people of Iowa are going to have to judge for themselves and I look forward to that judgment," he said.
He said his main message is about getting back to basics.
"We need to get back to the first principles of this country, principles that founded this country that were based on the Declaration of Independence. The fact that our basic rights come from God and not from man and not from government and it leads you to believe things like the sanctity of life, it leads you to believe things like lower taxes and less government. I think that's what made our country great. I think it will continue to make it great if we apply them," he said.
Sad part is, he still looked better, I don't blame him or them, I blame the format of the debates, for not letting any of them, get real time, or even have a real debate.
I remember watching GOP debates going back years and years, and it seems like its getting worse and worse.
At this point, any candidate would be better off going on SNL then doing them, if they can't be done properly.
I like Hunter and Tancredo as well as Fred, and one has to admit that FREd got way more airtime than they did...(I do think that Duncan won the debate that night)...both at the debate and as far as being on Leno.
BUMP and PING.
Well, it isn't going to walk up to the house and knock on the door. What are you waiting for?
Oh Jeez..... LOL
Amen.
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