FRED'S FLOP

The New York Post ^ | Sept 13,2007 | George F. Will

[AmericanMade1776]

Thompson, contrary to his current memories, was deeply involved in expanding government restrictions on political speech generally and the ban on issue ads specifically. Yet he told Ingraham "I voted for all of it," meaning McCain-Feingold, but said "I don't support that" provision of it.

Oh? Why, then, did he file his own brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold McCain-Feingold, stressing Congress' especially "compelling interest" in squelching issue ads that "influence" elections?

Most lamely, Thompson takes credit for McCain-Feingold doubling the amount of "hard money" an individual can give to a candidate, which he says reduces the advantages of incumbency. But that is absurd: Most hard money flows to incumbe

[ejonesie22]

Yeah, those Lawyer/Actor/Senators are a dime a dozen, anyone could do those things, even in a single life time. Law School, bah, piece of cake baby, it’s for losers...

Mitt’s drop is cutting deep I guess...

[ejonesie22]

You forgot this tid bit...

Arizona Senator John McCain earns 12% of the vote and has moved a point ahead of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 11%.

[AmericanMade1776]

reagan_fanatic wrote: If elected, I have no doubt Fred will do very well as President. If I didn't think so, I wouldn't support him.

I have doubts that Fred can run anything. Fred has been taking directions for years now, as an actor on Law and Order, that is not leading credentials. Fred has an incurable disease and he does not look well. But...we will see if Fred can suddenly inspire someone else besides the ones who brought him to the party with the hopes he could close up the borders.

[AmericanMade1776]

First, I am not a dude.... I am a female. The Bold is to help you see what I wrote compared to what the other person wrote. Your poll is insignificant , because the only poll that counts is the one at the ballot booth. Just to prove what I am saying look at this Pre Primary poll of democrat Presidential candidates in 2003

[uncbob]

he knows baseball far better than politics.

I tried reading his baseball book
Couldn't get past the first 2 chapters
Talk about over analyzing

[trisham]

Is Fred a “perfect conservative”? No, (nobody is)but he’s head and shoulders above the flip-floppin Mormon and the cross-dressing gun grabber and the wide open borders guy from Arizona.

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You bet he is. I put a Fred bumper-sticker on my SUV this morning.

[uncbob]

Duncan keeps sounding better..

It is a shame he can't get traction

[uncbob]

Ronaldus Maximus was pilloried in 1976 by Gerald Ford and other(RINOs) “establishment” (read country club) Republicans as being a loose cannon, a cowboy and “only an actor” who would get us into a nuclear exchange with the Soviets.

Yep all you heard out of the Ford camp was EXTREMIST

That really lowered Ford in my estimation and still does to this day

[Reader of news]

My prediction back in April was that when Fred came in conservatives in the party would flock to him

Romney is still leading the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, and if he finally wins both, he could benefit from momentum. National polls on the nomination aren't that good an indicator, as, in fact, John Kerry was well behind before Iowa in the national polls.

[AmericanMade1776]

ejonesie22 wrote: Yeah, those Lawyer/Actor/Senators are a dime a dozen, anyone could do those things, even in a single life time. Law School, bah, piece of cake baby, it’s for losers...

I believe Senator Byrd dabbles in acting .

[rogue yam]

It’s very interesting how Fred Thompson supporters have to keep making excuses for Fred’s record while trying to convince us we shouldn’t support a principled, consistent conservative like Duncan Hunter because of polls.

It makes no sense that you have directed this at me. I have made no excuses for Fred's record and have never said he was perfect. Further it is supremely foolish and arrogant for you to imply that Duncan Hunter supporters care more about principles than do Fred Thompson supporters. Please consider that for some people one of their guiding principles is to live in the world as it is. And in the world of today, Duncan Hunter is consistently polling well below 5% after months of campaigning. Perhaps you think that copping a giant nasty attitude will be sufficient to turn this reality around but I'm not betting on it.

[Mr. Jeeves]

That poll is enlightening, because the “establishment candidate” Kerry won despite trailing in August, 2003. That would suggest that Giuliani has the 2008 Republican nomination in the bag, no matter what mini-Fred boomlet is underway now. ;)

[ejonesie22]

Uh huh, excuses, right...

[uncbob]

I just cannot bring myself to beleive that a significant percent of the koolaid drinking 47% of Democrats will, in the end, vote this cold, shrill womanizer abetter person.

They voted for a Dork like Gore and a lying traitor like Kerry .Democrats will vote for any body

[AmericanMade1776]

What the poll suggest is that it is all up for grabs until the “tire hits the pavement” in the Presidential Primaries.

[Notary Sojac]

Duncan Hunter will not get the GOP presidential nomination in 2008.

You are probably right.

But this is the primary...heck, it's the pre-pre-primary season, and if we can't vote our convictions in the primaries, when can we??

[ejonesie22]

An older photo of the extinguished Distinguished Senator from West Virginia

[Notary Sojac]

45% of the public is so firmly attached to the government teat that they will vote for any Democrat.

That's what happens when you have almost as many people riding in the wagon as there are pulling it.

[rogue yam]

But this is the primary...heck, it's the pre-pre-primary season, and if we can't vote our convictions in the primaries, when can we??

Winning is always important. One Republican will win the nomination. If your first choice is almost certainly not going to be the one to win the nomination, then it might make sense for you to at some point switch to your second (or third, etc.) choice in order to avoid some even lower preference winning the nomination. That is all. The Republican Party is a coalition and it takes a broad reach to win the Presidency. Certainly Ronald Reagan understood this.

[fetal heart beats by 21st day]

“I have made no excuses for Fred’s record and have never said he was perfect.”

Not only is his record not perfect, it is inconsistent at best.

“Further it is supremely foolish and arrogant for you to imply that Duncan Hunter supporters care more about principles than do Fred Thompson supporters.”

Sorry, Ejonsie, but Fred Thompson’s supporters talk about name recognition and polls-not principles when defending Fred Thompson. Oh, and alot of the men talk about his wife’s body. Somehow, I’m just not getting a sense of principles out of their posts.

“Please consider that for some people one of their guiding principles is to live in the world as it is.”

We all live in the world as it is, but doing so is not a guiding principle.