[goldstategop]

Fred Thompson will regret it most. He had an opportunity to establish a connection with the party's activists and connect on the issues that concerns them - the state of our culture and our society. I call that a blunder. In the future, even front-runners are going to attend debates like this because conservative voters will no longer put up with being told to keep quiet. We won't vote for Hillary Clinton but neither will we vote for someone who takes us for granted and doesn't think our values are worthy of being given respect.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Jim Robinson]

B/S. Run, FRed, Run!!

[SuziQ]

Fred won't regret it, because he's out there meeting voters one on one, not trying to step to the tune of a group of people who have set themselves up as the arbiters of the 'values vote'. The idea that they, as a group, would denigrate a candidate just because they didn't show up at the debate smacks of extortion to me. Why not just pay attention to the candidate when he makes his stump speeches, or educate yourself by reading the candidate's positions on his webpage ?

There will be plenty more debates. The candidates don't have to spend their time at all of them, or even most of them. Not that many people are watching them, anyway.

[SAJ]

The calculus is pretty simple this year, goldie...vote for the Pubbie, or don't, and accept Hitlery as President by default.

No, I don't much like it either, but you're perfectly well aware that the sentence above is entirely true.

[DesScorp]

“Fred Thompson will regret it most. He had an opportunity to establish a connection with the party’s activists and connect on the issues that concerns them - the state of our culture and our society.”

Thompson didn’t miss anything...or hadn’t you noticed that none of the A-listers showed up a all? Just the also-rans.

Like it or not, the reality is that most of the electorate doesn’t much care about values at the moment, other than their home values.

[RinaseaofDs]

It’s bunk.

Hillary vs. Thompson, and you won’t vote for Thompson? Please.

[ejonesie22]

That is the most pretentious load of crap I have ever heard.

You call it a blunder an then say in the future the front runners will attend. Well yesterday wasn’t the future, and Fred is a front runner.

Oh, the “We won’t vote for Clinton, but also won’t vote for some one who takes you for granted” meme, well that is a hoot. You know what you and the nation are left with, bupkis.

That’s one hell of a “value” friend.

[longtermmemmory]

I also think it did NOT help Joseph Farah was involved.

[Nav_Mom]

goldstategop wtites:: “We won’t vote for Hillary Clinton but neither will we vote for someone who takes us for granted and doesn’t think our values are worthy of being given respect”

Nav_mom responds: Hence, the blood bath of election 2006. Many on here seem to think that if Hillary wins it will only be a short detour and then we will miraculously rebound in 2012. I disagree, if the leftest, socialist Democrats get back in the white house they will ensure they NEVER lose power again. They will give illegals the vote they will increase entitlement spending, they will carry on with illegal election policies and the media will supply all the needed cover. If Hillary wins in 2012 it will be the beginning of the end. IMHO.