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Why Fred Thompson Will Win
American Thinker ^ | October 1, 2007 | Peter Mulhern

Posted on 09/30/2007 10:17:18 PM PDT by RWR8189

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To: RWR8189

NR had this article on FT today, about his Senate career.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/us/politics/30thompson.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&adxnnl=0&adxnnlx=1191259530-LNMKoU7oZd8YLfdAP4JJIw


61 posted on 10/01/2007 10:36:46 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: RWR8189; Politicalmom
Fred Thompson isn't Ronald Reagan. But he can restore the Republican Party to Reagan's default settings. He can make the GOP once again the party of the American Revolution and distinguish it sharply from the party of the French, Russian, Chinese, and Cuban Revolutions.

A terrific point!

62 posted on 10/01/2007 10:52:51 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: AmericanMade1776

“Conventional wisdom is hardening around the proposition that Fred Dalton Thompson is too lazy, ill-prepared, tired, old, lackluster, inexperienced, inconsistent and bald to make a successful run for President.”

You forgot he also has a learning and memory problem.


63 posted on 10/01/2007 10:53:08 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: AmericanMade1776

You forgot he also has a learning and memory problem.

Oh yes, and more than anything else, he has questionable friends and a sleaze for a mentor (Howard Baker).


64 posted on 10/01/2007 10:57:14 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: TChad
Rush fans who were listening during the Monica Lewinski mess will remember Mulhern as Peter the Lawyer.

Oh wow, I remember that guy! He was just terrific in laying out the facts and legalities of the entire obstruction issue in a way that made it completely understandable for we who are not lawyers.

65 posted on 10/01/2007 10:58:04 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Rastus

*snort* I laughed out loud at that line! Not to mention, he is right.


66 posted on 10/01/2007 10:59:12 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Yomin Postelnik
I’d say our best hope for a conservative nominee who can win is Huckabee, but I’d be happeir with Fred than with the other big 3.

Based on his performance at the Tavis Smiley debate, Huckabee is no conservative. He is a pandering gas bag.

67 posted on 10/01/2007 11:03:18 AM PDT by kabar
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To: RWR8189

Today ‘Bald’ is the new do, it’s in vogue.


68 posted on 10/01/2007 11:03:39 AM PDT by Hostage (Fred Thompson will be President.)
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To: Doofer

Heh, great cartoon!


69 posted on 10/01/2007 11:26:41 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: BreezyDog

You’re right;)


70 posted on 10/01/2007 2:56:14 PM PDT by isrul (Lamentations 5:2)
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To: SuziQ
Oh wow, I remember that guy! He was just terrific in laying out the facts and legalities of the entire obstruction issue in a way that made it completely understandable for we who are not lawyers.

IMO he was the best Rush caller ever. Mulhern also wrote some great pieces for Washington Weekly before it disappeared, and I read that he was once a regular on a west coast talk show. He is still not quite in the front ranks of conservative punditry, perhaps because his law practice gets in the way.

I did not know until now that he posts regularly at American Thinker.

71 posted on 10/01/2007 3:21:59 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Yomin Postelnik
I’d say our best hope for a conservative nominee who can win is Huckabee

Do what?

Huckabee is a nanny-stater. He wants a national indoor smoking ban, fer cryin' out loud. Not only is that not the government's business to begin with, but it's definitely not the federal government's business!

72 posted on 10/02/2007 5:32:23 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Ron Paul = Collaborator)
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To: SHEENA26
Mitt is it.

LOL, yeah right. Fred, unlike Mitt, doesn't need to have his batteries replaced from time to time.

73 posted on 10/02/2007 5:39:33 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Ron Paul = Collaborator)
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I have a feeling Hillary would run circles around Thompson in a debate...He just doesn’t seem to be quick enough on his feet.

I’ll withhold final judgment until I see a few of his debate performances...


74 posted on 10/02/2007 5:49:10 AM PDT by Swordfished
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To: Yomin Postelnik
There is a movement among Republicans who support Giuliani, like Michael Medved for instance, to promote Huckabee to further split the conservative vote, insuring a Giuliani victory.

In no scenario does Huckabee either win the nomination or the general.

75 posted on 10/02/2007 6:35:08 AM PDT by TAdams8591 (Mitt Romney '08")
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To: airborne

I agree with you. None of the candidates who has a real chance of getting the nomination is really appealing, and worse, I fear none of them can beat HildaBeast.


76 posted on 10/02/2007 11:03:14 PM PDT by BuckeyeForever
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To: Swordfished

You are probably right. Hillary is wicked, but articulate. She would make Fred Thompson look like a bumbling old fool. He already looks like he’s on his last leg.


77 posted on 10/02/2007 11:06:56 PM PDT by BuckeyeForever
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To: RWR8189

“John McCain’s candidacy may not be dead, but then again, neither is Ariel Sharon.”

Oh boy, that’s at the same time the funniest and most macabre thing I’ve heard in at least a year.


78 posted on 10/02/2007 11:09:32 PM PDT by FastCoyote
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To: SHEENA26

“Mitt is it.”

Mitt has no chance because:
1) he is a flip flopper
2) too many evangelicals won’t support a Mormon (question: how many Spirit Children does Mitt plan to have? Kaboom, there goes the campaign.)


79 posted on 10/02/2007 11:15:50 PM PDT by FastCoyote
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