Posted on 10/08/2007 9:05:50 AM PDT by Gopher Broke
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October 8, 2007
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Fred Thompson Announces National Campaign
Leadership Team
McLean, VA - Sen. Fred Thompson announced today the members of his National Campaign Leadership Team: Sen. Howard H. Baker will serve as honorary chairman of his presidential campaign and Sen. Spencer Abraham, Sen. George Allen, and Elizabeth Cheney will serve as campaign co-chairs.
"Howard Baker is my longtime mentor, advisor, and close friend, and I am very grateful that he will serve as honorary chairman of my campaign," said Sen. Fred Thompson. "I am also very pleased to announce that former Senators Abraham and Allen, as well as Liz Cheney, will serve as co-chairs of my national leadership team." Sen. Fred Thompson added: "These distinguished individuals bring wise counsel and invaluable experience to my campaign leadership team, and they will play a critical role in helping spread my consistent conservative message across America."
Sen. Howard H. Baker, a longtime political mentor of Sen. Thompson, brings a lifetime of distinguished public service as the campaign's honorary chairman. His long career as a public servant began in 1966, when Baker became the first Republican popularly elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee. In addition to gaining national recognition as vice-chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973, Baker served two terms as Senate Minority Leader and concluded his Senate career in 1985 after two terms as Majority Leader. He served as President Reagan's Chief of Staff from February 1987 to July 1988. In 1984, Baker was honored with the President ial Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. President George W. Bush appointed Senator Baker to serve as the 26th U.S. Ambassador to Japan in 2001. Baker currently serves as senior counsel to the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.
Sen. Spencer Abraham will serve as a co-chair of the Thompson campaign. Abraham most recently served the nation as Secretary of Energy during President George W. Bush's first term in office. Prior to that, Sen. Abraham served as an effective and highly productive U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1995 to 2001. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Abraham served as co-chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) from 1991 to 1993 and he served as chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1983 to 1990. A native of East Lansing, Michigan, Abraham holds a law degree from Harvard University, where he co-founded the Federalist S ociety.
Sen. George Allen, who will also serve as a co-chair of the Thompson campaign, brings a long career of public service, serving as the Governor of Virginia, in both houses of the United States Congress and as a Delegate holding Thomas Jefferson's seat in the Virginia General Assembly. Sworn in as Governor in 1994 George Allen brought sweeping reform that made Virginia a national model in economic development, public safety, education accountability, and creative government. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, Allen continued advocating policies to make America and Virginia a leader in innovation and technology and in 2001 he was appointed chairman of the Senate High Tech Task Force. In 200 2, Allen was unanimously elected a member of the Senate Republican Leadership as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Under his leadership, Republicans gained four seats in the Senate and expanded the Republican majority.
Liz Cheney will bring valuable political and foreign policy experience as a co-chair of the Thompson campaign. As an attorney and specialist in the area of U.S. Middle East policy, Ms. Cheney most recently served as the second-ranking State Department official responsible for American policy in the Middle East as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Prior to that, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. In addition to practicing law at White & Case LLP in the area of international project finance where she served on assignment with the International Finance Corporation, Ms. Cheney also worked for the Department of St ate and at the Agency for International Development from 1989 to 1993. During the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns, Ms. Cheney managed vice presidential debate preparation and served as a valuable surrogate for the Bush-Cheney campaign.
Excellent issue for Fred to campaign on.
Stop Hillary's "shoe bundlers".
From the standpoint of immigration, Abraham is not a good choice,
So much for being an outsider . . .
Really? Who forced those words out of Allen's mouth?
Bob is a great VET (US Army) too.
FRED VETS, SIGN UP TODAY AT:
no one - except the “aid” that gave him the note that said “that’s guy’s name is Mr Macaca” — a word that George Allen had never heard or spoken before.
FWIW, Fred has been pretty heavy on states' rights recently. His reason for not supporting the federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman is that he thinks the proper place to settle it is at the state levels--with the exception that judicial tyranny on the federal level needs to be dealt with.
That has offended some right to lifers, but it also seems like a prudent approach to me. If you tried to amend the constitution--not an easy thing to do--every time the leftists decide to redefine the English language, in this case the word "marriage," you'd end up with hundreds of amendments in short order. The problem has to be tackled in other ways.
Last I heard, people running the campaign don’t formulate policy.
I can’t believe the people around here who think that shunning people with skills who can help you win is a good strategy. Just like refusing the support of moderates is a “good” strategy.
The federal gov't is going to be forced to recognize homosexual marriages unless a defense of marriage gets written into the federal constitution. There is no way around it. If each state can define marriage differently as Fred proposes in his federal amendment, then how do you give the federal gov't the authority to discriminate between them? You don't. He advocates a "both ways" approach and it is simply not possible.
The Federalist position taken by Thompson is pathetic and juvenile. A first year law student would be flunked out of constitutional law for that stance.
Marriage IS a federal issue. There is a solid unavoidable full faith and credit issue. The absurd thompson position does not give 50 seperate definitions of marriage, it gives 50 concurrent definitions that apply to ALL the states.
You also have an equal protection issue that does not even have to touch the issue of how a state defines marriage.
Thompson has opened himself wide for this collapse of his campaign.
He sould just could his blessings that the homsoexuals who pretend to be republicans are running pro-homo thankyou advertisements for romney.
We have Guiliani the pro-homosexual marriage candidate, the Romeny evolved position, and now the Thompson dunce cap position.
I wish George would go do something on his own for his OWN comeback!
“I was excited to consider him. But please don’t let me get in the way of your assumptions.”
Fredheads seem to do alot of assuming. As I posted on an earlier thread;
He(Fred) talks in vague generalities and then you get to construct your own dream candidate! Even to the point of believing he is actually a conservative!
You’re right. You can’t ditch family or friends just because you don’t see eye to eye. My aunt and uncle are Democrats and love Teddy Kennedy, but that doesn’t mean that I do.
“Even to the point of believing he is actually a conservative!”
Tis not a dream. Fred is a conservative. Consistently.
As opposed to a candidate who can’t even get double digits from his own home State?
California
Likely Republican Primary Voters Jan 2007 May 2007 Aug 2007
Brownback - 1% 1%
Gilmore - 1% ni
Giuliani 33% 27% 30%
Gingrich 19% 5% 7%
Hagel 5% 1% ni
Huckabee - 1% -
Hunter 1% 1% 2%
McCain 18% 24% 7%
Pataki - - ni
Paul ni - 2%
Romney 3% 11% 18%
Tancredo ni 1% 2%
F Thompson ni 12% 18%
T Thompson - 1% 1%
Undecided 22% 13% 12%
Altough I do see he’s SHOT up to 2%!
That's really it. I was busy making him into my dream candidate and then he started actually verbalizing his ideas and it brought me back to reality. I guess I was just feeling desperate because Rudy McRomney is unacceptable to me.
That was totally about the start of a new quarter and stuff. Everything has to start at the beginning of a new quarter. You probably just don’t understand the nuances involved in running an effective campaign.
The two debates after that were put on by religious nuts and minorities and there is time to pacify them later. You just chill, Fred dances to his own tune, he knows what’s up. We’re totally going to give it back to the states and stuff. We’re going to have to do some things differently, and if that means skipping a few debates until the coronation you need to just chillax. You’re not a celebrity and I bet you never even saw a pair of Gucci shoes in person. Who are you to judge?
Standby for poll quotes. Incoming.......incoming, this is not a drill.
Remember to never listen to a politician but watch his actions. This is another group of the inside establishment. Only Allen has some true conservatives credentials but he is dim bulb. Face it. We get The Hildabeast or some moderate.
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