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And it isn't inaccurate to point out that after Thompson served a third of one term, (2 years after a special election in '94) and then one whole 6 year term as Senator, he chose to quit.

Duncan Hunter has never quit and his 26+ years of leadership and support for our military testifies to that.

Not only have you drank deeply from the anti-Thompson Kool-Aid, usually served by jealous supporters of marginalized candidates, but you have a liberals view of our congress.

Fred Thompson did what the Founders of this Country wanted it's legislators to do, serve for a limited time and then go back to being a private citizen. Thompson not only did this but said he was going to before he was elected. Some other people, Hunter included, see being a representative of the people as a profession, not as temporary public service. This is one of the biggest problems we have in this Country, ensconced professional politicians who think they are more important than the Country.

Hunter has some positive conservative attributes, but having spent most of his life as a politician is not one of them.

I am not an expert in the intent of the founding fathers as are you, but whatever their intent, it’s irrelevant if they didn’t write it into the constitution.

What they did write into it was your right to be heard and to vote. You have the right to vote any candidate out of office that you feel may have been there too long. Fred championed CFR which took away some of your 1st amendment rights, which is written in the constitution.

I am glad Hunter has represented his district in which there are 2 Democrats for every Republican. Hunter has always served this country and served it well. He left college to go fight in Vietnam and then returned to be a farmer and eventually a lawyer.

I am not sure how it would serve the interests of the constitution or America had Hunter left congress and you are going to be hard pressed to find a conservative who will support you there. If Hunter was elected, passed CFR and cast a few votes, then left for Hollywood and a lobbying career do you think that would have satisfied the framer’s intent? If he had done so, we still wouldn’t have a fence or anyone running in this election who had ever done anything to secure our borders. If Hunter is indeed, marginalized, it is you who claim to be conservatives, who marginalized him by prostituting polls and jumping on bandwagons, the horse hitched to them can’t pull.

Not only have you drank deeply from the anti-Thompson Kool-Aid, usually served by jealous supporters of marginalized candidates, but you have a liberals view of our congress.

The fact is, I liked Thompson until I learned more about his positions which are not truly conservative.

It has nothing to do with jealousy or a 'liberals' view of Congress (them's fightin' words pal), but the fact is, both Thompson and Hunter have law degrees, Hunter briefly used his for the benefit of low income Hispanics, where he began to understand the need to curb illegal immigration.

Thompson used his legal expertise to serve as a spy and stoolie for the Nixon Administration while he was on the Watergate Committee, and he admitted that. And one of the most egregious examples of Thompson's poor judgment was his willingness to provide legal representation to two of the Libyan terrorists who blew up Pan Am 103. He had no problem with it. In an ironic twist of fate, the wife of Teddy Kennedy (Victoria Reggie) resigned her partnership in a law firm who chose to take on Libya as a client post-Pan Am 103. It is a sad day when the wife of the most liberal 'Rat in the Senate has more ethical backbone than a Republican candidate for President.

In this instance, Duncan Hunter's 26+ years of experience in the areas of national security and military preparedness are *assets* not liabilities. America is at war, do we want someone with the knowledge and experience to lead us in that war, or do we want someone who will need training wheels after taking the Oath of Office?

The answer should be obvious except to those who have saturated themselves with purple FredAid.

Fred’s commitment to the voters of TN was term limits, which is why he left the Senate. I think it is admirable that a man lives by his principles and keeps his promises.

Some people stay too long and really ought to find something else to do ...