No problem, FRiend — it’s tough carrying on several different threads/discussions at once (I try this myself occasionally, and it’s not easy)> Best FReegards, and even thought we disagree, it’s been nice talking to you.
Some here have mentioned that conservative CA State Sen. Tom McClintock (who ran a terrible campaign in the Recall as he got trounced by Ahnold) is Fred Thompson’s CA Campaign chair. True, and FT has also selected other real conservatives for his other states’ campaign chairs...like Chip Rogers as his GA chairperson, etc. What you all HAVEN’T talked about (perhaps you did a few weeks ago when he announced it on 10-23) is Thompson’s Immigration Statement, a move to the right for Thompson who had up til then given mealy-mouthed, non-sensical responses to “what” he would do as President about the Invasion by Mexico (His interview with Chris Wallace in March showed he didn’t know “what” to do about the millions of illegals already here). What is interesting to some of us is “who” drew this “statement” up, because it could very easily have been done by Tancredo or Hunter. As it turns out, only a select group of people know “who’s behind this statement”, and my close friend in CO is one of them. I think if more conservatives knew “who”, they would be shocked [and many] would flock to backing Thompson. It blew me away and it made me take another look at the man, even though I had been an ardent Hunter supporter. With Hunter’s authoring of the insane NDAA last October (removing Posse comitatus in an emergency and also supporting the MCA which removes habeus corpus in a national state of emergency giving Bush or whomever’s President near dictatorial power), I decided to no longer support him (Hunter). If Thompson can “parlay” that he has seen the light on the Invasion issue and that he is now calling for deportation of illegal aliens in the U.S. and the enforcement of existing Fed. Immigration laws, if he can swing this, he’ll be the nominee. NONE of the front tier including Open Borders Huckabee are strongly anti-Invasion, THE most important issue to conservatives today, IMHO. We know that Jim Gilchrist and Glenn Spencer have endorsed Ron Paul, but Paul has a “laissez faire” policy towards illegal aliens.
If Thompson can be believed on this new, more conservative position on the Invasion, he will gain a lot of votes and support.