Fred will be “evaluated” in the primaries. I don’t give a hoot in heck what Tim Russert thinks. He’s just one vote, if he bothers. My subdivision has about 600 votes!
I love this statement:
“Let me lay it out for every Republican primary voter. You support the guy you want, you rally for him, you write some checks, you vote in the primaries… and maybe your guy wins, maybe he loses. If the guy who beats your guy is half a loaf, you shrug your shoulders, hope your guy is his running mate, and get ready for the general. Life goes on.”
Would that all FReepers who love their country would adopt this common-sense approach this election year.
No. Reagan vs Carter.
C'est la vie! (Or is it "c'est le mort"?)
I thought the reference to “generals we respect” was so odd, I wondered if he had forgotten David Petraeus’s name.I watched the whole interview and I thought "generals we respect" was completely in context with Fred's train of thought. Petraeus isn't the only general in Iraq and the left has been telling us that they are all untrustworthy. I think the writer is laboring a minor point to prove he can be as "incisive" as the liberals.
I thought Fred was excellent in the interview, thoughtful and in control.
I fear that sometimes "conservative" writers have to show their "credentials" to their drinking pals in the DC bars... and this might be a case in point.
“If the guy who beats your guy is half a loaf, you shrug your shoulders, hope your guy is his running mate, and get ready for the general.”
So true. This talk of third party stuff is crazy.
That’s a great analogy! Clinton vs. Thompson looks like Mondale vs. Reagan.
How much interaction did Hillary and Fred have during the Watergate investigation? Anybody know? Are they old adversaries?
There will possibly be 2 or even 3 more vacancies on the Supreme Court within the next 8 years. This is the opportunity Conservatives have been waiting for. Our Country is in great peril if the moral decay continues downhill. The Court did this to our country with Roe vs. Wade and the Court can reverse their decision just as easily by overturning this horrid ruling.
The one thing no Court or President can do is bring back the 50 million babies taken under the banner of "Choice." Live with that number in your head when you remember which of these candidates has always been for "Life." Rudy, certainly not, Mitt, today, but what about tomorrow? Huckabee, yes, but a social Conservative he is NOT! He, like Hillary, would turn our Country into a nanny state.
It would require a "willing suspension of disbelief" to conclude that any democRAT would be in any way beneficial to our Country.
Fred Thompson looked very presidential today. He set the pace from the beginning, and Russert did not bully him. It will be a very good day when we get to see Fred vs. Hillary at a one on one debate.
FRed looked fine, from the snippets I saw.
“Fred vs. Hillary will look like Reagan vs. Mondale.”
I disagree. Hillary is no Ronald Reagan.
After the interview, did anyone from the Thompson camp suggest that Timmy boy be shot on sight like Hildabitch’s cronies said???
In fact, he did Sen. Thompson a lot of favors by bringing up various press reports that misquoted Fred or mis-analyzed what he said during this past week. This gave Fred the opportunity to set the record straight.
Fred did a very statesmanlike interview this morning.
Russert is the one that needs an extreme makeover. He looked over-tired and under-coiffed. Fred looked rested, alert and at ease. All in all, I thought it was a good interview.
One-on-one interviews are much better for Thompson's laid-back style than being one of the stick-figures all lined up in a row in the Republican debates.
Leni
I thought Fred did okay on MTP.
Fred did great today!
I’m pretty sure Fred didn’t say oil was $9800 a barrel. The author of the article didn’t understand $98 to $100....?
That’s the way I understood it anyway.
I’ll never cast a vote for Fred Thompson for anything. Or Rudy Giuliani. Or Mitt Romney. Or John McCain. Or Mike Huckabee. Or Ron Paul.
These men don’t even believe in the God-given, unalienable rights to life and liberty.
As the Declaration of Independence asserts, the protection of those rights is the reason we even have government.
To hell with the lot of them. And the Republican Party, if the GOP is going to tear the heart out of the Reagan platform.
In terms of personalities you are spot on.
...Tim Russert, without commercial interruption, will throw hardballs and curveballs for a solid half hour....
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Depends on who is being interviewed, apparently. There was a time when I thought Russert did a good job, and I used to watch him regularly until the day I saw him interview Hillary Clinton when she was running for the Senate. After I watched him throw fluff her way the whole time, my opinion of him dropped like a stone. I have not watched his program since.