Posted on 12/12/2007 2:30:09 PM PST by JRochelle
First, let me say that this was by far the worst debate yet. The questions were not only skewed to the left, not only almost entirely neglected foreign policy, but they were so broad as to allow the candidates to fall back on talking points. Also, there was no room for back and forth between the candidates. Absolutely awful.
With that said, Fred Thompson was the only candidate who stood out. He was funny, charming, and peppy. Here was a guy who wasn't afraid to speak hard truths, and who displayed knowledge of the policy issues--especially on entitlements. But the moment of the debate, the moment that will be talked about should he defy expectations and go on to win the nomination, was when he refused to raise his hand at the behest of the moderator. This demonstrated conviction, showed he was able to stand up for his principles, that he was a man who valued substance, a leader rather than a follower, and somebody who is running a different kind of campaign. In short, today Thompson was everything that conservatives had hoped they'd be getting when he announced his candidacy.
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Just looked again at C-Span schedules. The debate will be repeated as follows, with a change in time on C-Span 2:
C-Span 2 8:00 PM Eastern
C-Span 11:00 PM Eastern
Fred Thompson will be our next President! :)
Rudy, McCain, Romney and Huckabee all had their hands raised until Thompson spoke up. At that point Romney said “yeah, I’m with him”, although just seconds before he had his hand raised.
LMAO, Infatuation.
That pos should just take a seat. He is not a leader.
I saw the clip and it was great! THe moderator was some weasely woman who wanted all of those who agreed with manmade global warming to raise their hands. He said no...so she asked again, if that meant he was saying no..and he basically said that he was not going to do the whole raising hands thing..i.e. the subject demanded more substance and explanation
I loved it! And his pithy one-liners to Mitt were good too
I’m beginning to actually SEE what I’ve always enjoyed READING in Thompson’s writings...a thoughtful man who will do it his way
State or Defense ... I’d like either
you don’t think hunter might bring in some left coast voters?
mmmmm is the law you cannot be ELECTED president if you weren’t born here
or
you just can’t be president
thompson might ask AH-nold
The love and admiration over their for Mitt is unbelievable.
That is my hope and his political obituary is totally premature. Hehehehe....
I would have raised my hand and said, ‘yes, it is a problem. Its a problem because the majority of Americans have been tricked into believing global warming actually exists.
Oh brother...
I thought that was what I saw. I was going to check the tivo later. This is a perfect example of Slick Willard’s gutlessness.
The beauty of it now is that timing is irrelevant. It will be sliced to pieces on the internet and posted all over to a million different sites. People will seek the most talked about clips. The word will spread about Fred from here with little effort, all despite the media's attempt to shut him down.
A Girl Scout could do a better job than senor illegal alien loving Michele My Bell Jerktoff.
Brit Hume is leading with this for panel discussion.
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