Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 12/31/2007 8:45:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The campaigns are in the final stretch. The Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary are but days away. In just over a month, the presidential nominees for both major parties will be effectively set, and a nine-month contest for the leadership of our nation and the power to choose between starkly different directions for our republic will ensue.
The Democrat nominee will advocate higher taxes and more government involvement in Americans’ everyday lives. The Republican nominee should advocate lower taxes with greater fiscal accountability, limited government intrusion, and tough law enforcement. Any of the Democrat candidates can advocate their party’s agenda; only Fred Thompson is equipped to carry the Republican banner.
Our government has become a money-hungry behemoth, annually devouring a greater share of taxpayers’ incomes through either direct spending or borrowing against future revenues. It is very adept at collecting taxes and almost completely inept at accounting for its use of those dollars.
In 2001, Senator Fred Thompson, then head of the Senate Government Affairs Committee, published Government at the Brink, a report that detailed flagrant examples of fraud, waste, and abuse in governmental agencies. No other GOP candidate has Thompson’s insight into government accountability. If we are to tame the greedy beast we call a government, that insight is an imperative in the White House.
“Limited government” encompasses the essence of traditional conservatism. The drafters of our Constitution were very specific in limiting the power of the federal government. Over two centuries of legislation and litigation, the limitation has been reversed; today, federal policy trumps state and local preferences. Far-reaching changes to our culture stem from judicial rulings, issued by judges who have lifetime tenure and no accountability to American voters. Our only hope to reverse this trend is to elect a committed conservative -- one who will appoint constructionist judges and restrict the regulatory powers of executive branch agencies -- to lead our nation.
A man documents his values through his actions, not his words. If those actions have been consistent, you can predict how he will respond in most any situation. If his words do not match his record of actions, look beyond the words. Of the remaining Republican candidates, only Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter can claim to be conservatives based on their records. Despite his appeal to evangelicals, Governor Huckabee’s performance in office did not establish his conservative credentials. Senator McCain’s record speaks of his willingness to compromise, which is exactly what led us to the place we are now. Governor Romney has yet to demonstrate conservatism, and Mayor Giuliani hasn’t tried. Congressman Paul’s record is conservative, but he is promoting a platform that he lacks the credibility to deliver.
The next eight years could be pivotal for our nation. The US dollar is at historic lows compared to world currencies. We are borrowing record amounts to prop up our economy. Social Security and Medicare costs will soon exceed our ability to meet demand through current payroll taxes. Our trade deficit will continue to grow because of the weak dollar and trade agreements that penalize American products and make it profitable to export jobs.
In November, we will choose between two candidates. We already know what the Democrat’s plan will be: tax more, spend more, and hope for the best. I hope that Republican primary voters will have the foresight to place a candidate atop their ticket with the knowledge of how to fix what’s broken and the commitment to conservative principles to make the fix -- Fred Thompson!
Bump!
Let’s all get excited about Fred Thompson now. It’s contagious......
ping! :)
This stuff about McCain just has me flummoxed. It has to be a media creation.
The idea of having him as a candidate when we could have had Fred just makes me shudder.
Go Fred. I think (and hope) Rush will be influencing the situation this week.
I wonder how you find all this good stuff. This is a good article, in support of the most conservative who are running. I wish all journalists and bloggers were up to this level of writing.
Thank you for posting this.
Fred needs to step up in Iowa!!! Get those Huck voters off our backs!!!!!!!!!!
That was truly a well written work.
But, what are you gonna do when Fred gets fifth or even perchance loses to Giuliani and gets sixth in Iowa in just 72 hours?
Really.
What THEN?
And I don’t mean this as any kind of “tee hee hee”... I mean for all of you who have attacked all these other guys as being so sucky and crap.... WHAT do you do about that?
Been doing this for the better part of a year. People avoid me in hallways, knowing that any conversation with me will lead to a “Thompson for President” spiel. Go Fred!
Simple...push on to South Carolina.
Thompson, Hunter and Keys are the only Republicans running for President this year. The others are poseurs, fakes, frauds.
We vote third party. If the Republicans can't nominate an actual Republican for President, then true Republicans will have no other choice.
2) As for the Iowa caucuses and their meaning, just ask the former winners in Iowa, Bob Gephardet, Bob Dole, (and who won the GOP in Iowa in 1980, it wasn't Chairman Ronnie).
Nine month contest? This seems to me a reasonable definition of hell.
So you'll actually be giving your vote away to a democrat. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face...
Thompson is set to pick up a string of endorsements over the next few days. If you haven’t noticed Drudge has his Message to Iowa voters on his page and Rasmussen does too. Also out of those voters who say they could change their minds Fred is one of their second choices. Over a third of likely caucus goers could be persuaded to change their minds before Thursday so there is a lot of work for Fred to do.
I don’t think Rush will be back until Friday.
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Rush is back Wednesday, but he probably won’t endorse Fred. And I’ll keep praying for Fred and Jeri.
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