It is very true:
1. Rudy has family baggage (as in — his current wife was his mistress while married to his second wife) and is a liberal. His claim to fame is 9/11 -— and he will be swiftboated by police and fire unions that will say he is unprepared.
2. Huckabee is a pro-life liberal with zero national experience and bad international instincts -— basically a pro-life Jimmy Carter.
3. McCain has long-time ethics problems (member of Keating 5), is weak on immigration and other issues, and the base hates him because, while not as liberal as Rudy, awful close. His temper tantrums are notorious.
4. Romney is, well, a liar who converted to conservatism right before the election to get elected. He’s still umabashedly anti-2nd amendment and his RomneyCare socilized medicine is a fiscal disaster. The fact that he is a mormon will cause a large portion of the base (the Huckabee base) to stay home, like it or not.
5. Hunter is a nice conservative, but nobody beside about 10 people on FreeRepublic know who he is.
6. Thompson is a pro-life conservative, has amazing charisma and “gravitas” compared to all the other candidates. He’s a consistent conservative, a serious guy, and would mop the floor with the lightweights the Democrats would put up.
Ergo, Thompson is the man.
Third...thanks. I really like Thompson and really feel like he’s the man. Also, I’m a Christian and I appreciate the fact the Huckabee is too, but I keep thinking..Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter.
“Ergo, Thompson is the man.”
Bears repeating. That is how I see it as well.
Very well put. Although Rudy will be a formidible national candidate if he wins the nomination, as will McCain.
But everything you wrote about Fred is true, and I won’t mind supporting him at the top of the ticket, or anywhere on the ticket.