Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 01/06/2008 7:14:40 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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I tend to agree with this analysis and think that Thompson has the best chance of getting the necessary support from all factions of the party. I don’t see him alienating many voters in the party.
The problem is that he doesn’t seem to be the first choice for any of those factions and it may be a while before natural attrition in the list of candidates makes him the first choice for enough people to give him momentum.
This is one of the better articles I’ve read in a while. I thing it cuts to the chase!
I agree. Go Fred!
For the first time in my voting history, I am at a stalemate. Skipping all that rhetoric, I appreciate articles like this. Thanks. I printed it off to mull over.
Again, thanks.
Populism and "our" version of the Nanny State is not Conservatism. Have we forgotten what Conservatism really is? If Huckabee's brand of populism wins this election, it will destroy the national Conservative movement just as surely as it killed the Arkansas Republican Party. Perhaps too many voters are too young to remember the smarmy religiosity that swept Jimmy Carter to power -- or how Carter's disastrous policies almost destroyed our economy and our national security. Today, the GOP is on the verge of falling for a soft-spoken Huey Long with a theology degree. Wake up!
Good read. Anlysis is spot on.
Great article. Worth repeating.
Very good observation....
Indeed very accurate as well...
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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I agree, good article. Fred is coming up soon on Late Edition on CNN. GO FRED!
>>>>>Senator Thompson alienates none of the Republican Party’s ... constituencies.
Agreed. Fred Thompson has a solid pro-life and pro-family voting record. He's a federalist who believs in limited govt and his national security bonafides are exceptional. He'll make a fine POTUS.
GO FRED!
“Congressman Hunter sows fear among fiscal conservatives given his desire to renegotiate international trade agreements”
And that is the biggest reason you aren’t seeing him in the debates. Hunter is the only candidate willing to do something about the trade imbalance/cheap labor agreements which fuels the MSM and it’s corporate handlers.
Fear of placing national security ahead of large profits. And Congress would have to go along with any changes, which takes much of the teeth out of any changes Hunter would want.
He also lacks sufficient national name recognition and funding required for raising his national profile.
Can't argue with that, although, if conservatives really had their hearts set on a conservative candidate, they could have spent the time and money needed.
Nothing against Fred (if he wins, I'll support him), but he's being ignored by the media like Hunter, and if conservatives are as lazy in their support (time and money) of Fred, I see him headed in the same direction, while the liberal media (FOX included) pimps the "moderate" candidates.
I hope it isn't true, but the choices the media are pushing on us seem to promote a split amongst the Republican Party factions.
I guess stopping China from pirating billions in software and intellectual property each year from the US, stopping China’s aggressive espionage, renegotiating trade deals to kill off other countries’ tariffs, and eliminating all taxes on US manufacturers is pretty scary to the ill-informed idiots who think America can survive losing its manufacturing base. LOL
Fred’s strength with the evangelicals is important, but perhaps even more important is the fact that he earns it without saying or doing anything that makes cultural libertarians nervous. The last candidate to manage this this well was Reagan.
Low turnout is good for Republicans.
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