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FWIW

So they won’t sign your damn pledge. They won’t sign mine, either.

Maybe neither one of us is as important as we imagine we are?

Some people simply don’t sign “pledges” foisted on them by third parties.

Don’t know if that’s the case with Fred. But all this story says is that he has not sent back their form letter. That’s a far cry from declaring any policy position.

Fred Thompson won’t make campaign promises to any special interest group.

It’s worth nothing. But if your the type that thinks candidates for President of the United States of America should kiss rings and sign pledges from self appointed groups, you go with that.

I thought the ATR was now just a ‘fair tax’ advocate? I notice they give Rudy credit for signing it even though he didn’t, they are just taking his word for it. I guess they are ignoring Fred has said he opposes tax increases.

You know what you can do with your pledge?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Lets be more civil guys. - Not that I think that Fred is clamoring to raise taxes on everybody.

That is not FDT.

Oh, because Thompson won’t pay fealty to pro-amnesty Grover Norquist, he’s a tax hiker? Thompson record on both taxing and spending is excellent:
http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=97

On the presidential level, every Republican nominee since Ronald Reagan has made this commitment, including President George W. Bush. In the current Congress, 42 Senators and 196 members of the House of Representatives have made this commitment, including N.H. Sens. Judd Gregg and John Sununu.

It seems like a pretty common principle that has a lot of support from previous as well as current Republicans. Nobody asked me to commit not to support tax increases when I joined the GOP but heck, isn't that one of the principles? I was glad when Reagan and GW Bush told me where they stood on the issue. Still no man is pure and I grow weary of the RINO hunt.

You know what, after the drubbing Bush took from the media and the democrats (who both adore tax hikes), I’d tell the media to stuff the question where the sun didn’t shine for even asking.

Thompson isn’t interested in raising taxes. He’s just not going to set himself up.

must be from unnamed (ron paul) sources

For two decades, Americans for Tax Reform has asked all presidential and federal candidates to commit to their constituents, in writing, to oppose any and all efforts to raise income taxes. On the presidential level, every Republican nominee since Ronald Reagan has made this commitment, including President George W. Bush.

And it was that pledge that helped get us Bill Clinton. The Democrats had a field day mocking George Bush when they conned him into signing a tax increase.

There are two critical things to consider.

First, McCain is not signing the pledge because he is not strongly opposed to raising taxes, based on his past performance.

Second, Fred is not signing the pledge because to him I believe he views it the same way he didn’t ‘raise his hand’ when the moderator tried to pavlov him at the recent Republican debate.

Two different guys, saying no for two way different reasons.

Maybe you could have gotten them to sign on to one of Duncan Hunter pork barrel spending projects and we could have spent a few more million on another plane that can not fly.