Posted on 01/12/2008 1:40:02 PM PST by jaybeegee
Thompson and Huckabee sparred earlier this week after Thompson called the Arkansas governor a dirty word: "liberal." Today, speaking to reporters after a campaign event at a breakfast restaurant in North Charleston, Thompson served up another helping.
Asked to respond to Huckabee's charge that Thompson voted for Republican candidates other than conservative icon Ronald Reagan in 1976 and 1980, Thompson scoffed, "That's kind of silly." He explained his support of longtime Tennessee mentor Howard Baker before adding, "If you check the record, Governor Huckabee supported Democrats on a fairly consistent basis during his days in Arkansas politics.
"I don't think he wants to get into that discussion."
Thompson, who has thrown almost all of his campaign's resources into South Carolina in the hopes that a win in the first southern primary could buoy his campaign, says that there's "plenty of time" before next week's contest to convince voters that he's the best conservative candidate.
"We're going to have to make some fundamental decisions as which direction we want to go as a party," he said. "Whether or not we still believe in the Reagan coalition or whether or not we think we ought to go towards a more populist -- and I consider more liberal -- kind of approach."
*UPDATE* From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy and Carrie Dann According to news outlets in the governor's home state, Huckabee supported Democrat Barbara Horn during a 2000 primary race for a state senate seat in southwest Arkansas. Horn subsequently beat her Democratic opponent, and the Republican she would have opposed bowed out of the race.
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Fred Thompson is attack dogging for a McCain victory.
And it wasn’t in bad taste when Huckabee said Fred needed metamucil or that he didn’t even support Reagan? Nice double standard you have there.
Really? What about taxes, helping illegals, thinking he's holier than thou?
I am pretty sure that President Carter supported abortion Governor Huckabee strongly opposes it.
Is there an echo in here?
Spoken like a true nutter-butter. Having flashbacks from you blotter acid days eh?
The reason I mentioned immigration is because for both Hunter and Buchanan these are core issues (as is protectionism), while other candidates may be on the same page when it comes to securing the border, they also have other priorities as well.
Ghost:Im a Southern Baptist Minister,and I will be supporting Fred .You need to think about America first.With God in mind I am . Go Fred Go/
You lost me there. Reagan picked Howard Baker as one of his chiefs of staff. Fred merely supported his own home state’s “Mr Republican of Tennessee”, who wasn’t going anywhere anyway leastwise not to the Oval as President. RINO or not. Baker served with Reagan. And was mentor to every modern day Tennessee Republican office holder, including Fred Thompson.
Seems as though the Republicans in the Arkansas State Assembly disagree with you.
If any group knows Mike Huckabee, it would be these folks. He got 4% to Fred's 80% in their endorsement convention. That endorsement is a big exclamation point in a thinking person's process of elimination of candidates.
I have a problem with this idea of stating voting record facts is now labeled as “attacks”.
your sh!t’s gettin’ old
Ouch! Clusterhuck takes a beating in Arkansas. Cool! Saving that one for future Huckster clubbing, thanks!
It sure is.
NASTY SIDE !!!!
How about FIRM ?
“ “ PRESIDENTIAL ?
“ “ LEADERSHIP ?
“ “ CHARACTER?
“ “ CONSERATIVE ?
Or would you rather have another Clinton to soil our Nation’s House ???
Damning also that the media is not reporting this.
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