I hope that Fred Thompson gets the nomination. But I have come to accept that until he starts winning, these are republican voters and republican primaries coming up. So if the true republicans don’t choose Fred soon, or at least give him a strong chunk of the vote, they are being convinced Romney or whoever is a better candidate. As much as they want a true conservative, they arent flocking to the only one in the race.
Its so nice that you have come to accept what? The nomination process goes well beyond the first FEW primaries. This MUST be your first election cycle for you to say something like that.
Fred is a politician and everything that goes with that but I think he tries to be as good as he can be. That's what makes him special.
It has nothing to do with other candidates being better than Fred. It has everything to do with us being fractured. As many pundits have said, generally speaking — social conservatives line up in camp with Huckabee, fiscal with Romney, and the national security split between McCain and Rudy. There is no one perfect candidate of these, so everyone is overlooking the flaws of their one chosen.
Fred, and Duncan Hunter, are the only consistent conservatives but have lacked the needed traction. I think they are out after this weekend.
And if the fracture wasn’t enough, then you add the infighting between the camps, so hugely evident here on FR, and the fracture becomes a fissure so wide and deep we must question if it can be mended in time for the general election.
I am so angry right now at how my fellow conservatives have slandered my candidate, I seriously must consider not voting for their candidate if he wins. How many Republicans are out there right now feeling that way?
“As much as they want a true conservative, they arent flocking to the only one in the race.”
I read an article that explained (at least to me) why Fred hasn’t really caught on.
The article said Fred has run an honorable campaign based on ISSUES, not PERSONALITY. i.e. While The Huckster was avoiding the issues and doing stunts like Push Polling, the NUMBERSUSA Amnesty Sham that he signed.
Fred ran an honorable race based on issues, not stunts and tricks.
To start winning won’t he have to do more than he has shown to date? We would all like to see it.