Posted on 01/20/2008 7:04:57 PM PST by RebelTex
Fred HAS to win the Republican nomination!!! Here's why:
Even with limited funds, Fred can still prevail. And the contributions will greatly increase with a clear and firm statement that he will continue through the convention. Many of the voters fear wasting their votes and money on someone who will give up before the 'fat lady sings'.
Give them what they want - a firm commitment - and the votes and money will come in like a tidal wave. Do not acknowledge any possibility of loss. Be resolute and absolutely believe that Fred will win, and convey that commitment to the people. Fred needs to have and make this commitment, and so does his staff. The MSM has too many times alleged that senior staffers have hinted of his dropping out.
I have 2 such lists of FRedHeads. So far I've only had one reuest to drop off and that was only to take some time off and regroup. Using my own small sample (aprox. 400 FReepers), Fred has lost no support at FR.
Politicalmom, has anyone notified you they'd like to be removed?
why is ANYBODY supporting Huckabee?
How many of those petitions did you circulate? Did you sign one yourself? What did YOU do in YOUR home state??
Not gonna happen.
Those with honor and good sense will stand strong with Fred!
Failure causes some to become delusional.
The well used and understood "drive-by-media" would get better results, IMHO.
Unfortunately, the values of the Republican Party as witnessed in the last decade plus, are more populist in nature and geared around the acquisition and maintenance of political power, at any cost.
Fred Dalton Thompson is the only "Constitutional Conservative" left, as of this posting in the mix.
I believe we are approaching some more cataclysmic changes in the journey of our Republic. Many of us knew that the world as we have known it changed, with many, many unknown consequences to follow on September 11, 2001. The consequences of that change are still effecting us and the world and no one but God Almighty, knows where we are headed.
I believe, most emphatically that we are approaching the time our forefathers had in mind when they penned the Declaration of Independence and put the following philosophy into it very early on:
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Now to be sure I don't know exactly how "we the people" are to do this, but I do know the first step is at the ballot box with our votes.
It is for that reason, should the Republican Party at large place a candidate on their ballot who is, unlike Fred Thompson, no where close to a "Constitutional Conservative" I will not vote for their nominee.
George Washington warned in his farewell address about political parties. The following is a quote from that speech. You might need to read it more than once and aloud to get the exact point of his meaning:
"All obstructions to the execution of the Laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels, and modified by mutual interests.
However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government; destroying afterwards the very engines, which have lifted them to unjust dominion."
I believe our "two party" system is beyond fatally flawed. It is broken, almost beyond repair. We need a Constitutional Conservative "leading the Republic" once again. And yet the two parties keep offering us populists that barter for our votes with benefits from them that stifle individual responsibility and achievement.
Long response, but it is why I have made the decision not to play their games any longer. A few others here on FreeRepublic have stated the same. A movement begins with but one ripple. Perhaps the time as come to let the self anointed royalty in D.C. know we aren't going to continue playing their game forever. This is "our" Republic - Not Theirs!!!!!
??So Regan entered his first primary in 1936.
Only thing that worries me about that is that his ticker for fundraising has been taken down. Don’t go Fred!
There has been much talk of Thompson’s principles. I prefer to take him at his word . . . which was he drew the line in the sand in SC and he won’t accept a VP bid. There is no further purpose to him taking money from people for something that cannot happen, nor take days or weeks from the lives of his staff in meaningless activity.
One certainly hopes he does not accept money from anyone successfully deceived if his only remaining purpose might be to split the anti McCain vote. I don’t think he will do such a thing. He is entering the closing years of his life and that is no way to go out.
The honorable thing to do is announce withdraw, commit to endorse the party’s nominee, and encourage his supporters to choose another in his stead.
When Giuliani rejoins the fray in Florida, the vote will be divvied up in interesting ways. It’s not over by a long shot, and Fred should stay in if only to keep the populists honest.
< < If he stays in after a dismal third place in a Southern State,....then he is motivated by ego > >
oh, good. Then you’ll stop b*tch*ng about not having “fire in the belly.”
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Only thing that worries me about that is that his ticker for fundraising has been taken down.
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That should be that, then. And he should be applauded for not defrauding anyone.
It’s over.
Im with you though: dont make me responsible for other peoples stupidity.
The main donate link is still operational.
I vote for who I want to win. My vote, my choice. That’s about it. :-)
I agree. Fred has a good shot at some Super Tuesday states in the south.
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