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Fred Thompson quits; MAY POSITION HIMSELF FOR VP BID
The Examiner ^ | Jan 22, 2008 2:49 PM | Bill Sammon

Posted on 01/22/2008 12:08:14 PM PST by enough_idiocy

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson dropped out of the race Tuesday and, according to a top adviser, can now position himself as a vice presidential candidate.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008veep; fred; fredthompson; sammon
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To: kabar

No no no no no no no!!!
Fred please don’t do it!!


81 posted on 01/22/2008 12:48:58 PM PST by griswold3 (Al queda is guilty of hirabah (war against society) Penalty is death.)
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To: enough_idiocy

Romney/Barbour 2008 a WINNING ticket


82 posted on 01/22/2008 12:49:24 PM PST by bankwalker (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
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To: riverdawg

The way things stand today I would love to see a Romney/Thompson ticket. I think Fred is very articulate in stating his case and would be a good influence on Mitt. That would keep the Reagan Revolution still simmering.


83 posted on 01/22/2008 12:49:30 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

If you could go a full day without your stupid endorsment predictions, I would be very suprised.


84 posted on 01/22/2008 12:51:30 PM PST by steel_resolve (If you can't stand behind our troops, then please stand in front...)
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To: mel

You’re welcome!


85 posted on 01/22/2008 12:52:44 PM PST by TigersEye (Crusty is as Crusty does.)
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To: this is my name not yours
I don’t think Thompson wants to be anyone’s VP, and I don’t think any of the likely nominees would pick him. However, he would help Romney in the South and Midwest. Huckabee would, too, but Huckabee would bring more negatives than Thompson would in the rest of the country.
86 posted on 01/22/2008 12:53:29 PM PST by riverdawg
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To: PubliusMM

You have misread my post. I am claiming that McCain and Thompson are ONE and the SAME evil.


87 posted on 01/22/2008 12:53:31 PM PST by RachelFaith (Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
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To: LibLieSlayer
Uncharted indeed, This leaves Ron Paul the only conservative on the list.
88 posted on 01/22/2008 12:56:18 PM PST by justrepublican (Screaming like a keynote speaker at a Wellstone memorial.........!)
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To: RachelFaith

“... McCain and Thompson are ONE and the SAME evil.”

My vote for the Ridiculous Post of the Day.


89 posted on 01/22/2008 12:58:08 PM PST by riverdawg
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To: riverdawg; RachelFaith

I second that emotion ...


90 posted on 01/22/2008 1:00:46 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: RachelFaith

Fred Thompson told the Orange County Register in an interview, “A Republican, especially a conservative Republican – you’re going to have a large group of people you line up with on most votes. John and I certainly fit that category. But we have different views on some issues. We’ll have a good discussion about it. But John is my friend and will remain my friend, regardless of what we do.”

On the issues, Thompson parts company from McCain on the Bush tax cuts (which Thompson supported and McCain voted against), the patient’s bill of rights (a pet project of McCain’s which Fred opposed on federalist grounds), McCain-Feingold (which Fred originally supported, but now freely admits the limitations on political ads were wrong and should not have been included in the law) and the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill (which Fred opposes).

McCain also favors protecting sexual orientation by civil rights laws, which Fred Thompson opposes. McCain favors more federal funding for health coverage, which Fred opposes. Fred voted to preserve the budget for driiling in ANWR, while McCain voted to kill it. Finally, Thompson favors allowing churches to provide welfare services, which McCain opposes.

Over the years, Fred has become more conservative, while McCain has become decidedly less so.


91 posted on 01/22/2008 1:01:16 PM PST by ravingnutter
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To: edcoil

That’s what I’d take, and that’s my bet at the moment.


92 posted on 01/22/2008 1:02:35 PM PST by July 4th
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To: tortdog

I’m touched! :)


93 posted on 01/22/2008 1:03:34 PM PST by JohnnyZ ("Make all the promises you have to" -- Mitt Romney)
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To: Servant of the Cross

The ONLY people on the whole of the earth who cannot see that obvious reality are Here on FR... why? Cause they WANTED to see a conservative who “could win”. I hope to HELL that they vomit that “winning” lie out of their stomaches and we never consider “viability” again.

Principle only... electability... never!


94 posted on 01/22/2008 1:05:39 PM PST by RachelFaith (Doing NOTHING... about the illegals already here IS Amnesty !!)
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To: enough_idiocy

The only one looking for a job is Galen.


96 posted on 01/22/2008 1:09:14 PM PST by Fred (McCain..'HIS EGO IS WRITING CHECKS HIS BODY CAN'T CASH')
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To: rintense

I could live with a Romney-Thompson ticket.


97 posted on 01/22/2008 1:09:22 PM PST by slouch-no-more
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To: GOP Poet
There is no viable candidate YET for our party, that is why the DIMS will win! I cannot believe how divided this race is & no one stands out & no one who can get the voters off their duffs to go vote republican!

4 More Years of the Hil/Billys

98 posted on 01/22/2008 1:10:07 PM PST by blondee123 (We need a TRUE CONSERVATIVE, NOT A PC WHIMP!)
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To: RachelFaith

“Principle only ... electability ... never!”

That attitude got us 16 years of Democratic hell from 1964 to 1980. (Yes, I include the Nixon/Ford years, when the RATS in Congress ran roughshod over the Presidency.) Reagan was both principled and electable. We need both.


100 posted on 01/22/2008 1:12:15 PM PST by riverdawg
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