Daily Pundit Recommends: Write In Fred Thompson for President

Daily Pundit ^ | January 26, 2008 | Bill Quick

[Mojave]

long term gain for hillary

Like she won't be able to beat the RINO pretenders?

[Cicero]

I’m thinking about it. I have only once in my life voted third party. And once Democrat, because the Republican in question was the worse of the two.

And I did NOT vote for Ross Perot, because I thought he was a pipsqueak little jerk, and also because I noticed during the debates that he NEVER attacked clinton, but always Bush.

I’m not sure if this writer is talking about the primaries, or the November election, or both. But I do know that I will NEVER vote for Hillary, or for Obama, or for McCain, or for Giuliani. So unless there is some other alternative, a vote for Fred Thompson might in that case be the best solution.

[Old Sarge]

[skeeter]

Perhaps the party ought to just anoint a candidate and skip the primaries. We’ll be gauranteed to win in the general election every time.

[60Gunner]

Incredibly stupid advice.

What then, pray tell, would you suggest? Just vote for whoever the Republican nominee happens to be?

I look at the frontrunners and cannot help but shake my head in disgust. One is responsible for a law abridging my right to free speech. One wants our national healthcare system to mimic that of the state he governed. The third is a huckster who seems more like a televangelist than a politician. Not one of them truly reflects the core Republican values.

So you expect us to just hold our noses and vote for them simply because they aren't Democrat?

Talk about incredibly stupid advice...

[AlternateEgo]

As a FredHead and former member of Thompson's Troops, I don't believe that Fred would recommend using our precious votes in this manner.

[psjones]

Helloooooo President Clinton, not just once, twice, and now perhaps thrice, and on and on......Seems we may never be able to get rid of these people.

[CharlesWayneCT]

By doing so, you send a message that can’t be mistaken or spun. It is a message that says:

"I can't respect the wishes of a man I purport to admire."

[ConservativeMind]

If it is a winner take-all primary, then this is a truly wasted protest vote.

“Mickey Mouse” would be as good a protest choice.

This is bad advice. Make do with the best of what is left. Thompson took himself out of the race even before a single closed primary had occurred. If Thompson wanted it, which, with his mother in the situation she is in and his need for more funding, he would have tried to leave open a door for us to peek in.

He didn’t, so don’t throw the vote away. I wanted Thompson, too, but I’m not stupid.

I’ll likely vote Romney, even though I have issues with him. But that is not a wasted vote if it helps get a a guy who goes up against the Democrat, and wins.

At least we have a chance to have a “non-terrible” president in Romney.

[skeeter]

The piece is referring to the primaries not the general election. I see nothing wrong with making a principled choice at this time, in fact, its our moral obligation to do so, IMO.

[italianquaker]

That ship has sailed or sunk,it is time to move on

[TomGuy]

The RNC hasn’t gotten the message with all the fake Jorge Boosh pesos they’ve received.

So, writing in Fred Thompson isn’t going to do anything either.

After all, Thompson didn’t even run for the White House. He just sort of strolled — for a while. And then quit.

[If he endorses McCain, which is very probably, as they have been good friends for a long time, Fred will truly have earned the nickname McCain-lite.]

[claudiustg]

Very interesting!

But schtupid!

[DoughtyOne]

Incredibly excellent advice.

Don’t expect the democrat enablers on the forum to take his lying down though.

[Mojave]

The RNC hasn’t gotten the message with all the fake Jorge Boosh pesos they’ve received.

Then why support it?

[pissant]

Yes. Write in Hunter instead.

[citizen]

You want a comment?: Freepers are smart enough to ignore your advice.

[Mojave]

“I see the usual squalling from the “power over principle, lesser of two evils, you’ve got nowhere else to go but the GOP crowd” is here in force. Amazingly enough, I intend to ignore them as being the major part of the problem, and contributing nothing to a solution.” —Bill Quick

[jellybean]

Just write in Fred Thompson’s name when it comes time to cast your vote.

[CaspersGh0sts]

You have to be pretty hard-headed and impractical to take that kind of advice. I'm a Romney supporter, but if the tables were turned, I'd be voting for Fred come my time. I say that in no uncertain terms.

"By doing so, you send a message that can’t be mistaken or spun. It is a message that says... They have to learn that if they want conservative votes, they have to nominate candidates conservatives would want to vote for.

Nobody is going to learn a thing from this nonsense. Not only will the miniscule number of votes never be reported (does anyone actually believe that they would?), but what's the party is just going to see these stray votes as wingnuts hardly worth courting. Displease them in the slightest, and off they go.

Or at the most disastrous state, it turns Fred into a Ralph Nader or Ross Perot.