Fred returns to the campaign trail

FoxNews.com ^ | April 30th, 2008 | Mosheh Oinounou

[redtetrahedron]

Former GOP presidential candidate and close McCain friend, Fred Thompson, is set to join the presumptive GOP nominee during his visit to North Carolina next week. Since losing the South Carolina primary on Jan. 18, Thompson has been absent from the limelight-even choosing to drop out of the race via written statement.

[redtetrahedron]

Just thought I'd post something Fred-related...

[Horusra]

Oh Fred. Beat some Conservatism into McCain, please?

[Always Right]

If Fred was a bit younger, he would be a great VP candidate.

[Man50D]

Oh Fred. Beat some Conservatism into McCain, please?

Fred is hardly a conservative. That's why he supports McCain.

[theDentist]

McCain/Thompson ??? Hmmmm.....

[OeOeO]

If Fred was a bit younger, he would be a great VP candidate.

Geez,from his campaign I'm not sure he could fog a mirror.

[SpaceBar]

Fred was the only candidate who said he wasn’t seeking the presidency for his own personal reasons, but felt he owed something back to the country. Despite his perceived “lack of enthusiasm” during the primaries that statement was music to my ears.

[NormsRevenge]

I can find all kinds of bad things to say about almost any candidate out of the last field ,, fred may have a fault or two but we could have done a lot worse ,, and frankly, I don,t see him as a gore by any stretch of the imagination, in fact, he may fit cheney,s boots quite well.. not much consolation for many as things are playing out, but we need to take what comfort we can these days where and when we can, and as always keep the pitchforks sharpened and the auto dialers at the ready.

[FreedomPoster]

Agreed. Not really wanting the job was perhaps the highest recommendation for him to have it.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Veep????????

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>Fred is hardly a conservative.

The vast majority of FReepers supported Fred's candidacy baserd on his solid conservative record. I'd say that is a strong statement of Fred's conservative credentials. The fact you were in the minority marks you more a malcontent then a conservative.

[SE Mom]

FDT ping:)

God I miss Fred.

[Man50D]

The vast majority of FReepers supported Fred's candidacy baserd on his solid conservative record. I'd say that is a strong statement of Fred's conservative credentials.The fact you were in the minority marks you more a malcontent then a conservative.

That depends on how you define "vast majority". Your statement lacks any credibility absent any detailed facts to back up you vague claim. There are many facts showing Thompson voted more like a socialist while in office as his voting record below reveals:

In 1997 Fred Thompson voted to revoke China’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) trade status (S.Amdt. 890 to S. 955), then turned around in 1999 – after even more Chinese malfeasance was uncovered, some by Mr. Thompson himself – and voted in favor of MFN (S.J.Res. 27). Then, during the 2000 debate to give Bill Clinton his coveted Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for the chicoms, Fred teamed with Robert Toricelli to put in a poison pill amendment (S.Amdt 4132 to HR 4444), tying trade to a series of weapons non proliferation standards. Despite the Jesse Helms-like posture and the subsequent failure of his amendment, Fred ended up voting for PNTR, amendment free, handing Clinton a huge victory at the expense of our national security.

He voted to grant amnesty to close to one million illegal aliens from Nicaragua and Cuba in 1997 by giving legal status for those who had lived in the United States illegally since 1995, along with their spouses and minor unmarried children.

He voted against the Simpson Amendment to S.1664 that was in favor of a chain migration system that has been the primary reason for annual immigration levels snowballing from less than 300,000 in 1965 to around a million. Sen. Thompson supported provisions that allow immigrants to send for their adult relatives. Then each of those relatives can send for their and their spouse’s adult relatives, creating a never-ending and ever-growing chain. The bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission recommended doing away with the adult relative categories (begun only in the 1950s) in order to lessen wage depression among lower-paid American workers.

Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. Thompson had an opportunity to vote for a measure requiring U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Sen. Thompson voted against that, joining those who said the requirement would give government too much authority over corporations’ right to hire whomever they please from whatever country.

Thompson supported Roe vs. Wade in the 90’s. Thompson said he supports the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. Source: the Memphis Commercial Appeal on July 29, 1993 page B1.

In an October 21, 1994 article, The Washington Post reported that “both” Thompson and his Democratic opponent in the 1994 Senate race, then-Rep. Jim Cooper, “believe in legal abortion.”

Thompson spoke on the Senate floor on April 23, 2002 in support legislation that stated global warming was due to human intervention. Per Title X:

SEC. 1001. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GLOBAL WARMING.

(a) FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Evidence continues to build that increases in atmospheric concentrations of man-made greenhouse gases are contributing to global climate change.

These are hardly the position of a conservative.

[sam_paine]

I wonder if what we really miss is not really Fred, but what we wanted fred to be.

[Horusra]

Coming from a “fair” tax advocate, your accusation is laughable.

[AuntB]

“Fred is hardly a conservative. That’s why he supports McCain.”

Why can’t they see it? He always has supported him, why is anyone surprised?

Someone on this thread asked if what they really miss is not really Fred, but what they wanted Fred to be.

The answer is yes.

[Politicalmom]

He supports the Republican nominee..

There’s a big difference.

[Jedidah]

Excellent news. We need Fred’s good sense in this campaign.

He was wonderful last week on Fox.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Fred is Fred. We aren’t sheeple like the Obamatrons that follow an empty suit because it “sounds so good and makes me tingle inside.” They are finding out what happens when you invest so much in a Chance Gardner. Fred would’ve been the best president since at least Ronald Reagan, but it wasn’t meant to be. We can take solace in the fact that John and Fred are friends and perhaps he will listen to sage advice. Senator McCain is not our “dream candidate” but he is head-and-shoulders above Barack Hussein Muhammad Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton on many things, most importantly, the war on terror. We can hope that he picks a somewhat conservative running mate and oppose him when he is wrong, as we did during amnesty.

[Politicalmom]

If Fred had slobbered over the Fair Tax, certain people would be singing a different tune.