Could and Shoulda....Where do "Fredheads" go now?

Youtube.com ^ | 8/24/2009 | Brewferr

[brewferr]

So here we were in 2007 worrying about who would take the Reagan "mantle of conservatism" forward. John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul and others were already in the race to become the next GOP nominee for president. And you know what? Conservatives were freaking out! Was this really the crop we had to choose from? None of these guys, with the exception of maybe Duncan Hunter or to an extent Ron Paul, really understood what conservatism was.

Then a grassroots draft campaign was initiated to bring someone into the race that really understood American exceptionalism. That individual was the former U.S. Senator from Tennessee - Fred Thompson. In Fred Thompson, conservatives had a real candidate to back. Thompson understood that government should be limited so that it could not tread on our natural God-given rights. He was a champion of low taxes, free-enterprise, traditional American social values, and a strong national defense. It just made sense to back Thompson.

So, in late 2007, Senator Thompson entered the race to become the next president. However, his campaign was attacked by the left-wing media and the other GOP presidential campaigns from the beginning. They accused Thompson of being "lazy like a fox", too radical, too old, etc. These ideas sank in and the Thompson campaigned left the field in early 2008.

That being said, McCain became the next GOP nominee. Conservatives felt betrayed until a little-known governor from Alaska, Sarah Palin came along. She electrified the base and undoubtedly gave the McCain campaign a much needed boost.

Fredheads, where do we go from here? Is Sarah Palin in fact the next person to bear the "mantle of Reagan"? I believe that she will be a force to be reckoned with in the future, but I still hold onto the hope that Senator Fred Thompson will one day be president.

In 1976, Governor Ronald Reagan decided to challenge a sitting president of his party for the GOP nomination. Reagan was repeatedly accused of being lazy, too old, and too radical. Those ideas sank in and Reagan narrowly lost the nomination to Gerald Ford that year. However, Ronald Reagan's campaign wasn't over. He would return in 1980, win the GOP nomination, and lead America into the largest peacetime economic expansion in recent years.

Even with the conservative Sarah Palin in the fray, I believe that there is still a role for Fred Thompson to play. We've pulled him out of political retirement before, and I believe that we can do it again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeVi2KF7hA4

[Artemis Webb]

I didn’t call you a name. I said to try not to be an idiot. Granted that’s pretty darn close to calling you a name but if you’re going to show your lack of understanding with uninformed sarcasm then you get what you deserve.

[traderrob6]

Uniformed? Au contraire.

[traderrob6]

BTW, you wouldn’t happen to be a Mittophile would you?

[McGruff]

I didn’t call you a name. I said to try not to be an idiot.

Jeez. You sound like Bill Clinton. I guess it depends upon what the meaning of idiot is.

[FlashBack]

I was going for a Thompson / Palin ticket before McCain was even in the hunt....how about a cabinet spot for FRed or a SupremeCourt appt??

[Artemis Webb]

"Uniformed? Au contraire."

"BTW, you wouldn’t happen to be a Mittophile would you?"

Now please refer up to post #9 where I said I was supporting Jim DeMint and tell you that you are not uniformed again.

[brewferr]

Fred on the SCOTUS? Wow. Wouldn’t that be nice.

[jellybean]

[Pistolshot]

Two names come to mind.

Sarah Palin

Liz Cheney.

[skinkinthegrass]

thanks, for the information / thread / post.
please place me on the list. thx.

[AFreeBird]

Go?

Already went....

Sarah.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Where do Fredheads go from here?

Hmmmm.....

Some choices:

Jim DeMint
Sarah Palin
Mike Pence
(I’m going to get pilloried for this) Rick Perry
J.D. Hayworth

People we need to cultivate for future leadership:

Marco Rubio
Pat Toomey (despite the Sotomayor foulup)
Tom McClintock
Michelle Bachmann

[traderrob6]

“Now please refer up to post #9 where I said I was supporting Jim DeMint”

I like JD a lot but the last I checked he hasn’t even hinted at running.

[FlashBack]

We could always do worse.....oh wait......

[Artemis Webb]

True.
Time will tell.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I’m a Fredhead myself, but we should be naming Supreme Court Justices in their 40s or early 50s.

[FlashBack]

If they’re as conservative as FRed...sure!
How about Fred as Sec. Of State???

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Right now I’m softly supporting Jim DeMint. Things could change."

As a Fredhead, I was disappointed at his torpid approach to the campaign. He won't be our candidate in 2012; for one thing, he'll be too damned old, and his health is not the best. The good news: We have more depth to our bench than we think we do. Palin, DeMint, Jindal, Cantor... Compare to the DemocRats' sorry situation. If Obama continues at his current pace, he'll be a non-starter for re-election. Who then? That clown Biden? Hollerin' Howard Dean? John Edwards? (just kidding) ...really, their bench is quite thin. Obama is increasingly looking like a flash in the pan.

Our challenge is to knock the golden-tongued RINOs out of the primary race early. Romney and Huckabee, for example. There is a place for these gentlemen, just not behind the Oval Office desk.

[MamaB]

That is about the only good thing he has ever done.

[GYPSY286]

Let’s “pull” Duncan Hunter with Sarah - what a team!