"Is this because I'm a lesbian?"
Posted on 03/02/2007 3:14:34 PM PST by STARWISE
I believe he's pro-life, pro-SS privatization, pro-gun. On the downside, he's pro-McCain-Feingold, but I could forgive that.
This is MY guy.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Fred_Thompson.htm
35 posts and nobody saying "He ain't got a chance", yet?
GOOD FOR FRED!
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11082
Washington Prowler
Run, Fred, Run
By The Prowler
Published 2/28/2007 12:09:30 AM
(snip)
Now there is this little item that popped up in the latest edition of U.S. News.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/washingtonwhispers/070225/once_again_in_the_line_of_fire.htm
On the eve of the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., it seemed timely. More interesting has been the quick pushback from both the McCain and Romney camps about talk of Thompson perhaps dipping his toe in the presidential campaign pool.
"He's not going to do it, we've been assured of that," says one John McCain adviser in Washington. "Senator McCain thinks the world of Fred Thompson. They are friends. They've talked." But Thompson has not endorsed McCain.
A Mitt Romney adviser says: "We've heard that he isn't interested, but even if he was it wouldn't matter; we're focused on Governor Romney's campaign and getting his message to as many Americans as possible."
According to sources familiar with Thompson's thinking, he is not at this moment looking to enter the race. And while there is talk in the media of a "Draft Fred" movement afoot, Thompson seems to be focused on a bigger picture right now.
"Sure, he's hearing the talk about unhappiness with the current field of candidates," says a Thompson supporter, "but he's just as concerned about how the Republican Party got to this point, and where conservatives can take the party moving forward.
He sees a dearth of up and comers out in the statehouses, and he sees a dearth of ideas. If nothing else, I think he wants to get conservatives and the GOP back on track."
It isn't just politicals who are talking up Thompson. According to RNC fundraisers we've spoken with over the past couple of months, Thompson is someone mentioned as a prospective candidate by some West Coast and Southern party money men who would like to see him enter the race.
"He's a bankable name on a couple of different levels. Donors love to have him at fundraisers," says one Chicago-based RNC donor.
But Thompson isn't entirely beloved by all. Take this post (par. 7) from the Huffington Post.
Never mind that it's wrong: Thompson in fact was a successful prosecutor as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and his work during Watergate and the Clinton impeachment was highly regarded, but Thompson clearly represents the kind of candidate that threatens the left: likable, solidly conservative, and perhaps most important, electable.
"Senator Thompson is one of those guys, who when you hear him speak, you ask, 'Why isn't he running for something?'" says another supporter. "You just can't help it. We need him out there, if not running, then at least helping."
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http://draftfredthompson.com/
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My heart is kinda skipping at the thought ... wow .. I pray.
>>>>I think Kelsey Grammer IS a Republican.
Well, I assumed. My point was, I thought Fred Thompson looked like Kelsey Grammer.
He was a SENATOR!
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Fred_Thompson.htm
He's everything.
"Is this because I'm a lesbian?"
I thought you'd like that! I was thinking of you when I saw the segment on FNC!
WOO-HOO!
Golly, gee!! I am just so conflicted here. You mean that I'm going to have to choose between Obama, Clinton, Edwards or Thompson? Just too many decisions and I just wet my pants. Not only that, I'm beginning to hyperventilate. Where is my psychiatrist when I need him? Oh my, oh my!!
please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please.... i've been good!!! honest.
Thompson/Hunter-08
Thompson/Gingrich 2008
Yep --- I was Woo-Hooing watching the FNC segment.
PINGAROO! Fred must have read you tagline. LOL
already there are poeple posting "he's not conservative enough".
can we get a break here?
my first thought was age, but he is 6 years younger than McCain. What is his draft background? He would have been in his late 20s at the height of Vietnam.
"I was for Romney but if Thompson runs I'm switching!"
And I'm for Hunter and I could switch!
Good heavens, is it possible that Fred could bring FR together? No more bickering?
What would we talk about?
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