Posted on 03/11/2007 9:07:43 AM PDT by WileyPink
I listened to Fred Thompson and felt like I was listening to a wise uncle on a Sunday afternoon sitting on the front porch. I WILL support this man for president. I even liked the answer he gave for campaign finance reform (even though I disagree with McCain/Fiengold.) I'm a true conservative, not a hyphenated conservative. I like Mr. Thompson. Thanks for your views
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Name recognition, voice resonance, the cameras like him, and his ability to speak well on the fly.
I think he could handle his own on the debate stage. Plain speak in an era of democrap lies and slander.
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I think we may have a REAL candidate on our hands here.
And before all you [insert name here]Bots get on here and start bashing Fred, remember, your guy smells like wet cow excrement from the get-go.
Dork-horse candidate...
I'm starting to think that the purpose of the U.S. Senate is to prevent the accomplishment of meaningful change being enacted by the legisilative branch. Perhaps that is why senators have such a bad record in presidential elections.
Good goin' :D
Sounds like Fred is willing to throw his "hat into the ring"....finally a nationally known (tough, non-P.C. wimp :) well-respected REAL Conserative may enter the race....
If he enters the race....RINOS/CINOS...you're dead...and Be afraid Hillary/Obama, be very afraid.... :)
And maybe three hundred Republicans also.
What makes him any better than Brownback or Huckabee?"
I think he has a larger range of experience.
I don't want a one-trick-pony for a candidate.
Not too proud to repeat myself, here's what I wrote on the Sunday thread...
Look at what does it for American voters lately. Charisma, telegenic appearance, communication skills, name recognition. FT is no Adonis but he is very, very tall and physically impressive, and he definitely knows how to deliver lines.
He could actually win.
And aside from his involvement with CFR (McCain-Feingold), I've seen nothing discouraging about Fred.
Ok, he's no Reagan, and "Fred Thompson" sounds awfully like an also-ran...but nobody's Reagan, even Reagan wasn't always the man we like to remember him being.
We are going to need a good talker if Edwards gets the rat nomination, and I'm sure he will.
Incidentally, when I first became aware of actor FT, I liked him immediately. Sort of a thinking man's Dub Taylor. A good ole boy with a brain.
Now it appears he's on the right side of most issues. This could be a godsend.
So as bitter as I am about CFR, and pessimistic about where we're going as a nation, Thompson looks better by the minute.
Good point.
It's all academic, though. I'm sure our betters at the GOP have already decided who they are going to preordain, just as they preordained Dole in '96 and Dubya in '00.
DeerfieldObserver wrote: "How long was Thompson in the Senate? I understand that he didn't really accomplish much there..."
You haven't been fully informed:
After being in the Senate for less than a week, Thompson was tapped to give the Republican response to President Bill Clinton's “Middle-Class Tax Cut” address on December 15, 1994 . The speech and response were televised nationally. A photo caption in the next day's Washington Post read: “Sen. Fred Thompson: His charismatic delivery of the GOP response was reminiscent of Ronald Reagan.” During his first years in office, the new Senator continued building his political resume by serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Youth Violence.
Additionally, Thompson initiated a Congressional investigation into a friendly fire incident during the Gulf War which claimed the life of Sgt. Lance Fielder of Nashville . The Army had covered up the fact that Fielder was killed by friendly fire, and then bestowed medals on the higher-ranking officials who made the decision to fire upon Fielder in an area where they knew that American forces were operating. The investigation ultimately resulted in the forced retirement of the commanding officer of the unit that fired shots at Sgt. Fielder and others, and the revocation by the Army of the medals that had been awarded to those responsible for the incident.
Thompson also made history as the first Senator since World War II to become a major standing committee chairman after only two years in office, earning appointment as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. As Chairman of this committee, which is charged with overseeing the efficiency of the federal government, Thompson worked with the General Accounting Office to unveil the first-ever audit of the federal government, held hearings to spotlight government waste, fraud, and abuse in federal agencies, worked with government agencies to ensure computer security, and introduced the Regulatory Improvement Act, which increased government accountability to the public.
The defining moment of the Senator's time as Chairman, however, came in 1997, when the Governmental Affairs Committee was tapped by the Senate leadership to conduct an investigation into alleged improper or illegal activities growing out of the 1996 federal campaigns. At the center of the investigation was a fundraiser attended by Vice President Gore at a Buddhist temple. The Committee exposed a campaign finance system rife with abuse and open to foreign influence, and produced a 9,600-page report that led to several indictments and criminal investigations.
Thompson served as Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee until June 6, 2001 , when Senator Jim Jeffords' resignation from the Republican Party changed the control of the Senate from Republican to Democratic hands. Thompson then became the committee's Ranking Minority Member.
In 1998, Thompson was chosen by Senate leadership to serve on the special Senate task force to examine whether the Chinese governmental improperly obtained American satellite and missile technology. In addition to a review by six federal agencies of the entire dual-use and munitions export licensing process, Thompson also proposed legislation to curb the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by China and other countries and to strengthen the United States' response to such activities.
During his second term in the Senate, Thompson also served on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over a number of major issues, including taxes, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare reform, and international trade.
Source: MPA: The Fred Thompson Papers, 1993 - 2002
http://www.mpa.utk.edu/thompson/
The voting public has a bad case of dyspepsia right now; that bitter taste in your mouth comes from a steady diet of sour grapes being crammed down your craw on a daily basis by the vile vintners of the Vast Left Wing Radical Press (VLWRP).
It's going to take a really big glass of nice, warm milk or a big dose of salts to make it go away.
RUN FRED RUN!!!! I think he is channeling Barry Goldwater!
Speaking of bitter grapes, here comes the panicked leftist counter-attack...
Fromm another message board:
Thompson featured @ http://www.MONYBUSH.com/
Senator Fred Thompson, whose military record consists of:
Hunt for Red October with Sean Connery
Flight of the Intruder with Danny Glover and William Dafoe....
and Aces:Iron Eagle III with Lou Gossett, Jr.,
refused to help his own constituent, the orphaned child of a decorated war hero who had been defrauded of 100s of thousands of dollars at the hands of thugs!
The Freedom of Information request concerned falsified expense vouchers being used by MONY management to make illegal campaign contributions to elected officials!
Granted, it's reaching REALLY far, but it's just the beginning...
I just read your post above about having read the transcript. You're not impressed, eh? That's because you choose not to be. Who's your candidate? Hunter? Rudy?
Thanks, for the info....very interesting....I bet Shrillary would be "Sc@red $h!tle$$"....Osama, Who????
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