[RepublicanPatriot]

The author of this piece asks, Is Fred Thompson presidential material? He is not convinced.

[Poincare]

Having just heard Thompson subbing for Paul Harvey, I'd have to agree that he doesn't have the intellect of Reagan. Still looking.

[Logic n' Reason]

But then again, Ronald Reagan was no Fred Thompson.

Blame it on their parents!

[Sig Sauer P220]

So, what qualifies the Democratic candidates? The she-devil, the closet Muslim, and the little princess have never held any executive positions.

[Vaquero]

he is head and shoulders and anything else you can think of, over Rudy.

[Merry]

I fear people are mixing up the Fred Thompson Law and Order person from the real thing. We really don't know enough about this man to jump on the bandwagon.

[flashbunny]

Gee, I wonder why he'd write this column??? Hmmm.



Let's look at a january 4th column by By Steven M. Warshawsky

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/01/bringing_conservatism_back_to.html

" If you doubt that Hillary is a radical leftist, that just shows how far the nation's political center has shifted. Similarly, which Republican candidate probably has the best chance of beating her? Rudy Giuliani. I like Giuliani. As of today, I would support him for president over any of the other likely Republican candidates (for many of the reasons highlighted by Richard Brookhiser here and here). But I will be the first to admit that Giuliani is not a principled conservative. However, a principled conservative (from either a libertarian or social conservative perspective) cannot win the presidency in 2008. Query whether a candidate who ran on Ronald Reagan's 1980 platform could win today? I am doubtful. "

Wow, A giuliani backer going after fred thompson. Who woulda thunk that?

[bilhosty]

I'm for Rudy. But just in case Rudy does not play it is very wise to see him get contested so he flops in the primaries and not the general election. I too doubt that Fred is quite the man for the job but next to Rudy he is probably as good as they come until Jindal is ready in 8 years.

[Nonstatist]

He's a lightweight, IMO. Its a shame we're in such a desperate position, but I guess thats the way the cookie crumbled.

[Always Right]

The author of this piece asks, Is Fred Thompson presidential material? He is not convinced.

And what exactly are Hillary and Obama's experience?

[SheLion]

I would vote for him hands down!

[Sloth]

Thompson has never led a major labor organization

That's supposed to be a disadvantage?!

[massadvj]

The article is dead on. Ronald Reagan did not sit back in his easy chair and basically posture in the hope that conservatives would elevate him to power. The fact that Fred Thompson is, is indicative of Thomson's lack of administrative experience. Reagan quit his day job in 1976 after losing the nomination to Ford, and campaigned relentlessly for four years, educating the public on the value of conservatism and refusing to give in. Contrast that with Thompson.

I have news for Mr. Thompson. Political power is not something that anyone, even rabid, politically unrealistic Freepers, is going to hand you. Political power is something you go out and earn.

Giuliani has been out there for the last several years laying the groundwork and it shows. By the time he is done, he will have earned the nomination. Even the hardest right of conservatives will respect his work ethic.

[Rodney King]

Thompson has never led a major labor organization,

So?

never served as governor,

So?

and never been considered one of the leaders of the conservative movement in this country.

Well yes, but unfortunetly they all turned tail on us the last 6 years and became big spending liberals, so, we have to make do with what we have.

[volunbeer]

He is the closest thing I see on the horizon but I don't expect another Reagan in my lifetime.

We have Obama and Hillary as supposed presidential material on the other side of the aisle so why not Fred?

I will be overjoyed if he enters the race and barring some unforeseen disaster I think he will win. He is a big improvement over the current field and he will get out the base while attracting enough blue dogs to win.

[Pistolshot]

What amazes me is the 'he's just an actor' crowd.

DO SOME RESEARCH PEOPLE!!!!!

[Teacher317]

If we have to wait for the next Reagan, it's gonna be a loooong century.

I won't require the nominee to be Reagan... but I pray that he is the most Reaganesque of the candidates.

[TomGuy]

Thompson's political career was that of a Senator, a.k.a. professional bloviator.

He did chair the committee that wrote most of McCain's CFR. That doesn't bode well for him.

He basically voted lock-step with all immigration bills. He has sinse said that we need to do more about illegal aliens. What that is he hasn't said yet.

Until more about his potential positions is revealed, I'm not sold either.

At the rate Giuliani is flopping around on various issues, he is starting to resemble HClinton -- both are trying to be on every side of every issue, depending on the audience. Kerry tried that in 04.

It will be difficult to see which candidates have the best positions before the debates start. Until then, we will see allot of position papers without much committment.

[soccermom]

Get over it people! Unless you're Hindu, Reagan is not coming back! And frankly, if he did, many of the Reagan idealists wouldn't even recognize him.

[trisham]

The author of this piece asks, Is Fred Thompson presidential material? He is not convinced.

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That's his problem. I like Fred.

[isthisnickcool]

I think the most important think to consider about Thompson is that he's never done anything important like Al Gore has. I mean really! Al Gore killed manbearpig! Who was "half man, half bear, half pig."

I think on TV Thompson may have "killed" a man. If he were to kill a bear, a pig and maybe something like a cow Thompson would surpass Gore and then it would be fine if he ran for president.

Even if Thompson does not kill manbearpigcow as I suggest above he still has a lot going for him. His name is the same as a machine gun and it's been suggested that he run with a guy named "Hunter". As you can clearly see, the ticket would be "Thompson-Hunter" but you could also say "Hunter Thompson" and since Johnny Depp played Hunter Thompson in a movie then that makes Fred hip and cool because Johnny Depp is hip and cool.

Fred Thompson may be "no Ronald Reagan" but if people start to think of him as if he was Johnny Depp holding a machine gun after killing manbearpigcow then how could he lose?