Posted on 04/02/2007 7:17:51 AM PDT by chad_in_georgia
I read the record was for greatest number of votes ever. Maybe it's both?
MOST untrue.
No, what you are witnessing is conservatism versus liberal Rockefeller Republicans.
He quit for something more pleasant, more easy and more lucrative.
And who can blame him. But he still quit....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dalton_Thompson
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Although he announced in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks his intention to seek re-election, upon further reflection, which seems to have been prompted in large part by the sudden death of his daughter (Elizabeth "Betsy" Thompson Panici) on January 30, 2002 from accidental drug overdose[10][12], he decided not to pursue this course.
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I don't have a link or an exact quote at the moment- but Thompson said- shortly after his daughter's death that he didn't have the heart for running again at that time.
I can see how you are a serious student of political science where you characterize anything I wrote as an attack.
But to your point, your laughable point, his daughter dies, so he gave up on a political office and in mourning returned to Hollywood.
Ok, if you say so.
"Don't forget that he appears to be a big supporter of socialized medicine..."
That is working a little less than wonderful also.
Laughable? You're the one he said he left the Senate for something more pleasant. You couldn't be bothered to mention he left because his daughter died. You're just another shameless Rudy-booster. Fred is whumping your guy around without entering the race, so you attack him - even to the point where you downplay the impact OF HIS OWN DAUGHTER'S DEATH.
I don't see how some of you can even look yourselves in the mirror.
Your comments are off-base, at least for me. I've never seen Thompson act -- somehow I've missed everything he's been in. I don't think he's a white knight -- I merely think he's the best candidate, based on research.
Your criticism illustrates why the system is stacked against fiscal conservatives. Thompson didn't push through a lot of new laws, because for the most part he supports decreasing the size of government rather than increasing it. What he did do is aggressively and consistently fight waste in government. He also championed federalism, and worked to limit unConstitutional federal incursions into states' rights.
So, I support him because of these issues. I also believe he's electable, because he appeals to both fiscal and social conservatives.
do you question why rudy dropped out of the NY senate race?
He left the Senate for HOLLYWOOD!!!!!!!!
It's where all mourners go to mourn.
I think most people would agree that Hollywood is more pleasant then the Senate. Other then you.
You, jumping from one wishful candidate to another, want to deny reality with a trigger temper unleashed on anyone who doesn't share your delusions.
If Thompson gets elected, good.
Great point, xsmommy. So Rudy gets defended for dropping out of the NY Senate race for his cancer, but Fred gets ripped for not running for re-election after the death of his daughter.
He left the Senate for HOLLYWOOD!!!!!!!!
There ain't a person in the world, except for deranged Rudy boosters desperate for ANYTHING to attack Fred with, who would even try to make an issue here.
It likely was both. I think to get more support than Fred did in his home state would be impossible.
He pulled the conservatives, the basic Republican voters, and all but the most rabid barking moonbats in the Dem party.
The people that know him like him.
I think you're off. FT's most Reagan-esque quality is that he can bypass the fat-asses in congress and take the message to the American people. There is no other candidate that I know of that can do that, left or right. This, in effect, limits the two main impediments to implementing a conservative agenda - the media and congress. I believe that his stewardship of Roberts and Scooter are very principled and as positive predictors that he will run (and as a conservative) as anything we've seen yet.
It is exciting, but hardly a Messiah situation.
Hunter? hahahahahahahaha. Please, be realistic
3 percent. 3 PERCENT for Romney after Fred just mentioned entering. Fred knocked Mitt out of contention in a couple of weeks (and Mitt's boneheaded gaffe in Miami didn't help him either). Damn shame about all those donors who contributed all that cash to a sinking ship.
And you have the stones to lecture anyone else about their candidate's electability? BWAHAHAHA!
As for stewardship, does Arlen Specter's saving Clarence Thomas make HIM a great Conservative too?
You folks will have to do better.
BWAHAHA! Check the polling numbers on Fred versus Mitt and get back to us.
What problem do you have with a Fred Thompson/ Duncan Hunter ticket?
I think its a very realistic and winning ticket.
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