Posted on 05/02/2007 6:05:32 AM PDT by radar101
Fred Thompson, the former Republican senator from Tennessee who plays a prosecutor on television’s Law and Order and is watching his own popularity grow from his seat on the sidelines of a presidential campaign that he hasn’t even joined yet, is making it clear what he makes of Democrats in the great Iraq war debate.
“As far as the Democrats, they are adhering to the extent they can to the most left wing element of their base,’’ Thompson said in an interview shown on the Fox News Channel’s Hannity and Colmes last night. “You know, Moveon.org and those folks are running the Democratic party.
“And they're taking extremist positions and doing extremist things,’’ Thompson said. “(Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid is doing things that I think the American people are going to reject. They're as near to investing in defeat of their own country than anything I've ever seen, and I don't think the American people will forgive them for that. So, they're going through that exercise, and let's just let them go, let's just give them a little rope and see what they do.’’
And he had this to say about the Republican Party’s own labeling of the “defeatist’’ Democrats in Congress: “Our name-calling and harping on them right now is kind of wasted effort as far as I'm concerned.”
Thompson says he will take his time in deciding whether to seek the Republican nomination for president, with polls showing that his name-recognition could provide him with an instant entrée to the race.
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I could not agree with you more!
He must wait till his last episode is aired. When the season is over he will go in attack mode.
On top of that, I'm disgusted that this campaign is already in full-throttle just a couple of months after mid-terms, and that we've had a major debate a FULL YEAR befor it should have taken place.
He says "just point and laugh." I love that philosophy!
Michael Moore may believe he’s ALREADY in attack mode :)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827214/posts
There are some contractual issues he has to work out carefully. I think he is in. I predict he will jump in by mid June.
The Iowa Caucus is on January 14th, 2008. That is 8 1/2 months away. It does seem like debates for the primary should still be months off, and I think the primaries are too early as well.
On the other hand, debates are a good way for candidates that don't have a lot of funding to get their message out to the public, so early debates can help a struggling candidate. However, if candidates do poorly in early debates, and don't have strong financial backing, it can easily end their candidacy quickly.
yes--that's why i agree that he's in... if he were not going to run, he would have said so along time ago... i cannot see him raising everybody's hopes and then letting them down... i think the rules work to his advantage... that he has not declared is not hurting him at all... yeah!
not to mention all of his guest appearances... it seems he's invited everywhere!
Posters on WA? LOL
Well, I for one, will be extremely disappointed if he doesn’t run - can’t wait to vote for him :-)
I think you misinterpreted his meaning. If he runs, or more accurately - announces - it will mean that his health, in his mind and his doctor's, is NOT an issue. And I guess you also missed the part about something happening out there, something special, and that he thinks he can answer it.
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You're slack'n, Mom. ;-)
From what I've read he puts in 14 hour work days, I'd hate to look in the mirror after doing that for awhile. ;-D
Agreed. The Rats know that McCain, Giuliani, and Romney are like Kerry was for them a few years ago, most of us are going to vote for the nominee, but not enthusiastically, and that's what a party needs to win an election, a candidate whose supporters can bring others to the polls.
For me, at this point, Fred would do it.
Correct!
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