Fred’s recent speech to the Lincoln Club in Orange County, CA is on you tube.
Here is a link to part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhJ5dy_MTxY&mode=related&search=
Part 1 was mostly jokes and Hollywood talk (warning - he thinks Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is great). In part 2 he has some interesting things to say (watch the video for exact quotes but these are pretty close - I was trying to write fast)
On Globalization - “Globalization? We’re not afraid of it. It’s a good thing for America.”
On NAFTA- He loves it; wants more of it.
Immigration - He focused on border security and terrorist threats, then said the 12 million illegals here are not as much a concern as the next 12 and the next 12 and so on. He said once border security is addressed, “people of good will” can sit down and work out the rest of it together. Yikes.
Also said our current demographics/birth rate is not enough to support the pension plans and pay the bills. Interpret that as you will in light of the above view on immigration.
I haven’t watched part 3 and 4 yet. He came across as likeable enough (who isn’t compared to Hillary), but his intentions are not those of which I share for the future of this country.
Wow. It really is terrifying that so many conservatives are willing to hail Fred Thompson as our conservative savior and the next Reagan. He’s moderate at best, and he clearly doesn’t have a conservative world view.
Duncan Hunter, on the other hand, is a real conservative, he says what he believes, and most importantly HIS PAST RECORD DOES NOT CONTRADICT HIS CURRENT POSITIONS! Fred is acting like a good conservative just like he acts on TV, but his record contradicts almost everything that he claims to believe in.