No, he sounds more like Reagan. I don't hear Bush saying that the immigration bill is amnnesty. I don't hear Bush telling Calderon off. I don't see Bush telling off Michael Moore.
If he sounds like Reagan then he sounds like an old, tired version of Reagan. I don’t like the amnesty bill any more than you do but the fact is that Thompson looks and sounds old and washed up. His speeches, or at least the ones he doesn’t read off a prompter or script, are dull and droning. It might not sound nice but it’s true. A slow southern style is not going to cut it this year after eight years of Bush. A vote for Thompson in the primary is a defensive vote. If the party goes with this man we have no opportunity to turn any blue states red in the general election and all the reason to believe we will lose ground. The public as a whole is tired of the Southern act from the Republicans.