Surprise surprise.
"And I find that the Left doesn’t have any more fear of Fred Thompson than they do of Rudy Giuliani.
Then, your reading comprehension skills are sorely lacking.
You guys see someone that can articulate himself well. i see a babbling old, tired man that can’t inspire without prepared scripts.
Because you're not looking and not paying attention. Either that or you're a campaign operative. Either way, you're seriously in the minority on that.
I see someone that is wishy washy on abortion.
So, you prefer the all out pro-choice Rudy G, eh? That totally makes sense, considering you're a Kos Kid. And Hannity didn't have to save anything.
Fred Thompson, wishy washy on abortion...ROFL...that's rich. That's why he has a 100% pro-life voting record and got a standing ovation from the National Right to Life Conference with This Video
We’re not going to win in ‘08 unless we reach out to the center. I don’t necessarily like it but its true.
Fred Thompson does that without alienating the base, which is something that NO other candidate can say.
“I have been to Daily KOS. I read it every day.
Surprise surprise.”
I like to think that people on our side DO read lots of different angles. That I like to see what the other side is thinking isn’t a negative.
“And I find that the Left doesn’t have any more fear of Fred Thompson than they do of Rudy Giuliani.
Then, your reading comprehension skills are sorely lacking. “
If you are going to chastise me for reading Kos then presumably you don’t so how would you even know?
“Either that or you’re a campaign operative. Either way, you’re seriously in the minority on that. “
Nope - I am a TV Weatherman (and incidentally I think Gore is a fool but that’s for another day). Am I in the minority? Because aside from this one single poll, everything I’ve seen suggests Giuliani is the front-runner. Perhaps you are in the minority and need to branch out.
“I see someone that is wishy washy on abortion.
So, you prefer the all out pro-choice Rudy G, eh? That totally makes sense, considering you’re a Kos Kid. And Hannity didn’t have to save anything.”
You’re not getting it. I don’t like abortion but I’m not going to base my vote on it. I DO think that SOME ELEMENT of people in the GOP would base their vote on it. I think that Rudy’s abortion stance can be offset by the centrists he would attract. I think that Fred Thompson’s wishy-washiness may turn off those voters who think abortion is the most important issue. You DO believe that Thompson is more conservative than Giuliani, so what I’m saying is that Thompson won’t be able to make up for lost Christian Right voters by finding Centrists like Giuliani could...because after ‘06 they are more likely to vote for a Democrat.
Hannity did have to save him. He started to say something about not wanting to “criminalize” and that sets up a red flag for evangelicals.
“We’re not going to win in ‘08 unless we reach out to the center. I don’t necessarily like it but its true.”
I don’t like the amnesty bill and I want border enforcement before anything like that is even considered. But the media has successfully painted the GOP as anti-immigrant. And Duncan Hunter’s “We need to freeze LEGAL immigration” rhetoric does not help us. We need to expand the states in play. Thompson won’t do that. Do you honestly think he can win in any state that Bush did not in 2004, when the political winds were much more favorable than they are now? If you do then you are living in a dream world.
Sure - Rudy is to the left of me...but I agree with a lot of what he says aside from social issues, and he can WIN.
And don’t call me a Kos kid. I voted for Bush twice and have been posting here for 2 years. Just because I’m not jumping on the Fred bandwagon doesn’t make me less of a Republican.