Posted on 07/10/2007 9:06:01 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
Not as long as the majority Republican voters have that kind of mindset.
But imagine if every conservative voter decided to vote for "THE BEST CHOICE" in the primaries, instead of the "guy most likely to win in the general election".
Just imagine!
But hey, even if the primaries are the one place we can put substance over style and get what we want, this is how we've been trained to think and respond.
So when we settle for an "OK GUY WITH HIGH POLL NUMBERS" we get just that.
I like Fred, but, IMHO, he is not the best we can do. He's (allegedly) the best we can win with.
And yet he hires some of the most notorious that worked with Bush.
Sounds less like do the opposite and more like more of the same.
There’s nothing wrong with hiring seasoned professionals, hiring the one’s he has is questionable.
You may not like it or agree but there are many who do not trust those who helped put Bush in office and rightly so.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
And I don’t throw my President under the bus for a couple of issues I disagree with him on. He was right to enter this war and he appointed two solid men to the SC. I won’t disown him completely like some have
Nobody chose Fred Thompson for me. I chose him myself. He went on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace and said he was ‘leaving the door open’ on running for president. I thought it was a good idea. After I got to know him even better, I thought it was a great idea. The same is true of just about all of us who support Thompson.
Thompson was chosen by us. Support who you want, but don’t think you’re alone in choosing candidates for yourself.
In 2008, we need a Fred Thompson, and God has sent us one.
No liberal lies, propaganda, hissy fits, rants, raves or a MSM tsunami of slander will prevail against Fred’s march to the White House.
Not only that Liberals,but A tidal wave of Conservatives will ride his coat tails into Governorships, the Senate and the house of Representatives.
Kiss your sweaty, funky smelling seats in congress good bye, liberals.
It took more than a couple of issues for me to throw him under the bus. Many more.
Right to enter the war, wrong to allow our soldiers hands to be tied with respect to fighting it.
Ultimately we wound up with two solid men in spite of the fact that he tried to appoint his friend, an unqualified Harriet Miers.
We could talk about the ports deal, CFR, immigration, etc.
‘Do you have a link for that? It would sure make me breath a lot easier.’
No, I read about it in Reagans diaries, which I highly recommend to anyone interested in Presidential politics.
He had a line about Jim Webb,btw. He noted ‘Jim Webb resigned today as under secretary of the Navy. I don’t think the Navy will miss him.’
I laugh about that observation now whenever I hear Webb’s name mentioned.....he also seriously questioned Chriss Dodds allegiance to America, which I found interesting, given Dodds done nothing to change that perception in the twenty something years since that entry.
If a Republican candidate for President cannot raise big money to compete, he is not worth the effort to support because it will take a Republican candidate raising somewhere north of $250 Million dollars to effectively get his message out. The mainstream media that does so much for liberal candidates do nothing or worse for pubs or conservatives. I might love Duncan Hunter. I can send him $50 or $500 bucks if I really love him. If he can convince hundred of thousands of people a quarter to send about $100 each, then he is onto something. He is showing the ability to compete.
Years ago, before big campaign contributions were outlawed, the guy with merely a great record and message could be taken seriously because all he had to do was convince a few wealthy benefactors to support him. Nowadays, like it or not, it is a combination of record, message, and fundraising prowess that all must be considered when determining if a candidate is viable.
You make a solid argument, but I still think that as lkong as we pick a candidate by whohas the most cash,we’re selling ourselves to the highest bidder.
And you know full well that all of those millions come with strings attached.
And if you believe that Fred is different, and that he isn’t beholden to special interests, I respectfully disagree.
The only place we have a chance to change things is, IMO, in the primaries.
BTW, if Hunter was the nominee, I believe the GOP and the Republican voters would get behind him with the money he’d need.
But, most likely, the voters are too afraid or lazy to take the chance.
He has a strong conservative voting record and is much more loyal to the GOP than McCain. or Rudy.
I am not “under attack” - are you?
And I don’t throw my President under the bus for a couple of issues I disagree with him on. He was right to enter this war and he appointed two solid men to the SC. I won’t disown him completely like some have
You're ignoring the fact that if we hadn't complained, he would have appointed his own cronies and not "two solid men". Roberts was his from the start, but the credit for Alito belongs not to W but to us.
I give W full credit for his initiative on the war on terrorists, but fighting for national security abroad means little when you can't be bothered to secure our borders at home.
Add his bloated federal programs, his Kennedy coziness, the elevation of incompetent friends to high office, his bizarre push for amnesty (and the childish namecalling of conservatives who dare to oppose it), and you'll find that it's far from being "a couple of issues". The President's conservative achievements are vastly outnumbered by his liberal boondoggles.
As this article points out, Fred backtracked on about 5 issues.
Objectively, Fred is a bigger flip-flopper than Romney, even if your perceptions don't match that reality.
Hunter has his problems too. He's a big spender, he voted for CFR type legislation and I still haven't addressed the charge that he's a protectionist.
If Fred runs a non no-nonsense across-the-board conservative campaign then he will be my choice. So far the early indication is that he is running such a campaign.
For these positive and affirmative reasons, I support Fred. I do not support him as the least of all evils in the race. I have some admiration for many of the candidates including Gulliani (on homeland security and budget management), McCain (on his consistent support of the military and the war effort), Romney (if he could cut back on bureaucracy in Mass., he might make headway in DC), and Hunter and Paul (both good, solid conservatives). These others, however, do not excite me like Fred. Fred has charisma and a dedication to reducing the size, scope, and expense of government that excite me more than any candidate since Reagan. I knew both Bushes as well as Dole were not really small government conservatives, but I supported them as the least of the evils in the race. I urge Fred to run - as he really isn’t even a candidate yet - because he seems more likely to advance the Reagan revolution than any candidate in the last 20 years.
There is at least one potential candidate out there who might actually fit my politics better than Fred. That would be Newt Gingrich. Because of his highly confrontational, partisan past and moral lapses, though, I do not believe he is electable.
I know there are those out there who do not consider Fred conservative enough. There are even more who wear Che Guevara T-shirts and think Hillary is way too conservative for them. Such is life. That does not in any way diminish my enthusiasm for a Fred Thompson candidacy. As long as he continues to espouse values and positions that I share, I will continue to support him.
Sorry, Dick.
Thompson has long been against Roe v. Wade. Thompson seems to have flipped on CFR. Besides that I don't see any flip-flops.
BTW, if you want objectivity, this article by this author, isn't it.
And Duncan has no idea how to win the primary of his own party.
Sean: big MSM is starting to write hit pieces against you. Fred: They know who they need to fear!
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