Conservatives, Beware of Fred Thompson

ConservativeHQ ^ | 7-2007 | Richard A. Viguerie

[Vigilanteman]

I’ll be votin’ for Duncan Hunter in the Primary, most likely.

Best choice out there, all things considered. But if Fred Thompson wants my vote in the general election, he's going to have to earn it like any other candidate. He either needs to get into the race or get out of it. If he's in, he needs to be prepared to work his tail off, raise money, address issues and meet with undecided, neutral and even hostile audiences, the same as all the other declared candidates have done so far.

Fred can't just cruise on his celebrity status. We had a guy here in Pennsylvania who thought he could do that. Nice fellow, very likeable and probably would have made a decent governor. He certainly would have been an improvement over Ed Rendell. You may remember him. His name was Lynn Swann.

[Cyber Liberty]

Whatever. I like them too. I usually have no candidates by the time I get to vote in the primaries, so I guess I’m just jealous.

[dschapin]

WOSG and Brothers,

Its ironic that conservative Republican’s like yourselves believe that the federal government must leave abortion up to state governments. This is almost exactly the position that Stephen Douglas took about Slavery. In his famous debates with Abraham Lincoln, Douglas advocated Popular Sovereignty and argued that the citizens of each new teritory should decide whether or not to allow slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, saw slavery as evil and said that the federal government should prevent it from spreading into any of the territories. After the civil war the 14th Amendment was ratified which states that “no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law” and that “Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” States which allow abortion are allowing a living person to be deprived of life without any due process of law. Therefore, it is clearly constitutional for the federal government to prohibit abortion under the powers granted to it by the 14th Amendment.

[Seadog Bytes]

Thank you!

[indcons]

Thanks for the ping, mhking.

Congrats also on the Emmy.

[faq]

Nuts, I thought that ping meant I was getting to be one of the regulars. Have you tried changing your password?

[Grunthor]

Thanks for the ping, what a bunch of useless wind against Thompson. He’s going to be the nominee. I WISH Hunter was more viable (as in had a snowballs chance) but he doesn’t.

That makes the most consistently conservative and electable person, Fred Thompson. I hope he picks Hunter for VP and Tanc for Dept. of Homeland Security.

[cva66snipe]

A good article that reveals the real Fred many have forgotten and pretend never happened. Fred would have had problems winning an elected second term to the senate and I think he knew it. The article states he seemed bored being a senator. Well he sure nough seemed bored in those committee hearings on the Clintons. Fred Folded as chairman and even a member of it. Neither Fred, Rudy, John, nor Mitt, will get my vote even in the general election. They are the same if not worse than electing a DEM because for four more years he like Bush has done for eight years will work for the DEMs and against the Conservatives. No thanks not on my vote.

[Snoopers-868th]

Thanks for the ping and I AM watching Thompson very closely. I am not convinced he will be different than Bush yet but I do like him.

[cdcdawg]

find us one judge at the federal level or the state supreme court level who would agree with your interpretation of the 14th. I’ll settle for a single law professor at an accredited school. Just one out of the thousands out there.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

I know the feeling :)

[stephenjohnbanker]

“2. There is nothing more boring than a making movie. It is hurry up and wait to the inth degree”

Like reading the phone book for pleasure : )

[oneamericanvoice]

Please don't hide behind "I'm only the messenger" routine. You were not conscripted into this role. You took it on, therefore you must bear responsibility for the blows along with the author. This piece is just another regurgitation of the usual myths, rather than investigative reporting. It demonstrates a lack of critical thought, naivete, and political bias. "Rumors circulated that Thompson was lazy, uninterested in the daily grind that comes with being a Senator—and one can understand that Capitol Hill is a lot more tedious and less glamorous than a Hollywood movie lot." Anyone who has every been on a lot or a set for any length of time would quickly find that it is very tedious and not all that glamorous. I suspect it is much like Capitol Hill with the comings and goings of powerful people and their staffers. You can't be lazy to be in movie or television show, especially if you are "carrying" the show. As for McCain-Feingold. People should find out why he voted that way. You will be very surprised. Remember, that in DC just like Hollywood things aren't always as they seem. You have to find out why things work the way they do. The very fact that he scares the Left is a good sign. No one else does.

[mad_as_he$$]

Great analogy!!!

[G8 Diplomat]

Uh...what ping list is this? I was pinged and this thread isn’t on a topic whose ping list I recall joining.

[BykrBayb]

Still rooting for Hunter, but haven’t ruled out Thompson as a last resort. Besides, he looks so presidential, and I’m told that’s supposed to be important to me. ; )

[Responsibility2nd]

Yikes!

I saw this thread when it was just out.

Who knew it would escalate into the hundreds in mere hours.

Will it be one of those infamous house-cleaning threads?

Will FR embrace socialism to make way for Rudy Giuliani as a Republican presidential candidate?
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[donna]

February 09, 2006

CAVUTO: But Bill Clinton avoided that base, didn’t preach to that base. You can argue that he was trying a different strategy. Who is saying that it can’t either work for his wife or the other Democratic potentials?

LIMBAUGH: Well, no. How do you triangulate the war? Are there centrists and moderates? This is a bugaboo of mine anyway.

I have gotten so tired over the years. Republicans are the ones that anger me the most about this, talking about how we must move to the center. We must get the great unwashed, the undecideds, the moderates.

I say, screw them. I want people that are passionate. Conservatives win when they are conservative, when they campaign as conservative, and then when they govern as — that’s when they win. They don’t win by moderating and...
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184342,00.html

[indcons]

Hi BykrBayb

[stephenjohnbanker]

I may have been a bit rough on the phone book : )