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Fire, Somehow I got pinged into to this as well. I guess it's because this is a FReeper civil war on Thompson, and I've been a pretty vocal opponent. This article just reaffirms what I've been saying for a couple of months. Fred Thompson is a moderate masquerading as a conservative. He's no more conservative than George W. Bush. And it's no coincidence that Bush's people are chomping at the bit to work for Thompson. That said, of the media declared (and propped up) frontrunners, Thompson is perhaps the least bad. Rudy is a lib and makes no bones about it. McCain is all over the map. Romney is a lib masquerading as a conservative. There are three far better choices in the race. Hunter and Tancredo have been wonderful on the borders and national sovereignty. And then there is the much maligned Ron Paul. Can you believe that 19 years after Reagan left office, he is the only Republican presidential candidate who actually is for a smaller government? The Reagan revolution ended on Jan 20, 1989. Our nominees since then, Bush Sr., Dole, and Bush Jr., have all run on Reagan's name, and that's about it. And next year's candidate will probably do the same. However, all of those wonderful hard-working Reagan Democrats have figured out what you broken glass Republicans haven't, and they're gone.

I'm staying out of the candidate wars
(at least as far as the republican candidate is concerned)
When the time comes I'll vote for the guy I want.

I don't see Fred as a bad thing.
& no I'm not a follower of his
(I would vote for him in a heartbeat if he won the nomination)