Where are the long-time conservative activists today around Fred Thompson? Not campaign consultants who sell themselves to the highest bidder at campaign auctions. No, dedicated and recognized conservative thinkers and activists who will work only for truly conservative politicians.
Go ahead, try and name one. And if conservatives were not part of his inner circle before he started running for the presidency, we cannot expect him to have conservatives in his inner circle if he gets elected. And in politics, personnel is policy.
Thompson’s conservative leadership score on the Reagan Test: F.
Now THAT is gonna leave a mark.
Richard's been reading my posts. ;-)
Folks need to face facts: Mr. Thompson is a Tennessee moderate. Always has been, always will be. His driving motivation has always been "bipartisanship."
“Folks need to face facts: Mr. Thompson is a Tennessee moderate. Always has been, always will be. His driving motivation has always been “bipartisanship.” “
You are absolutely right. Fred Thompson as president will be the equivalent of a George H.W. Bush presidency. A one termer because he will compromise to the point of angering the very same people who are singing his praises now. He is a token conservative at best. He isn’t a movement conservative and will only waste valuable time.
If he is a Tennessee moderate, how did he end up with an 86.1% rating from the American Conservative Union? Moderate now is anyone with less than a 90% rating?
The facts are that he is the most conservative candidate with a chance to win the nomination.
But Tennessee moderates are more conservative than the national average. Heck, Tennessee democrats are more conservative than the DC RINO’s. Excluding Algore, of course. But he changed drastically once he was exposed to the Clintons.