I loved Fred's line: "Our people have shed more blood for the liberty and freedom of other peoples ... than all the other countries put together. (Applause.) And I don't feel any need to apologize for the United States of America." Needs to be repeated again and again!!
Fred has some good qualities, but he does get a few questions he needs to answer. McCain-Feingold being one of them.
If we have any chance in 2008, it's because of this sentiment.
Democrats DO NOT GET IT--Americans don't want to vote for someone who doesn't make them feel good about BEING an American. The Dems live in an echo chamber created by their fellow liberals in the media--all they hear 24-7 is "Yes, you're right!" from their handlers, staff and media folks whose job SHOULD be to hold their feet to the fire.
Democrats despise this country for what it IS but love what in their minds they think it COULD be--"Compassionate Socialism" or "Socialism with a human face."
They simply don't understand that when Americans sense you're not telling us what you REALLY think, there's something there they can't put their fingers on but they don't like you.
When they see Thompson they don't see a "My country right or wrong" type of robot, they see someone who says "Of course we haven't always gotten it right--who does?--but damnit, we do pretty damn good, and I LOVE this country for always trying, no matter what everyone else may think of us."
That attitude may give us the edge.
The first sends you to the second
I love that line too. I believe I heard it here first though:
Of all the candidates, every single one of them allowed himself to be buffaloed into declaring way before he intended to, except for Fred Thompson. Which is one good reason for supporting Fred Thompson.
Could you imagine how differntly things would have turned out if Rudy, McCain, Romney et al had the guts to tell Hillary! Rodham (Clinton) to go to Hell, and that they were going to announce their candidacies in the Fall of 2007, as Thompson just did? We would have had the spectacle of the Democrats all tearing each other apart on a daily basis, spending money and driving each other's numbers down, and the 'Pubbies would have been sitting pretty on a pile of money, tanned, rested and ready.
Instead, because of their own weakness, Rudy, McCain, Romney, et al allowed themselves to be bullied into abandoning all their plans and pulled into this extended primary season, and have given up the GOP's great advantage.
It just like the world leaders celebrating the millennium a year early ... why?
"Whatever happens next, Thompson at least gave commentators something new to talk about. Was it a mistake to go on Leno instead of the debate, they wondered? And, did he sign on too late, they speculated? Is he a team player?
Thompson must have chuckled all the way to Iowa. Too late for what? Most Americans still don't know who's running and don't share the punditry's obsession with quantifying who's up and who's down every 24-hour cycle. If they're watching television, they're more likely watching Leno, who averaged 5.9 million viewers in 2006, instead of the presidential debates, which tend to draw between 1 million and 2 million viewers, according to Variety."
I might be wrong, but it seems that Fred has gotten more press by NOT announcing (till Leno) than the rest have gotten by spending MILLIONS...
Seems like a plan to me.
Good article by Kathleen. It’s true, most Americans aren’t watching the debates or thinking about the election now. Fred got more free attention on Jay Leno than he ever would have gotten in the completely unmemorable debate.
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Great article.
TeeHee.
FRed, you magnificent bast*rd!
The MSM does not repeat any good lines by conservatives. Only mispronunciations or attacks on each other will be seen in the MSM. I don't know how we can get through to the masses in this country. We preach to the choir on the internet, comforting though it is.
“Our people have shed more blood for the liberty and freedom of other peoples ... than all the other countries put together. And I don’t feel any need to apologize for the United States of America.”
“Our people have shed more blood for the liberty and freedom of other peoples ... than all the other countries put together. And I don’t feel any need to apologize for the United States of America.”
and again...
It's been a long time (Reagan) since a politician said something that made me cheer. Thompson hit a grand-slam in my book with this line last night. I haven't decided on a candidate, but at least Thompson has me wanting to learn more about him. None of the rest of the candidates can say that.
It was an enthusiastic round of applause, too.