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Breaking news on FOX: Fred Thompson quits
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Posted on 01/22/2008 11:17:25 AM PST by tpanther

Carl Cameron says it'll become offical sometime later this week.

Oh well, we're doomed. Let's hope it'll be minimal damage until 2012.


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To: LilAngel
Or Pat Paulsen. (He can run posthumously, right?)

Why not, Mel Carnahan did.

321 posted on 01/22/2008 11:45:30 AM PST by nina0113 (If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; AuntB
Right now, Paul is the best candidate on border security.

LOL, yea right. Mr. The US should not have a national immigration policy and welcome in anyone who wants to work... and putting the national guard on the military on the border is unconstitutional.. he is about as good on border security as he is on hearing questions in debates.

AuntB, do you have that link to the video that was posted a couple of weeks ago with Paul talking about immigration and rewarding those who 'work hard' outside the system? I'm sure everyone will want to see that as the Paul vultures try to pick up Thompson supporters.

322 posted on 01/22/2008 11:45:35 AM PST by mnehring
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To: tpanther

That stinks!


323 posted on 01/22/2008 11:45:42 AM PST by luvie (“Life is a precious gift from God, and we should embrace it.”)
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To: Camel Joe

Ok -

bye


324 posted on 01/22/2008 11:45:47 AM PST by Scarchin (Romney/Thompson 2008)
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To: KarlInOhio

LOL

Will that keep the voters safe ???

These RINO/liberals are very dangerous...


325 posted on 01/22/2008 11:45:51 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: tpanther

Bye bye Pubs. Your Party has just left me.


326 posted on 01/22/2008 11:45:51 AM PST by Blue State Insurgent (Thompson or no Party)
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To: Sans-Culotte
Yep, I guess I am now a proud Romney supporter since 1-22-2008.

There is no other choice, my pants-less FRiend...

327 posted on 01/22/2008 11:46:01 AM PST by gridlock (Proud Romney Supporter since January 20, 2008)
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To: tcrlaf

You have it exactly right. Keep the faith, keep the powder dry, and keep hope and a positive attitude which can only be if you avoid the mainstream media like the plague it is.


328 posted on 01/22/2008 11:46:18 AM PST by wita (truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
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To: Camel Joe

It’s Rockefeller’s Revenge. Instead of the Grand Old Party (GOP), it’s now the party of Grand Old Progressives (libs). No true conservatives allowed.


329 posted on 01/22/2008 11:46:20 AM PST by Waryone
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To: LifeOrGoods?

That was the redeeming part, bub. The sarcasm was about the flip/flopping radical social liberalism in our own little god-doms.


330 posted on 01/22/2008 11:46:33 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
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To: 1Old Pro
Fruity Rudy will be gone if he can’t carry his own in Florida.
331 posted on 01/22/2008 11:46:45 AM PST by LifeOrGoods? (Save the Republican party: Vote Romney!!!)
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To: aroundabout
Hey, be careful now. You don’t want to do anything foolish, like maybe support our nominee ANYWAY. If you do, it might just be that MAYBE we don’t have to worry as much about total destruction of the nation under a Billary or Hussein Obama.

You are utterly correct. I am a Republican - a conservative one who doesn't like the direction of the Party in the last several years. But I am a Republican. I can look at every single one of the candidates on the other side and see that they will be orders of magnitude worse than even the worst of those Republicans still in the race.

So who will I support now?

I can't stand McCain - what he did to the 1st Amendment is unconscionable, he opposed tax cuts, cooperated with Kennedy, etc. on numerous issues. Oh, and the guy isn't at all level-headed. Nope, not him.

Huckabee. Gomer Pyle, the Republican Jimmy Carter, who is just like the original...i.e. not so morally pure as he makes himself out to be. Oh, and he knows diddly about foreign affairs at a time when this country is at war. Uh, no. Repeat NO! As in NFW.

Rudy. Gun-banning, illegal immigrant-protecting, cross-dressing, etc., etc. Rudy? No thanks. He might've been a good mayor of NYC, and he'd probably make a good Senator or Governor for NY, but not President of all the people. Adios.

Which leaves the least distasteful, Romney. He'll be great on the economy, and I don't think that he'll be a pushover on foreign affairs. I worry about him on social issues, principally guns, but that may be largely out of his hands anyway. I can stomach him, especially in comparison to Hillary or Obama.

This is, indeed, a very sad day for Reagan Republicans. The latest torch-bearer has stumbled and fallen, so we are yet again in a position of trying to persuade a RINO to do the right thing, or to resist doing the wrong thing. Such is politics where, as in life, you can't get everything you want. I've been there and done that - and it is absolutely better to get a half a loaf than none at all. Let's think about the longest-term issue in this campaign, Supreme Court Justices. Who's got a better shot at nominating a judge who actually respects the Constitution, who'll interpret it instead of legislating from the bench - Hillary or Romney? That's easy.

I support the Republican nominee because I don't want to see this country go completely down the toilet.

332 posted on 01/22/2008 11:46:52 AM PST by Ancesthntr (I’ve joined the Frederation.)
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To: isrul

“I’m listening and Rush read no statement from Fred. He said Fred was out but didn’t name a source.”

Give it up buddy, he’s out. I was dreading this day as all these FredHeads who were living in denial would have to face the truth. Thompson wasn’t what all his supporters thought he was. He ran a lackluster campaign which is a shame as he was one of the more conservative candidates. Time to move on.


333 posted on 01/22/2008 11:46:58 AM PST by teddyballgame (red man in a blue state)
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To: tpanther

I’m voting for him anyway in the CA primary. It’ll probably be my last vote in a GOP primary, so I might as well make it a good one!


334 posted on 01/22/2008 11:47:07 AM PST by Redcloak (Dingos ate my tagline.)
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To: mimaw
Yep. Blame all the people who held to their beliefs, convictions and principles rather than blaming those who sold out what they believe for:

1. image
2. style
3. '_______ is the only one who can beat Hillary.'

Sorry, but a President Clinton won't be the fault of the conservatives who endorse Hunter or Thompson- it will be the fault of those who settled for a candidate based on image, style and political expediency. So before you start throwing blame around, take a good look at yourself.

335 posted on 01/22/2008 11:47:08 AM PST by rintense (You don't advance conservatism by becoming more liberal. Piss off McCain and Huck!)
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To: Scarchin

Thompson calls Romney, says “I’ll support you”. Romney says, “You’re my man, Fred, you’ve got the VP slot if you want it”. Fred accepts. Tomorrow, Mitt and Fred hold a press conference and make the announcement. Mitt then takes the nomination in a sweep of the remaining states, and Mitt and Fred win the election in November.

Yeah, I like it.


336 posted on 01/22/2008 11:47:10 AM PST by Signalman
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To: barryg

IMHO, Rush is now behind Romney or Rudy.


337 posted on 01/22/2008 11:47:18 AM PST by JFC (I am now a MITTEN)
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To: conservativegramma

“What’s to stop the advance of REPUBLICAN Corruption and Socialism as long as we keep nominating RINOS?”

YOU.....

Incompetent Democrats have bred Milquetoast Republicans, bland and careful people who easily get smacked with a big stick because of it.

If you want to change that, it STARTS AT THE BOTTOM, at your local candidate selection meetings for the Primaries.
You can whine on a website all you want, but it will exactly ZERO to advance the changes you want.

We managed to pull that off in Indianapolis this year, against a huge and well-funded Democrat Machine. Now, we will try to take that to the next level, the statehouse seats and the Congressional seat, which is suddenly in play, even without Julia Carson’s death...

Will we LEARN FROM THIS?
Or will we repeat the same mistakes of allowing the left to control the battle of ideas?


338 posted on 01/22/2008 11:47:19 AM PST by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Right now, Paul is the best candidate on border security. The last time I looked, border security equals national security.

Border security is but one part of national security. The rest of it still earns him a failing grade.

339 posted on 01/22/2008 11:47:33 AM PST by kevkrom (Voters say they want substance, but then they just vote for the guy with nice hair instead.)
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To: Rush4U
Thanks.

Fred being a current actor did not help but rather hurt has chances in that people expect to see Arthur Branch or one of his other characters. Moreover, it was difficult for Fred to step out of his role and be himself or perhaps his problem was that he did step out of his role.

The bottom line is that he had an impossible task ahead of him.

340 posted on 01/22/2008 11:47:33 AM PST by trumandogz (Whichever Way the Wind Blows Willard 2008)
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