Posted on 01/22/2008 12:08:14 PM PST by enough_idiocy
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson dropped out of the race Tuesday and, according to a top adviser, can now position himself as a vice presidential candidate.
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“Mitt/Thompson”
Only if you can promise me that Mitt has incurable cancer and will die in 12 1/2 months.
There are millions of people who don’t want to be President. And they won’t become President, either.
I would imagine she didn’t think he was viable.
Her favorite was Hunter, but I think she didn’t “get on his bus” either.
Early in the race, she did try to get hosts on semi-conservative Fox News to talk up Hunter, but they wouldn’t.
The GOP and the liberals and the MSM are afraid to let conservative ideas get out to the public
The people might elect one, and none of the above groups want a conservative president.
Clinton was impeached by the House.
He is an impeached president.
He was not convicted in the senate.
He should have been. Many spines were in lockboxes.
And the rest of them are either dealing with preparations for the Thursday debates and the FL primary or figuring out if they are staying in (making deals or whatever).
So let Fred have his time to wind down and be with his family. Is his mother deathly ill or what?
Still no defense for the lame attack of Fred on this matter by Ann. It was not Fred's fault that Clinton wasn't convicted and she more than implied this and it stuck because a large part of our electorate is just plain stupid.
Until now, I haven’t given much credence to the idea of Fred as VP. But, Bill Sammon is a solid reporter.
I think Romney would do well to add Thompson to the ticket. Thompson would add credibility where Romney lacks it, and would unite conservatives behind a single candidate.
Additionally — Thompson is from the South, an area where Romney needs some help.
I’m on board — Romney/ Thompson 2008.
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Coburn has been with us on immigration, which is why his endorsement of McCain was such a surprise along with the Thune endorsement. These guys believe that national security [read the war] and fiscal discipline trump everything else.
Don't be surprised if Thompson endorses McCain and does so prior to Super Tuesday for maximum effect. We have been in contact with the Thompson campaign thru Kris Kobach, Thompson's adviser on immigration issues. We have expressed repeatedly our disappointment with Thompson's failure to attack McCain more energetically over immigration. Thompson had the best and most detailed plan on immigration and border security, but was reluctant to use it.
Politics makes strange bedfellows so don't bank on anything. I hope you are right, but I fear you are wrong.
We need a miracle.
LLS
Clinton was impeached.
And few are actually qualified. It again reminds me of Hitchhiker's Guide, anyone wanting to be president is ipso facto not qualified.
Reagan was UNELECTABLE. WILD. CRAZY. EXTREME. And he was BOOOO’d at the 76 GOP National Convention.
We nominated him ANYWAY... and THAT is what has changed.
“Considering John McCain might very well only serve one term,”
The only way McCain would leave power is in a box. He’s a megalomaniac.
Ping for later study.
I have been told not to post it again so bookmark it or save it to disk if you want to keep it easily found.
Fred did vote to impeach Clinton (and it was the House that actually votes, not the Senate)
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You seem to be confused, Fred voted to CONVICT, yes, it is the house that votes to impeach but Fred was not in the house. Clinton WAS impeached which means to bring charges, he was not convicted by the Senate but Fred did vote to convict on one count which would have been sufficient to remove Clinton from office if others had had enough spine to support conviction. Bill Clinton is the only ELECTED president to ever be impeached, Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached but he was not elected, he was Lincoln’s VP and became President after Lincoln’s assassination.
“He’s had criticisms of McCain too...that’s why I’ll be very jaded if he endorses McAmnesty.”
His criticism was: I disagree with my friend John on a couple issues. That’s not criticism. That’s a comment.
>>He wasn’t running a very aggressive campaign. It seemed that he really did not want to be President.<<
That’s not the way I see it. Fred didn’t do the monkey dance required by the MSM, but apparently the GOP voters wanted the monkey dance as well. Now the MSM is overjoyed because the starts of future presidential elections are going to be earlier than ever, so they will have plenty to talk about.
Fred tried to run a dignified campaign on the issues, but that did not matter. He didn’t fit the stereotyped mold the voters expected.
LOL. Your posts have always been right on about Fred, pissant. Too bad so many ‘conservatives’ wanted to waste their vote on Thompson.
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