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Fred returns to the campaign trail
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| April 30th, 2008
| Mosheh Oinounou
Posted on 04/30/2008 1:33:29 PM PDT by redtetrahedron
Former GOP presidential candidate and close McCain friend, Fred Thompson, is set to join the presumptive GOP nominee during his visit to North Carolina next week. Since losing the South Carolina primary on Jan. 18, Thompson has been absent from the limelight-even choosing to drop out of the race via written statement.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: fred; fredthompson; mccain; messiah; nc2008
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Just thought I'd post something Fred-related...
To: redtetrahedron
Oh Fred. Beat some Conservatism into McCain, please?
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:35:22 PM PDT
by
Horusra
(Conservative > Republican)
To: redtetrahedron
If Fred was a bit younger, he would be a great VP candidate.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:35:23 PM PDT
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: Horusra
Oh Fred. Beat some Conservatism into McCain, please?
Fred is hardly a conservative. That's why he supports McCain.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:38:37 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: redtetrahedron
McCain/Thompson ??? Hmmmm.....
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:38:40 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Always Right
If Fred was a bit younger, he would be a great VP candidate. Geez,from his campaign I'm not sure he could fog a mirror.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:41:26 PM PDT
by
OeOeO
(Sic Transit Gloria Mundi... Gloria get me a beer,and hurry..)
To: redtetrahedron
Fred was the only candidate who said he wasn’t seeking the presidency for his own personal reasons, but felt he owed something back to the country. Despite his perceived “lack of enthusiasm” during the primaries that statement was music to my ears.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:41:30 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: SpaceBar
I can find all kinds of bad things to say about almost any candidate out of the last field ,, fred may have a fault or two but we could have done a lot worse ,, and frankly, I don,t see him as a gore by any stretch of the imagination, in fact, he may fit cheney,s boots quite well.. not much consolation for many as things are playing out, but we need to take what comfort we can these days where and when we can, and as always keep the pitchforks sharpened and the auto dialers at the ready.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:45:21 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... San FRancisco or Bust!)
To: SpaceBar
Agreed. Not really wanting the job was perhaps the highest recommendation for him to have it.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:46:08 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(<===Non-bitter, Gun-totin', Typical White American)
To: redtetrahedron
To: Man50D
>>>>>Fred is hardly a conservative. The vast majority of FReepers supported Fred's candidacy baserd on his solid conservative record. I'd say that is a strong statement of Fred's conservative credentials. The fact you were in the minority marks you more a malcontent then a conservative.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:47:03 PM PDT
by
Reagan Man
(McCain Wants My Conservative Vote --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
To: Politicalmom; jellybean; 2ndDivisionVet; holdonnow
FDT ping:)
God I miss Fred.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:49:26 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: Reagan Man
The vast majority of FReepers supported Fred's candidacy baserd on his solid conservative record. I'd say that is a strong statement of Fred's conservative credentials.The fact you were in the minority marks you more a malcontent then a conservative.
That depends on how you define "vast majority". Your statement lacks any credibility absent any detailed facts to back up you vague claim. There are many facts showing Thompson voted more like a socialist while in office as his voting record below reveals:
In 1997 Fred Thompson voted to revoke Chinas Most Favored Nation (MFN) trade status (S.Amdt. 890 to S. 955), then turned around in 1999 after even more Chinese malfeasance was uncovered, some by Mr. Thompson himself and voted in favor of MFN (S.J.Res. 27). Then, during the 2000 debate to give Bill Clinton his coveted Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for the chicoms, Fred teamed with Robert Toricelli to put in a poison pill amendment (S.Amdt 4132 to HR 4444), tying trade to a series of weapons non proliferation standards. Despite the Jesse Helms-like posture and the subsequent failure of his amendment, Fred ended up voting for PNTR, amendment free, handing Clinton a huge victory at the expense of our national security.
He voted to grant amnesty to close to one million illegal aliens from Nicaragua and Cuba in 1997 by giving legal status for those who had lived in the United States illegally since 1995, along with their spouses and minor unmarried children.
He voted against the Simpson Amendment to S.1664 that was in favor of a chain migration system that has been the primary reason for annual immigration levels snowballing from less than 300,000 in 1965 to around a million. Sen. Thompson supported provisions that allow immigrants to send for their adult relatives. Then each of those relatives can send for their and their spouses adult relatives, creating a never-ending and ever-growing chain. The bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission recommended doing away with the adult relative categories (begun only in the 1950s) in order to lessen wage depression among lower-paid American workers.
Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. Thompson had an opportunity to vote for a measure requiring U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Sen. Thompson voted against that, joining those who said the requirement would give government too much authority over corporations right to hire whomever they please from whatever country.
Thompson supported Roe vs. Wade in the 90s. Thompson said he supports the Supreme Courts Roe vs. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. Source: the Memphis Commercial Appeal on July 29, 1993 page B1.
In an October 21, 1994 article, The Washington Post reported that both Thompson and his Democratic opponent in the 1994 Senate race, then-Rep. Jim Cooper, believe in legal abortion.
Thompson spoke on the Senate floor on April 23, 2002 in support legislation that stated global warming was due to human intervention. Per Title X:
SEC. 1001. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GLOBAL WARMING.
(a) FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Evidence continues to build that increases in atmospheric concentrations of man-made greenhouse gases are contributing to global climate change.
These are hardly the position of a conservative.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:54:37 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: SE Mom; Politicalmom; jellybean; 2ndDivisionVet; holdonnow
I wonder if what we really miss is not really Fred, but what we wanted fred to be.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:56:03 PM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: Man50D
Coming from a “fair” tax advocate, your accusation is laughable.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:58:34 PM PDT
by
Horusra
(Conservative > Republican)
To: Man50D
“Fred is hardly a conservative. That’s why he supports McCain.”
Why can’t they see it? He always has supported him, why is anyone surprised?
Someone on this thread asked if what they really miss is not really Fred, but what they wanted Fred to be.
The answer is yes.
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:04:55 PM PDT
by
AuntB
('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
To: Man50D
He supports the Republican nominee..
There’s a big difference.
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:05:52 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(The children were taken because they were either being raised to be raped, or raised to be a rapist.)
To: redtetrahedron
Excellent news. We need Fred’s good sense in this campaign.
He was wonderful last week on Fox.
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:06:05 PM PDT
by
Jedidah
To: sam_paine
Fred is Fred. We aren’t sheeple like the Obamatrons that follow an empty suit because it “sounds so good and makes me tingle inside.” They are finding out what happens when you invest so much in a Chance Gardner. Fred would’ve been the best president since at least Ronald Reagan, but it wasn’t meant to be. We can take solace in the fact that John and Fred are friends and perhaps he will listen to sage advice. Senator McCain is not our “dream candidate” but he is head-and-shoulders above Barack Hussein Muhammad Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton on many things, most importantly, the war on terror. We can hope that he picks a somewhat conservative running mate and oppose him when he is wrong, as we did during amnesty.
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:06:33 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
To: Reagan Man
If Fred had slobbered over the Fair Tax, certain people would be singing a different tune.
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:06:57 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(The children were taken because they were either being raised to be raped, or raised to be a rapist.)
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