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Lights, Camera . . . Candidacy?
OpinionJournal.com ^ | March 17, 2007 | John Fund

Posted on 03/16/2007 9:25:07 PM PDT by gpapa

Fred Thompson is shaking up the GOP presidential field. And he's not even running yet.

BY JOHN FUND
Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT

NEW YORK--"Expect her to recount every moment of her ordeal," the savvy district attorney mused to his deputy. "There won't be a dry eye in the jury."

"That's a take!" says a director of the hit NBC series "Law and Order." With that, Fred Thompson, the former U.S. senator from Tennessee who has played "strict constructionist" prosecutor Arthur Branch for the past four years, walks back with me to his dressing room to talk about a new role he might soon be undertaking: surprise Republican presidential candidate.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: candidate; electionpresident; elections; federalism; fredthompson; thompson
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To: Mojave
mmmmh hmmmm... yeppers.

/johnny

41 posted on 03/16/2007 10:54:06 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Yes, I'm grumpy, And?)
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To: nopardons
"baby, why don't you just go back to pulling wings off insects?"

That's a rather bazaar thing to say... Are your kids OK? Maybe we should call CPS.
42 posted on 03/16/2007 10:57:57 PM PDT by babygene (Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
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To: nopardons
Yes, you can sit and wait; however, candidates can't...especially now with 22 states all having their primaries on or about February 5, 2008

Yep, and since they get some money from me... I figure I'll sit and wait... And smart candidates might as well...

/johnny

43 posted on 03/16/2007 10:58:04 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Yes, I'm grumpy, And?)
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To: gpapa

President Fred Thompson........hmmmmmmmm.....has a nice ring to it.


44 posted on 03/16/2007 11:12:22 PM PDT by screaming eagle2 (No matter what you call it,a pre-owned vehicle is still a USED CAR!)
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To: Mojave

The perfect ticket....Thompson/Watts....what do y'all think


45 posted on 03/16/2007 11:13:48 PM PDT by screaming eagle2 (No matter what you call it,a pre-owned vehicle is still a USED CAR!)
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To: babygene
That's right, baby, I have all the power; it is my choice who is president and who isn't! /massive sarcasm

Obviously nothing is "clear" to you; least of all who likes me , who doesn't, and whether it matters to me or not. :-)

46 posted on 03/16/2007 11:15:51 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: screaming eagle2
Watts? That LEFTY? From Oklahoma? /sarc

I'm good for a few $$s

I could see that ticket...

/johnny

47 posted on 03/16/2007 11:16:26 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Yes, I'm grumpy, And?)
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To: JRandomFreeper
That isn't what I was talking about at all.

OTOH, I don't want him to be president either; nor do I want him to be the VEEP, with Hillary as president. That is far more likely the ticket, than Hillary and Obama.

48 posted on 03/16/2007 11:17:50 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Fred has flaws, sure, but he's better than Rudy in every possible aspect - can you dispute that?


49 posted on 03/16/2007 11:18:07 PM PDT by RockinRight ("After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." - FDT)
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To: RockinRight

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=175;results=1


50 posted on 03/16/2007 11:21:52 PM PDT by Mojave
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To: gpapa


:O)

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51 posted on 03/16/2007 11:23:03 PM PDT by papasmurf (Join Team 36120 Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Enter Name:FRpapasmurf)
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To: babygene
The word you are looking for is "BIZARRE", not "bazaar. Go invest in a good dictionary and memorize it.

Worry about your family; baby.

Bringing in someone else's family, to trash, is not only bad taste, but proves just what and who you are; none of it any good.

But my family are all fine and doing very well. Nor would CPS be particularly interested in an adult; baby.

52 posted on 03/16/2007 11:23:57 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
That's the next pop-up that's being groomed for a few months from now.. And they are waiting....

But that doesn't mean I have to do anything now... but wait...

The election is a long time off...

We (us, a free repubic) will win in the long run. Even if we elect a tyrany...We'll figure it out again.

/johnny

53 posted on 03/16/2007 11:25:55 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Yes, I'm grumpy, And?)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Well, that's nice, but since you are unable to donate the $500 million needed to win the primary, waiting, isn't what any real candidate should be doing now.


54 posted on 03/16/2007 11:27:20 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: RockinRight

Yes, I can, but why don't you do your own scut work? :-)


55 posted on 03/16/2007 11:28:36 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

"and aren't impressed by the fact that he's an actor with a good voice."

You'd better be, unless you want to start saying President Clinton, again....

The greatest problem Republicans have had in the last 6+ years is an inability to deliver a coherent message...


56 posted on 03/16/2007 11:32:19 PM PDT by tcrlaf (VOTE DEM! You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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To: nopardons
The other thing to consider is who is pushing this to move so fast? The media? The opposition? Not the money. I don't walk to anyone's drumbeat but my own..

I don't want the libertarian or republican fights over until the demos have picked a loser.

Slow down, son... it'll be ok.. And we'll kick the collective's ass one more time.

/johnny

57 posted on 03/16/2007 11:33:18 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Yes, I'm grumpy, And?)
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To: JRandomFreeper
No, Richardson is not the next, GOP "pop-up".

And Richardson has ALWAYS been there to be Hillary's VEEP.

Of course, should Obama really jeeps on being pushed, unless Hillary is planning on another Fort Marcy Park incident, he just might the Dems' nominee.

Oh please........FR has NOTHING at all to "do" in the scheme of things; no power whatsoever. The ONLY thing that will be done here, is what was done when Bill Clinton was president...grumbling.

58 posted on 03/16/2007 11:34:37 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
The ONLY thing that will be done here, is what was done when Bill Clinton was president...grumbling.

You sure hate this site.

59 posted on 03/16/2007 11:36:06 PM PDT by Mojave
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To: nopardons

I did and didn't find any way where Rudy's better than Thompson. So, I'm asking your reasoning.

I don't think Fred Thompson is a Great White Hope but certainly better than anyone in the field right now.


60 posted on 03/16/2007 11:37:42 PM PDT by RockinRight ("After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." - FDT)
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