Posted on 04/15/2007 12:05:20 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Collects 2-1 margin of victory over nearest runner-up.
Republican Fred Thompson, the target of several "draft Fred" for the White House campaigns, easily won a presidential poll conducted by the American Family Association.
The Alabama native was sent to the Senate after winning a 1994 special election in Tennessee to fill the unexpired term of Democrat Al Gore and was re-elected in 1996. He chose in 2002 not to seek re-election and has appeared in several Hollywood productions since.
In the new AFA poll, he collected 24,872 votes for president in a compilation taken just hours before the poll closed at midnight yesterday.
The runner-up was former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with 9,889 votes, while ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was third with 7,877.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was fourth with 6,154; John McCain fifth with 5,090; Mike Huckabee sixth with 3,179; Sam Brownback seventh with 3,051; Tom Tancredo eighth with 2,060; and Ron Paul ninth with 1,884.
The leading Democrat in the poll was John Edwards, in 10th with 1,780 votes, and he was followed by fellow party members Barack Obama with 1,414 and Hillary Clinton with 1,108.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Politicalmom wrote: “If you already have a comparison drawn up, I would love to see it. I am all for J.C. Watts. Don’t do any extra work, though. :)”
OK, you got me curious, LOL! I had to find out for myself.
Here are the Vote/Match responses for both men...
Michael Steele on the issues: http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Michael_Steele.htm
J.C. Watts on the issues:
http://www.ontheissues.org/House/J_C__Watts.htm
topic 1: “Abortion is a woman’s right”
Steele: Strongly Opposes
Watts: Strongly Opposes
topic 2: “Require companies to hire more women/minorities”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Favors
Topic 3: “Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws”
Steele: Strongly Opposes
Watts: Opposes
topic 4: topic 4: “Teach family values in public schools”
Steele: No opinion
Watts: Strongly Favors
topic 5: “More federal funding for health coverage”
Steele: Opposes
Watts: Opposes
topic 6: “Privatize Social Security”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Favors
topic 7: “Parents choose schools via vouchers”
Steele: Favors
Watts: Strongly Favors
topic 8: “Death Penalty”
Steele: Opposes (He’s a Catholic)
Watts: Strongly Favors
topic 9: topic 9: “Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Strongly Favors
topic 10: “Absolute right to gun ownership”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Strongly Favors
topic 11: “Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Strongly Favors
topic 12: “Illegal immigrants earn citizenship”
Steele: Strongly Opposes
Watts: Opposes
topic 13: “Support & expand free trade”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Strongly Favors
topic 14: “The Patriot Act harms civil liberties”
Steele: Opposes
Watts: Neutral (no votes on which to base response)
topic 15: “More spending on armed forces”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Favors
topic 16: “Stricter limits on political campaign funds”
Steele: Opposes
Watts: Neutral (one vote for, one against)
topic 17: “Replace US troops with UN in Iraq”
Steele: Strongly Opposes
Watts: Favors
topic 18: “Replace coal & oil with alternatives”
Steele: Favors
Watts: Strongly Opposes
topic 19: topic 19: “Drug use is immoral/enforce laws”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Strongly Favors
topic 20: “Allow churches to provide welfare services”
Steele: Strongly Favors
Watts: Strongly Favors
summary/chart:*
“Michael Steele is a Moderate Conservative.”
“J.C. Watts is a Populist-Leaning Conservative.”
*You have to take the libertarian site’s conclusiona with a grain of salt.
IMO, the two are very close, and Michael Steele is more conservative than I previously thought. Either should be conservative enough (but not too scary) for the majority of voters.
Thanks! I think they balance out, with Steele being slightly more conservative, but I like Watts’ speaking out about racism not being the thing that is holding blacks back.
I am still leaning toward J.C. After all: “Introducing Vice President Julius Caesar Watts!” is cool. Heehehee
streetpreacher wrote: “How do you think the fact that Watts has at least two illegitimate children with different women go over with the electorate?”
Got any real evidence to back that up, or are you just another drooling bomb-thrower from DU-DU? Please post a link to credible evidence to support your claim.
(Sound of crickets chirping.......)
(Yawn) I didn’t think so.
OK, next troll, front and center! (sharpening knife...)
I’m beginning to wonder if John Edwards might not just be the Dem nominee.......
Do you have any documentation that J.C. Watts has two illigitimate children by two different women?
I’m not disputing you but I need to know if that is a fact or a rumor.
I don’t believe you can use a filthy acronym to make a “good point” but that’s just me.
It should be all positive, In many ways Jeri is ideal First Lady material: attractive, intelligent, politically astute, and media savvy. And they have two young children: not could get caught drinking underage Bush twins young, or awkward years Chelsea young, but adorable Caroline and John-John young.
But, from comments even on this board, the fact that she is young(ish) and blonde is used as a basis that Fred is too Hollywood - divorced, with a "25 yr old", "trophy wife", "bimbo", "looks like his daughter" - so there could be a problem with the Oprah/Dobson-Republicans.
Oh. And I'm shocked, shocked that people actually understood the acronym in my post.
Are you claiming he doesn’t have any illegitimate children? I didn’t think it was ever disputed. Maybe my memory’s a little hazy. Did Watts deny the charges?
It appears that I was inadvertently spreading innuendo on J.C. For that I apologize. Here is the true story:
But in fact, Watts has six children. At age 17, he fathered a child out-of-wedlock’ five days after birth, she was adopted by his uncle Wade. She is a success story - a high school valedictorian and college student - and Watts says she demonstrates his consistency: He is pro-life; she was not aborted. He opposes the notion of government raising illegitimate children; his daughter “never received one dime of government assistance,” because his family assumed responsibility.
Source: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n10_v28/ai_18750212/pg_9
“I like the idea of Thompson/Steele better.”
I do also! Especially if the DEMS have a Clinton/Obama ticket. I love Duncan Hunter but, like you, believe he will have a better chance next time. Hunter would make a wonderful head of Homeland Security in a Thompson cabinet.
From my experience, head-in-sand doesn't serve well. Even if I don't like the medium or method of communication, if there's an important point in it, then I'm the loser if I ignore it. But to each his own... :-)
Thats the worst picture of Fred Thompson I have ever seen
Why does he need to 'get past' that picture? It's not very flattering to him, to be sure, but not everyone takes good pictures all the time. If you're commenting on his wife's gown, I'm sure she paid good money for it, it looks terrific on her, and I'm sure she wasn't the only woman wearing something with a similar bodice.
if that were Rudy’s wife - almost everyone on this site would be calling him a “dirty old man”. that’s the issue.
And to those who might wonder what women like me think of Jeri and Fred, I say, "Dang, she's a lucky gal!"
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