[jdm]

Obviously a bit of a 'hit' piece.

Doesn't the headline of "Thompson's Politics Much Like McCain's" mirror the now infamous Giuliani quote:

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"Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine"

Rudy Giuliani, NY Post, 1996

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This writer is attempting to paint Thompson as a moderate to liberal Republican (versus a Conservative) which is just so way off and wrong it's deplorable.

[jdm]

ping.

[bnelson44]

Good Thompson interview here:

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=239

[EagleUSA]

The gutter maggots of the MSM are afraid of Thompson. That is the reason for this typical MSM excrement.

[jdm]

The author of this piece is Perry Bacon Jr. My sincere apologies for not adding his name in the “author” field. Oversight on my part.

[sionnsar]

"WaPo": Any more truthful than the Old Gray Lady in her senile dementia?

Didn't think so.

[cripplecreek]

Honestly I’m not hearing a lot of things I really need to hear about Thompson. I want to know more about past deals he may have made with democrats so I can get a read on how he might behave in the face of democrat opposition in the white house.

[Squidpup]

gnats!

[#1CTYankee]

"This writer is attempting to paint Thompson as a moderate to liberal Republican "

And the hits will just keep on coming

OOOOh, I'm so scared. The real deal scares them, come'om Shillery and the rest.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

They must be really scared.When Thompson gets in the race the top tier just need to pack it up and go home.I want Hunter and Tancredo to stay in and help form the debate.

[jdub]

As much as I would love to have Fred as President, I believe that he is going to decide not to run. Why? Because he knows that there is no way in hell his belief in a Federalist system will be adopted by those already in power. The Dems sure won't go along with it, and the GOP has shown they are just about as addicted to the power game as the Dems. There just aren't enough people left with the belief in limited government to make it work, I'm afraid.

Hayek wrote that the founders were wrong in believing that the constitution would suffice in protecting our freedoms. However our weakness in permitting it to be violated so long as it furthered what we believed to be "good" is what brought us to this point.

[kittymyrib]

McCain is too old. Just look at how the presidency has aged George Bush, and I can’t see it getting any easier for the next president in this dangerous age.

[Parley Baer]

Their strategy will be to divide and conquer. Looks like it is partially successful already. I have seen some posts that state they will not vote for Mitt because he is a Mormon. So brace yourselves.

[Politicalmom]

During the eight years that Thompson and McCain served together, they cast votes on 102 CQ-defined key votes and agreed on 83 of them - or 81.4 percent of the time. They disagreed 18.6% of the time, that’s pretty high considering that both are Republicans and both are considered relatively conservative. Just as an example from one year, among the instances in which Thompson and McCain differed were votes in 2002 to effectively extend a repeal of the estate tax beyond 2010, to authorize oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and to postpone tougher automobile fuel efficiency standards. Thompson voted “aye” and McCain voted “no” in all three cases.

[padre35]

The thing that bothers me about these pieces is there lack of understanding about Conservatism, there are some differences among Conservatives, but the agreed on things are set principles that cannot be changed without the candidate facing a loss of support.

[jdm]

[Thompson] rarely spoke about his views on social issues during his tenure as a senator from Tennessee or in his writings and speeches since leaving office.

The line above is a HUGE lie.

Fred has produced 25 editorials since Jan. 2007:

May 2007

    • America, Saving Muslim Women’s Lives - 05/03
    • “Paradise Island” - 05/02

April 2007

    • Sticks & Stones - 04/30
    • The Draft - 04/28
    • Back to Backbone - 04/25
    • Getting On Line - 04/25
    • For the Defense - 04/23
    • Signs of Intelligence? - 04/20
    • Real American Idols - 04/05

March 2007

    •  Unsafe in America - 03/30
    • Suing for Silence - 03/29
    • Mothballing the Fleet - 03/28
    • Wishful Theorists - 03/27
    • War-Funding Puzzlement - 03/26
    • Plutonic Warming - 03/22
    • Southern Exposure - 03/20
    • Hollywood vs. Iran - 03/19
    • A New News World - 03/17
    • Gandhi's Way Isn't the American Way - 03/15
    • Power of the President - 03/14
    • The Case for Competence - 03/14
    • Law and Disorder - 03/07

January 2007

    • Stomachless Senate - 01/19
    • Let Me Tell You a Little Something About Law & Order - 01/12
    • New Attitude - 01/11

Fred Thompson Archive on National Review Online

[bnelson44]

Let's win this war!

YOUR ACTION REQUESTED BY SOME TROOPS IN IRAQ: Please spread the word about an appeal for redress that people in the military can sign to show support for the mission. They are having problems getting the word out:

www.appealforcourage.org

If you haven't seen this yet: A campaign by active-duty troops asking Congress to drop plans for a withdrawal from Iraq. Lt. Jason Nichols, a 33-year-old naval projects officer who has been in Baghdad since mid-January, said the goal is to keep lawmakers focused on letting the military finish its mission in Iraq, and not prematurely declare failure

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7392499685041821301&hl=en

Petitions for civilians:
http://www.townhall.com/ref/surrender
http://www.gopetition.com/online/11574.html

[Brilliant]

This comes under the category of “all conservatives look alike.”

You can’t expect the liberal media to think anything else.

[Brilliant]

Let them convince their liberal readers that it’s true. We know better.

[bpjam]

Thompson’s Politics Much Like McCain’s

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Them’s fightin’ words.....

[2ndDivisionVet]

I’ll say it again: Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008!!

If that isn’t the dream ticket, please tell me what is?