Fred Thompson is not as conservative as Lindsey Graham. "True conservative" FDT has a lifetime conservative rating of 84%, "RINO traitor" LG has a lifetime conservative rating of 91%. You may not like that fact because it goes against your agenda on this forum, but facts are facts.
You guys can continue to whine about "Torture bill" and "Gang of 14" (which turned out to be not that bad, though I guess you guys are still frantic about it) all you want. The only reason why Fred isn't "tainted" by those is NOT because he ever came out against it, but because he was retired from the Senate by the time it came up.
Fred Thompson is just as much of a McCain supporter (as he retaliates in the interview) as Lindsey Graham, he was instrumental in passing CFR, and like all Washington politicians he insists he's "against amnesty" but his voting record shows he voted for it, and he claims enforcing the laws on the books and actually DEPORTING the illegal already here is not a "realistic option". Whether you want to admit it or not, everything you condemn Graham for, you're willing to give Fred a pass on because he sounds manly and tough instead of "light in the loafers"
A guy with a 91% conservative record is unfit to serve in the Senate but a guy with an 84% conservative record should be leader of the free world. Right.
Sheer hypocrisy.
Politics is still about the amorphous “possible”. More goes into electing someone than an ACU score. Like it or not, one will compromise, do some minor favors, reach across (or, as I call it, reach around).
I’m a Christian first, Republican (a close) second, and am supporting Rudolph Giuliani because (with a smaller element of faith), I believe, regardless of the color of the jersey, the element of Leadership and charisma is still important in ruling a diverse nation in a world of conflicting visions.
Before Reagan Man and Spiff jump on me with their scourging whips, I will support the GOP nominee, and am also working at the grassroots for DH and, if he ever jumps in, FDT.
Forest for the trees. Let’s junk this immigration amnesty first. Then, once we have our celebratory beers, the anti-Rudys can kick my ass in the alley.
He did not EVER vote for a general amnesty. He did vote for one for Cubans fleeing tyranny.
You had to invent something I said just so you could trot out your fave word, "hypocrisy".
Please cut and paste where I said Graham was unfit to serve in the Senate.
You can't, because I never said it, so please keep your whiney Tancredo-snortin hallucinations to yourself, please.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836747/posts
See the speech linked at post 36, and then tell me how wonderfully conservative that Adult Wannabe Lindsey Aw Shucks Graham is.