Fredipedia v2.34: The Definitive Fred Thompson Quick Reference
Posted on 05/24/2007 10:53:53 PM PDT by Josh Painter
STAMFORD, Conn. — In his second major outing as a presidential candidate in waiting, Fred Thompson spoke last night to the Connecticut Republican Party for its annual Prescott Bush awards dinner...
"We are now living in a nation that is beset by people who are suicidal maniacs," Mr. Thompson said, laying into the recent proposed compromise, engineered by Senator McCain, that would provide legal status to millions of currently illegal immigrants while ostensibly strengthening border enforcement. "We're sitting here now with essentially open borders."
"They don't get it that putting it on a piece of paper anymore, even passing it into law, does not convince the American people that they will do what they say they're going to do," Mr. Thompson thundered.
And... he had much harsher words for the Democrats on the war in Iraq. "We look at our friends on the Democratic side who have clearly decided not what is best for their country, but what is best for the Democratic Party, and how they might get additional votes in future elections," he said.
"Our choice is where we will fight," Mr. Thompson said, echoing President Bush's familiar line about fighting the terrorists there, so as not to have to fight them here. All the Democrats want to debate, he said, is "the date of our surrender."
Agree or disagree, these were the words of a man ready for a fight. If folks weren't ready to believe it after Orange County, they should be after Stamford.
Talking to a likely Thompson staffer ahead of the speech, I said I hoped he'd get in the race and shake things up. The staffer said, coyly, "I think you'll get your wish." I didn't push for a date and time. But this guy's ready to go for it.
(Excerpt) Read more at latestpolitics.com ...
He underwhelmed in Orange County a few weeks ago.
So said the prince of darkness.
So true...
“Fred Thompson Goes Nutmeg”
...and nutmeg doesn’t seem to be here anymore.
“All I know about the guy is that he doesn’t know whether he’s running. Indecisive could get too many people killed in the position he’s running for.”
He knows he’s running
We know he’s running
Don’t you know he’s running?
Maybe he’s just working smarter, not harder.
Do not mix up strategy with indecisiveness. There is no way Thompson has not made up his mind.
That’s not fair. He had TV commitments (Law & Order, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee-playing a GOP Prez!-to tend to). His June announcement timeframe makes perfect sense. I know those were all filmed months ago, but with all this equal time nonsense, it could screw things up.
Since then, he has improved. I DO like his Michael Moore response video, and this speech is what I want to hear.
If you are so confident in your candidate, whom I like, btw,
WHY do you spend so much time trashing his opponents?
Please...spend more time PROMOTING Hunter.
Should you do that, please put me on your ping list.
And...STOP dissing Fred.
Maybe.
A full and complete quote eh?
No missing context?
Please.
His decisiveness really stands out to me right now./s
I’m pretty excited about him jumping in. He’s got my vote if he makes it official. Otherwise, it’s Rudy for me.
That’s what the media reported, unless you were there and that’s your opinion.
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