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Key Bush backers rally to Fred Thompson
The Politico ^ | June 4, 2007 | MikeAllen

Posted on 06/04/2007 12:03:39 PM PDT by gpapa

George P. Bush, a nephew of President Bush who recently joined the Navy Reserve, has contributed to the prospective presidential campaign of Fred Thompson and signed an e-mail asking friends and associates to do the same, The Politico has learned.

"In a field of candidates without a clear favorite among our fellow Republicans, my sincere hope is that you consider joining us in this effort to encourage Fred to run," the e-mail says.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; fredheads; fredthompson; georgep; georgepbush
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1 posted on 06/04/2007 12:03:40 PM PDT by gpapa
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To: gpapa

He “signed an email”?

Do you believe in chain letters?


2 posted on 06/04/2007 12:06:12 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: gpapa
Fred! Fred! Fred!
3 posted on 06/04/2007 12:07:22 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck])
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To: gpapa

That bothers me.


4 posted on 06/04/2007 12:08:00 PM PDT by conserv8ive1 (Rudy and the Bots...blasting off to oblivion.)
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To: gpapa

LOL! Either this is disinformation worthy of the KGB, or Thompson isn’t our guy. No middle ground.


5 posted on 06/04/2007 12:08:05 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: gpapa

That’s not a good sign.


6 posted on 06/04/2007 12:08:46 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (the Prophet said, If (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him. - HADITH Sahih Bukhari [4:52:260])
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To: gpapa

‘Key Bush supporters’?

So Fred Thompson just picked up the last remaining six, huh?


7 posted on 06/04/2007 12:08:57 PM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: conserv8ive1

It sorta bothers me too. Unless George P has become as staunch on immigration as Fred has, then it worries me greatly.


8 posted on 06/04/2007 12:09:43 PM PDT by rintense (I'm 4 Thompson!)
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To: RegulatorCountry
Remember, the Politico is staffed by laid off WaPo reporters.

First month was good and then they reverted to type.

9 posted on 06/04/2007 12:09:58 PM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: RegulatorCountry; conserv8ive1

What is wrong with a nephew of the president supporting Fred Thompson????

Would you rather he supported Giuliani?

What if the president ends up supporting him?

How distant a relative of GW must one be before they’ll be allowed to support Fred Thompson?


10 posted on 06/04/2007 12:10:24 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: gpapa

Please read the whole article. Most of the “Bush backers” are not the pro-amnesty, pro-PLO crowd we have now.


11 posted on 06/04/2007 12:11:19 PM PDT by The Blitherer (These are not dark days; these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived. -WSC)
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To: rintense
Unless George P has become as staunch on immigration

George P. is half Hispanic and lives in Florida. He's one of what Poppy refers to as "his little brown children." Where do you think his empathy lies?

12 posted on 06/04/2007 12:11:47 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry; gpapa
LOL! Either this is disinformation worthy of the KGB, or Thompson isn’t our guy. No middle ground.

It could be "factually true", but not necessarily desired by Thompson. IOW, an attempt at sabotage.

13 posted on 06/04/2007 12:11:52 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: gpapa
Mary Matalin, the former counselor to Vice President Cheney, says she will be advising Thompson. A campaign source says she will be an unpaid adviser. Matalin is friends with Thompson and his wife, Jeri, and her involvement began informally, the source says.

Advisers say the head of economic policy for Thompson's fledgling team will be Lawrence B. Lindsey, who was President Bush's first economic policy adviser and an architect of his tax cuts. Lindsey was chief economic adviser to Bush's first presidential campaign and is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Lindsey will also have a hand in the campaign's broader policy formulation, sources say.

The head of domestic policy is to be David M. McIntosh, a lawyer and former congressman from Indiana who was an official in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, according to the sources. The chief foreign policy adviser will be chosen soon, the sources say.

Adding to the Bush-Cheney ties, the campaign has said that the chief operating officer will be Thomas J. Collamore, a former aide to the older Bush when he was vice president and also an official in the Reagan administration.

And Michael Turk, e-campaign director for George W. Bush's reelection campaign, will take a leave of absence from his current job with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association to assist in getting the Thompson website off the ground. He may continue in a webmaster capacity for the campaign.

George P. Bush, the chief operating officer of a real estate development firm in Fort Worth, Texas, sent the appeal Friday afternoon along with Timothy P. Berry, the firm's president. The e-mail closes "Devotedly," then has both of their signatures.

14 posted on 06/04/2007 12:13:16 PM PDT by The Blitherer (These are not dark days; these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived. -WSC)
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To: gpapa

FWIW, I’m not on the Thompson bandwagon until I hear him FULLY articlate his illegal immigration stance.


15 posted on 06/04/2007 12:13:30 PM PDT by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Perhaps his mother emigrated here legally and as a lawyer he supports law and order?


16 posted on 06/04/2007 12:14:06 PM PDT by tioga (Fred Thompson for President.)
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To: Badeye
Like creating art for Fred? Come join us and post them on The Official FRed Thompson Campaign Art Gallery, and new thread for FRed!


17 posted on 06/04/2007 12:14:46 PM PDT by Silly (http://www.paulklenk.us)
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To: subterfuge

-he recently stated his opposition to this immigration bill


18 posted on 06/04/2007 12:14:51 PM PDT by tioga (Fred Thompson for President.)
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To: SteveMcKing

I hope all it is, is a chain letter by George P, because the last thing Thompson needs is to be associated with the Bush family.


19 posted on 06/04/2007 12:15:20 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: tioga
Perhaps his mother emigrated here legally and as a lawyer he supports law and order?

That would be a refreshing change of pace for the Bush family, seeing as how his uncle is pushing this travesty of an immigration bill like there's no tomorrow, and his father is, at a minimum, playing coy.

20 posted on 06/04/2007 12:16:05 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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