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Posted on 06/06/2007 10:41:52 AM PDT by Josh Painter
Fred Thompson, US presidential hopeful and former star of the hit television series “Law & Order,” is scheduled to make his first visit to Israel in the coming days.
Thompson, who is said to have a fair chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination, will meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and various other senior officials during his tour of Israel.
Of the dozen or so candidates contesting the nomination, Thompson is among the most supportive of Israel.
The former actor, who has also served as a US senator, bucked popular international sentiment by insisting in a hard-hitting editorial column that Israel has been almost too careful in its war on Palestinian terrorism.
“Israel is at war,” Thompson wrote for the conservative website Townhall.com. And the Jewish state has gone to “incredible lengths to stop the war against them without harming Palestinian non-combatants.”
Thompson is also on record as supporting an Israeli military strike against Iran should international diplomacy fail to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining nuclear arms.
More liberal political elements in Israel fear Thompson may be too far to the right, and therefore end up harming Israel. During his time as a senator, Thompson was one of the sponsors of the Jerusalem Embassy Act demanding that the US government move its embassy to the Israeli capital in defiance of Palestinian claims to the city.
I don't think there is such a thing as "former" actor.
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The more accurate statement would have been:
Of the candidates with a snowball's chance in Hell of winning the nomination, Thompson is among the most supportive of Israel.
Duncan Hunter is also extremely supportive, and I'd like to see him as President - but Thompson's 98% as good and has a much better chance to win. Maybe Duncan can replace Candyass Rice as the Secretary of State.
I really like Hunter, but I’d prefer to see Bolton as Sec. of State. What do you think?
Uh-Oh... Looks like Fred just lost the sedevacanist vote.
Hillary. Liberalism is their Torah.
The devoted libs are beyond hope, brainwashed by the Dems. I know, I've got a bunch of family and acquaintances like that. But more and more Jews are waking up to reality, and I predict that Fred will get at least 1/3 of the Jewish vote.
I sincerely hope that Fred's campaign publishes the picture of Her Evilness smooching Suha every chance it gets.
I like Hunter as Sec. of Defence.
You can donate to a campaign before a candidate declares?
I didn’t know that.
Or DHS.
Bolton’s another great choice, and has the advantage of having been in the ring with the scumbag furriner diplomats. I don’t know if he’d get through the Senate, even if a bunch of RINOs get tossed because of the immigration thing. The Dems will still be able to filibuster. Of course, Reagan spoke above the Congress quite successfully, and I would expect Fred to be able to do the same, so this may not be a factor.
So, if Bolton is Sec State, what’s Duncan’s role? Homeland Security? Defense? National Security Agency? Roving Ass-Kicker, err, Ambassador?
That's the whole point of an exploratory (a/k/a "testing the waters") committee -- to raise preliminary funds and start putting together an organization. "Friends of Fred Thompson" launched June 1.
Who’s in charge of the Justice Dept? I’d like to see Hunter in that position and clean that cesspool out.
Point in his favor.
How does he feel about the "Roadmap to Isreal's Extinction" the elites keep pushing?
I didn’t know that either.
Thanks
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