My Choice For President (Joseph Farah Gives Thumbs Up To Tom Tancredo, OKs Fred Thompson Alert)

Worldnetdaily.com ^ | 06/12/2007 | Joseph Farah

[goldstategop]

Everywhere I go and in every interview I do, people ask me who I am supporting for President in 2008.

In my book "Taking America Back," I explain in great detail why I don't get consumed with who will be our next President. I explain the limitations on the powers of Presidents. I explain how unlikely and difficult it is for them to change the direction of the country in a positive way. I explain how there are so many more important issues for Americans to be concerned with in their daily lives. I explain that we make choices every day that are profoundly more important than the choice we make when we vote for President.

But despite all that, people want to know. It's tempting to get lost in Presidential politics – especially when we have a badly failed lame duck occupant in the White House.

Americans like to talk about Presidential candidates. They like to dream that a political messiah might be on the horizon. They like to think that re-establishing our free republic is just a ballot away.

While the Presidential election is still somewhat far off, primary season is usually the most important time for activism because it determines our ultimate choices.

There are some good men running for President. And there are some very bad men and one woman running for President.

Let's first dispense with the bad people:

* Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee for President. She is a liar and an ambitious power-hungry demagogue. She, along with everyone else running on the Democratic side, would move America further from its heritage of liberty and self-government toward socialism and virtually unlimited federal power over your life. If by some miracle she does not succeed in securing the nomination, someone who is equally corrupt and without any standard of morality will. Don't even get me started on Barack Obama, John Edwards and the rest of the also-rans. Let's move on to the Republican Party.

* Rudy Giuliani is the front-runner at the moment. There's not a dime's worth of difference between Giuliani and Hillary. As mayor of New York, he himself pointed out how few political arguments he had with Bill Clinton. He doesn't believe in the sanctity of life. He doesn't believe the Second Amendment guarantees Americans the right to bear arms. He is on the payroll of the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia, so even his pronouncements about fighting Islamo-fascism cannot be taken seriously.

* Mitt Romney is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Though he has attempted to remake himself in the image of Ronald Reagan, he does so with a political track record that belies his positions. As governor of Massachusetts, he supported abortion and the demands of radical homosexual activists. Today he tries to convince gullible Republicans he has experienced an epiphany. I don't believe it for a minute.

* John McCain is truly unstable as a human being. He's not grounded. He's an angry man who sold out our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan by rewriting the law on coercive interrogations. With the ban on coercive interrogations went our ability to stay a step ahead of our enemy. The results in Iraq can be laid right at the feet of John McCain. He also gave us "campaign finance reform," perhaps the most serious blow to the First Amendment in my lifetime.

That's where I will conclude my list of evil contenders for the Presidency. There are some others who are misguided – like Tommy Thompson and Ron Paul. Besides not standing a chance, Thompson has just been around government too long, and Paul is so dead wrong about the real threat of Islamo-fascism to the security of our nation he has rendered his otherwise impeccable congressional voting record irrelevant.

What's left?

My personal favorite of those actually in the race is Tom Tancredo. He gets high marks from me because of his tremendous leadership on the immigration and border issue. Without him, amnesty would probably already be a reality and the border would be even more porous than it is. That's quite an achievement for a congressman from Colorado. But he's much more than a one-issue candidate. He knows who he is and what he believes.

I also have great admiration for Duncan Hunter.

There are other good men seeking the nomination: Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee.

The problem is none of these four men is able to get any traction or attention because their positions on the major issues are so close.

There is, of course, another candidate about to enter the fray – Fred Thompson. Tancredo, Hunter, Brownback and Huckabee should get together in a quiet summit meeting and decide which one of them is going to continue in the race. It's time to put egos aside and think about the best interests of the country. There isn't room for all four.

If they don't follow my advice before Thompson officially enters the race, none of them will have any chance. What will happen at that point is it will become a three-man race – Giuliani, Romney and Fred Thompson.

If my prediction is correct, Fred Thompson would be left as the only acceptable candidate for me.

I simply couldn't vote for Giuliani, Romney or McCain under any circumstances – not even in a head-to-head contest with Hillary.

While I don't pretend to know everything about Fred Thompson, his Senate voting record, with a few exceptions, is strong. He is an excellent communicator. He seems to be comfortable in his own skin. And, most importantly, he could win.

That's where I stand at the moment on the race for President.

But, like I said earlier, there are other important decisions for you to make if you want to save this country. Don't bank all your political capital in who sits in the White House.

[goldstategop]

Y'all heard it from Joseph Farah. He never liked Bush to begin with and so he has named his choices. Personally, I think they're good ones. Let's hope conservatives rally around ONE of the conservative candidates now running for the Republican Party's nomination for President.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[FremontLives]

So basically “It doesn’t matter anyway, it’s not like the President can really do anything. *shrug* I guess Thompson’s all right.” Just the kind of enthusiasm we need. This guy is on OUR side?

[unspun]

OK, but from a political perspective if not from personal trust, I would sure vote for Romney, or all but Giuliani vs. the Democrats.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008

[johnny7]

Tom Tancredo is a loyal conservative... but even he knows he's not presidential material. He's on a mission to focus the voters attention on the illegal-invasion and the mortal danger it poses to the Republic. Brownback is conservative... but he's clueless on Iraq/Islamism and he's also gung-ho for amnesty. IMO, he's right down there with McCain and Giuliani but for completely different reasons.

As for the rest, Hunter is the best candidate... followed by Romney. If Thompson runs... that'll give us three to choose from.

[RightFighter]

What about Thompson/Crist? I know Charlie Crist is not a huge national name at this point, but he’s sitting here with a 70+ approval rating in Florida right now. Adding him to the ticket would make a Florida victory nearly a sure thing, without contributing to Bush fatigue by having Jeb on the ticket.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

That’s a thought. It would also get him the heck out of Florida before more people realize what a bleeding RINO he his. Don’t know if I want him a heartbeat away from the presidency though.

[CatQuilt]

High five!

[GreenLanternCorps]

I think Senator Thompson is the best choice for the Republicans and the country in 2008.

However, how do I reconcile that with the fact that Joseph Farah, a certified nutbar supports him?

I guess Joe’s fever broke long enough for him to have a moment of lucidity before slipping back into his delusions of mediocrity...

[Old Student]

“OK, but from a political perspective if not from personal trust, I would sure vote for Romney, or all but Giuliani vs. the Democrats.”

That’s two of us, anyway. IMHO, Farah’s dead right about Giuliani. Romney too, but he might just possibly pass the sniff test, if I hold my nose. I’m thinking I’d probably vote for the Devil himself vs. Hillary.

[billbears]

Paul is so dead wrong about the real threat of Islamo-fascism to the security of our nation he has rendered his otherwise impeccable congressional voting record irrelevant.

That's right Joe. Republicans have put their faith in Wilsonian adventurism. Anyone that speaks out against that must be wrong no matter how valid their statements when compared to historical data.

[Mr. Lucky]

Out of professional courtesy, the Devil himself would never run against Hillary.

[unspun]

That’s two of us, anyway. IMHO, Farah’s dead right about Giuliani. Romney too, but he might just possibly pass the sniff test, if I hold my nose. I’m thinking I’d probably vote for the Devil himself vs. Hillary.

When a candidate reverses his stance on a position, as Romney has on abortion, etc., that's good. That's what we want. It's bizzare how many fail to understand -- we want to change minds, now don't we?

When a candidate is adamant on his perverse positions, however, and when they're of such magnitude, it hurts the cause to vote for him because of the (hypocritical) "R" beside his name.

Go Romney!

I don't anticipate voting for Giuliani, ever (and don't anticipate that Hobson's choice, anyway).

[Old Student]

“When a candidate reverses his stance on a position, as Romney has on abortion, etc., that’s good. That’s what we want. It’s bizzare how many fail to understand — we want to change minds, now don’t we?”

Yes, we do. I am just very suspicious that he changed them just before running for the presidency. I’m a Mormon convert, and I wonder how you could grow up in the church, and wait this long to change your mind on abortion. I’m a former lib, myself, and until the day I first held my son in my arms, I was pro-choice,i.e., pro-abortion-on-demand, too. I understand about life-changing events, and even maturing over time. I most certainly did. I’m just very, VERY, suspicious.

If he truly has changed his stance, on this and the 2nd Amendment (and I understand that in MA, he couldn’t have gotten elected without some anti-RKBA position) I could live with his election. I’m just not voting for him in the primary. If he’s the only choice for president in the actual election, I will hold my nose while I vote.

[steve8714]

Is that Charlie “felons are citizens too” Crist?

[SittinYonder]

FWIW

What sets Tancredo apart from the other GOP candidates:
“I think that the fact that I have the most consistent record on immigration, along with the most consistent record on conservative issues in general. That is, Sen. Brownback has certainly been consistent on the life issue. But if you put everything together—fiscal along with social issues, then I would come out with the most consistently conservative background.”
- Tom Tancredo

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[RightFighter]

Yeah - I’m not endorsing the guy, just making an observation. I voted for him for governor reluctantly. His approval numbers are astronomical now, though, and that’s at a time when people here are PISSED at government in general in this state due to the out of control property taxes. Crist has positioned himself as the guy who is going to bring relief (he’s got the legislature in special session this week and next to solve it), so there is potential for those numbers to go even higher.