Role of a Lifetime: Recognition, Charisma Boosting Fred Thompson In '08 Prez Race

NY Daily News ^ | Monday, June 18th 2007, 1:28 AM | Helen Kennedy

[davisfh]

He’s the guy I will vote for if he is on the ticket.

[hardback]

"It has to do with electability," Thompson, 64, told the Hoover Institution last week. "I don't want to turn the keys of this country over to Hillary Clinton. ... I think with me, we wouldn't have to do that." :)

[magoo70804]

Has there been any very preliminary polling to see if he could beat Clinton?

[Noumenon]

He’s the guy I will write in along with Duncan Hunter if he isn’t on the ticket. Screw the RINOs.

[upchuck]

Funded by George Bush's money network, backed by veteran Bush-Cheney loyalists and boasting loads of name recognition, Thompson is expected to stride onstage in a strong second place.

Now that President Bush has, finally, been exposed as an elite globalist of the worst kind, all this chumminess is very bothersome.

Thoughts?

[Cicero]

Yes, that jumped right out at me, too. I’m not sure if it’s true, or if the Daily News, a clintonoid rag, stuck it in there as a piece of sabotage.

Of course a lot of regulars are coming out for Fred, or he wouldn’t have a chance of making it. But the question is whether they are regulars of a particular type. I wouldn’t take the Daily News’s word for it, but I think we need to learn more if he continues to move forward.

[upchuck]

Ping.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Now that President Bush has, finally, been exposed as an elite globalist of the worst kind, all this chumminess is very bothersome.

Baloney. Don't fall for that back-handed assertion.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Okay this bothers me: "Instead, he co-chaired his pal John McCain's campaign and readied for his own 2002 Senate reelection."

If McCain ends up his VP I will cease believing he thinks McCain/Feingold was a mistake.

Overall I'm inclined to be enthusiastic about Thompson. I have issues with his abortion views, but as President (a federal position) his view covers all that we need it to cover. That's not the same thing as Guiliani who has a pro-choice record. I guess I do not know how Thompson would govern a city or state. But his voting record matches his statements and I think he would nominate the right kind of federal judges. His view of the role of the federal government is good with the glaring and important exception of being willing to let the federal government regulate political speech. I'm going to believe that he has repented of that position unless something new leads me to disbelieve him.

Choosing a solid social and fiscal conservative as VP would help a lot. I would especially be happy if he could choose a conservative black man for VP. That will really help with the inevitable race-baiting that will happen if Obama becomes part of the Dem ticket.

[gpapa]

J. C. Watts or Michael Steele

[Sonny M]

Funded by George Bush's money network, backed by veteran Bush-Cheney loyalists and boasting loads of name recognition, Thompson is expected to stride onstage in a strong second place.

I know who his staff is, and they are not a bunch of bush/cheney guys and his fundraising network is not the Bush network, the daily news is making leaps that would make an Olympic gold medalist jealous.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Yes! Wouldn’t that be great?

[Tennessean4Bush]

The only VP candidate that would help him would be someone from a swing state (e.g., Wisconsin’s Tommy Thompson, Minnesota’s Norm Coleman, Michigan’s Engler, etc.) or someone with broad pull from a different segment of the party or among independents (e.g. Guiliani).

[Beagle8U]

“Funded by George Bush’s money network, backed by veteran Bush-Cheney loyalists”

Basically Republicans. Gee, what a shock./sarc.

[Resolute Conservative]

Exactly with Hunter or Pace as Sec Def.

[ghostrider]

Oh, I hope you are correct! He is the only heavy weight with appeal. All the other heavy weights seem to be influenced by global money.

[Sonny M]

I would especially be happy if he could choose a conservative black man for VP. That will really help with the inevitable race-baiting that will happen if Obama becomes part of the Dem ticket.

Funny you should mention that.

Supposedly him and J.C. Watts are friends.

Wouldn't matter though, the democratic party would race bait, not matter who was on the ticket or what the circumstances are. Remember black republicans, aren't considered black (remember what happened in steele's campaign).

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

The only VP candidate that would help him would be someone from a swing state (e.g., Wisconsin’s Tommy Thompson, Minnesota’s Norm Coleman, Michigan’s Engler, etc.) or someone with broad pull from a different segment of the party or among independents (e.g. Guiliani).

I disagree. Very strongly disagree. A pick like that would cause me to lose my confidence in him. He already makes me cautious because of his association with McCain. I am just saying that I need a validation of his conservatism by seeing him choose a solid conservative. The VP position is more often than not the next Pres candidate in training. So I want him to pick someone I could vote for for President.

I've been saying it for a long time. Republicans will never reach the black community until they have a black man on their Pres/VP ticket. If we ever get our proper share of the black vote, the elections will cease being so close.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Wouldn't matter though, the democratic party would race bait, not matter who was on the ticket or what the circumstances are. Remember black republicans, aren't considered black (remember what happened in steele's campaign).

It would matter (a great deal!) even though you are correct to say they would do it anyway. Doing it doesn't mean you will be effective at it. A black man on the ticket will kill their slanderous charges in any fair thinking voter's mind.