We need to not just get a victory in 2008, but we need to look beyond Bush and focus on the long term vision of the Conservative movement. Each of the candidates running have good attributes, and maybe just maybe a few of them have what it takes to beat Hillary, but where will they take the party?
Is this just about beating Hillary? Yea, we get some sweet revenge, but we could also get four years of more of the same, politics as usual in Washington D.C. . Or is this about a rediscovery of our values and our common sense as a Nation, and the resurgence of national pride? We need the President to be the “Nations President” once again.
It’s been written not long after the mess in Florida with the hanging chads, that to half the Nation, President Bush was their President, but to the other half he was not President at all. We can as Americans no longer afford to have that sort of a divide between our people.
Ronald Reagan said he left the entertainment world for politics because he wanted to protect something precious. Well the office of President is something precious and the respect for it should be preserved. The President once again needs to be “Our President”, weather you voted for him or not. Out of all the potential presidential candidates, Fred Thompson is the one that can unite us and move us forward to better things.
In President Reagan’s Farewell Address he said, “I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things.” Fred Thompson is a communicator of great things and I am honored to be behind him.
I consider all the candidates to be placeholders until a strong conservative leader can emerge. The fact that conservatives didn't have a strong candidate in waiting for 2008 suggests great disarray in our ranks.
I know some people will respond with "what about Fred Thompson?" I like Fred's views and will probably vote for him in the primaries and definitely in the general election, if he gets the nomination. But when I review his Senate record, I come away unimpressed. I still maintain if he weren't an actor, he would get about as much attention as the other Thompson who had a much more impressive political record. If Fred is the best we can do, then conservatives are in trouble.
Well, he IS a pretty good actor, and as long as he has some good script writers of staff to get him to say all the right things, the American people will follow and I think he'll go all the way..
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I do not agree. True, we do not just need to get a victory in 2008 BUT without that victory nothing else matters. I would rather, much rather, have any of the republicans running become president than have any of the democrats running become president.
I personally would not vote for Rudy in the primary but if he wins the nomination I will vote for him and try to convince others to do the same.
Fred Thompson looks good, sounds good but has a few skeletons in his closet just like the rest of us. I could perhaps even vote for him in the primary but I wish he had managed something before. I don’t think Mr Thompson is the most moral character in the republican party. While he is not the most moral, is morality really the most important consideration? Whose morality. There are many pro lifers who think that pro life status defines morality. There are many others that think a man should keep his pants zipped until marriage and that that defines morality. They of course both have valid points but what is the most important thing going. The WOT is the most important. If we don’t win that then the other things don’t really matter.
Mr. Romney really sounds good. He might bring votes from the northeast which would really help us a lot. He would blow Hillary or Obama either one away in debates. He looks presidential, sounds intelligent and has executive experience. If he just had been on the right side of life all along he would likely be near perfect, but had he been on the right side of life he would have never been elected Governor.
Duncan Hunter seems like a really great guy, it is possible that he would make a great president. He tows the Conservative line the way I would. His personal life seems fine. His only problem is the question of what has he managed? Administration is more than standing for something. Managing people is a skill, that is what they teach at these business schools. A president needs to be a manager, without a proven track record it may be hard to convince knowledgeable people that you are fit for the office of president unless you have a good resume. If we had Rudy Mitthompson we would have a good combination if we got the best parts of all three. That won’t happen so we really have to select our qualities carefully.
I personally believe that Mitt Romney is the most electable followed by Fred Thompson and Rudy. I mean most electable in the general. I don’t know what we will get in the primary but hope it will be a wise choice of someone who can make a difference, someone who can get elected.
Bob dole was a great guy, really a good person but a terrible candidate, we don’t need another Bob Dole.
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I do not agree. True, we do not just need to get a victory in 2008 BUT without that victory nothing else matters. I would rather, much rather, have any of the republicans running become president than have any of the democrats running become president.
I personally would not vote for Rudy in the primary but if he wins the nomination I will vote for him and try to convince others to do the same.
Fred Thompson looks good, sounds good but has a few skeletons in his closet just like the rest of us. I could perhaps even vote for him in the primary but I wish he had managed something before. I don’t think Mr Thompson is the most moral character in the republican party. While he is not the most moral, is morality really the most important consideration? Whose morality. There are many pro lifers who think that pro life status defines morality. There are many others that think a man should keep his pants zipped until marriage and that that defines morality. They of course both have valid points but what is the most important thing going. The WOT is the most important. If we don’t win that then the other things don’t really matter.
Mr. Romney really sounds good. He might bring votes from the northeast which would really help us a lot. He would blow Hillary or Obama either one away in debates. He looks presidential, sounds intelligent and has executive experience. If he just had been on the right side of life all along he would likely be near perfect, but had he been on the right side of life he would have never been elected Governor.
Duncan Hunter seems like a really great guy, it is possible that he would make a great president. He tows the Conservative line the way I would. His personal life seems fine. His only problem is the question of what has he managed? Administration is more than standing for something. Managing people is a skill, that is what they teach at these business schools. A president needs to be a manager, without a proven track record it may be hard to convince knowledgeable people that you are fit for the office of president unless you have a good resume. If we had Rudy Mitthompson we would have a good combination if we got the best parts of all three. That won’t happen so we really have to select our qualities carefully.
I personally believe that Mitt Romney is the most electable followed by Fred Thompson and Rudy. I mean most electable in the general. I don’t know what we will get in the primary but hope it will be a wise choice of someone who can make a difference, someone who can get elected.
Bob dole was a great guy, really a good person but a terrible candidate, we don’t need another Bob Dole.