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Fred's First Townhall, Sort of (great read)
MSNBC ^ | September 7, 2007 | Lauren Abbelbaum

Posted on 09/07/2007 11:27:09 PM PDT by Tears of a Clown

"Like yesterday, Thompson devoted a large portion of his opening speech to national security, but today he also talked of new support coming from the Iraqis, who he says have had a taste of Al Qaeda and are now siding with American forces. Speaking to reporters, Thompson attacked his Democratic counterparts for not seeing any positive change. "There are some folks on the Democratic side who have become so vested politically on the feelings of the left wing of their party that no good news is going to be good enough for them, and they'll constantly concentrate on the negativity. But again, we all have to look down the road, what is going to make a more secure situation for the United States of America."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; fdt; fred08; frederalist; fredthompson
You tell em Fred!
1 posted on 09/07/2007 11:27:10 PM PDT by Tears of a Clown
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To: Tears of a Clown; SE Mom; Politicalmom; jellybean; jdm

He speaks as a conservative and genuinely does not care if his message is liked or not.

Thank goodness, it is.


2 posted on 09/07/2007 11:30:05 PM PDT by Petronski (Cleveland Indians: Pennant -17)
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To: Tears of a Clown
As I said yesterday, he has to be the choice for those who love this country.

Fred can say he loves this country and we believe him. The dems would say, "Of course I do, BUT..."

3 posted on 09/07/2007 11:41:58 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Love stinks)
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To: Petronski
>>>>>Thompson continued to stress he is a "common sense conservative," called for smaller government and said he is for "standing tall" for Second Amendment rights, anti-abortion rights, lower taxes, more individual, political and market freedom, and free and fair competition and trade.

This Fred Thompson sounds like a conservative to me. A conservatuive who can win the nomination and beat any Democrat opponent.

4 posted on 09/07/2007 11:43:27 PM PDT by Reagan Man (FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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To: Petronski

What I like about Fred is he’s going out and making the conservative case, whether its the war in Iraq or appointing strict constructionist judges. He’s already stepping in to the President’s role, and doing a better job of it than the President.

It’s exactly what we need, and something I’ve not seen much from the other candidates, Mitt Romney in particular. McCain has done a bit of it lately when it comes to Iraq, but he isn’t nearly as effective a communicator as Thompson.


5 posted on 09/08/2007 12:12:24 AM PDT by counterpunch ("The Democrats are the party of slavery." - Cindy Sheehan)
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To: counterpunch; Petronski; ejonesie22
He’s already stepping in to the President’s role...

This is an important distinction to make between candidates. IMO, the candidate who runs a Presidential campaign will win the primary (and the election). All the others are looking like wannabes while Fred is displaying the characteristics from the get-go.

6 posted on 09/08/2007 4:15:19 AM PDT by bcsco ("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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To: Darkwolf377
As I said yesterday, he has to be the choice for those who love this country.

There is a bumper sticker in there somewhere.

FRED in '08.

For Those Who Love America

7 posted on 09/08/2007 4:49:33 AM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Loyal Buckeye
There is a bumper sticker in there somewhere. FRED in '08. For Those Who Love America

I work with NOTHING but libs, and when this subject comes up, and it will, I will be sure to say who I'm voting for. When they get over their outrage and ask why, I am going to say ONLY this:

"Because I like this country."

I won't even need to say LOVE (which I do)--LIKE will actually have their widdle PC Hard Drives grinding away as they try to figure that one out. Because while they could say "Hey, I love this country, too," they'll be baffled by "like".

I've got this all planned out. Gotta, when you're living amongst the loonie libs.

8 posted on 09/08/2007 4:54:38 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Weekend starts at 8:30 AM Saturday...)
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To: bcsco
That is what he has been doing all along. Doing things separate from the wannabes, taking his own path and not sinking himself into the background noise before he really has to. He has been talking about the problems with the people, not the other candidates.

It is working from what I can see in my travels among the normal folks, ie those who don’t live and breath this stuff like me and my fellow idiots on FreeRepublic;-)

9 posted on 09/08/2007 7:40:20 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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