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Thompson Brings Campaign to Local Gun Show
The Ledger ^ | September 13, 2007 | Bill Rufty

Posted on 09/13/2007 5:59:05 PM PDT by Josh Painter

LAKELAND | It's not the big sit-down dinner and speech at the Yacht Club that local Republican Party planners had hoped for, but the former U.S. senator from Tennessee and now presidential candidate, Fred Thompson, will be in Lakeland at 11 a.m. Saturday to speak to those attending a gun show at The Lakeland Center.

Supporters said they hope he will return for a longer visit later in the campaign. But for now, Thompson, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president, is on a three-day, whirlwind tour of the state beginning today and ending Saturday...

Thompson will be met at The Lakeland Center by state Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, who has endorsed his candidacy and is recruiting other elected Republicans to do the same.

The Thompson campaign trip will cover stops in Jacksonville, The Villages, Celebration, Miami, Cape Coral and New Port Richey today and Friday.

Saturday, his first stop will be The Lakeland Center, followed by an appearance at the University of Florida football game in Gainesville.

Despite the fact that it will the Florida-Tennessee game, Thompson will have a host of Florida supporters to greet him there, including state Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, who has endorsed Thompson's campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at theledger.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Tennessee
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1 posted on 09/13/2007 5:59:07 PM PDT by Josh Painter
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To: Sturm Ruger

Stumping at the local gun show?

I’m really starting to like this fellow.


2 posted on 09/13/2007 6:01:35 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

The Lakeland Show is a big one.


3 posted on 09/13/2007 6:04:46 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Sturm Ruger

In a related story, the Democratic candidates will campaign at welfare offices and abortion clinics. Gotta play to your base, you know.


4 posted on 09/13/2007 6:04:56 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Were those magic grits?)
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To: Sturm Ruger

He is real.


5 posted on 09/13/2007 6:06:35 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: mylife

LOL! This will get my son interested in politics.


6 posted on 09/13/2007 6:09:59 PM PDT by fishergirl (My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Are the laws such in Florida that a resident with a CCW permit can carry in this Lakeland Center. Or is this considered a government building and one of the places that a ban exists?

Is there any reason that going to a gun show changes the scope of carrying?

I used to be able to go to packing.org for answers but they’re gone now.


7 posted on 09/13/2007 6:10:55 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: mylife
I just spoke to the Chairman of the ROP in Pasco County, Florida. He lives in New Port Richey, and is a big NRA man. He and I crossed swords over the RINO Crist whom he supported and I did not. Mr. Bunting is a Big Fred Head. The event is a county party fundraiser, and not a stand alone Fred event. It is sold out. Bill McCollum, (of House impeachment manager fame, is the keynote speaker. Bill is also the state chair for Giuliani. Giuliani, who is leading the Polls in Florida, is not selling out. Nor is Ronmey, although Ronmey is definitely turning some heads. Oh what a tangled web we weave.
8 posted on 09/13/2007 6:13:37 PM PDT by mission9 (Be a citizen worth living for, in a Nation worth dying for...)
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To: Sturm Ruger

Maybe Romney will show up and git hisself one of those “assault rifles” to go along with his shiny new lifetime NRA membership.


9 posted on 09/13/2007 6:14:22 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney longed to serve in Vietnam, ask me for the quote.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
The Lakeland Show is a big one.

Is it downtown? I go to Lakeland once every year or two...

Huntington Hills Country Club...

10 posted on 09/13/2007 6:17:36 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: George from New England

They usually don’t check, anywhere, except the courthouse and the tax collectors office. Unconcealed stuff will get a tie wrap through the action, just to keep some damn fool from loading it. I don’t know what the plan is this time. Fred will be in very friendly territory, but the nut jobs are everywhere.


11 posted on 09/13/2007 6:18:57 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

http://suncoastgunshows.com/gun_shows/lakeland_gun_show.htm


12 posted on 09/13/2007 6:23:03 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Sturm Ruger

not all Gun Owners are for Fred, I got guns, and I don’t care much for Fred.


13 posted on 09/13/2007 6:23:29 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ( my opinions do not represent the opinions of the management at Free Republic, they are mine alone.)
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To: Sturm Ruger

I hope Fred can make it to Del Boca Vista, Phase II!


14 posted on 09/13/2007 6:25:19 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Sturm Ruger
WOW!! A man campaigning at a local gun show, shows me a real man, who KNOWS what keeps us free:-()
15 posted on 09/13/2007 6:27:35 PM PDT by geo40xyz ((Born a democRAT, Dad set me free in 1952: He said that I was not required to be a MF'ing democRAT))
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To: AmericanMade1776

“not all Gun Owners are for Fred, I got guns, and I don’t care much for Fred.”

But at least in your case I think it is because you support someone that you think is to the right of Fred, not because you support someone that is to the left of him, right?


16 posted on 09/13/2007 6:30:11 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney longed to serve in Vietnam, ask me for the quote.)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

smart move!!!! Fred!!!


17 posted on 09/13/2007 6:30:17 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (Number 1 FredHead)
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To: Sturm Ruger
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18 posted on 09/13/2007 6:31:22 PM PDT by DelaWhere (I'm with Fred!)
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To: Sturm Ruger

When Fred visited New Hampshire in June, his first stop was at a gun shop.


19 posted on 09/13/2007 6:33:25 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
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To: George from New England

You can’t carry at a gun show in Florida. At the gun shows in Florida I have gone to, you’re asked to check you gun at the door.


20 posted on 09/13/2007 6:36:09 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei (Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.)
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