It’s not a gut feeling; it’s my impression of both men based on what I’ve seen up to this point. It’s not an opinion set in stone, nor am I guaranteed to vote for Hunter, Romney, or Whoever Else Is Not Named Thompson. (Though I’ve already decided never to vote for McCain. I’d vote for Giuliani if he was running against Hillary, though.)
All I’m saying is that, right now, right this second, I see Romney as more conservative than Thompson, and I see people projecting their political opinions onto Thompson. This has more to do with Thompson, in my opinion, not having firmly established his conservative credentials yet. After a debate or two, I may decide to vote for him, or I may decide to vote for someone else.
I don’t get why this is so controversial on FR.
I didn't know this was a controversy, just a conversation.
You've been on FR since 2003 and you don't know what a Republican piss-fight is all about?:)
There will be no holds barred until after the conventions in 2008 and we're stuck with whichever Republicans win. Then we all get together and work to defeat whichever Dem candidates are running, which at this point looks like a Hillary-Osama ticket (which should scare the hell out of anyone). The more things change......
“I don’t get why this is so controversial on FR.”
You have been gently promoting Romney since at least December of 2006, you must have noticed the level of dislike for him here at FR, there is a reason why he is at about 6% on a conservative site.
It is predictable that conservatives will react strongly to the claim that Romney is their natural choice.
Reading just this, among many of the absurd statements you have made on this thread has drawn me into the position of risking the FR ban on personal attacks. But I'll try to stay on the safe side of the line, and not call you the idiot I think you are.
But, you are indeed a lazy and sloppy researcher if you have not yet discovered that Fred Thompson's political life has been driven by consistent conservative principles for decades.
And you have the nerve to say such an ignorant thing as part of a statement of support for Mitt Romney, a man who really has NO conservative credentials of longer standing than his latest advertising campaign. Mitt Romney impresses me, and maybe most of us here on this board, as a totally synthetic construct with NO real underlying character or political philosophy except what may be expedient.
For me, the guy Mitt Romney reminds me most of is John Kerry. Frankly, the man gives me the creepy-crawlies.