Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Quick Reference
Posted on 09/21/2007 12:16:57 PM PDT by Josh Painter
Going in, Rudy Giuliani was going to have a tall order to get a warm welcome from the NRA. Fred Thompson just made that harder by going up on the stage and giving a just about flawless performance.
He repeats the line about Americans sacrificing more blood for other countries' freedom than for any other country; I can't help but wonder if it's a jab at the Washington Post for critiquing it and arguing the Soviet Union might rival that claim.
He got a standing ovation at his finish, and then he did a brief Q & A.
"Some believe that the Second Amendment has different meanings in different places, and that the gun rights of citizens in, say, New York City and Chicago can restricted more than the gun rights of those in Tennessee and Montana. Do you agree?"
Thompson responds with a deep, rumbling, slow, "Noooope." Then he follows with absolute catnip for gun owners: "It's never seemed to me to be coincidental that the places that have the highest crime rates tend to be the places that have the most restrictions on gun ownership in America."
Asked about gun shows, he calls the "part of Americana... There's always been an effort on the other side to go after something high profile or particularly vulnerable, an easy target, but I've always resisted that."
Will he appoint an Attorney General who shares his opinion of the Second Amendment. "Yes." More applause. "I think we're winning on the interpretation of the Second Amendment. I have a complicated position on this: The Constitution means what it says." He gets another standing ovation.
From my regular appearances on NRANews.com, I think I have a pretty good idea of what gun owners want to hear from a presidential candidate; Fred Thompson gave 'em pretty much their ideal.
I would also note that perhaps Thompson ate his Wheaties this morning, because he didn't seem tired or sleepy at all.
Woo-hoo.
Someone cue up the photo of Fred and Charleton Heston.
Gun owners for Fred bump!
And the best part, he didn’t take any cell phone calls during his speech.
First story on a Thompson campaign event where I’ve heard that he wowed them.
This is the best news I've heard yet.
Dufus Rudy took a cell phone call during his speech!
What a jackass.
Probably because you're reading media hit pieces rather than accounts from "regular folks" on the ground.
We all know that "some people" is Rudy Giuliani. Lol.
No newspaper editorial writer worthy of the name should be guilty of the obvious apples/oranges divergence when comparing the US SAVING other countries vs the USSR saving their OWN ASSES. Good grief! The USSR signed a tickle-me deal with Hitler before they were attacked. It is incontravertible that the US has gone out of her way to save other countries’ freedom. As for the USSR, once they had the Nazis on the run, the rest was nothing but revenge and land-grabbing. No one but an idiot would ever miss those distinctions.
Was anyone tased?
“Dufus Rudy took a cell phone call during his speech!
What a jackass.”
He planned it that way.
Planned or not, it was asinine.
If he was planning to be a jackass, I’d say he succeeded masterfully.
Possibly, I’ve had the impression that he’s not been exciting people from the stories I read. The only “events” I’ve seen were the Sean Hannity interview and the Leno announcement.
Thank you, Fred. I'm adding that to the end of my unabashedly pro-Fred tag line.
Or perhaps an agenda?
Nah.......
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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I think the NRA vote may swing this election for Thompson.
Did Rudy ‘wow’ them with the phone call?
Remember Rudy is one of the 5 most famous Americans! He can do as he pleases. He is on such an ego trip.
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