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Fred Thompson's life stories help him set priorities
The News & Observer ^ | December 2, 2007 | Margaret Taley

Posted on 12/02/2007 3:24:22 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 12/02/2007 3:24:25 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
" ... Thompson, whom Richard Nixon once called "dumb as hell," ..."


Works for me.

Probably just smart enough to put eight years in the WH and set the enemy Democrat Party back 25 years.

2 posted on 12/02/2007 4:17:46 AM PST by G.Mason (And what is intelligence if not the craft of out-thinking our adversaries?)
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” ... Thompson, whom Richard Nixon once called “dumb as hell,” ...”

Yeah, we slow-talkin’, southern drawlers get called that a lot. ;)


3 posted on 12/02/2007 4:36:56 AM PST by rightazrain ("Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. " -- Ernest Hemingway)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fred is the GOP candidate,as Rush pointed out,the closest to a true conservative.
Plus,he has “the voice.” Would you vote for Tiny Tim or James Earl Jones to go up against Sister Mary Elephant? Reagan the Great also had “the voice” and could read “Dick and Jane at the Seashore” and make it sound like the Gettysburg Address.FDR was ugly as HRC yet the crypto-commie’s speaches were gripping and convinced most Americans that Big Government was a good thing.
History has proven that looks count but looks without good diction count little while even poor looks but with great diction counts a lot.JFK and RR both had good looks and great diction but none like them are running in 2008.Fred is the only candidate HRC would refuse to debate because it would indeed sound like James Earl Jones versus Sister Mary Elephant and Bill’s “dominance over dignity” female version of a cuckold knows it.”The Voice” is best described as “firm,correct and heavily laden with either testosterone or estrogen,”depending,of course,on one’s sex.For instance Maggie Thatcher and Golda Meir have and had the female “voice” along with the appropriate ideology and look at their astonishing legacies.Now remember,the hormone factor in “the voice” equation doesn’t necessarilly mean “sexiness”(though it couldn’t hurt-see JFK),it means that only,without doubt and in clear and traditional understanding,REAL men and women can be taken seriously by the masses both sentient and liberal.
So we have a conservative with “the voice” trailing the GOP pack while a socialist with “the cackle” is leading her’s.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Obviously,like Animal Farm,many in the New Media seek the same perks as the Old Media they endeaver to overthrow had.
Frankly,I wonder if Reagan The Great would have done worse in 1980 if the liberal mainstream media did NOT then have a monopoly.


4 posted on 12/02/2007 4:38:43 AM PST by Happy Rain
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To: G.Mason

” ... Thompson, whom Richard Nixon once called “dumb as hell,” ...”

Yeah, we slow-talkin’, southern drawlers get called that a lot. ;)


5 posted on 12/02/2007 4:40:35 AM PST by rightazrain ("Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. " -- Ernest Hemingway)
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To: rightazrain

I wonder why? You only needed to say it once! LOL


6 posted on 12/02/2007 4:47:42 AM PST by Coldwater Creek
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To: rightazrain

I’z on of them Slow Talking Lanky southerners. Born, raised in the mountains of NC.
I have lived up north, NJ for 37 years. When I hear a recording of myself I still laugh at my own “drawl”.

Many of my competitors mistook my drawl as “dumb” also.

They truly regretted that!


7 posted on 12/02/2007 5:18:00 AM PST by primatreat (Alzheimer's whispers are getting louder. I will not let the door open till this is over .)
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To: Happy Rain

I agree with you about “the voice”. Fred’s got it, along with the best ideas of the campaign and the second most consistent conservativism (a bow to Duncan Hunter) of all the candidates.


8 posted on 12/02/2007 5:31:06 AM PST by samtheman
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To: rightazrain

I heard that!


9 posted on 12/02/2007 5:52:40 AM PST by G.Mason (And what is intelligence if not the craft of out-thinking our adversaries?)
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To: samtheman
Fred’s got it, along with the best ideas of the campaign and the second most consistent conservativism (a bow to Duncan Hunter) of all the candidates.

That is why we need THOMPSON-HUNTER 2008.

Time for those two to realise they can team up and win, BIG.

10 posted on 12/02/2007 5:54:02 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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I apologize-I meant,like Rush,that Fred is the most conservative of the GOP “frontrunners.” Duncan Hunter is a great conservative but I regret,like with Newt Gingrich,that brilliance does not outweigh panache in today’s political world.
It’s always the same old tangle—the best of the unnoticed or the better of the noticed.Or a pragmatic half loaf versus no loaf at all or,in defeat,the loss of the loaf you already have.
Principle is a bitch.


11 posted on 12/02/2007 6:03:40 AM PST by Happy Rain
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To: primatreat

Thanks for the post....


12 posted on 12/02/2007 6:41:02 AM PST by captnorb
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To: Happy Rain

Remember: Thompson/Hunter winng team!


13 posted on 12/02/2007 6:42:00 AM PST by captnorb
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To: captnorb

Sounds good to me.But again I wonder,would the sunshine conservatives in the New Media allow it?
Lets face it,most of our pundits shine or suck depending on the thickness of their wallets.To them,patriotism is an arbitrary decision.


14 posted on 12/02/2007 7:06:27 AM PST by Happy Rain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks for posting this. Good background info on FRed.

I’m hoping that FRed will pick Duncan Hunter as his VP. What a combo!


15 posted on 12/02/2007 7:29:16 AM PST by upchuck (Hildabeaste as Prez... unimaginable, devastating misery! She will redefine "How bad can it get?")
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>>That is why we need THOMPSON-HUNTER 2008. Time for those two to realise they can team up and win, BIG.<<

Absolutely!!!


16 posted on 12/02/2007 8:13:10 AM PST by Mother Mary
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To: Coldwater Creek

“I wonder why? You only needed to say it once! LOL”

We like to take our time an’ say it a couple o’ different ways, jist in case y’all ain’t keepin’ up with us.


17 posted on 12/02/2007 8:28:31 AM PST by rightazrain ("Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. " -- Ernest Hemingway)
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18 posted on 12/02/2007 8:33:07 AM PST by Politicalmom (Huckabee is the GOP's Jimmy Carter. Are you ready for the plundering of your pocketbook?)
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Talk about a consistent conservative position — doing the right thing by his high school girlfriend.

While I don’t admire his teenage mistake that got him in that position, it’s not like I (or most of us) didn’t do (or try to do) that when I was 17.

He stepped up to the plate, which is highly unusual character for a boy that age.


19 posted on 12/02/2007 9:28:08 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

An overall positive and somewhat objective article on Fred!

I am so shocked!


20 posted on 12/02/2007 9:52:27 AM PST by SoConPubbie
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