Petronski, you have been touting that one poll finding day and night for the last week or so. First, saying Mitt is a liar is a personal attack, but frankly, maybe this is all the “3% club” has. Second, liberal media and the 3% club has been attacking Mitt day and night, which has raised this number (though other polls have very different numbers). DNC is attacking only Mitt. For some reason, they are not attacking Huckabee or Fred. Who do you think they love to face in general election?
Whether you like it or not, the vast majority of republicans like what they see in Mitt. He also has a record. Fred’s only major achievement was CFR, which was unconstitutional, liberal hitpiece and opposed by every conservative in this country.
Bush and Reagan had no problems getting double-digit poll numbers in every state. Maybe you should ask fundamental questions why your candidate did not even qualify in DE and is polling around 3%-5% in early states (and don’t get me started on that “he is strong in south” BS - he is distant 3rd in SC and distant fifth in FL).
Fred will drop out soon after Iowa and endorse his buddy McCain.
It's a documented fact. Over and over again.
Honesty and trustworthiness are directly relevant to a primary election discussion, much to Willard's chagrin.
LOL.
It came out 72 hours ago (Saturday morning).
I know you'd like to suppress how widely disliked your boy Myth is, but there it is.
Oh, and if Fred dropped out this afternoon, your candidate would still be a liberal liar with 47% negatives--electoral poison for the GOP.
Why would Fred drop out after Iowa when all indications are that he will do no worse than third?
The MSM is PRAYING for Huck, Fred, or Rudy to become the GOP nominee.
They know Romney/McCain would absolutely smoosh sHrillary or Borako, or Obacko sHrillary -- while also allowing the GOP to sweep the legislatures.
Neither Romney or McCain is perfect, but then who is?
Ronald Reagan himself would be getting bashed and called names by the 3% antiRomney club if he were alive and running in '08.
I've thought that was the plan all along. McCain gets a big boost when he needs it the most.
Funny thing is that that "3% club" is a vast majority of Free Republuc.
So exactly why do you bother to join up just recently? I guess it must be fun to be a Romney mouth piece, but while he may shine among Republicans, Conservatives really are not buying the whole "Mitt Conservative" thing. I will admit he sounds good and he looks wonderful, but...
Now you may be in for a bit of good fortune since it seems "Republican" and "Conservative" are drifting further apart and with things still doing well in the economy and with the war, it is a good time for form over substance. It took a Carter to get a Reagan, and we are not there right now.
But I hold out hope that people are still serious enough after 9/11 to want a little more than just a beauty pageant in the end.
I could be wrong, but then again who knows right now. However with Fred polling "badly" I am quite optimistic....
tompster76 wrote: “Fred’s only major achievement was CFR...”
And just like Mitt, you speak with forked tongue.
Fred has many major accomplishments. Here’s just a few:
He led the fight to successfully defeat S507, a Senate bill which would have destroyed our system of patent protection and handed many uniqely American technologies over to foreigners.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/23891.html
He published a two volume report, “Government on the Brink,” detailing the waste, fraud, and abuse of federal agencies as well as the management challenges facing the nation. His work saved the taxpayers billions of dollars.
http://whenevilprospers.blogspot.com/2007/07/in-light-of-fred-thompsons-surging.html
He left the Senate with a record on spending that puts all of the other major candidates to shame.
http://race42008.com/2007/03/24/fiscally-fisking-the-2008-contenders
He stayed remarkably true to his federalist principles. His Senate record is replete with examples of his being the lone opponent of legislation that he thought undercut federalism. He took this position even at considerable political risk. It’s an unusual accomplishment to maintain one’s integrity after as much public service.
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/05/31/is-fred-thompson-a-small-government-conservative
He advised the man who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and cleared the road for him to be approved by the Senate.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166167,00.html
As chairman of the International Security Advisory Board, he was a trusted advisor to Secretary of State Rice for nearly two years on potential threats to the United States.
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/isab/
As a lawyer in Tennessee, he led the movement which took down a corrupt governor.
http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/FRONTPAGE/712120301/1322/NEWS97
He also served as special counsel to former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander and special counsel to both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/fredthompson.html
“He also has a record.”
Sure does, one that says that he’s a lying SOB!
That will be the day the Republican party jumps the shark.
—”Fred will drop out soon after Iowa and endorse his buddy McCain.”—
After Tancredo’s stunt, nothing would surprise me.