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What is it?! What do people have against Fred?

McCain- Liberal on tax cuts, immigration, free speech. He has the Keating 5 scandal.

Huckabee- Corrupt, hands out benefits to illegals, populist.

Guiliani-Abortion, gun-grabber, liberal.

Romney-I could see myself holding my nose and voting for him, but he seems so phony and carefully crafted. I don’t know exactly where he stands.

Fred- “Lacks fire in the belly” That’s the main complaint? Compared to all of the other’s negatives?

>> Romney-I could see myself holding my nose and voting for him, but he seems so phony and carefully crafted. I don’t know exactly where he stands.

That’s the most accurate assessment of Romney that I’ve seen on here. I cannot site doctrinal problems with Romney ... he is simply so manufactured and rehearsed that I get the feeling he’s telling me what I want to hear, rather than what he actually believes.

I haven’t settled on a candidate yet, and I will support the GOP nominee, even if I don’t really like him, but the reason McCain is getting the traction he is getting is that he is clearly the most dedicated to National Defense and the War on Terror. This despite the aspect of National Defense dealing with illegal immigration. Even there, though, he says he supports building the wall. If we are not defended, the rest does not matter that much.

Other candidates must take up more strongly the mantle of defender of our shores if they want to steal McCain’s thunder.

Fred went along with McCain-Feingold restriction of free speech - as Rush mentioned today. Rush said no Republican candidate has a perfect record.

His main criteria is whether a candidate is 1) positive about America and the ability of Americans to achieve greatness when unfettered by the shackles of big-government 2) Is the candidate seeking to bring in moderates by explaining & trumpeting conservative values & issues, or are they watering down conservatism & compromising on issues to bring in moderates?

>> What is it?! What do people have against Fred? <<

I have nothing against Fred personally, I'd have no problems voting for him over the Hilderbeast.

I do have a problem with Fred's supporters, of whom 90% of which rant and rave that you HAVE to support Fred because he alone is the God-given savior to conservatives and the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan, and any person running for President not named Fred Thompson is a "liberal", "RINO", "socialist", etc. (except that Duncan Hunter fellow, but only if he agrees to be "Fred's VP" and do whatever Fred tells him to. Otherwise he's a "protectionist" and "spoiler")

Even a proven conservative leader who's "record" on conservative issues is much further to the right than Fred's will be called a "RINO sellout" if they fail to "get behind" Fred with an endorsement and blindly worship everything he stands for. Suddenly, people who have carried the water for the conservative movement for decades like Tom Tancredo and Robert Bork are all "traitors" in the eyes of Fred's fan base.

The "MY way or the highway" attitude of the Fredheads isn't winning their candidate any converts. Quite the opposite, actually. I'll vote for their guy if he wins the primary. Too bad they're not willing to the same.