Posted on 02/20/2008 3:48:31 PM PST by Racehorse
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We would be fortunate to have such a candidate, but the first time he called someone in the opposition an asswipe, the talking heads would explode! < /bug zapper thread reference >
Dear Jim,
Please consider running for President of the United States in 2012.
Sincerely,
LiveFreeOrDie2001
Howdy, fellow Texan. Just now clicked on your name and prowled around the linked site. Most interesting especially the thread about the Twin Sisters. Great gramps Bostick manned the cannon at the Battle of Bexar.
Just a little off topic and a funny tidbit...
Fred Thompson played the role of “Jim Robinson” in the HBO Movie “Barbarians at the Gate” (Jim Robinson was the head of American Express at the time of the RJR Nabisco LBO).
Right on! Right on!
GRRREAT post! Bump for a GRRREAT American! Thanks Jim.
I thought it was a great opus!
Well, thats the way a lot of folks around here think, act and behave.
...Jim, thanks once again for Free Republic.
Cheers!
You are spot on, Rb!
Too much of that, and not enough of the other.
You, and many others are extremely grateful to JimRob, and the finest communication site on the web. He would be a greater President than another who sat in a chair with wheels.... JimRob is MY hero, as well as a hero to all who peruse this sit. Many best wishes to you, Jim, and to all who appreciate FreeRepublic.
“Jim Robinson for President!”
I told him that I would vote for him, too. He told me in plain terms, “no way.” LOL!
Jim, from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU for this post, and God bless you.
ping
Wael, might you allow that we might go another round, just cause the last post was put up in 2004? And, for reminder's sake?
Seems to me, that the dupliction is rather . . . timely.
Don't ya think?
Thanks. :-)
FR is a conservative website, not necessarily a Republican one. A nice reminder given the threads of late.
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