Posted on 06/19/2008 6:37:07 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The John McCain campaign continued to roll out its heavy artillery by featuring former Senator and presidential hopeful Fred Thompson. The McCain campaign had Rudy Giuliani speaking yesterday, and the former-opponent tour took a turn through seriously conservative territory with Thompson.
Jill Hazelbaker started off by reading a statement declaring Barack Obama as “just another typical politician” by rejecting public financing in the election. They noted that Obama is the first candidate since Watergate to do so, and accused him of not keeping his word.
Fred Thompson then appeared on the call to discuss Boumediene and the political reaction to it. Thompson says this shows a court more interested in making policy rather than adjudicating. John McCain opposes judicial activism, while Obama supports it. Thompson calls the decision bad policy on its face. The process Congress devised far exceeds the requirements of Geneva, and he noted that dozens of detainees have already been released as a result of this process. He then detailed all of the ways in which detainees could challenge their detention, which exceeded any that we have offered such detainees in our entire history.
Thompson said that Obama should stop apologizing to the rest of the world for defending ourselves in war. He scoffed at Obama’s suggestion that we should return to the law-enforcement model and the use of the Blind Sheikh trial as the model. Discovery rights allowed Rahman to see the lists of unindicted co-conspirators, which went to Osama bin Laden within days. It also exposed our ability to track terrorists by their satellite phones. These are the security breaches that will occur when we try these cases in open court, which Obama champions.
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and here comes fred ...
where is he?
If Thompson is Mr. McCain’s running mate, it will be the geriatric team, but it sure beats Junior Obamanation and company.
Heavy FRed *sigh* ping.
*Sigh*
Actually I don’t care if Obama doesn’t take taxpayer monies...I know it is supposed to even the playing field and all that jazz, but, I’d just as soon they both had to raise their own money.
Sorry, but even with Fred (my man) this is like putting lipstick on a pig!
Fred ping
Go, Fred, Go!
So would I. But because the taxpayer financed crap exists, a candidate who uses it can say he is not beholden to any "special interests" (read: anyone who makes a profit).
They both pledged to use taxpayer provided financing. Obama decided he could raise more money for his campaign without it. Now we see that Obama's pledges mean nothing.
Obama means nothing. I hope he keeps stepping in it. What a lightweight.
Let's wait to see his dance on his "no nukes, no drilling, no coal" energy plan stance. yutz
Hey, it might work.
He might be a little too old for the job (in terms of longevity), but Thompson would clearly be a better USSC justice than at least five of the sitting ones.
Fred was also on H & C last night- it was an excellent appearance. It’s so good to have Fred back in public- except that it reinforces my belief that he was the best hope we had.
Fred was awesome on H&C last night...smackdown on Colmes was worth the price of admission!!!
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Fred: smart enough to get it. Now if only enough of the non-voters or Magical Wonderful 3rd Party voters here would shut their pie holes long enough to listen, they might actually learn something.....
I wish that somehow McCain would step down and let Fred be our nominee. I know it would not happen, but a girl can dream, right? And, yes, I know he probably would not get the nom even if that happened. Probably end up with Romney. No thank you.
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