Why Not Nominate the Next Reagan in 2012?

American Thinker ^ | February 27, 2010 | Bruce Walker

[Sarah-bot]

I supported Fred Thompson in the last election and he ended up wasting the money I and many other offered him. I will not support him again. I like Fred, but he is going to have to advocate from the sidelines.

[Brices Crossroads]

“He was, of course, a half-term governor before he ran for president. LOL”

How right you are. He became a candidate in 1968 at the Miami Beach Convention. But for Strom Thurmond, he might very well have gotten the nomination. How different history would have been then.

[greeneyes]

I could vote for Thompson/Palin or Palin/Thompson, but Fred just didn’t seem to have the energy/desire to fight for it.

[BARLF]

When you say bailouts are you talking about Tarp, Stimulus, or something else....

I get lost in all these give away programs.

[BARLF]

Ignore my post, SmokingJoe has the info up.

[Fiji Hill]

Fred Thompson? No on the Tennessee Hamlet.

[The Duke]

It's good to know I'm not crazy then - but I just can't imagine a more fitting leader to begin to measure up to Ronald Reagan than Duncan.

I hope he runs again ... I'll be pushing for him with everything I have if he does.

[Fiji Hill]

There are some good people on this list, but they’re all has-beens and never-will-bes. Already newer stars are starting to rise, including the governors of the Magnolia State and the Big State.

[free me]

Ditto

[Vigilanteman]

I liked Fred even though I had questions about some of the stupid things he supported with McCain like campaign finance reform. But, like Newt Gingrich, he had his day. He should have won South Carolina or at least came close. Romney had pulled out to concentrate on Michigan. Huck's shtick was starting to wear thin. And people were starting to have second thoughts about McCain.

But Fred's effort in South Carolina was so pathetic, he ran out of gas before Super Tuesday, ceding his own state to the asshat Huckabee.

[free me]

Well said

[Liberty Valance]

theconservativecandidate@still2early.com

[Vermont Lt]

http://www.californiagovernors.ca.gov/h/biography/governor_33.html

He ran for President first in ‘76 and then ‘80 and ‘84. Am I missing something?

[Vermont Lt]

I stand corrected. i did not know that.

[PaleoBob]

Oh no! The Fred Thompson thing again.

[PaleoBob]

Good one.

[rae4palin]

LOL. Ridiculous article.

[D. Brian Carter]

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