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Thompson In - Yes!
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| May 30, 2007
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Posted on 05/30/2007 5:36:46 AM PDT by bmweezer
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To: Red Badger
My nephew lives there. He learned good manners in MD.
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posted on
05/30/2007 9:35:05 AM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
To: PhilCollins
Don’t Bogart whatever it is you’re smoking. Pass it on!
To: jveritas
We know that Thompson will win the Republican nomination and the Presidency :) Why Fred Thompson? He doesn't agree with you on much, like Bush's AMENSTY. Maybe he's just another racist.
"Now a senior analyst for ABC News Radio and substitute host for the legendary Paul Harvey, Thompson savaged the White House immigration proposal in a commentary last week. "A nation without secure borders will not long be a sovereign nation," he said. "No matter how much lipstick Washington tries to slap onto this legislative pig, it's not going to win any beauty contests."
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=45737
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posted on
05/30/2007 9:55:06 AM PDT
by
AuntB
(" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
To: AuntB
I agree with Thompson on 99% of the issues. However for you AnuntB, the whole universe revolves around the illegal immigration issue.
You are dripping hate AuntB, just dripping hate.
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posted on
05/30/2007 9:58:43 AM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: The Pack Knight
Good points.
I’m partial to Michael Steele myself..
Hunter might be a good choice for Defense..and I would have thought Newt would be terrific at State- but his global warming hysteria has me wondering what he’s up to. (If people would approach it as climate change and blame the sun instead of each other- we might get somewhere)
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:01:24 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
To: altura
Re: Fredneck.....I didn’t invent the term, I think another FReeper did...........But I think it sounds better than Fredhead. Too much resemblance to Deadheads of Grateful Dead fans........
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:02:06 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: Marysecretary
The cops were very polite..........after they figured out I wasn’t who they thought I was........
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:03:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
To: altura
I think you are missing the re-alignment factor concerning the primaries. With "Super February" in play, Giuliani can take a large number of delegates while Romney and Thompson split the smaller, conservative states. You might take a look at the numbers, you may be surprised.
The Republicans have no bench right now. Romney is the strongest candidate and Giuliani a close second. All the other candidates have no chance to get in on this round
Thompson's has obvious strengths in a general election.
A short, lackluster political career, which lessens the attacks on his voting record.
He's been out of politics for a while, giving him the opportunity to issue general statements and speeches with no rebuttals available against him, crafting a good solid persona.
He's an actor, so he works well in a scripted performance.
If nominated against Obama, Clinton, or Edwards, all of whom have equally short and lackluster Senate records, there can be no "I'm more qualified" arguments made by the Dems.
His negatives seem to be:
He was a long-time lobbyist, which in the Dem playbook will equal Jack Abramoff.
His overall Senate career is the equivalent to Bill Frist. Same ACU rating, same period of service, no big-time conservative legislation to boost him.
The "Bob Dole" factor. Thompson is not young blood. He's an older white guy, which limits his appeal to younger voters.
He was a major backer of CFR, joining him at the hip with McCain.
We'll see when the convention comes. At this early date, it looks to be a brokered convention where all bets are off. Open up the smoky-backrooms!
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:07:56 AM PDT
by
jonathanmo
(No tag available at this time.)
To: bmweezer
So it looks as if all of us WOEFUL Republicans will not have to hurl ourselves from the nearest cliff since Fred is getting in. I support him 100%, but he will (already has) been painted as “the best the GOP’s got” in an attempt to downgrade his meteoric rise in future polls. The media never gets it.
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:08:02 AM PDT
by
admiralsn
(An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. --Asian Proverb)
To: fatnotlazy
For me its Gingrichs personality. Its a good thing to be confident and assertive, but he projects a superiority complex that just irritates me. I've felt that way, too. I hope Newt stays out of this, its going to be hard for a candidate to put together a first ballot nomination, as it is. Perhaps he's best in the Cabinet. If he'd STFU about all this global warming crap, he'd make a fine UN ambassador.
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:15:22 AM PDT
by
hunter112
(Change will happen when very good men are forced to do very bad things.)
To: jonathanmo
Of course, anything can happen.
I remember how worried I was in 2000 about McCain who seemed to have a commanding lead in the early primaries.
Thank God, Bush pulled ahead in South Carolina and never looked back.
(and, if you don’t like Bush, please don’t say so...I’ve heard enough of that crap... and, he’s not running)
Oh, that comment is not directed to you jonathanmo, just a general thing.
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:26:53 AM PDT
by
altura
To: Red Badger
Hah, well, I’m more of a redneck than a deadhead, so you may be right!
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:27:47 AM PDT
by
altura
To: hunter112
Mr. Gingrich also has baggage from the “scandal” that forced him from office. You know his opponents will dredge that karp up again.
To: perfect_rovian_storm
I’m not smoking anything. Tommy Thompson has a better chance of winning the nomination than Fred Thompson. Two of the last three republican presidents were governors, and Tommy was a governor for 14 years. In the past 100 years, our country elected a republican former U.S. senator to be president once. That was Nixon, and he probably won the nomination partly because he was a VP.
To: altura
Lol, I wanted Newt to run in 2000, but he flamed out and quit and blew his chance. I’ve stuck with him all these years, but Newt’s time has passed. Maybe VP? I dunno...
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:55:11 AM PDT
by
jonathanmo
(No tag available at this time.)
To: bmweezer
THIS GUY IS NO SAINT....CHECK HIS RECORD....NOTHING SPECIAL AND POLITICAL AS HECK....VOTE THIRD PARTY.....YOUR HOSED AND GET USED TO IT....VOTE THIRD PARTY....
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posted on
05/30/2007 10:58:47 AM PDT
by
Sovernity
(What are You doing other than talking and listening???)
To: jellybean; SLB; RonPaulLives; BlueOneGolf
Thanks/Yehaaa! ....The "Rocky Top" Juggernuat, starts rollin'...I live in Kentucky.
:D
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posted on
05/30/2007 11:12:08 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
( just b/c, you suffer from paranoia, doesn't mean they're not out to get you....Run, Fred, Run :^)
To: gridlock
He has broken the 11th Commandment in the worse possible way, trashing a Republican President over the War. He cannot recover from that, IMHO. From what I've read, it's been a specific small number of critiques, and IMO Newt has every right to make those known. "Trashing a Republican President" is a serious exercise of hyperbole and exaggeration on your part.
And anybody who lends the slightest credence to the Human-Caused Global Warming hoo-ha is disqualified.
Again you exaggerate. Newt's consistent and written position is that we don't know enough about "global warming" to know what it is, let alone whether we "cause" it.
But get this: did you know that Newt has been divorced twice?
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posted on
05/30/2007 11:12:26 AM PDT
by
angkor
To: Vaquero
gingrich is damaged goods.....shame.Did you by any chance know that he's been divorced twice?
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posted on
05/30/2007 11:13:26 AM PDT
by
angkor
To: jveritas
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posted on
05/30/2007 11:14:53 AM PDT
by
AuntB
(" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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