Exctlly. Reagan paid his dues, it seems a lot of folks think they can snap their fingers or have “a sudden change of heart” and fool us into thinking their Ronald Reagan.
I don’t know of any instance where Fred Thompson has made the comparison of himself to Reagan, and I also don’t think many Fred supporters think of him as the next Reagan. I certainly don’t. I think of him as my choice for 2008. This is purely media-driven, IMO.
Natchez Hawk wrote: “Exctlly. Reagan paid his dues...”
Poor Fred didn’t pay any dues at all. Not a penny! He has “only” served as:
*a lawyer in private practice
*a federal prosecutor
*TN 7th Cong Dist campaign mgr for John T., Williams
*a worker on Bill Brock’s bid to unseat Albert Gore Sr.
*Mid-state TN campaign mgr. for Howard Baker’s re-election
*Minority Counsel for Senate Watergate Committee
*Special Counsel to TN Gov Lamar Alexander(1980)
*Special Counse; to Senate Foreign Relations Cmte (1980-81)
*A US Senator for one and a half terms (8 years)
*Member, Foreign Relations Committee, 1995-96
*Member, Judiciary Committee, 1995-98
*Chairman, Youth Violence Subcommittee, 1995-96
*Member, Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights Subcommittee, 1997-98
*Member, Technology, Terrorism and Gov’t. Information Subcmte, 1995-98
*Chairman, Governmental Affairs Committee, 1997-2001
*Ranking Minority Member, Governmental Affairs Committee, 2001-02
*Member, Finance Committee, 1999-2002
*Member, International Trade Subcommittee, 1999-2002
*Member, Taxation and Oversight Aubcommittee, 1999-2002
*Member, Social Security and Family Policy Subcommittee, 1999-2002
*Member, Health Care Subcommittee, 1999-2002
*Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
*Member, US China Economic and Security Review Commission
*Member, Council on foreign Relations
Yeppirs, too bad Fred hasn’t paid any political dues...