Posted on 11/15/2007 2:36:10 PM PST by calcowgirl
Thursday, November 15, 2007
What Fred Said [Larry Kudlow]
I just sat down with presidential candidate Fred Thompson, for an interview that will air tonight on Kudlow & Company. The former Tennessee senator was in good form.
He attacked Warren Buffet’s tax-hike proposal on the rich as totally wrong, and Buffett himself as nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democratic party.
He agreed with Dick Armey that the GOP will lose if it departs from the first principles of limited government and lower tax rates.
He called the farm bill “disgraceful” and would veto it if he were president.
He said Hillary Clinton and the other Democratic candidates are wrong on taxes. He noted that the top 5 percent pay 60 percent of all tax collections now; that the tax code is progressive enough; that there’s plenty of economic mobility in the country; that for those who have fallen behind, the problem is poor education, not tax rates; and that America is the freest, most prosperous, most powerful nation in the history of the world.
Thompson is a staunch free trader. He stood firmly behind his Social Security reform plan that would slow down future benefits and provide for private savings accounts.
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FRed on Kudlow & Company Ping!
He called the farm bill “disgraceful” and would veto it if he were president.
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compare with Huck, the agrisocialist:
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=23
That's what a good candidate can do if they have given up on Iowa. Nice to see SOMEONE say it.
That was one of the more interesting things on West Wing, when they made the liberal candidate eat his words on farming to be competitive in Iowa, I think it was about ethanol.
Good post, always record Kudlow. Look forward to seeing it. Did Mister “SuperCapitalism” Reich get to shoot his big mouth off after the interview. I just don’t get why Kudlow gives him so much face time.
Sorry, the show is not on until 7pm EST
I figured that was why Huckabee was doing so well in Iowa.
Thanks for the heads up about Fred being on Kudlow & Co tonight at 7:00PM Eastern. Will be sure to watch! Thanks!
I just sat down with presidential candidate Fred Thompson, for an interview that will air tonight on Kudlow & Company. The former Tennessee senator was in good form.Great news, calcowgirl! Larry interviewed Fred on Kudlow & Co. about five months ago, and on his Saturday morning radio program following that interview, Larry was not impressed with Fred at all.
Now I can't wait to hear what Larry has to say about Fred this coming Saturday morning.
“He called the farm bill “disgraceful” and would veto it if he were president.”
Hey, I supported Bush in 2000 because he said we had to end our farm subsidies and he was going to do that!! So, Fred, forgive my cynicism if I don’t believe you have the guts to do what you say. Did you ever, as Senator, demand a smaller farm bill that what any president offered???
Yep... I came across that when looking for the line-up for tonights show. The old inteview was in June
http://kudlowsmoneypolitics.blogspot.com/2007/06/thompson-interview.html
At the NRO link, Kudlow says:
“It was a lively interview, and Fred Thompson is not afraid to mix it up. I went at him. He came right back at me. It was great fun. He’s a serious and impressive man. Much stronger than when I interviewed him back in June.”
I believe Kudlow will not be the last who comes to change their mind about Fred after they get to know his stands on the issues. Fred will continue to gain in the polls!:)
Bush the compassionate conservative?
Fred voted no on the 2002 farm bill
http://www.aces.edu/dept/extcomm/newspaper/may21a02.html
Anyway, Fred gave a live speech around noon to selected employees of JPMorgan Chase. Hillary! had blown in here about a month ago, to adoring fans. The audience response for Thompson, the second candidate we've had, seemed subdued, at least the people in the room looked it. There might have been lots of people on the web connection I was viewing (the host indicated a few thousand) because the connection kept breaking up, so I lost what Fred said in a few segments (there was no replay option).
Fred was relaxed and conversational. He gave an extremely well developed monologue about how his strategy on the War on Terror (though I don't think he used the WoT term), individual liberty, economic growth, social security, entitlements and the future fit together. I was stunned. I remember thinking how elementally conservative it sounded, fitting with my own beliefs extremely well if not necessarily with all specifics (mainly, because I don't have specifics on many issues that a candidate needs to have them for). I remember thinking how I could not imagine GW Bush giving this type of a speech. Bush might give a stump speech about "Why I think free markets are super cool and why your taxes should be lowered". This was not a stump speech. This was like a 15 minute essay response to "What I think are important issues for America's next president and how I intend to address them".
My reaction is, if we can just get Fred in the White House, America will be A-OK. I imagine Fred will be receiving some contributions from JPM employees in the near future.
and if you really want to be impressed see who cast the one no vote on Wellstone’s amendment
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=2&vote=00043
info on that rally
http://www.rmfu.org/News/Releases/ShowNews.cfm?ID=34
Trying to talk Hubby into taking some time off to go with me. I always have a difficult time finding my way around Pcola.
so Fred is a philosopher :)
I wonder if America is ready for that approach vs the pragmatic “I lowered taxes in my state/city and it helped the economy”
Thanks for the ping. Watching NOW.
Go Fred go.
Fred did a great job! He impressed Kudlow it was obvious. Hope many got to see Fred this evening! GO FRED!
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Mzc3NTA0N2EzMGNmN2I2MDhiMDcwOWM2NDUwMzdkZmQ=
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