Posted on 12/24/2007 12:08:24 AM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball
Edited on 12/24/2007 12:43:32 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Even his harshest critics would likely concede that Fred Thompson had a good campaign swing through Iowa this week.
But as he headed home to Virginia on Saturday for a three-day Christmas break before returning to Iowa for the second half of his Iowa bus tour, the question that this last-minute effort began with still stands.
(Excerpt) Read more at desmoinesregister.com ...
Such is the nature of primaries I guess. Hopefully, we all come back together when it comes time to defeat Hillary or Obama, which would be infinitely worse than any Republican candidate that gets the nomination. Well, then again, in the case of some in our field, maybe not "infinitely" lol.
I haven't decided on any one candidate BTW. I'm still weighing my choices.
I’m sorry you got so disgruntled over some comments about Huckabee. As an evangelical, I never like to see Christianity dragged through a campaign and used in any political manner. But in my opinion, Huckabee himself has been among the worst of the offenders in this election.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
God bless you and yours. This election too shall pass.
<):-)|> ho Ho Ho
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His positions are the same as Hillary's EXCEPT for:
-Death tax (Guiliani would eliminate; Hillary would reinstate)
-Income tax (Guiliani would keep Bush's tax cuts; Hillary would scale back)
-Capital gains tax (Guiliani would keep at 15%; Hillary would raise)
-Judges (Guiliani would appoint strict constructionists; Hillary would appoint Lawrence Tribe or worse)
-Iraq (Guilani would win; Hillary would surrender)
-Economic regulation (Guiliani would regulate as a last resort; Hillary would regulate for personal amusement)
-Defense/terrorism (Guiliani would increase the defense budget; Hillary would slash it)
-Iran (Guiliani would sanction; Hillary would make nice and acquiesce to the U.N.)
I'm a Fred supporter. And I started off as an anti-Guiliani guy. But the more I hear people say stupid things like "there's no difference between Hillary and Rudy on the issues," frankly, the more inclined I am to like him. In fact after Fred (and Hunter, who is going nowhere), I think Rudy is now my second choice.
Hey if you don't like Rudy, I understand. But don't say things that are just flat out wrong about him. Argue against him based on his own deficiencies - which admittedly are numerous.
Hank -
Fred in '08
Hey Hank,
I’ll give Rudy another look because your post was both substantive and kind.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Fred in ‘08
Your risking getting FR Black Listed for making sense. Well stated. Don’t forget when he was running against Harpy clinton he was labeled a Nazi/Hitler.
When the conservative purists kick out all the unpure, they will have a Movement of 1.
Pray for W and Our Troops
You are totally wrong.
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Senator Thompson to Represent U.S. at Asian Conference on Security Issues
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) will represent the United States this week at an International conference on Asian Security Issues. Organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), “Asia Security Conference: The Shangri-La Dialogue” will bring together fifteen defense ministers from Asia-Pacific countries, United States and European defense officials, and leading independent analysts.
Among those participating in the May 31-June 2 conference in Singapore will be U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, British Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon, Chinese Director of Foreign Affairs Zhan Maohai, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, and India Minister of Defense George Fernandez.
Issues that the conference will focus on include managing terrorist threats in Southeast Asia, non-proliferation challenges in Asia, United States’ strategy in the region, Europe’s role in Asian security, and China’s military doctrine and security.
“This will be an opportunity for us to reiterate our support for our allies in the Asia-Pacific region who are helping in the war on terrorism and to share ideas about the future of that effort,” Senator Thompson said.
Thompson, the senior Republican on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and a member of the Intelligence Committee, has been a leader on national security issues and addressing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
http://web.archive.org/web/20021229093017/thompson.senate.gov/press/2002/releases/pr052902.html
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- Chairman of the International Security Advisory Board of the Department of State currently; a high-level panel charged with evaluating long-term threats to U. S. security
- Served on the US-China Economic Review Commission
- AEG Scholar specializing in Diplomatic Relations and Foreign Intelligence
- Special Counsel to both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations under President Reagan
- Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Member of the National Security Working Group, which observes and monitors executive branch negotiations with foreign governments.
- Member of the American Enterprise Institute for Policy Research, studies national security and intelligence, with a focus on China, North Korea, and Russia.
- Foreign Relations Committee, 1995-96
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If Fred is the nominee, his win against hillary will be a landslide! And you can set that in stone.
If you’ll listen, it is not Fred who is attacking Huckabee. It is Romney and the others. They are the portion of the GOP who are cannibalizing each other and then dying from food poisoning. Thankfully, Senator Thompson rises above that.
Merry Christmas!
If Fred is the nominee, he’ll have my vote and I will bring three others.
I just made one batch of milk chocolate, whole cashew bark and one batch of Chocolate sultana and toasted pinenut bark. There will be time for this political stuff Wednesday. Merry Christmas and let’s hope we get this election thing right. I have to fight the feeling that anyone who thinks they can be POTUS is too big an egomaniac to qualify. I do understand that that is my problem, however, and not theirs.
God bless America and Freepers everywhere!
“We all live our faith”
Actually, I was referring to most Christian freepers, not the candidates, specifically.
“Where you are wrong is in equating the personal religion of the President as somehow being promoting a state religion.”
No. I am not wrong. My beef is not with the religion. I am a Christian. My beef is that Huckabee is coming on as Pastor Huckabee and I do not want a Pastor-in-Chief. Besides the fact, that if the devisive religious debates about this now are any indication of what 4 yrs. of Huckabee would be like, a Preacher President would not do well in foreign affairs and could actually inflame bin Laden’s perception that we’re fighting a religious war. There is an enormous difference between governing a state in America and having to deal with foreign perceptions of our POTUS. At best, with Huckabee in the Oval Office, he would be worse than President Bush, who manages to keep his faith known, but fairly quiet, with a nod to God every once in awhile.
“If Fred is the nominee, he’ll have my vote and I will bring three others.”
Glad to hear it. Merry Christmas!
There's nobody else close.
You obviously have NO idea what leadership actually is, and have horribly confused it with administration or management.
Leading people does NOT mean directing them or giving them orders.
Leadership does not require command, but leadership ALWAYS involves example and devotion. If you do not understand what leadership is, you have no chance of recognizing it when you see it.
Which candidate has “PROVEN” leadership ability? If they haven’t done it, how can it be “PROVEN”? What you really mean is he LOOKS and SOUNDS like a leader. Lots of actors look and sound like doctors, but I’m not going to let them take out my appendix.
America needs to grow up and demand better candidates. If a person wants to be president, they should work toward it. Get the experience. Earn it.
Fred and McCain should run for Governor.
Mitt and Huck should be seeking positions as ambassadors, in State, DoD, or even CIA.
Once they have shown that they are serious enough to do what’s necessary to get experience, then they should run for president.
I suspect that YOU have better leadership skills than the man you are carrying water for.
I have said multiple times on thes very thread that I don’t like any of them, but I will vote for the nominee. I have specifically said that Huck doesn’t have the credentials to be President.
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
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