http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fredthompson/ en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:20:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277697/posts Hear Fred Thompson in his "Winners and Losers" segment cheerleading for Bibi Netanyahu. Fred understands Israel's situation better than most Israelis and explains it in a way in which only, well Fred could. audio here APRPEH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277697/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:20:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276306/posts Former Senator Fred Thompson (R) said President Obama was "slow off the mark" to respond to the situation in Iran. Thompson said Obama was "calibrated" in what he said. Former Senator Sam Nunn (D) said Obama has "condemned" an "unjust" regime. Nunn added the people have the right to be heard and Obama is supporting them. Nunn concluded that freedom and liberty is the story, not the United States. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276306/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:27:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247222/posts Former Senator, TV star and presidential candidate Fred Thompson gives President Barack Obama a failing grade for his performance in his first 100 days in office. In an exclusive Newsmax interview, the Tennessee Republican declared: “In the most important areas that affect our country, that is our economy and national security, I’d give him an F in both categories." See Video: Fred Thompson slams Obama's first 100 Days - Click Here Now| “Domestically he is leading us down the road to economic disaster . . . We’re going to be facing trillion-dollar deficits every year for as far as the... NEwsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247222/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 21:54:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243288/posts With the recent impeachment of Governer Rod Blagojevich, we thought it only fitting to take a look at politicians we found to be the most corrupt of all time. There could easily be a Top 100 most corrupt politicians list, but we chose to narrow our focus to 10. One of the people you won’t find here is Richard Nixon. Despite his well known transgressions, Nixon didn’t line his own pockets. Defining political corruption as the use of power for personal gain, this list includes only those public servants who used their office for financial profit. William Marcy "Boss" Tweed... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243288/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 18:31:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2239962/posts Ol' Fred is taking a 2x4 to the Dems in the Old Dominion. Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2239962/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:12:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238565/posts Former Senator, TV star and presidential candidate Fred Thompson tells Newsmax that President Barack Obama is revealing his “naivete, ineptitude and arrogance” as he deals with matters of national security. The Tennessee Republican, who now hosts a radio show on Westwood One along with his wife Jeri, also said the “dogs of war have been loosed” over left-wing attempts to single out Bush-era officials for prosecution relating to the treatment of detainees. News Max http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238565/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238504/posts Former Senator, TV star and presidential candidate Fred Thompson tells Newsmax that President Barack Obama is revealing his “naivete, ineptitude and arrogance” as he deals with matters of national security. The Tennessee Republican, who now hosts a radio show on Westwood One along with his wife Jeri, also said the “dogs of war have been loosed” over left-wing attempts to single out Bush-era officials for prosecution relating to the treatment of detainees. Newsmax.TV’s Ashley Martella cited the announcement that the Defense Department is going to release many pictures showing alleged abuse by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and asked... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238504/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:34:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236152/posts Former GOP presidential candidate and United States Senator Fred Thompson announced his support this week of State Senator Ken Cuccinelli for the Republican Nomination for Attorney General of Virginia. In his endorsement, Senator Thompson said: "...one candidate stands out as the person dedicated to the First Principles on which our nation was founded. That candidate, Ken Cuccinelli, is the best choice for all citizens of Virginia to serve as the chief legal authority for the coming four years." Thompson continued: "At a time in our nation when fundamental, Constitutional rights and protections are often ignored and twisted theories are contrived... The Fred Thompson Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236152/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2221663/posts Election long since over. 2010 not too far away. Country fights for essential freedoms as ObamaHill prepares to stampede. Funding is obviously a huge area towards the next election. Of available candidates, they need to start planning now. What are some specific companies/industries/foundations whose interests would somewhat closely or closely align with Fred Thompson? Those who may favor him for funding or even representation. Defense and legal are obvious ones, but can anyone else think of some others? here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2221663/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:36:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220433/posts There’s no screaming on the first great song of the bailout era. No audible rage. No tears. Instead, on “Shuttin’ Detroit Down,” the country star John Rich, singing evenly, sounds perfectly levelheaded, as if he’d thought through his position thoroughly and acquired the peace of the righteous: I see all these big shots whining on my evening news About how they’re losing billions and it’s up to me and you To come running to The rescue “The song is not depressing,” Mr. Rich said last week, in an interview in the rooftop bar of a hotel in Gramercy Park. “The... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220433/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 03:34:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2214511/posts Here is video of Sen. Fred Thompson on CNN's American Morning today with John Roberts where he got the usual question of whether or not he wants President Obama to "fail." Fred answered it exactly right, saying he wants Obama's policies to fail if they are bad for America. Thompson gets down to brass tacks when he says that Obama's claim that through massive spending and debt he can produce prosperity simply defies "logic, common sense, and history." . . . . (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2214511/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2213093/posts Here is video today of Sen. Fred Thompson talking with Neil Cavuto about Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's $1 Trillion bad asset plan unveiled today. Cavuto and Thompson essentially say the plan today is the old Paulson plan put forward last Fall. Toward the end of the second video, Thompson also said he hopes the Republicans will seek to obstruct much of what Obama is trying to push through . . . . . (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2213093/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:09:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213079/posts Fred Thompson discusses Obama's $1 trillion bad assets plan and called for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to resign in an interview with Neal Cavuto of FOX News. Video at: Realclearpolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213079/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:50:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207292/posts Before he left CNBC's Jim Cramer in the dirt, Jon Stewart had pretty much knocked CNN's "Crossfire" off the air and drawn blood from Chris Matthews and Bill Kristol, among others. But he also played a role in helping to elect Barack Obama. Mainly it was through his show's withering and wicked mockery of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for several years, and much of the same directed at John McCain and Sarah Palin (Stewart suggested that she might be "tagged and released into the wilderness"). Here are just a few of Stewart's highlights for the final year of... Editor & Publisher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207292/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:51:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205128/posts Enjoy http://www.klif.com/ Westwood One http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205128/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:10:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2198061/posts Here is video of Sen. Fred Thompson at a panel discussion hosted by Pajamas TV At CPAC on Saturday, February 28, 2009. Fred analyzes the current stimulus package, and says he believes President Barack Obama is trying to take advantage of the economic crisis to keep people in fear and push through his radical big government agenda. He also talks about his new radio program that began yesterday, March 2. . . . . (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2198061/posts#comment Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:22:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197353/posts Sen. Fred Thompson is making his new radio debut today with "The Fred Thompson Show," on Westwood One. Fred's show runs two hours a day, from 12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM ET live in most markets. If there is no radio station in your area carrying Fred's show, you can listen online live at this link. I supported Fred's run for President, and love to hear his common sense talk. I hate that he is on at the same time Rush Limbaugh is on, but I'm glad his voice will be heard. We'll try to provide some audio from Fred's... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197353/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:38:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197160/posts Liberty is punch drunk. Every day she absorbs a frenzy of body blows from the Obama administration that are sure to result in knockout, of not permanent hospitalization or a coma. Liberty is not the only lady under assault. Truth has been mugged and muzzled. She cannot be heard. We no longer have a free press. The media is silent about the excesses, abuses, cronyism, and outright corruption of the Obama administration. The media has traded its traditional role of watchdog for lapdog. It uses its bandwidth lavishing praise and worship in a sickening display of, well, a sickening display.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197160/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:53:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197097/posts Tune in March 2: Former Tennessee senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson will launch his nationwide radio talk show on March 2, opening with 125 stations, according to the Westwood One syndicate. The show will air from noon-2 p.m. Monday through Friday opposite Rush Limbaugh, though some stations may delay the broadcast to later in the day. The only Tennessee station signed up thus far is WWTN 99.7 FM in Nashville. Thompson gave up his role as the district attorney on television’s Law & Order in order to run for president. The National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197097/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 07:47:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2194630/posts Bill O’Reilly’s giving up his day job. He’s leaving “The Radio Factor” and passing the baton to Fred Thompson. Thompson has an incredibly serpentine career path. Actor. Senator from Tennessee. Actor. Presidential candidate. Actor. And now, radio talk show host. The Washington, DC-based “Fred Thompson Show” will focus on politics and pop culture. He’ll have guests and take phone calls. It will premiere on more than 125 stations March 2. One one hand, we’re not really sure if the slow talkin’ southerner will be a very compelling radio host. On the other hand, his wife Jeri Kehn is hot. Good... IHateTheMedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2194630/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:20:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185481/posts Actor and former U.S. presidential candidate Fred D. Thompson is set to make his return to television in an episode of "Life on Mars," ABC announced. Thompson, 66, is to portray Police Chief Harry Woolf in the Feb. 25 installment of the 1970s-set cop drama, which stars Jason O'Mara, Harvey Keitel, Michael Imperioli, Gretchen Mol and Jonathan Murphy. Thompson, who served as a Republican senator representing Tennessee from 1994 through 2003, was a cast member of "Law & Order" for five years and made appearances on the show's spinoffs "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Criminal... UPI.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185481/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162672/posts Everyone is a political consultant, or at least thinks he or she is. Since Sarah Palin was chosen as the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate, there has been no paucity of unsolicited advice offered to her by pundits, bloggers and yes, by actual political consultants. I must confess that I have proposed one particular idea for Alaska's governor in the past, and I'll come back to it shortly. But the advice for Gov. Palin that's making news this week comes from columnist, satirist and best-selling author Ann Coulter. In her new book Guilty, Ms. Coulter mentions Sarah Palin a number... RedState.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162672/posts#comment Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:28:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157367/posts The dry humor of Fred Thompson in a tribute to Keynesian economics. Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157367/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:01:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2152927/posts When the news broke that Fred Thompson would be taking over Bill O'Reilly's radio spot, FredHeads cheered. It was reported that Rudy Giuliani was in negotiations for the gig as well. Rudy may give the SoCons fits, but on fiscal conservatism, taxes, and national security, he is one of the best. He also doesn't take any crap from anyone, especially liberals. And Rudy is no stranger to radio, having hosted a weekly call-in show back in the 1990's. Had he beaten out Thompson for the job, we may have been treated to some great, snarky stuff like this. More .... The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2152927/posts#comment Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:56:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152636/posts The Fred Thompson Show, hosted by the former U.S. Senator will replace The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly on radio stations nationwide - NEW YORK, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westwood One is pleased to announce the debut of The Fred Thompson Show on March 2, 2009. The show will replace The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly when the program ends its successful six-year run on February 27, 2009. Former U.S. senator and 2008 presidential candidate, Fred Thompson will share his views on politics, topical issues, pop culture and water cooler stories, as well as welcome guest interviews and take listener... prnewswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152636/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:05:48 GMT