Have heard Fred’s wife speak up for Palin.
From what I have heard from Fred especially over the past year and a half, his views are much in line with Palin’s.
If we must “pull him out of retirement” then the necessary spirit is not in him and he will win no office. Reagan was not ‘pulled out of retirement.’ Reagan continued to work at it until he got it.Thompson is not the man. He can change that but we cannot.
Sarah Palin. No ifs, ands or buts.
One word....SARAH!
Saks?
We’d have to wake him up, wouldn’t we?
Fred Thompson could be Sarah Palin’s Dick Cheney.
This statement is crap. Sarah Palin did not "come along". She was plucked from obscurity and put on the national stage by JOHN MCCAIN. And after she was picked by JOHN MCCAIN, some conservatives still felt betrayed.
ALWAYS REMEMBER
SARAH WAS PICKED BY JOHN MCCAIN.
Fred might be a good alternative if SP decides not to run and it would otherwise be a choice between Slick Willard and the Huckster. But, if that were the case a person w/more fire in the belly will have likely jumped in.
Fred! (who was my candidate of choice) reminded (reminds?) me of a southern McKinley, except for the winning-the-election part: He hated campaigning even more than most candidates do, and thus, well, didn’t campaign as much as his rivals did. Pity, perhaps. But I still admire him.
I was going for a Thompson / Palin ticket before McCain was even in the hunt....how about a cabinet spot for FRed or a SupremeCourt appt??
Sarah Palin
Liz Cheney.
Already went....
Sarah.
Where do Fredheads go from here?
Hmmmm.....
Some choices:
Jim DeMint
Sarah Palin
Mike Pence
(I’m going to get pilloried for this) Rick Perry
J.D. Hayworth
People we need to cultivate for future leadership:
Marco Rubio
Pat Toomey (despite the Sotomayor foulup)
Tom McClintock
Michelle Bachmann
“None of these guys, with the exception of maybe Duncan Hunter or to an extent Ron Paul, really understood what conservatism was.”
The others still don’t.
I like Fred Thompson. However, other than the former-actor angle, I was never convinced of the Reagan linkage. Thompson’s politics seemed more Bob Dole than Ronald Reagan. In terms of politics: Thompson > McCain >>>>>>>>>>>>>Obama.
I love Thompson — but none of the 2008 presidential candidates was able to unite the party. We need someone fresh.
So far, I like DeMint the best. However, that’s just an initial impression — I haven’t done in-depth research on anyone yet.
My number one priority is taking back Congress in 2010.
Good Cop, Sarah
Bad Cop, Ron Paul
If any Pubbie comes to me with a “what about ... (Fill in the blank with a RINO - Romney, Huck, etc...)
Then we should say, “Well you know, Ron Paul had it right about the banking collapse. Being right about the most important issue of 2008 and more going forward should count for something... What is your strategy for getting out the Ron Paul independent vote?”
Now we play coy, making goo-goo eyes after our crazy old uncle Paul, the RINOs will continue to attack Paul, or suck up to him, whatever. Sarah can then just be Sarah, and they will not notice her new dress, or hair, or children.
Then after a year or two of this, we say, “OK, you win, You win, Ron Paul is not a nationally viable candidate, I guess I we will all have to support Sarah...”
or
Sarah Palin/Fred Thompson 2012
Either works for me!