Fred Thompson - The Only True Conservative’s Choice
Posted on December 14, 2007
I’ve heard the name Duncan Hunter and I’ve heard Tom Tancredo. Trouble with Duncan and Tom is that they don’t have the legs to win. As much as I like both, neither have the ability to first gain the nomination nor do they have the ability to run a general election campaign with a broad enough focus to battle it out with Hillary or Barrack. Sorry Hunter fans, he can not win. Sorry Tancredo fans, he’s too focused on one single issue.
What about the Huck? I say it is dangerous to elect a pastor to the Presidency. As a former Baptist Pastor, Mike’s Achilles Heel will be that he is a pastor. That’s right, it can and WILL be used against him. It is my belief that Huck has gotten a “free-pass” in the press in order to gain prestige in the polls thereby would artificially become a possible nominee. Problem… The anti-Christian left will have a field day with Huck in the general. Doubt me, go look at the daily pos.
Mitt has problems explaining away his flip-flopping past. You can’t be pro-choice, pro-life, pro-choice, then pro-life again and expect it to not bite YOU in the hind quarter. Is there something in the water in Mass where you must flip-flop on the issues?!?
I respect John McCain for what he has done for this country. As a young man he endured that which no-one on either side of the political spectrum has the slightest iota about. For this I respect this man. But he is a political maverick. This is why he cannot gain support among Conservatives.
My man Fred has it all. The only problem with his campaign is that he misconstrued the time involved in solidifying his campaign after his announcement. Changes in his campaign have been a distraction and due to his late entry, he lost his initial edge. This said however, he is the only candidate with a consistent Conservative position on all issues.
John Hawkins from Townhall.com had this to say in his breakdown of the Republican candidates:
Fred Thompson: “The Fred” is a peculiar case. He is a consistent, movement conservative whose views match up better with those of the base than any of the other top tier candidates. He’s a fiscal conservative, a federalist, a man with a perfect pro-life voting record, and all the right positions on illegal immigration. He is also, by far, the most popular candidate with conservatives online, quick on his feet, has a good sense of humor, comes across as presidential, and more than any other Republican running, he has put out serious, detailed policy plans. Judging by that, you’d think he’d be dominating the field. So, why isn’t he?
Simple: Because he got in the race too late.
Initially, it may have seemed like a smart move to wait to jump in because Fred’s poll numbers kept going up. But eventually, expectations became so sky high that no one could have lived up to them. So, when Fred got in the race, he was almost destined to disappoint people — and he did. Fred and his campaign took about a month to get their sea legs, but unlike the other campaigns that had their growing pains at the start of the year when no one was paying attention, the Thompson campaign was under the microscope and being examined by people who were practically expecting him to be Reagan reincarnated. Meanwhile, many of the people in the conservative press savaged Fred mercilessly because they had already picked out a candidate to back before he ever got in the race and so they never saw him as anything other than an impediment to “their guy’s” chances of winning. Today, Thompson’s campaign is well run, he’s working as hard as the other top tier candidates, he has proven to be an excellent debater, and he’s still probably the only top tier candidate who has the potential to give the majority of Republicans someone they’d like to vote for, as opposed to someone they’d only vote for out of fear of a Hillary Clinton presidency. However, despite all that, he still has yet to get out from under the shadow of the negative first impression that was left with people when he first entered the race.
Now don’t confuse federalize with federalist. Federalize is what Democrats do. They make everything a federal government problem therefore have to come up with federal government solutions. The Federalist approach is to defer these matters to the states where they belong. Federalist = good; Federalize = socialism.
Rudy….
Give me a second while I try to stop laughing…
Rudy is Hillary in a suit. He may have brought New York back from the abyss created by crime and deficit spending. And he may be the guy everyone looked to on September 11 for strength in the face of terror, but his social liberalism is a major problem. I’d rather nominate Joe Lieberman than Rudy Giuliani.
Add his social liberalism to the scandals already plaguing his campaign and you have a Democrat running as a Republican. He is Slick Willie all over again.
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I heard there was a time Willard actually didn’t flop on the issues but, that’s when he was running to the left of Teddy Kennedy…go figure.
Romney is no republican let alone a conservative and anybody who suggests otherwise is a liar or an idiot…but, don’t take my word for it, have truth will travel;
Romney Signs Off On Permanent Assault Weapons Ban 7/8/04
“Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts,†Romney said, at a bill signing ceremony on July 1 with legislators, sportsmen’s groups and gun safety advocates. “These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.â€
http://www.iberkshires.com/story.php?story_id=14812
Romney’s Long Time Hunter Boast Blasted
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/05/romney.hunting.ap/index.html
Will You Be Mitt Romney’s Cheap Date?
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3648.html/
Mitt Romney Retreats on Gun Control
http://boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/14/romney _retreats_on_gun_control/
Mitt Romney Endorses Manchester GOP Fundraiser with Class III Weapons
http://www.fosters.com:80/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070726/NEWS81/70726018
Gun Owners of America on Mitt Romney
http://gunowners.org/pres08/romney.htm
Substantiative Proof Romney Can’t Be Trusted Out of Sight, Let Alone, in The White House
Mass. Governor’s Rightward Shift Raises Questions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/20/AR2006122002046.html
Mitt “What have I not lied to you about already†Romney:
http://www.ethicsscoreboard.com/liars/0704_romney.html
Mitt’s Biggest Flop
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11222
Romney Won’t Raise Your Taxes But, He Will Create More Fee’s And Raise Every Existing Fee In Sight to be able to say he didn’t raise taxes..Not very honest, is it.
http://www.newsmax.com/politics/romney_fees/2007/08/28/28054.html
Activists Remember a Different Romney
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/25/78/
Top Ten RINO’s ( Republican In Name Only )
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=11129
Will The Real Romney Please Stand Up
http://gunowners.org/pres08/romney.htm
The Real Romney?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI
Mitt Romney Flip-Flops on hunting, abortion and iraq and dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PURfrORhWPc
You Can’t Trust Mitt Part 1: Abortion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNbGNHaNFtw&mode=related&search=
Mitt’s Biggest Flop
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11222
Ya Right! He is a bit short in actually doing anything to back up any social conservative claims he makes. I looked at all the bills he sponsored in the 107th Congress and only found one social conservative bill he sponsored or cosponsored. That was in regards to the Pledge of allegiance.
At this point in the race, its time to pick who to get behind and get there. It would be helpful if supporters of other candidates that have no chance would convert under one banner candidate, besides Huck. However, this probably won’t happen until after Iowa. Instead Fred has to do a combo of converting and getting out the vote.
Alan Keyes is more conservative than Fred..
You go ahead and support Fred Mcain Feingold and his non record. Don’t bitch and moan that there aren’t any strong conservatives running because when one does run, such as Duncan Hunter, you don’t get behind his candidacy.
To support anyone but Duncan Hunter is crazy.
Alan Keyes has no chance. One might as well try lighting a match in a windstorm as to get Keyes elected this year. If ENOUGH people based their votes solely on issues, we would have a different race. Instead we HAVE to factor in electability and popularity aspects. If we don’t unite behind the most conservative that has a chance, we’ll end up with a much more liberal candidate in the long run. Fred has a chance. An even better chance if he can get some of the votes that would have otherwise been thrown away on candidates like Keyes.
Jeff, I respect your steadfast loyalty to a truely conservative candidate, and a good man. I hope that when Duncan Hunter drops out of the race you can support Thompson. It has nothing to do with not supporting a conservative candidate. It, unfortunately, has to do with making oneself noticed as well. The race for President, in the end, is a balance between the issues/principles and a popularity contest. Its unfortunate, but Duncan Hunter has just been unable to gain any traction on the important factor of popularity. It is unfortunate, but a hard truth, that factor ends up mattering so much.
No one is giving up on Duncan Hunter though. Get him out there grabbing attention and he can still take over with a sudden surge I’m sure. I’d be happy to get behind that surge. Someone has to make that miracle happen though, and I’m sorry, but I doubt seeing it. At this point, supporting Thompson seems to have better chances at getting a true conservative into a winning posisition…and it may be a long shot as well.
Fred has the motivation of a steaming turd. As National Review said, Romney is the only viable candidate who is also conservative.
If you are comfortable voting in a waffle for the nomination, go ahead. We will see how well he stands up on the issues that matter. Fred may not be as energetic, but he has something Romney doesn’t, a solid, consistent conservative record.