Carolina,

I totally disagree. Fred Thompson is exactly what the GOP and the country need as our next President. Let's put someone in office who is doing it out of civic duty rather than political hunger. That is how it used to be and it served our country well for quite a number of years.

Carolina said ... "That is NOT what the GOP needs in 2008!!!"

Riiiiiiight. Because you must believe the GOP needs an actual liberal to represent the Party? That's what you get with Huckabee, Giuliani, Romney, or McCain.

I gave FRED 25 dollars yesterday to get his commercials on in Iowa. Once the ball starts rolling ...it's not going to stop. Today, I kicked some Ron Paulnuts off my property.

George Washington didn't really want to be President either, you know.

Carolina, you're so wrong it's painful!

A proper leader should *never* desire to lead; they understand the importance and danger behind every decision they make. Fred! understands this, such is why he said he is offering himself up. This is not his desire for power -- the modus operandi of Huck -- but rather his offer of service to our country.

He is the *only* true conservative in this primary and perhaps the only politician who truly refuses to pander! Did you read his speech in Iowa that nobody -- not one MSM source -- felt worth printing? He told the farmers, straight up, that farm subsidies are going to have be completely rethought.

That is the mark of a leader. To admit the hard truths and to face them responsibly and articulately. Fred! is that man.

Since 1980, the GOP has needed three groups to win--call it the conservative tripod or the Reagan coalition or whatever. Those groups are fiscal, social, and national security conservatives. I assign a rank from 1-10 for te four leading contenders for each of these groups.

Fiscal conservatives--Romney (8) Giuliani (6) McCain (6) Huckabee (4)
Social conservatives--Huckabee (9) McCain (7) Romney (4) Giuiani (2)
National security conservatives-McCain (10) Giuliani (4) Romney (3) Huckabee (2)

Averages: McCain (7.67) Romney (5) Huckabee (5) Giuliani (4)

As Bill O'Reilly says, "tell me where I'm wrong?"

Fred Thompson has both feet firmly planted on the ground. How deeply refreshing to have a candidate who IS exactly what he appears to be. No song & dance, no 400$ haircuts while courting the poor, no subterfuge or trendmonger-endorsables.
GO FRED!!!!

From the 22nd chapter of Fred, verse 42:
"America, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."

As Bill O'Reilly says, "tell me where I'm wrong?"

Posted by: prentman | Dec 29, 2007 3:20:50 PM

Ok, how about we just start with the fact that in a tread about Thompson, you convieniently fail to mention him? Your evaluation is meaningless without a statement of you methods....
Anything past that is a waste of time.

Just wondering if this post's title reminds anyone else of the "Art Test" adds with the turtle and pirate pictures you are supposed to sketch and send in?

I have to say, power hungry people make pretty sorry presidents. Case in point the Bill/Hillary Co-presidency.

Fred is a breath of fresh air.

I can honestly say I think he's more conservative than Ronald Reagan.

Not crazy about the way campaign finance turned but at least he admits it was a mistake. He's human and knows it.

He hits all the right notes on all the issues, and I'm convinced he'd driven by his core principles not by polls.

If republicans are looking for a conservative FDT is the man for the times.
The CA voters made a mistake I'll bet many of them regret when they passed up a true conservative for govenor. "But Arnold is electable" they said. So Rhinald Terminator taught CA a lesson we can all learn from.
Go with your convictions. Vote for Fred.

Sen. Fred Thompson is the only candidate who has detailed where he stands on the issues. The others tend to talk in Clintonspeak about what they believe, or what they say now is different than their record.

As President, I want a man who is uncompromising on his core beliefs.
I TRUST FRED to remain true to his principles.
Clear. Consistent. Conservative.

The Best Republican Presidential Candidate for 2008

Former Senator Fred Thompson is the only real conservative in the race for the Republican nomination, and the only candidate who can unite all three pillars of the Republican Party, namely, fiscal conservatives; national security and defense conservatives; and religious conservatives.

The Republican party, given that the nation is divided, cannot afford to alienate any of these pillars, or they will lose in the general election, as a sufficient number of the alienated pillar’s constituents will simply not cast a vote for president when they vote. This is not an attempt to intimidate Republican voters, but merely a recognition that there are certain conservative voters who simply will not violate their own principles and vote for someone they have fundamental disagreements with, or do not trust. For example, Governor Romney, has not provided a satisfactory answer in the minds of many religious conservatives in his efforts to explain the change from pro-choice to pro-life. They want to know the motivation, and need to be convinced that it was not political. This matter remains unresolved, and thus alienates a proportion of religious conservatives who would otherwise support him as the party’s nominee - regardless of his own religious persuasion. Mayor Guiliani also has a similar problem with religious conservatives, given his personal position on abortion; and promising to appoint strict constructionist judges will not vitiate the conflict with pro-life constituents. Religious conservatives will not vote for a pro-choice Republican nominee - even if it means electing Senator Clinton president. They will not violate a moral conviction. They will simply adopt the attitude - God’s will be done, and maintain their conviction. Governor Huckabee alienates fiscal conservatives as a result of his tax and spend policies during his tenure in Arkansas. Senator McCain, terminally severed his relationship with a proportion of national security conservatives through his aggressive support of the proposed comprehensive immigration agreement, which failed as a result of a citizens’ uprising against this legislation; his opposition to the tax cut policy of the Bush Administration; and his opposition to aggressive interrogation techniques on high value captured terrorists.

For Republicans to win the White House, they must be united and have a large voter turnout among all three of their voting pillars, that is fiscal conservatives; national security conservatives; and religious conservatives. Senator Thompson, is the only candidate not alienating any of these voting pillars, and thus can galvanize their support. Accordingly, he is the best hope for Republicans in the 2008 national election. Indeed Senator Thompson can win the general election, and rest assured the other party knows it for the same reasons articulated herein; to wit: he unites the Republican constituencies and assures a large conservative voter turnout in the 2008 election.

So you want a power hungry monster like Al Gore or maybe Billary? You can have that "type" but you won't be served.
Fred is about serving his country and the people.
Have we been pushed around by our so called leaders for so long that we wouldn't recognize the real deal when it's offer to us?
Now that's sad.

Fred is so much more electable than any one running. Your shifty tactics @ abc news just isn't working in this election.

We're on to you...

The media is suppose to help the American public know TRUTHS, yet you twist and squirm like a naughty child in the front pew of church--have you not learned yet that it's undesireable to be untruthful to the public?

Fred is running for the main seat for us- The American Proud Citizens--we desire him to be there, and by golly he will make it.

Truth seekers are united in this country.

Fred Thompson is the perfect candidate and the obvious choice for President precisely because he isn't power-hungry or ego-driven as Huckabee and perhaps Romney, Guiliani and even McCain (otherwise he wouldn't keep running). I don't want a man in the Oval Office who has temper tantrums (i.e. Huckabee) and doesn't know his geography (since when is Afghanistan on the "eastern border" of Pakistan?). I want a knowledgeable man who truly cares for the country and for each of its citizens. I want a man who things things through before responding verbally and certainly before acting precipitously.

There have been great Presidents who have not been ego-driven or hungry to power; and that's precisely why they are great!

God forbid that anyone other than Fred Thompson is the choice of intelligent thinking Americans and hopefully that leaves out only a handful of citizens!

Imagine a United States:

Where powerful corporations no longer have control over our President i.e. corporatism (fascism). Imagine a President that honestly and truly represents the interests of the People instead of the ultra rich.

Where our civil liberties and haebas corpus are restored, the Bill of Rights is respected, and the government no longer spies on citizens' phone calls, emails or supports torture.

Where the creation of honest money is controlled by Congress (as per the constitution) instead of being stolen by the Federal Reserve Corporation which is owned by foreign bankers, who receive interest on money, money that they have been creating out of thin air since 1913, which resultsg in inflation year after year.

Where out-of-control debt spending is halted, the 9 trillion dollar national debt is steadily reduced, and fiscal sanity is returned to Washington.

Ron Paul, a veteran who has a 20 year track record of integrity and support of the constitution, never voted to raise taxes or for an unbalanced budget, never voted to raise his congressional pay, and does not take the lucative congressional pension.
This establishes him as the only candidate who will honestly work for American people and restore the Republic. There is hope for America.

Running for president is a grueling process and nobody would put selves through this if they weren't interested in being president. Fred has shown himself to want the job. Those who actually believe otherwise are being duped by the MSM spin.

We need a guy like Fred. He has just the right personality and just the right experience necessary for the current times we live in.

Courtesy of RedState.com, here is the actual quote by Fred Thompson:

"The first place, I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t. I wouldn’t be doing this. I grew up in very modest circumstances. I left government and I and my family have made sacrifices to be sitting here today. I haven’t had any income for a long time because I figured to be clean, you’ve got to cut everything off. I was doing speaking engagements and I had a contract to do a tv show. I had a contract with ABC radio…and so forth. A man would have to be a total fool to do all those things and to be leaving his family which is not a joyful thing if he didn’’t want to do it.

I am not consumed by personal ambition. I will not be devastated if I don’t do it. I want the people to have the best president they can have."

Fred has the look, the walk and the talk of legendary sheriff Buford Pusser and the communication skills of Ronald Reagan. WOW! What a Great President!
Fred is the best candidate hands down! He
is the only one with no dirt in his background from either party. He has a history of simply doing what he says he'll do.
He stated from the beginning he is running for President because he wanted to do some things for this country that only a President can do! ENOUGH SAID!!

This happened in my hometown. I will be at the caucus Jan. 3 and I will vote for Fred. No more RINOs. I am sick of the east coast and beltway elites shoving their choice of RINO down my throat. Fred has my vote January 3. Reject Romney the flip flopper.

Fred Thompson is what this country needs.Period. I almost wish I still lived in Iowa so I could vote for him next week.

I've heard hundreds of people on radio talk shows for years say they are tired of slick, smooth talking politicians who are only worried about getting re-elected.

Senator Thompson was at the height of his popularity when he left the senate. He would have easily been re-elected. He believes in serving his country, not serving his own taste for political power.

He is a strong believer in term limits. There should not be "career" politicians, which we all despise. So knowing the way most people feel, why is everyone complaining about his so called "lack of desire"?...I find it refreshing.

He is a true Conservative on every issue.

Unlike Reverend Huckabee who said all of us Conservatives who opposed the Kennedy/McCain amnesty bill did so out of "nativism or RACISM".

I am very used to being falsely accused of being a racist from liberals...yet, here I am called a racist by a leader in my own party...because I stand for the rule of law.

Power hungry people make me nervous. I love Fred's attitude about this. He's a true patriot. I hope Iowans will connect this week with his genuiness and honesty. I hate it when the MSM tries to define for us what is the acceptable "ambition", "fire-in-the-belly", whatever. I think most Americans cut through all that. Let's DEFY the MSM!

FRED THOMPSON

The only TRUE conservative who as a "Reagan Republican" understands that we are in a LONG GLOBAL WAR against ISLAMO-FASCIST & JIHADIST who want to KILL us or subjecate us under radical Islamic rule...

Fred Thompson is the ONLY candidate who has laid out policies in detail to fight this evil & has called us to raise a "Million Man Standing Army" through increasing our military & fight this war like we did in WWII...

Fred Thompson is the only candidate with the foreign policy experience to handle this task and the savy & respectability to deal with world & political leaders on the world stage...

Fred Thompson is the ONLY candidate willing again to adress in detail the looming problem of Social Security for the future...

Fred Thompson is the only candidate who has proposed in detail how to stop the influx of illegal immigrants & SECURE THE BORDERS through immediate enforcement of EXISTING LAWS. This INCLUDES IMMEDIATELY BUILDING & COMPLETE THE BORDER DOUBLE FENCE as passed already by Congress...

Fred Thompson is the ONLY candidate who is a true federalist and believes we should be able to govern ourselves more effectively & directly from state & local levels without illegal Federal intangelment by limitting federal powers as set forth in our Constitution...

THIS IS WHY WE NEED FRED THOMPSON for PRESIDENT in 2008 ! ! !

Fred's comments were misunderstood by those who may be nice enough people, but, very unintelligent through no fault of their own I hope!
It's all about PURPOSE for Fred and not for the sake of POWER. He wants to be President for all the right reasons and is willing to make the many sacrifices personally and professionally that it takes for anyone running for this office. He is thinking of his country,
the citizens of the US, his own children and grandchildren as well as all the others growing up in America today. It's not about him, it's about what he can do and is capable of doing for this country. He is very wise, and listening to him on Fox re: Pakistan the other evening, how anyone in America could not know that this man
has such an understanding of the situation in this world, not to mention
the experience and knowledge concerning
nuclear weapons and the dangers they present to the world, if in the wrong hands. Well, listen to the others and there is no comparison. Fred is the best. Nothing else in this world will matter if we are faced with nuclear weapons in the hands of those intent on destroying western civilization. We need a strong leader with wisdom and values and who is running for all the right reasons. For Purpose and not for
Power! That is Fred Thompson hands down!

I am tired of candidates who believe they are destined to win an election. The last thing this country needs is another Clinton or Gore wanna-be who's been aiming for this for decades (or longer). Fred Thompson understands that public service is a sacrifice - but one that needs to be given by those asked to serve. Thompson is by far the most honorable candidate in the race. Go Fred Go!

America is in desperate need of strong and principled leadership to address the pressing issues facing the country in 2008. I have never given money to any politician, except Mr. Fred Thompson. I gave him $2300.00 of my hard-earned money because the fate of my country hangs in the balance. The recent assassination of Bhutto in Pakistan just underscores the kind of perilous times we live in now. I am an average citizen of average means doing what is necessary to support the only candidate I trust to preserve America. Fred is the only candidate worthy of my money.

Fred Thompson is the only candidate that quit his job to campaign for President - yet he is the one most criticized for not being committed enough. Sen. McCain has not resigned his office, Ron Paul has not resigned his office. Rudy is making money for speeches. C'mon, Huckabee is accepting money from a company that performs stem cell research.

Fred is the only true conservative in the race, and that's why he's going to win.

The full statement; read it all and don't take pieces out of context to serve your bias:

"I approach life differently than a lot of people. People, I guess, are wondering how I’ve been as successful as I’ve been in everything I’ve done. I’ve won two races in Tennessee by twenty points in a state Bill Clinton carried twice. I had never run for office before. I’ve never had an acting lesson, and I guess that’s obvious. (laughter). When I did it, I did it. It wasn’t just a lark. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. I’ve always been a little more laid back than most. I like to say I’m only consumed by very few things, and politics is not one of them. The welfare of my country, and my kids and grandkids, growing up, is one of them. (applause)

If what people really want in their president is a super type A personality, someone who has gotten up every morning and gone to bed every night and been thinking about, for years how they can be president of the United States… someone who can look you straight in the eye and say they’ve enjoyed every minute of campaigning… (laughter) I ain’t that guy. (more laughter) [To questioner] So I hope I’ve discussed that, or I haven’t talked you out of anything. I honestly want… I can’t imagine a worse set of circumstances than achieving the presidency under a false pretenses, especially if you feel the way I do. I’ve gone out of my way to be myself, because I don’t want anybody to think they’re getting something they’re not getting. I’m not consumed by this process, I’m not consumed with the notion of being president. I’m simply saying I’m willing to do what’s necessary to achieve it if I’m in sync with the people. And if the people want me, or somebody like me, I will do what I’ve always done with everything else in my life. I will take it on and do a good job. You’ll have the disadvantage of having someone who probably cna’t jump up and click their heels three times, but will tell you the truth. And you’ll know where the president stands at all times."

"If you're not careful the newspapers will have you hating the ones being oppressed and loving the ones doing the oppressing." (Malcolm X)

For American conservatives, there is no other candidate running besides Fred.

Period.

Go Fred!

The real question should be:

Does ABC (or any of the old media) have the desire [or ability] to report the truth?

Is that even possible?

Wake up, Dinosaurs. America is not as stupid as you like to make us look. You're biting the hand that feeds you[r corporate greed].

Once again, an illegitimate issue was created by most news sources reporting a bastardized sound byte. Most reports failed to fairly report the Fred's comments, or the context in which they were made.

I can't believe that Thompson, who is polling behind Ron Paul in New Hampshire, has been invited to participate in a Republican roundtable conducted by Fox News yet Ron Paul was excluded.