Thompson/ Clinton '08 would that be a good team? 2 wornout old bags

"ignorant and superficial"

Pretty much sums up most of our electorate today. Thanks largely to the media, of which ABC plays a prominent role.

"Thompson vs. Everybody"? Which candidates in EITHER party are not facing off against all the others? Which candidates are NOT slamming the others on various political points and differences in every debate ever, going back long before Lincoln and Douglas? This is what political campaigns are!

So Fred Thompson runs his campaign the same as everyone else, and we're to believe that's malicious somehow? Have American journalists always been this blatantly biased and stupid, or is it just more apparent now that they don't control the information highways anymore?

I have my suspicions.

Thompson IS against the RINOs in the race. Check out his latest interview on Hannity and Colmes from yesterday.

I guess it's preferable that he just tells stupid jokes, avoids all issues and never discuss his or anybody else's record. Liberals, especially the media (FOX included) do not want Fred to win the nomination. They prefer left leaning RINO's. Can they make it any less obvious.
GO FRED

First Fred they say he has no energy, and thats the knock against him, then he speaks up... and that the knock against him...?????? Wonder why ABC isn't curious about his claims, and research those....oh wait i know the answer....that would be real JOURNALISM, investigating claims looking at facts asking and answering hard questions! WE all know The MSM (Including FOX) won't want to do that kind of Journalism, We should just send them (Canidates) all to try out for American Idol, it seems to be the standard for how we elect a president these days, Why have primaries, Caucus or voting machines just give them all a phone number and we can be done with this.....it will be about as effective. BTW Thompson is the only real conservative, ran on and running on True conservative values, everyone else wants to change the party, like a catholic who supports abortion, their version of being Catholic. Romney and Thompson are the only GOP canidates, who could not run as DEMOCRATs, can't say that about the others.

Thompson is campaigning against who he is running against. He's not campaigning against the democrats - but I'm sure he'll cross that bridge when he gets there. He's the only Republican who gives a concise answer to the questions asked of him.

This is what politicians with values and ideas they believe do; differentiate themselves from others. When you are trying to hide your true feelings, sloganeering, pandering and populism gravy replace the meat of policies and ideas, i.e. McCain, Romney (who I could almost like), Huckabee, and even Guliani to some extent.

Go Fred.

How can anyone who is truely conservative support anyone else other than Duncan Hunter or Fred Thompson?
I will not vote for McShamnesty, EVER. Rudy, maybe? but he's still a gun grabber. I will choose principal over political expediency. What used to set Republicans apart from Democrats is they stood for something. No so anymore... and it will be painful lesson. (and cosly for all our pocketbooks)

Don't believe the hype of "Fred's just too late!". That is the media/talking heads on TV speaking. the MSM wants a liberal leading the Republican party. Then the Democrats can really go left and still look reasonable.

It'll be interesting to see how correct the polls for South Carolina turn out to be.
I wonder how well conservative candidates like Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson would do if the MSM (and FOX News, too) gave them the same respect as liberals, which would be all the Democrats, John McCain, and Mike Huckabee.
Go Fred!

Fred Thompson is the best choice out of all the Republican nominees still with a chance to win.

Hey Fred,,how many primaries have you won, placed or showed in? I guess voters really value what you have to say.

I hope South Carolina has better sense than New Hampshire. Vote fore Fred!

Fred isn't even trying to win, and was a Nixon mole in the Watergate hearings. (Google it) Not exactly the brightest ship on the block. I don't dislike him personally, I just don't see a president there. He's a better actor than a lawyer or politician. He should take it easy and go back to films. Can you actually see Fred Thompson negotiating on an international summit with Putin? Enough said.

"Q: Can you actually see Fred Thompson negotiating on an international summit with Putin?"

Yes, in a heartbeat. I'd rather have Fred sitting across the table in a foreign policy situation than any other candidate, hands down!

Hillary/Obama would fawn all over Putin and declare "Look Komrade, thanks to us socialism lives on in the USA!".

Huckabee would... would... well, I cannot even imagine that exchange.

Personally I think any republican who supports the policies of the last 8 years, their chances of getting elected in Nov. is slim to none. With Bush's approval at 32% and the congress even below that, the odds are that the democrats have the red carpet rolled out for them straight to the White House. It's theirs to loose. I will go down through each candidate and describe their short comings. Rudy is determined on the war and has a creditable history as mayor but his liberal side on social issues is seriously lacking. Romney in the private sector made a name for himself. Romney is the most unique out of all the candidates, he has a way of changing his opinions to fit the current situation, a reminder of John Kerry. Huckabee grabs a lot of attention. He has the smoothness of a Bill Clinton, he's good with one liners and came out of no where to the win in Iowa. His shortcomings specifically is the evangelical factor and his history of raising taxes and spending more than Bill Clinton. While he talks a good talk he doesn't have the track record of being a true conservative. McCain would be so much like George Bush on the war and has committed to follow the same path as Bush. His stance on illegal immigration and tax cuts paints him as another liberal. Fred Thompson was a personal favorite for me being from Tennessee but the guy just never seemed to be into it. He came out of the gate crawling and didn't give a lot of hope to his supporters. He doesn't have the fire in the belly that is needed. When you add up all of these candidates with exception to Ron Paul they don't offer anything new then what we have seen in the last 8 years. This is the most important point, notice the turnout on the democratic side? People are turning out by the truck loads. The republicans supporters aren't fired up about anyone , again with exception to Ron Paul ( RP supporters are everywhere!) When it comes time in Nov the republicans need a candidate that offers fresh ideas and a 180 degree in change for American policies. Ron Paul brings the policies that are truly conservative and has an amazingly consistent record on the issues. No one in the press seems to talk about that. Conservatives can't get their head around supporting a candidate that wants to pull of of Iraq. They think it's a defeatist attitude, it's not. It's correcting bad policy. Minus the foreign policy disagreement between Paul and conservatives he's hand's down the most conservative. If you think I'm crazy check his voting record before you speak all the media propaganda.

Fred is THE man!

I'm voting for Fred because he is a man of principle and integrity. Principles and integrity is what the Republican Party has been lacking lately, so Fred is the clear choice.

Fred is the ONLY conservative in the bunch and my vote is going to him. I will vote for the democrat before I vote for McCain or Huckabee.

I originally was voting for Fred until I researched Ron Paul.
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.

He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.

That's a TRUE conservative. If men and woman have to die for war they should be hunting down Bin Laden and not nation building in Iraq. Ron Paul voted to get Bin Laden not nation build in Iraq.