| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 3/13/2007 8:43:53 AM | | Fred Thompson is trying to make his mind up if he will run for the next election. Do you think that Fred Thompson would make a bad, fair, good, or excellent President? Fellow Tennesseans view Mr. Fred Thompson as a fair and decent man. Do you have or know of anything that would hurt his political career? How do you feel about Mr. Fred Thompson pushing out the other GOP contenders? | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 3/13/2007 9:36:52 AM | | I think Fred would do a better job than Bush! He does have years of experience in the Senate and is known for his no nonsense look at the issues. My problem is this...I think that after 8 years of Republican neocon led bullshit, Fred does not have a chance. Neither do the other Republican candidates. I even want change and believe Obama is the way to go. New blood is needed in Washington and this leaves out the likes of McCain, Edwards and Hillary. Enough with the money grabbers. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 3/13/2007 2:33:15 PM | He is a good man. But unfortunately... his timing is bad.
8 years of foul-ups pretty much negate any possiblity of a Republician Presidency this time around. The people want change.
We... as a country, are in a rut. Time to clean house.
I had high hopes for McCain until his recent stance of more troops in Iraq... and I think his age is becoming an issue.
I like Fred Thompson's approach and what he says. One heck of a good actor as well. I thought he was great in The Hunt for Red October. I just don't think 2008 will be his year.
I predict that there will be a Obama/Hillary ticket together.... the question is....
(tongue firmly in cheek)
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 3/13/2007 5:14:12 PM | Hillary would not run as the bottom of the ticket, so if that pair comes along it would have to be Clinton/Barack.
Fred is likable but not electable.
If I give away any more, my job rigging voting machines will be at risk. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 3/13/2007 5:57:57 PM | The main question about any of the these people is : What have they accomplished in a previous office. Obama has no real record in the senate. His state time shows him to be as liberal as Hillary. Hillary has no accomplishments other than putting up with her horndog husband. Remember her Canadian style health care plan as "co-president"? All of the promises she made while running for senate in New York have been empty. She has flip-flopped more than John Kerry; especially about the war.
Even most of the Republicans running lean a bit left. At least Thompson isn't afraid to speak his mind. No PC there. I think people are tired of the same old "stuff". If he makes his points well, he could have a chance. I urge him to go for it. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 3/14/2007 2:14:29 AM | Oh my god, can we please leave the "flip flop" thing behind us? Find a single nominee that hasn't at some point gone "Oh crap I went the wrong way with this decision"
Seriously. Is changing your mind REALLY a sign of weakness? | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 1:35:26 AM | I think Fred would do a better job than Bush!
Everything seems to collapse around Bush. First the WTC, then the levey in new orleans, and now the bridge in Minneapolis. Damn, his presidency is unusually hexed!
If Fred Thompson has the same core values as most freedom loving Americans. I would vote for him; but I would do some research first. They say he will announce something by labor day. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 2:28:36 AM | Come on Mr Gore, will you run for Christ sakes? and save this country from the dictatorship and stupidity that george dubya has put this country under? | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 6:35:55 AM |
We need another Ronald Regan; not some piker who tried to take credit for inventing the internet.
Who did that? Please provide a citation. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 9:33:10 AM | | Go to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, you can find out how much of an insider Fred Thompson is. As for Gore claiming he invented the Internet, that was a distortion of what he really said...but, the government did invent the Internet as a way of communicating during/after a nuclear war. Like many commercial successes, it was a government research project (ie, your tax dollars) turned over to private interests to make a profit, like what came from the space program in the 60's. So much for keeping goverment out of business :) | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 1:36:12 PM | Who did that? Please provide a citation.
Hear him for yourself....the audio is real, and in context. He's never going to live that down!! LOL
I saw the actual footage of him saying this a few years ago; but the statment was such a blunder on his part, it hard to find any serious footage it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jhhv6P3zkk&watch_response
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7397924209856865870&q=al+gore+%22the+internet%22&total=62&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 3:14:36 PM |
Who did that? Please provide a citation.
GORE: Well, I will be offering -- I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be.
But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
taken from an interview with Wolf Blitzer before Gore's declaration to run, the "internet" was active long before the Clinton Administration | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 3:28:53 PM | Oh "took the initiative in creating the internet"
Is not the same thing as "inventing the internet" now is it?
hey look at this....
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2005/05/05/al-gore-to-get-internet-award
During a career in politics, Al Gore was a strong promoter of faster telecommunications and the Internet. An offhanded comment led people to briefly think he considered himself more than just a proponent.
but the funniest thing?
And the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, known for their Webby Awards, wants to recognize him for it.
No less a personage than Vint Cerf, who himself may really be the inventor of the Internet, will give Mr. Gore a lifetime achievement award in New York City on June 6.
Hmmmm so I guess it's just the republican attack machine distorting and deriding as usual.
taken from an interview with Wolf Blitzer before Gore's declaration to run, the "internet" was active long before the Clinton Administration
This is exactly what I'm talking about. He was a SENATOR before he was a vice president. He helped pioneer a bill that put internet in peoples homes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Bill
The greatest thing, even though I've smashed this little rumor that republicans so love. Cognitive disonance will cause you two to ignore it, even though here is multi source rebutals, because admiting your wrong is a very hard thing to do.
So yah, there is an acomplishment of Al Gore, meanwhile Fred Thompson plays a good politician on TV. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 4:52:20 PM | Oh "took the initiative in creating the internet" Is not the same thing as "inventing the internet" now is it?
Now your're just spliting hairs here. There's not a huge differents between inventing or creating somthing! Maybe I should go on the religious forums and state that God didn't create man; but rather "took the initiative" in "inventing" us instead. 
Main Entry: cre·ate
Pronunciation: krE-'At, 'krE-"
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): cre·at·ed; cre·at·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare; akin to Latin crescere to grow -- more at CRESCENT
transitive verb
1 : to bring into existence
2 a : to invest with a new form, office, or rank b : to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior
3 : CAUSE, OCCASION
4 a : to produce through imaginative skill b : DESIGN
intransitive verb
1 : to make or bring into existence something new
2 : to set up a scoring opportunity in basketball
Note: " a : to produce through imaginative skill b : DESIGN " and "to bring into existence" Sounds like inventing to me. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 5:09:37 PM | I wouldn't vote for Fred Thompson. He talks tough on illegal immigration, but his record is less than stellar on that issue. He also has George P. Bush backing him and George P. Bush has never been known for advocating being tough on illegal immigration, and I don't think he'd back someone who really was tough on it. Then you have former Senator Spencer Abraham to co-manage his campaign who was weak on illegal immigration. Thompson is also a CFR member(globalists who are in favor of one world government and likely supports the idea of forming an NAU, therefore I would not vote for any candidate who was a CFR member.
Here is some more worrying info about him
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55776 | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 5:13:16 PM |
Oh "took the initiative in creating the internet"
Is not the same thing as "inventing the internet" now is it?
Of course it isn't, but his assinine insinuation that he "took the initiative creating it" is truly laughable. The project became active in 1957 and went public in 1983......
read up on it before spouting inacuracies
I think Fred Thompson makes a lot of sense, but then again so does Rudy, but I'm afraid Paul makes Perot look like a sane man! | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 5:19:56 PM | LoL@ Power - Nicely played and a point for your side.
I also will not voting for Gore, for very obvious reasons.
I don't trust Hillary any further than I can throw her.
While Obamas strong point is that he brings new blood to the table, that's exactly the reason I'm not voting for him either. We don't need rookies: we need experience. Send em back for a few more years and then I might reconsider. Although his assault weps comments would probably prevent my vote even if that did happen.
Edwards seems like a good guy, but I'm not a fan of his politics in general. Although if I had to pick a fav dem, it would be him (lesser of the evils I suppose?)
Guliani (sp?) I admire for stepping up after 9/11 but some of his pointed issues (again gun control) have me shying away from him.
Romney seems good but he was just stumped on one of his own medicare questions...that won't stop me from voting but next time, you need to say "I don't know the answer right now, I will look it up and get back with you".
Thompson I'd like to see but I don't think he's got a snowballs chance.
McCain while being a hero in a certain sense, has the political stance of a chamelion: there's a difference between "flip flop" and "flip flop flip flop flip flop".
Ron Paul - Hands down fav but even less of a chance than Thompson
If I had to go with someone right now (as your SoCal rep) I'd have to say probably Romney with Thompson as a close second. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/9/2007 6:02:19 PM | Yes, because initiating is the same thing as doing something. 
During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system
I guess when he says that he initiates improvement of environmental protection, you think he is stating that he in fact personaly did the environmental protection.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. You make a false claim about what he says, and simply ignore the reality. Readyfordating forgets that he was a senator, and all of a sudden he is talking about technologies from the 50's. Amusingly Gore isn't even talking about technology, he was talking about funding for programs that moved the internet into our homes.
He has been recognized by a non partisan technical group for his contributions, and was given it by one of the internet's key inventors.
But hey, Fred Thompson. I saw his fictional character do something cool on Law and Order once. Obviously he'd be a great president. | |
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| Will Fred Thompson Run On The GOP Ticket
Posted: 8/10/2007 1:42:13 AM | Old Fred Thompson is the last and best hope for the gop in 2008.
The Baghdad War and the sub-prime mortgage sector problems with play to the growing fears of "Working People" in key states like Ohio. The gop must win Ohio to return to power.Thompson according to the lastest polling data would not beat either H B Obama or
Ms. Hillary Clinton.
The other top gop contenders McCain and Rooney are pretenders.
The real question is can the republicans carry Florida the land of two stolen presidential elections and the voting dead
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