Comments on: Thompson To Take First Step Toward '08 Run

Sources Say Senator-Turned-Actor Will Form "Testing The Waters" Committee Next Week

[chicnlittle]

He looks like death warmed over, and he has the charisma of a cabbage.

His chances of getting elected president are the exact same as him becoming the next Czar of Russia.


Posted by dakotaclark at 03:52 PM : May 30, 2007

You might be right. Especially if he goes up against a good-looker like Hillary.

[dakotaclark]

Right...

He looks like death warmed over, and he has the charisma of a cabbage.

His chances of getting elected president are the exact same as him becoming the next Czar of Russia.

[pwrslm]

for a guy that has yet to come out and establish his position on the issues, you folks are ready to crucify him

pure lynch mob mentality, by the ignorant for the ignorant

[stevepdx1]

Im sorry, but what exactly is it about Fred Thompson that makes republicans feel he is such a good candidate? He had a largely uneventful senate term, most of which was pre-9/11 in the 1990s. What has he done in the last 5-6 years to make himself a stronger candidate or even improve this country? Nothing except act on TV and read scripts. His only recent political work was to raise money for Scooter Libby's defense team - talk about classy. For those republicans who harp on Edwards experience for only 6 years in the senate, or even Obama who will have 4 years by the time the election rolls around, how is Thompson any more qualified? I'm sorry, but picking a candidate because he said some cool lines in a movie in the late 1980s is pathetic

[chicnlittle]

For the corporate owned/controlled government America is now saddled with, Fred Thompson, like Reagan before him, is the perfect candidate.

All the directors/handlers want is someone to play the role of president while doing exactly as he/she is told. Bush does a very good job of doing what is expected of him but his intelligence (or lack of) is an embarrassment to his handlers.

Posted by jn122736 at 03:06 PM : May 30, 2007

That's it, bash corporations. Corporations create millions of jobs, give billions to charities and make this country great. Do you use toothpaste, soap, drive a car, shop at supermarkets, drink beer, watch television, etc., etc., etc. Oh yea, and how about a computer? All owned by corporations. If you want to live in the stoneage, there's plenty of 3rd world countries out there.

[lars008-2009]

NOW CAN WE KILL THEM???
If they can kill us, we can kill them

Qaeda warns of attacks 'worse than 9/11'
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Hizbullah Deputy Sec-Gen Sheikh Naim Qassem: We Have Jurisprudent Permission to Carry Out 'Martyrdom' Operations, Fire Missiles on Israeli Civilians From Ayatollah Khomeini
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Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp

But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.

"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.

Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.

The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108
American Al Qaeda Member Threatens Attack
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/29/terror/main2865282.shtml

[motherjones-2009]

If Fred Thompson's the best the rethugs have to offer, they're toast! He spent 20 years as a corporate lobbyist, and eight undistinquished years in the senate chasing skirts. His current wife is younger than his kids from his first marriage (how's that goning to play with the family values crowd), and he sat out Vietnam. Just another rethug chickhawk like Bush, Cheney and co.

[marcodele]

I guess this means D/ck Cheney would have to stay on as CEO, I mean Vice President.

[crater7]

FRESH MEAT!

NOW, Look at that face; How can one risist a face and a smile like that? Its got CROOK, oops I ment republician, written all over it.
TRUST MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[jn122736]

For the corporate owned/controlled government America is now saddled with, Fred Thompson, like Reagan before him, is the perfect candidate.

All the directors/handlers want is someone to play the role of president while doing exactly as he/she is told. Bush does a very good job of doing what is expected of him but his intelligence (or lack of) is an embarrassment to his handlers.

[marcodele]

Spectrum said "I guess he's hoping to grab that majority out there that are not in their right minds!"

why not? It worked for Junior!

[chicnlittle]

Agreed. Not only that, but my understanding is we have already built and they are operable 3 bases with the plans of adding 2 more. I would still like to see a draw down in the numbers but my own party played politics as usual and didn't stick to their promise. I will remember it next election.
Posted by skyhawk761 at 02:15 PM : May 30, 2007

Howdy grandpop! I doubly agree. It's going to take some sort of REAL multi-nation force to get in there and settle things down. I don't see that happening anytime soon either.

[skyhawk761]

Terrapin, whether you like it or not, we're going to be there for a long time. The democrats know this - that's why they caved on the timeline. They made there point, but that's the end of it. I don't think they would pull us out of there for the main reason that it would destabilize the area even more, which would increase the exposure of Israel. The Jewish community contributes way to much money to each party for us to just walk away. I just don't think it will happen.
Posted by chicnlittle at 02:06 PM : May 30, 2007

Agreed. Not only that, but my understanding is we have already built and they are operable 3 bases with the plans of adding 2 more. I would still like to see a draw down in the numbers but my own party played politics as usual and didn't stick to their promise. I will remember it next election.

[chicnlittle]

Anyone who supports continued action in Iraq will NEVER get my vote.

I was against the war of choice before it started. And I am still against it now.
Posted by Terrapin78 at 01:30 PM : May 30, 2007

Terrapin, whether you like it or not, we're going to be there for a long time. The democrats know this - that's why they caved on the timeline. They made there point, but that's the end of it. I don't think they would pull us out of there for the main reason that it would destabilize the area even more, which would increase the exposure of Israel. The Jewish community contributes way to much money to each party for us to just walk away. I just don't think it will happen.

[marcodele]

IOWEIGN! You owe me a new monitor. You made me spray diet coke all over mine.

[rightrevtodd]

I am so proud to hear about this possible candidacy. Fred Thompsom would be a very good person for our nation as president.

[mudrose-2009]

Gore will announce within the next two months.

Posted by george2221

What will he announce? That he's out to steal another Presidency. Hahahahaha

[lars008-2009]

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry

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"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill

Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

[terrapin78]

Anyone who supports continued action in Iraq will NEVER get my vote.

I was against the war of choice before it started. And I am still against it now.

[jmagarotz]

Here is an idea! Listen to the man, dont judge him by what team he is on, you people look at politics like its NASCAR or Baseball, which is dumb. We are all on the same team and at heart want the same things, the way we go about it is different.
Posted by darkmeat4 at 12:45 PM : May 30, 2007

Best idea I've heard all day.