Comments on: What Does Fred Thompson Stand For?

Republican Would-Be Presidential Candidate Offers Few Specifics So Far

[jegibbons]

According to CNN Fred Thompson has declared if elected he would work to over turn Roe vs. Wade.

And he would work for a Constitutional amendment banning Gay Marriage.

That does it!

Fred''s got my vote!

Now, can he overtake Rudy? That''s the real or should I say reel question.

Give'' em hell Fred!

[donnie900]

Do me a favor, ya god damned ******** creeps: Don''t tell me what yer faith is. I don''t wanna know no more.. I''d rather you make a god damned joke about somethin else.. k?

[donnie900]

I thought I was voting for a Christian, and turned out to be de ******** volcano god, azzzhole.

[donnie900]

Yah.. packing to these cowboys is a religion.

[mudrose-2009]

Noth''''n creepier than a cowboy who thinks he''''s got a sense of humor.
Posted by donnie900

If he''s packing, that''s all the sense of humor he needs.

[fredgrad2000]

Fred Thompson is a good actor and may be a good guy; but he''s the wrong candidate for this election. Whether you are a Bush supporter or Bush hater, any political mind has to know that there is a "Bush fatigue" factor in play in 2008 that is the primary factor driving the Democrats generic lead in presidential polls (some as high as 16%); even though the Dems current crop of candidates can''t seem to capitalize with anyone outside the left-wing of the Dem party as evidenced by the fact that leading Dem contenders cannot even consistently beat the leading republicans in hypothetical match-ups, much less must 16% wins. The GOP needs to understand that another Southern conservative with a drawl will not win in 2008; the GOP needs at this point (due to Iraq) to broaden its base and focus on the independents that, while fatigued with Bush and Iraq, are still generally center-right in this country and will still be likely to let a moderate Republican take over for Bush when compared to a Democrat who is seen as owned by the MoveOn.org/DailyKos crowd, which is every leading Dem in the field - whoever wins the Dem nomination will have a long long run back to the independent center of the American electorate once the primaries are over - may be hard for them to convince our center-right independents its genuine; and could push them to a moderate republican even if a member of the same party as Bush.

[quatermass2]

He''s just a screen that the flat-earthers, rapture nuts, snake handlers, and neocon death-cultists can project their fantasies onto. He''s Reagan without the shellaced hair, Bush without the old-school money, or Gingrich covered with liver spots. Another reprehensible example of Republicans'' desire for "folksy", "cracker barrel", "plain", "honest" and they always end up with some sociopath Nazi.

[condumism]

Posted by infidel_us

"there''''s a sucker born every minute."

As a southern male bigot, you wouldn''t vote for a non-white no matter what qualities they have to offer US. The more you blabber, juicer, the dumber you seem to the rest of US!

[tnt1954]

grand ole opry runs the u.s.a. just accept it.
possible scenario february 2009, contingency
planning being done now. 30 million homeless veterans
march on washington,d.c. demanding 40 million
dollars each to party like a good man should.
and that willie nelson be raised from the
dead, to play on and on and on. if demands
not met, military will blow up the world.
thompson faces the crowd. says no dice.
then world blows up. thompson aw well, these
things happen as things get rather crumbly.
the way the cookie crumbles. these things
have to be planned for. contingency planning.
good luck veterans. we aint'' got the money.
you''ll have to sell pencils by the side of
the road. if you''re lucky.

[jack3213]

Thompson will stand for whatever he stand for, and until then why be critical of a man who has as good as chance as anyone else?! The fact that newspapers condemn a man and continue to promote a woman is in essence biased, and until the facts are clear stop the PROPOGANDA already!

[donnie900]

Noth''n creepier than a cowboy who thinks he''s got a sense of humor.

[tnt1954]

like it matters what my opinion is? sure.
i''m re-registering peace and freedom party.
thompson is a great gun manufacturer. the thompson submachine gun is one of the best
there is. a lotta people like thompson
are appalled at all the ridiculous bizarre
news in this country and others. its like
a is that so? how weird. they''re tired
of the weirdos running things. back to normalcy.
post war is coming, soon, with all its problems.
vets out to kill philanderers who messed with
their women while they were gone. get ready
dudes. my boyfriend is back, there is gonna
be trouble. only thing is, a lotta the women
were 100% untrue. so they went blue. and
the vets don''t dig dying for mr. and miss blue.
so if you get blown into blue, tuff luck.

[realpatriot1]

mudrose/infidel_us,

I''m with you on this, Thompson is no more playing it close to the vest than most of the democrats whose only strong position is opposition to the war which has 70% public approval. Not exactly profiles in courage material.

Say what you want about Obama but he didn''t check the polls before taking a position on Pakastan.

Thompson is better off taking no side at this point than trying to take both sides like Rudi & Hillary & Mitt. That won''t work after he announces though and people aren''t going to put up with his dancing around the issue forever.

[afmca]

Republicans are used to supporting style over substance. Same old lack of experience, but he would definitely be better at pretending to be a good president. He has the same warped christian self-righteousness. He would probably be more like Reagan but without Reagan''s class!

[infidel_us]

He stands for whatever his handlers think will make him win.
Posted by MyIDonCBS at 03:02 PM : Aug 17, 2007

And this is different from democrats how??? "I''m no ways tarrrrred.......I comes too farrrrrrrrr." LOL

[mudrose-2009]

I think SgtRDS summed up Fred''''s beliefs perfectly. He stands for whatever his handlers think will make him win.

Posted by MyIDonCBS

And this makes him different from the left, how?

[infidel_us]

Thus, Obama is the only candidate that wants to restore democracy for the American people.
Posted by ConDumism at 03:13 PM : Aug 17, 2007

Like George Hull said, "there''s a sucker born every minute." :)

[condumism]

A lack of Americans being able to think independently, without the influence of a broken and dumbed down culture is what hurts Obama more than anything. America is overwhelmed with morons these days; those that get their worthless news and views from the fascist corporate media. Most everything Obama has to say is superior to the same old professional politician rheotoric coming from bought and payed for Corporate candidates such as Hillary Clinton, AND the entire Republicon field. Obama is the only candidate to declare that he will ban all Corporate and Foreign lobbyists from the Halls of Congress. Thus, Obama is the only candidate that wants to restore democracy for the American people.

[realpatriot1]

Condumism,

Right now Obama''s talking about and saying all the things I want to hear. I''m not 100% locked in yet but he''s got me at around 98%.

I''m still trying to keep an open mind and listening to others in both parties and that''s what I think everyone should be doing.

[myidoncbs]

I think SgtRDS summed up Fred''s beliefs perfectly. He stands for whatever his handlers think will make him win.

The only problem is, no set of policies that is acceptable to the Party of Eternal War (GOP) can ever be acceptable to the people of this country. So, for now, he is very popular precisely because he is not running and he has not clearly stated his policy positions.

As soon as Fred picks a set of policies and announces his candidacy, his popularity will begin to drop.