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Breaking News: Fred Thompson to declare Sept 6th he is running for Pres
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Lemon law
Lifer
Wow, Fred Thompson is going to run for President?---like its the best kept secret on the planet? All right already---get it over with and join the already existing crowd of far right wing candidates pandering to the the far right Republican base.
9/6/07 is a good of a day as any other to toss that hat in the ring. But for only one, will the fat lady sing.
9/6/07 is a good of a day as any other to toss that hat in the ring. But for only one, will the fat lady sing.
dmcowen674
No Lifer
What, no Ron Paul??? :shocked:
Vic
Elite Member
Paul is the Barry Goldwater of our time. The Pubs are just using him as a decoy and to rally the libertarians and the other "Anybody but Bush" swing voters away from the Dems. They won't make the mistake of actually running such a candidate again though. Right now, I'm just hoping the Dems don't repeat their McGovern mistake. Gah! The election is more than a year away still and it's already like watching a train wreck in super slowmo.
dmcowen674
No Lifer
I don't care how much America is enamored with Hollywood, even if Fred is Ronnie Reagan II there should be absolutely no way a Republican stay in that seat.
umbrella39
Lifer
Fred who?
Then let the Dems prove that they deserve to sit in the WH.
Just what we need, another ethically challenged putz as President. Fred Thompson Was A Nixon Mole During Watergate.
During Watergate, as minority counsel to Republican Senator Howard Baker, Fred Thompson was the one who spilled Nixon's beans by asking Nixon aide, Alexander Butterfield whether there was a White House taping system. The nation was shocked when Butterfield confirmed that the system existed, and as the saying goes, the rest is history.
It turns out Thompson's objective was not to bring evidence to light about Nixon's criminality, but rather, to prove that he was innocent of the charges against him. Since he was a Republican, I can't fault him for that. What does bother me greatly is, Thompson did more than hope his man was innocent. He has since admitted that he was a mole for the Nixon Whitehouse, and he phoned Nixon's lawyer and tipped the committee's hand the day before asking that history rocking question in the publicly televised hearings.
Thompson said in an interview (see full story, linked above), "In retrospect it is apparent that I was subconsciously looking for a way to justify my faith in the leader of my country and my party, a man who was undergoing a violent attack from the news media, which I thought had never given him fair treatment in the past," Thompson wrote. "I was looking for a reason to believe that Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, was not a crook."
I'm amazed that, in the face of the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush, Republicans could still be stupid enough repeat the same mistake and buy into another ethically challenged clown like Thompson, who acted unethically, surreptitiously, and probably illegally to help the worst criminal to hold the office of President in the our nation's history... UNTIL GEORGE W. BUSH. :roll:
During Watergate, as minority counsel to Republican Senator Howard Baker, Fred Thompson was the one who spilled Nixon's beans by asking Nixon aide, Alexander Butterfield whether there was a White House taping system. The nation was shocked when Butterfield confirmed that the system existed, and as the saying goes, the rest is history.
It turns out Thompson's objective was not to bring evidence to light about Nixon's criminality, but rather, to prove that he was innocent of the charges against him. Since he was a Republican, I can't fault him for that. What does bother me greatly is, Thompson did more than hope his man was innocent. He has since admitted that he was a mole for the Nixon Whitehouse, and he phoned Nixon's lawyer and tipped the committee's hand the day before asking that history rocking question in the publicly televised hearings.
Thompson said in an interview (see full story, linked above), "In retrospect it is apparent that I was subconsciously looking for a way to justify my faith in the leader of my country and my party, a man who was undergoing a violent attack from the news media, which I thought had never given him fair treatment in the past," Thompson wrote. "I was looking for a reason to believe that Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, was not a crook."
I'm amazed that, in the face of the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush, Republicans could still be stupid enough repeat the same mistake and buy into another ethically challenged clown like Thompson, who acted unethically, surreptitiously, and probably illegally to help the worst criminal to hold the office of President in the our nation's history... UNTIL GEORGE W. BUSH. :roll:
dmcowen674
No Lifer
They don't have to do anything.
The damage to this country is clear enough by what the Republicans have done the past seven years that is is clear, present and past danger to boot them from the Whitehouse.
You or anyone else in here can't possibly believe that any Republican "deserves" to sit in the whitehouse after next Novembers election.
On what possible grounds can you or anyone in here justify allowing Republicans to maintain that oval office seat???
I await your responses.
Jaskalas
Lifer
The Democrat party is a guaranteed pro big-government stooge, the Republican party until Bush has traditionally been conservative ? meaning holding critical libertarian values. It would be my hope, and no doubt the hope of others that we do not get a Bush clone into office but a true conservative who will stand up against and not join you in expanding the government and its abuse of powers.
Could be a fool?s hope, but it?s the only hope remaining among the two parties and that is truly all we have.
I am not saying that a Republican deserves to sit in the WH.
The past 6 years have demonstrated how dangerous it can be to have one party control the system.
Given some of the statements that the Dems made after the '06 election, I would be scared to have the Dems in complete control. The damage that they could do to the economy and our security.
Remember the Administration does not equal the people.
The people made their choices in 00 and in 04 for who would be in the WH.
There were no preconditions or obligations that anyone had to sit there.
herkulease
Diamond Member
No, he'll have to test the waters on that issue for the next few months before making a decision. 😀
As many times as it's relevant. How many times are you going to try to shove the truth about Thompson's gutless betrayal of his legal and ethical responsiblities under the carpet? :roll:
It's not my fault that the same answer applies as many times as the issue is raised.
How many times are you going to try to shove the truth about Thompson's gutless betrayal of his legal and ethical responsiblities under the table? :Q
You may not. Those with any semblance of intelligence probably do. You know what they say about those who refuse to learn from the past. :roll:
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