All Fred! All The Time?!
May 25th, 2007 at 10:10 am by Preston Taylor HolmesI’m really going to try and avoid that, but if he keeps knocking them out of the park, I don’t know how I’ll stop myself. He may be the only politician out there that gets it.
Thompson railed in his southern drawl against “the pork-barrel spending and corruption” in Washington.
He mostly targeted the Democratic majority, but said some Republicans are also to blame. He said the party has been making compromises on issues like immigration and the Iraq war over fear of losing more seats in Congress.
“I think (the American people) want our leadership,” Thompson said. “What should we do? Get our own house in order É We can’t make decisions (that are) not in the best interests of our country.”
He said America is beset by a variety of challenges, from government inefficiencies, to “entitlement programs (that are) bankrupting the next generation,” to protecting citizens from terrorists.
“We’re living in a nation beset by suicidal maniacs,” Thompson said, launching into criticism of the immigration bill.
A strong supporter of the Iraq war, Thompson criticized Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for publicly stating the war has been lost — “fine, fine message to those people giving their lives for us” — and the Democrats for debating a timetable for “surrender.
“Al-Qaida have a 100-year plan,” Thompson said. “We have a plan until the next election.”
I think I just creamed my jeans.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Quote(s) of the Day – Fred Thompson Edition…
Quote(s) of the Day – Fred Thompson Edition…
May 25th, 2007 at 10:30 am
I don’t want to jinx it but the guy has been under media scrutiny for several months now and has yet to make an error.
I never write to my representatives, as odd as that may be, but I did write to Thompson twice. Both times I got a response.
The first time was shortly after I started paying attention to politics and I fired off some screed about the abuse of executive orders during the Clinton administration and I received a two and a half page response about how he was on the case. It looked like an honest to god response.
The second time was after September 11th and, I’m not sure if I wrote or if he just sent a letter out, it was a beautiful piece of prose that was inspired.
What I like best about Thompson is that he knows what he believes and doesn’t stick his finger in the wind to decide how he would vote one day to the next.
Be they liberal or conservative, that is all I care about. Tell me what you believe and then vote accordingly. Some truth in advertising.
Unlike the new TN cigarette tax where you vote for Republicans and then they tax like Democrats after being in office for 6 months.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Proposal For Guest Workers Survives…
A fragile Senate coalition backing an embattled overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws survived …
May 25th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I think I’ve lived too long to get excited about any candidate.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:48 am
I actually hate having to think about this upcoming Presidential election a year and a half before it hits us. It kind of feels like that 2-week hiatus between the last playoff games and the Super Bowl. It just drags on forever.
I have a great idea on how to pick the Republican nominees (actually, the Prick party can use the same idea as well).
Since most of us can agree that kicking some terrorist ass is the most important issue on the table, let’s just put all of the nominees in a large glass-encased oval.
Then see who kicks ass. Literally. Have them beat the shit out of each other…the last two standing make up the Republican ticket.
As tough as the old bastard might have been in Vietnam, the money says McCain takes two wheezes and keels over from a heart attack 30-seconds in.
Ron Paul…after being chased by Rudy for a minute, shits his pants and finds a corner to cower in.
Tommy Thompson and Fred! face off briefly…Tommy stammering something about being the only true conserv…BANG, Fred! cracks a chair over Tommy’s dome and he is out…
Tancredo walks in talking tough, but leaves after Duncan Hunter gives him a nasty Indian Burn.
After about 5 minutes the only men left in the ring are Giuliani, Hunter, Fred! and Mitt Romney. Then it’s tag team…Rudy and Fred! against Mitt and Duncan.
I don’t know who wins. But it would sure be fun to watch.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:05 am
IS ARTHUR BRANCH DA MAN?…
District Attorney Arthur Branch, aka Fred Thompson, gets a look see from Time and not a bad one at that. As much as I’m disillusioned about politics these days, Thompson’s possible candidacy has stirred some interest for me and for…
May 25th, 2007 at 11:23 am
I want Thompson to go on Bill Maher’s show. Into the lion’s den. Hostile host. Hostile crowd. Ignorant panelists.
Just a man, a chair, And a whip.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Holy smokes, Billy. That may be the best way to pick’ em. The wheezing McC image is classic.
Not sure Mitt would be much for that type of “primary”, though.
PTH, I am liking Fred, too, one of the main reasons being that he can speak English and explain his positions.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
I don’t fall in love anymore with candidates. I practically had a crush on GWB in the first election after watching a PBS special “Choice 2000,” a biography of both candidates. I was completely enamoured after 9/11’s state of the union speech. In the years since, he pretty much went limp. No staying power. I want the GWB that flipped off the cameraman, not the wimpy one.
Can Fred keep me happy? I don’t know. He’s got that quality, but for how long?
May 25th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Michelle, I see where you’re going with that. And it arouses me.
May 25th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I’ve always believed just a spoonful of sex helps the truth go down.
May 26th, 2007 at 2:53 am
Fred is almost too good to hope for; and you know how that goes. But I hope he runs and keeps “knocking them out of the park.”
May 30th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Not everyone near Nashville loves Fred.
May 30th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
OK #9…now I’m PISSED. Who is this dickhead?
Never mind…I don’t want to know. He sounds like some whiny lib brat who would deface his campus ROTC office if he wasn’t afraid of getting his ass kicked.
I have plenty to be pissed off about right here in California…but I find myself becoming a pissed-off Tennessean by proxy. Rape and murder being covered up by the press, drunk-on-the-job politicians, protesting white supremacist morons, and moonbats that make some of my NoCal friends look like Barry Goldwater.
What the hell is going on in your state?
(BTW, did I mention that video pissed me off?)
May 30th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Welcome to my world, Billy.
May 30th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
What the hell is going on in your state?
We have a “Progressive” problem. God help us from those who are trying to save us.