East TN Conservative

Fred Thompson in Hew Hampshire by Joel Gaines January 7th, 2008 One thing that comes out when I talk about Fred Thompson seems to be this thing about Thompson not looking like he wants to be President badly enough. “I’m waiting for him to wow me..” is what I’ve heard the most. What the hell is that? This is not the Miss America pageant, people! Fred Thompson is the only one running who isn’t either full of crap or crazy. I talked about this a bit on yesterday’s show. Romney, Giuliani, Huckabee, and McCain have spent considerable energy recreating themselves for this race. Fred doesn’t have to do this - he is as consistent today about policy as is his legislative record. You’ve got all these guys spouting about policy they will never be able to pass, or worse - trying to get you to buy socialist policy ideas while labeling themselves conservatives. The fact that people are not calling these guys to the carpet for this is the most shocking aspect to me. Fred Thompson is the ONLY candidate with consistent policy views. Bar none. Fred Thompson is also the ONLY conservative running. (Editor’s Note: No, Ron Paul isn’t - he has a great many conservative ideals, but he is an isolationist which is not a conservative ideal and that also puts him on the same plane as the “get the US out of everywhere” nutters.) You can go out and shop these guys around like you’re looking for a new car - see which one of the political baubles catches the light just right for you and telling you what you want to hear. The option is to support Fred Thompson and realize we’ve got some work ahead of us as a nation - work those other guys are trying to ignore by propping up “solutions” that are impossible to implement. What they are Saying About Fred Thompson’s Debate Performance “Fred Thompson was solid” * “Fred is solid. He just is….he has clearly given a great deal of thought to very big issues.” (Mark Levin, 1/6) * “Fred’s having a good night.” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “Fred Thompson was solid” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “Fred is ever steady and ever conservative. It is hard to see why movement conservatives would not consider him seriously if Romney loses on Tuesday.” (American Spectator, 1/6) * “On Social Security reform, Thompson sounds like a grown-up.” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “Rudy is here…but he almost seems overshadowed by Fred (!) out of the gates.” (Politico, 1/6) * “Fred Thompson talks as if he’s polished off a tall glass of truth serum before he sat behind the desk tonight.” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “…It appears that he just took Huckabee to school on the legal rules regarding captured al-Qaeda at Guantanamo Bay.” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “It seems like between tonight and last night, Fred Thompson has found a style he’s at home with, that works well for him…” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “Fred slides the knife in gently when he turns to Romney: ‘Wasn’t that Ted Kennedy at the bill signing for your health care plan?’” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “Then he explains to Huckabee that bringing Gitmo prisoners here would give them Habeus Corpus rights that they don’t currently have. It’s another Arthur Branch moment that works quite well for him.” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “Thompson comes out and says the obvious - that all the talk of “change” is a reaction to Iowa, and that change is an inherent part of any election. ‘I think what is more important is leadership.’” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “Fred knows how to do it. When he hits Romney on foreign policy, it doesn’t sound snippy and bitter like McCain has done it this weekend.” (National Review Online, 1/6) * “You’ve got to love his role as the grumpy conservative truth-squader for everyone. If only he could sit in on the Democratic debates too.” (Rich Lowry, 1/6)