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Thompson Withdraws
By RHarrison | 22 January 2008 | National Politics | 45 Comments
Fred Thompson gave the following statement an hour or so ago:
“Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.” Thompson did not endorse anyone, despite his friendship with McCain.
Fred Thompson appeared to me to be a good man who would have been a good president. But he was not a good candidate. His campaign started late, never had enough money and was poorly organized. Still, he added to the debate, created some very funny commercials (mostly for the web) and impressed many of us with his straight forward approach to communicating.
The Presidential race is now down to four credible candidates: McCain, Romney, Giuliani and Huckabee. I would place their chances of winning in that order. Huckabee is fading fast, has little money and no way to raise more. Giuliani is going to be in trouble if he doesn’t do well in Florida, where polls have him second or third. Only McCain and Romney appear well positioned for the long-term. Let’s see how McCain’s support holds up when there aren’t four candidates splitting the mainstream Republican and conservative vote.
No, Ron Paul is not a credible candidate. He gets a fairly consistent 8% to 10% of the vote, but does not have real strength anywhere.
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Darn!
Hello Fred Thompson Supporters,
I am a Ron Paul supporter, formally a Fred Thompson supporter. I wanted to invite everyone hear to check out Ron Paul. You may not agree with him on all the issues, I don’t. But, he is very similar to Thompson in many ways. Both are very honest and say what they mean.
Now that Thompson has stepped out and Duncan Hunter stepped out on Saturday, Paul is the only fiscal and moral conservative left.
McCain, Huck, and Romney are spenders and Rudy is all over the map morally.
Please check out Ron Paul’s site. He isn’t Fred Thompson, but he is a real conservative. The only one left in this race.
Thanks Bucko158!
I will check it out…
Sorry Thompson stepped out of the race — who will
“Stand Tall” for conservative’s now? When in doubt,
always vote for the tallest person - think Washington
and Lincoln! Yep, tall is best.
Too bad. He had my vote so now I will support Romney. McCain is unstable and someone shoud check his medication. Giuliani is too liberal for my blood.
Fred definitely was the best candidate, but, like I said before, it’s tough getting out of bed in the morning when you got a wife that looks like his in there with you. The converse would explain the Huckabuster’s energy and exuberance.
CONVA,
So you’re going to vote for the only candidate who has a record of implementing Socialized Medicine? A candidate who is OK with illegal aliens if they’re mowing his lawn? A candidate who signed an extension of the AWB?
Nice.
MND - You going to write in Fred? Or Tancredo? Why not just vote for Hiliary?
One Voice,
There is a conservative candidate running with money in the bank and a large following.
Ron Paul - no write in required.
I will not vote for McCain even if it means Hillary wins. No can do. No more RINOs.
mnd,
If you are speaking about Romney, I will refer you to a post I made a while back. He has people that take care of those things. He is ultimately responsible, but I am sure the contractor that won the bid to do the landscaping of the Gov’s house didn’t tell them he was hiring ILLEGAL aliens. This comes back around to punishing the people that hire them, not the ones that hire those who hire the ILLEGALS.
Alex - I have not ruled anyone out yet, except Hiliary….Paul fascinates me. Not sure if that is good or bad?!
Did you see my comments about CEMEX and Rinker and Cuba on the other thread?
- I think McCain is volitile - I think he would make wild VP for any President that could handle him. I really want someone that is going to call a spade a spade - I think I don’t LIKE anyone but am trying to find something good….. I am focused on the economy first. That must be in order to accomplish anything. Think it’s best to see what falls out and then take a stand. I liked Dodd I liked Tancredo and I liked Huckabee. They each had a stand and qualities I liked. Then it all changed. Never liked Guiliani - not even after 9/11.
One Voice,
Hillary doesn’t get your woman sympathy vote? One of those we are in it together as women votes? If not, you and I have agreed on something, we need to mark this down on a calendar somewhere.
Why would One Voice vote for Hillary? She has never mentioned her in any favorable light. I would be much more likely to support her than One Voice would. And before anyone starts on me, I have not decided who I am going to vote for and when I do, this place will be the last place it will be discussed. There are things I like about all the candidates, and things I do not like about all of them.
Dolph
I think it’s too soon. I am verra concerned about the economy - it has to be in good shape to accomplish anything. I am also verra concerned about our local economy and upcoming decisions….
Did you see anything anywhere yet about projecting this recession to be about a nine month deal? Mc News is covering the death of a movie star not that it’s trivial but I am interested in wall street.– will wait and read tomorrow I guess…
IS Ron Paul Right?
Why the U.S. stock market will crash tomorrow, Jan 22, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWyygiyPbdA
Redawn - this is why Ron Paul fascinates me. Would the US thrive with competing currencies????? Sound kind of interesting thinking of investments. I need to learn more about him, but he asks some good questions. That was a good video, I thought.
Fred was a great choice but he really didn’t market himself well. I really think Romney is the best out there. Each candidate has their pros and cons but Romney really has the “turnaround” agent feel that the others don’t.
I can’t get passed McCain as part of the old school and Huck doesn’t register with me at all.
Romney seems to have a good business mind which will lend itself well to accounability and followthrough. Check him out “on the issues”, especially immigration and economy if you have a moment and see if he fits for you. Just my 2 cents.
I too am very concerned about the economy. It is in very bad shape from what I can tell. I will be looking at the economy first, and other things second. Our county appears to be close to running on empty also.
Expect a deserved bounce for Huckabee
Huckabee is the only candidate left who is a social conservative and has any compelling ideas. I liked Fred and am sorry to see him go but as fast as this primary season is going there isn’t time to cry over spilled milk.
The only candidate that I see out there with new ideas is Huckabee. He has great plans on Health Care, Fair Tax, Immigration, and on lots of social issues.
Here’s Ron Paul’s stance on pasteurized milk:
If unpasteurized milk is among your top 10 concerns, Ron Paul is you man!
[Ed note: comment reformatted.]
Here’s a good description of Ron Paul’s supporters:
It’s hard to think of a presidential candidate who’s ever drawn a
coalition as broad as Ron Paul’s. At any Paul event, you’re likely to run into self-described anarcho-capitalists, 9/11-deniers, antiwar lefties, objectivists, paleocons, hemp activists, and geeky high school kids, along with tax resisters, conspiracy nuts, and acolytes of Murray Rothbard. And those are just the ones it’s possible to categorize. It’s hard to say what they all have in common, except that every one is an ideological minority–or, as one of them put it to me, “open-minded people.” To these supporters, Paul is a folk hero, the one person in national politics who doesn’t judge them, who
understands what it’s like to be considered a freak by straight
society.
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=49c0058e-c9f3-4a4b-96ef-25f4d0607bb2
Freaks.
Here’s Ron Paul getting cozy with Dennis Kucinich (!) and 9/11 conspiracy nuts.
Student: …we’ve heard that you have questioned the government’s official account.
Paul: Well, I never automatically trust anything the government does when they do an investigation because too often I think there’s an area that the government covered up, whether it’s the Kennedy assassination or whatever.
Paul: Into 9/11?
Student: Yeah, into 9/11. I mean, if it was Dennis Kucinich and you, there’d be congressional support. You know what I mean? So you wouldn’t be the only one.
Paul: It’d be bipartisan, too. And I’ve worked with Dennis a lot on a lot of these issues.
Student: So I mean, would you advocate for a new investigation into 9/11?
Paul: Yes, I think we have to look at the details of it.
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/05/19/trutheriness-and-ron-paul/
Ducky,
Your grasping at straws.
Paul has been on many shows, and in the debates he has very clearly stated he does not think there was a government conspiracy in 9/11. He stated that was a rediculous notion and a rediculous question to even ask him. He stated his supporters (even the 9/11 “truthers”) like him for his positions, not vice versa. He only stated that there was some government incompetence, because the FBI knew that people were learning to fly but not land.
OK?
Toad and mnd - can you explain why Tancrado has endorsed Romney?
Romney is the only candidate who has actually signed 287g legislation.
He is also the best (by far) candidate when it comes to the economy.
He only one to be very successful in the private sector.
Even as Gov. of Mass. he didnt raise taxes - unlike the massive tax increases by Huckabee’s Governorship.
But unlike most that seem to post on this site, I like and generally support all of the Republican candidates. I just prefer Romney and think he is by far the most qualified to lead our nation.
Lee said on 23 Jan 2008 at 10:25 am:
Romney is the only candidate who has actually signed 287g legislation.
Read this:
Tough Guy on Immigration?
November 9, 2007
Romney claims he put state troopers on the trail of illegals in his state.
Romney: As governor, I authorized the state police to enforce immigration laws.
Well, yes. But, as we noted in August, he didn’t do so until he had less than a month left in his term. He was already considering running for president, and the new governor-elect was expected to rescind the arrangement.
Romney began talking about giving troopers the power to make arrests on immigration charges earlier in 2006, but he didn’t sign an agreement with the federal government - a necessary condition for that authority to be granted - until Dec. 13 of that year. Romney was scheduled to leave office Jan. 4, 2007. Democrat Deval Patrick, who had won the race to succeed Romney, had already said the program was a “bad idea” because troopers were busy enough as it was.
Sure enough, Patrick rescinded the agreement within his first week in office so troopers could “focus on enforcing Massachusetts laws.” The policy never had a chance to take effect, because those troopers chosen to carry it out hadn’t yet begun a required six-week training course.
http://www.factcheck.org/tough_guy_on_immigration.html
Romney isn’t a conservative. Period. At least with the leftist Democrats you know what you’re getting. Further, I’m not going to support or vote for a Republican who says stuff like this:
“And if there is determined to be, from time to time, a weapon of such lethality that it poses a grave risk to our law enforcement personnel, that’s something I would consider signing. There’s nothing of that nature that’s being proposed today in Washington. But, but I would, I would look at weapons that pose extraordinary lethality”
I don’t know about you, but a gun isn’t much use if it doesn’t “pose a grave risk” to whomever its pointed at.
“Weapons of extraordinary lethality” my ass. The man is talking about the stupid “assault weapons ban”.
You know, the one that had no effect on crime?
Romney is another patrician like Dubya who uses government as an extension of his social life. He has no principles other than to get elected. He’ll say anything to make sure he’s invited to the party.
Red State Update: Fred Thompson Drops Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET7tODkQyTU
Hunter endorsed Huckabee on the grounds that he would be the most solid on National Defense and Building a Border Fence
Hunter just lost his mind, and support for CA Governorship run because of his endorsement of Huckabust.
redawn - Thanks for the much needed chuckle!
Krusty,
You are welcome. YOU gave me some chuckles EARLIER today on another thread. ( I think it was the nut one)
Tell me how Romney could be elected in the most liberal state in the USA if he is so conservative. While he was Gov. he did nothing to fight Gay Marrage, Gun Control, and Abortion. IN his state it is a Fellony to own a gun without paying a fee and being registered. In His state some abortions are payed for with tax dollars. Show me where he stood up to this. Any true Republican would be outraged. He is just anouther left leaning GOP contender who would be happy to take a few more of our God given rights away. Huckabee is the last man standing who will stand up for conservative values.
To all of the Paulocks out there, If Ron is such a principled guy why did he tell Huckabee in the debate that Hucks war position would keep Republicans from winning this year, To which Mike replied “I would rather lose an election than my principles’
Huckabee’s Principles = Saving Face
Ron Paul’s Principles = The U.S. Constitution
Huckabee didn’t mean SAVE FACE he meant stick with what you know is right
Ron Paul says he want to cut spending but he has a lot of ear marks in his past. Maybe he just wants everyone else to cut spending.
Hillary Clinton: Queen of Federal Pork
http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/hillary_clinton_queen_of_federal_pork/
‘An analysis by the government watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste found that of all the presidential candidates serving in Congress, Clinton had the most earmarks.’
http://wava-fm-na.temp.salemwebnetwork.com/news/11565939/
Citizens Against Government Waste
http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer
Toad,
You dont know what your talking about.
Paul earmarks the spending in case the bill passes, but he almost always votes against the spending bill itself. He does the earmarking because if the bill does pass he doesnt want his constituency not to get its fair share of money that it sends to Washington.
Unlike most other politicians Ron Paul lets people see his earmarks. You really should focus your ire on those who dont reveal their earmarks, as those are likely the unethical ones and dont want people examining their actions.
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PWConservative,
“stick with what you know is right”
So invading Iraq, a country that had no WMD’s, produced few terrorists and therefore was no thread to the sovereignty of the United States was “right”? How was invading Iraq “right.”
We are occupying a country that is no threat to us. We are creating more terrorists with our continued opressive presence in the region. There is no proof that leaving will make the region less peaceful.
few terrorists?
It only takes a few to fly into a building and kill thousands
PW Conservative,
Did the ones who destroyed the twin towers come from Iraq?
I dont remember hearing that…unless it was one of Bush’s lies.
DID I SAY THE TWIN TOWERS TERRORISTS WERE FROM IRAQ????? of course not, I was simply saying we must kill all terrorists, no matter how few there are, they are still a threat
And Don’t rag on Bush you ungrateful racist pig, there have been no attacks on U.S Soil since 9/11