To quote Rush: “Maybe we need a Carter to get a Reagan.” Apparently Republicans must learn the hard way.

You helped do this Ms. Malkin. The articles speaking of how tired he is, and posting the day before Iowa that he was going to bail. You were part of the problem.

From now on I show up at the polls and do a write-in vote. Republicans are now just liberals with an anti-abortion obsession.

But Thompson finished a distant 3rd instead of 1st or even 2nd, after pundits had been painting Thompson as “lazy” – “no fire” – “slow” and “disinterested” since the day he announced his campaign. Sheet Anchor

Never listen to ‘pundits’ or the media. Make your own decisions & stick to them.

Fred’s campaign manager in TN has said the latest round of “considering dropping out” rumors are 100% media fabricated… AGAIN. Khyris

The media is dead
‘The Red Queen’s on her head’
& the pundits are waiting to see which way the wind blows.

Fred Thompson’s continued presence in the race will only divide the conservative vote and ensure that McCain or Huckabee gets the nomination. DBD

NO. Fred’s continued presence in the race will insure that the REAL issues are on the table & being debated.

“DEFY THE SCOFFERS!”
Because negativity is EASY!
but conviction counts for something!

Let Ron Paul take his rightful place as the Republican standard-bearer.

/sarc

I’m beginning to think about it like a night at the bar when I was (piggishly) single. How many beers would I have to drink to… abandon my principles and vote for them.

It’s not looking good.

On January 21st, 2008 at 10:52 pm, Durangodarlin said:
Fred is my man. If he was on a McCain ticket, I would vote for that ticket.

I would vote for Fred in a heartbeat, but never for McCain/Fred. I don’t think Fred would accept Shamnesty either.

On January 22nd, 2008 at 12:03 am, Miss Ladybug said: …
All this being said, if Thompson pulls out, I would hope he’d throw his support to Romney and that we’d get a Romney/Thompson ticket. I think that pairing could take either of the Dem frontrunners.

Sounds like a winning plan. They are the only remaining candidates, of either party, with the proper plan on illegal immigration. And this is a winning issue across both parties, according to Zogby.

On January 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pm, brooklyn red said:
good bye super tuesday, who could hang a name on you…

Funny.

On January 21st, 2008 at 8:29 pm, RealImmigrantChick said:
I want more clever people like that. After all, the Bible teaches us to be meek as doves and clever like snakes. Too many people forget the clever part and just focus on meek and confuse it for passive. WE need more fighters.

Yes!

I cannot help wonder what Fred’s qualifications are for running for President in the First Place. We’re hiring a President. If the ad says, “Wanted: Male or female to be executive and commander in chief of the United states of America”, what on his resume would convince anyone to vote for him?

The trouble is we’ve all (meaning the country) gotten into the habit of basing our votes on stump speeches with little regard to experience. Indeed, what experience do any of the Senators have when it comes to executive political leadership and decision making? When does bloviating cut it?

Would anyone here like to pick their candidate and cite that candidate’s tangible accomplishments relevent for the job of President of the United States? Hopefully, we haven’t become a nation of gullible chumps, nodding like bobble-heads whenever someone says something we like to hear, regardless of the critical issue of proven experience.

As far as not voting if someone who “isn’t conservative enough” becomes the R nominee, I’d regard that person as fundementally unpatriotic, prepared to put their own selfish and unrealistically idealistic temper tantums before the good of the nation. Any Republican candidate likely to be nominated is miles more conservative than Hillary or Obama, even the admittedly detestible Senator McCain.

If the primaries are still relevant by the time mine rolls around, I might have to go for Romney, just to make sure that Straight Talk doesn’t get it.

A little civic lesson:

A VP who became President without benefit of an election can serve no more than 10 year: they can serve the unfulfilled term of their predecesor up to two years and then be elected for 2-4 year terms of their own. If a VP serves more than 2 years (even by a day) of an unfulfilled term, they can only be elected for one additional 4-year term. This is what the 22nd Amendment did (Source).

How I wish we might see 8-10 years of Thompson as President. Alas, I don’t think that will is going to happen. Too many people seem to be chosing what they view as “most electable” over “best of the job as a real conservative”.

flenser~

When you are checking, verify any date of PP donation against the timing of Romney’s change of position. Having known non-politicians who have become anti-abortion after being pro-abortion, I know people can have genuine conversions on the issue. And, unlike some who claim to have never held non-conservative views (like McCain claiming Shamnesty wasn’t Amnesty), Romney justifies his change of position, and I believe his explanation.

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All this being said, if Thompson pulls out, I would hope he’d throw his support to Romney and that we’d get a Romney/Thompson ticket. I think that pairing could take either of the Dem frontrunners.