Fred comes to NH!

Fred Thompson speaking at the Wayfarer Inn in Bedford Thursday night to an enthusiastic audience. Fred gave a wonderful speech and a lot of Undecideds in the crowd were impressed.

Fred Thompson: The Next Ronald Reagan? Saturda...

Fred Thompson: The Next Ronald Reagan?

Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:06 AM

It seems that Fred Thompson is being cast as the second coming of the all-important Ronald Reagan. That wasn't sarcasm. In my lifetime (I was born 24 days after Reagan took office) there has been no influence greater than that of RWR. Mandi, when she was pregnant with Emma, Maddelyn, and I were one of the first fifty people into the Capitol Rotunda to bid the great President farewell. I remember it well, I stopped at the casket stood to attention and saluted the Great Man and made a solemn vow to carry out his conservative legacy. I am a Reagan baby, I have been influenced by him more than most. However, my concern is not the desire to carry on that man's legacy, as all the Presidential candidates on the Republican side of attempted to do. My concern is who do my daughters have to emulate? With the exception of that moment in Maddelyn's life in the a stroller in the Rotunda, none of them have any connections to the man. Who is their Ronald Reagan? I don't want my daughters growing up and still wondering when the next Ronald Reagan will step forward. I want them to have someone who they can talk to their children and grandchildren about. So, that is who we search for in 2008.
Is Fred Thompson that man? Will we refer to Thompsonomics? Will we credit the falling of radical islam to him after he has left? I don't know, however, I do know that his pseudo-campaign has taken great strides to be reverant of Reagan, while at the same time have not alluded that he is the next RWR. In fact, they have showed me that their main branding of FDT is not of the next RWR but the very best FDT that he can be. I am impressed by that! Maybe, my daughters will have the chance to talk about FDT in the light that I revere RWR. History will tell, but one thing that I know is I like FDT on his own merits, as far as I am concerned....that is more than enough for me.

-Cincinnatus

 

 

 

New Quote from Fred on Seeking the Presidency

"When a person thinks about something like this, he thinks about his own situation and who he is and what he maybe can do, and the country and his relationship to the country. And whether or not the man fits the times...In my case anyway, I haven’t planned this since I was high school class president or something like that and plotting my political career. It just evolves...You figure out whether or not at this particular time you can bring something to the table and do something for your country that perhaps is unusual and different and can provide a different kind of leadership at a time that needs it."

-Fred Thompson, WGN Interview May 23, 2007

Fred Thompson responds to Michael Moore taunt for a "debate"

Leftist filmmaker Michael Moore today challenged Fred Thompson to a debate over his alleged use of Cuban cigars: http://www.drudgereport.com/flash6.htm

Thompson immediately responded -- with devastating effect - in a YouTube video, with cigar in hand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdAm6UY4xOE

An instant classic and as one friend put it, this is ART!

Latest by Fred Thompson

Images of Oppression
By Fred Thompson
Friday, May 4, 2007

Sometimes, you read or hear something, and an image forms in your mind that just won't go away. For me, one of those images comes from the 2002 news stories about religious police in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, who beat young girls trying to escape a burning school. Because they weren’t wearing headscarves and black robes, 15 innocent girls were locked in a blazing building to burn while firemen watched helplessly.

Not all Saudis support this sort of extremism, but many Muslim radicals reject the premise that women should have even the most basic rights. These include the right to vote, to work, to drive, to choose one's own husband, to charge a man with abuse or simply to move about without male escort.

One of the worst examples of this gender oppression was Afghanistan during the Taliban days. Women were not allowed to go to school, to work outside the home or even go out in public without a male family member. A woman with a medical emergency, but no male relatives to take her to a doctor, was expected simply to suffer or die. An aged woman with no one to bring her food was expected to starve. Too many did.

Life for women under the Taliban and similar governments ought to inspire anger and indignation in everybody, especially human rights advocates. I'm constantly surprised, however, by the apparent apathy among many who say they care about the rights of women and other minorities.

I doubt, for example, that our television networks have spent as much time exposing the horrors of life for millions of women in pre-liberation Iraq and Afghanistan as they've spent covering Abu Ghraib. For some reason, everyday atrocities such as the endemic beatings, honor killings and forced marriages of women just don’t seem to be newsworthy.

The other side of that coin is that we also rarely hear about dramatic improvements in the lives of women when they come about due to American actions. So let me take a little of your time to give you some good news that might have slipped through the journalistic cracks.

A new study from Johns Hopkins University indicates that, since the Taliban was ousted five years ago, Afghan infant mortality rates have improved dramatically. Every year, more than 40,000 babies live that would have died under Islamofascist tyranny -- and the statistics are still improving. The main reason, according to the study, is improved women's access to medical care.

Some people, including World Bank health specialists, say infant mortality rates have improved far more than the Johns Hopkins study shows -- because the data used is several years old. We know, for example, that the number of Afghan children who are getting vaccinations has doubled and redoubled in just the last few years. Similarly, the number of pregnant women receiving pre-natal care went up six-fold between 2003 and 2006.

In Iraq, the health care and educational statistics are even better. There are, of course, still many areas of life that need to improve in both countries, but we're moving in the right direction. The next time I'm reminded of the suffering women endure in too many radicalized Muslim cultures, or apathy toward their plight back here at home, I'm going to conjure up the image of 40 or 50 thousand Muslim mothers smiling into the faces of healthy babies. You might try the same -- and remember, while you’re doing it, that these babies would not be alive today if it were not for the U.S. and coalition soldiers.

 

Another Great Article from Fred Thompson:

It bothers Americans when we're told how unpopular we are with the rest of the world. For some of us, at least, it gets our back up -- and our natural tendency is to tell the French, for example, that we'd rather not hear from them until the day when they need us to bail them out again.

But we cool off. We're big boys and girls, after all, and we don't really bruise that easily. We're also hopeful that, eventually, our ostrich-headed allies will realize there's a World War going on out there and they need to pick a side -- the choice being between the forces of civilization and the forces of anarchy. Considering the fact that the latter team is growing stronger and bolder daily, while most of our European Union friends continue to dismantle their defenses, that day may not be too long in coming.

In the meantime, let's be realistic about the world we live in. Mexican leaders apparently have an economic policy based on exporting their own citizens, while complaining about US immigration policies that are far less exclusionary than their own. The French jail perfectly nice people for politically incorrect comments, but scold us for holding terrorists at Guantanamo.

Russia, though, takes the cake. Here is a government apparently run by ex-KGB agents who have no problem blackmailing whole countries by turning the crank on their oil pipelines. They're not doing anything shady, they say. They can’t help it if their opponents are so notoriously accident-prone. Criticize these guys and you might accidentally drink a cup of tea laced with a few million dollars worth of deadly, and extremely rare, radioactive poison. Oppose the Russian leadership, and you could trip and fall off a tall building or stumble into the path of a bullet.

The hundreds of demonstrators the Kremlin has had beaten and arrested in the last few weeks alone, we are told, were not pro-democracy activists but common criminals -- like world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Demonstrating without a permit is a serious crime and, luckily for the Kremlin, it turns out that pro-government youth groups seem always to have permits for rallies at the exact times and places that anti-government protesters gather.

Another group that seems to be having trouble with permits is the media. Newspapers and television stations that aren't smart enough to know that America is the enemy and that things are great in Russia can't seem to get their paperwork in order. It’s some sort of IQ test, I guess.

President Vladimir Putin, though, shows no sign that he feels defensive about his remarkable string of luck. He knows who's really to blame for "meddling" in Russian "internal affairs." It's the United States.

He's lambasting us for yielding too much power. One example of this excessive power is the missile defense radar system we want to install in Poland and the Czech Republic -- to give the free world early warning of a missile attack by terrorists or a rogue nation like Iran. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence that the Russians have been supplying Iran with both nuclear and missile technology while using their UN veto to block sanctions that would force Tehran to back down. Regardless, we're clearly at fault, he says, for putting a defense system close to Mother Russia.

So I wouldn't worry too much about the criticisms we receive. We make mistakes and at times the "carping" may even be on target, but it seems to me that we ought to look at a lot of the complaints as a badge of honor.

YouTube4Fred announced

Posted from the fred08.com site:

Announcing YouTube4Fred - because the most powerful tool in politics is the voice of the voter.

The Draft Fred Thompson 2008 Committee is asking you join us and put your voice into action with "YouTube4Fred!

Tell America in your own words why we need former Senator Fred Thompson as our next President.

Politicians, pundits and pollsters have had their say – now its your turn!

Prepare a personal digital video clip telling why you want to see Fred Thompson run for President, upload it to YouTube through our "YourTube4Fred" page at http://www.fred08.com/.

Each week http://www.fred08.com/ will highlight the top two or three clips. We will link them to our Front Page so that thousands other supporters and members of the media can better understand why Fred Thompson needs to join the 2008 presidential campaign.

This breaks new ground in grassroots politics and gives us a voice we have never had before – Don’t miss your chance to be heard!

The following simple instructions guide you through the process.

Video Format:

1. Start by stating your First Name and the State you are from.

2. Take approximately 30 seconds to tell America why you think Senator Fred Thompson should run for president.

Instructions:

1. Using a webcam or digital video camera, tell why you want Fred Thompson to run for President.
2. Transfer video to your computer.
3. Save the video in any of the following formats: .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG.
4. Create a Youtube account.
5. Follow the instructions to upload video.
6. When prompted, tag the video "Fred Thompson", "Draft", "2008", "yourtube4fred"
7. Email the Draft Committee; mailto:youtube@fred08.com and tell us the URL so we can link to it.

Send an email to your friends encouraging them to participate

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Vote for Fred… …in the GOP Bloggers straw poll...

Vote for Fred…

 …in the GOP Bloggers straw poll (he's far and away the winner right now!)

http://www.gopbloggers.org/mt/archives/004796.php

 

 

 

 

Fred picks up Limbaugh host endorsement

Conservative radio talk-show host Mark Belling endorsed Fred Thompson

for president on April 30, 2007 while filling in for Rush Limbaugh on Limbaugh's radio show.

The show has an estimated 20 million listeners. Limbaugh himself has said he will not endorse anyone at this stage in the campaign.

Reagan insiders for Fred

Reagan insiders like Mike Deaver are backing Fred Thompson:

More here: http://tinyurl.com/2jlhpo

Cal Thomas gets behind Fred!

Syndicated Columnist Cal Thomas all but endorsed Fred Thompson for president in his Wed. Apr. 17 column:

Run, Fred, run
By Cal Thomas

I have no idea whether Fred Thompson, former senator from Tennessee, will run for the Republican nomination for president, but he should.

He has Ronald Reagan's communication skills and speaks plainly in ways most people can understand. Anyone who has listened to him substitute for Paul Harvey on ABC News Radio senses that, in this, he follows in Reagan's footsteps. Radio is an intimate medium. People who are able to connect with a radio audience often can connect on TV and in person. Thompson, the actor, plays other people. On radio and in news interviews, he "plays" himself.

Thompson conveys Middle American, common sense values. When he is asked a question, he doesn't sound as if he's giving a poll-tested pabulum answer. Agree or not, his statements spring from conviction.

In an interview with Fox's Chris Wallace last month, Thompson gave refreshingly direct answers to questions. On Iraq: "We're the leader of the free world whether we like it or not. People are looking to us to test our resolve. … People think that if we hadn't gone down there (to Iraq), things would have been lovely. … If Saddam Hussein were still around today with his sons looking at Iran developing a nuclear capability, he undoubtedly would have reconstituted his nuclear capability. Things would be worse than they are today."

Yes, we made mistakes in Iraq, Thompson says. "We went in there too light, wrong rules of engagement, wrong strategy, placed too much emphasis on just holding things in place while we built up the Iraqi army, took longer than we figured. Wars are full of mistakes. You rectify things. I think we're doing that now."

Abortion? "Pro-life. … I think Roe vs. Wade was bad law and bad medical science. And the way to address that is through good judges."

Gay rights? "I think that we ought to be a tolerant nation. I think we ought to be tolerant people. But we shouldn't set up special categories for anybody. … Marriage is between a man and a woman and I don't believe judges ought to come along and change that."

As for "civil unions," Thompson thinks it should be left up to the states. Gun control? Thompson is "against it generally."

Thompson is a member of the advisory committee for the Libby Legal Defense Trust, which supports Dick Cheney's former chief of staff who is appealing his perjury conviction. Thompson told Wallace if he were president he would pardon Libby immediately: "This is a trial that never would have been brought in any other part of the world. This is a miscarriage of justice."

There's something else to like about Fred Thompson. He doesn't appear to be lusting after the job as if he needs it for his self-image. This, too, is much like Reagan, who knew who he was before becoming president and was the same after he left office.

It is said of Thompson that he has always "answered the call" of his country, whether it was serving as minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee, or in other capacities, including United States senator.

Some political "experts" think it is almost too late for any new candidate to announce for president. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he intends to wait until September before saying if he will run. Actually, waiting might be the best strategy for these Republicans. Conservative Republicans are restless about what they regard as a weak field. They want someone who can take on Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama and win.

Thompson thinks he can afford to wait until he again hears "the call." In being coy and demonstrating patience, he is following the advice of poet John Keats, who wrote:
"Fame, like a wayward girl, will still be coy
To those who woo her with too slavish knees,
But makes surrender to some thoughtless boy,
And dotes the more upon a heart at ease…
Make your best bow to her and bid adieu,
Then, if she likes it, she will follow you."

Fame and the presidency may be about to follow Fred Thompson. That would be good for the Republican Party and, should he win, good for the country.

Sen. Thompson's radio 3/20 commentary on Mexico is...

Sen. Thompson's radio 3/20 commentary on Mexico is a must-read. Check out "Southern Exposure" at National Review Online.

Here's a bit of it:

"We know that the overwhelming majority of illegals come across the Mexican border. Fortunately, we’ve got someone who is all too willing to tell us what we should do about it — the president of Mexico Philipe Calderon. President Calderon doesn’t think much of our border policies. He criticizes our efforts to secure the border with things such as border fencing. He says that bottle necks at U.S. checkpoints hurt Mexican commerce and force his citizens to migrate illegally in order to make a living (and of course send money back to Mexico). He apparently thinks we should do nothing except make American citizens out of his constituents. Calderon also accused U.S. officials of failing to do enough to stop the flow of drugs in to the United States."

NH is for Fred!

New Hampshire loves Fred Thompson!

RUN, FRED, RUN!