Fred is Dead
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Former Senator Fred Thompson has withdrawn his candidacy from the 2008 Presidential Election:
Fred Thompson dropped his presidential bid Tuesday, after the former Tennessee senator and actor finished third in the South Carolina primary and was unable to score a victory in any of the early primaries or caucuses.
“Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States.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 said in a statement.
Unfortunately, Thompson was a true conservative who should have electrified the base but didn’t. His “late” entry into the Presidential race was seen by critics as a sign that he wasn’t really excited about running, and that lack of enthusiasm spread like wildfire among his followers. Unable to get the vote out for his campaign in South Carolina, a state which was supposed to be his for the taking, his campaign ended with a whimper.
With Thompson now out of the campaign, in my opinion the only candidate worth supporting now is Mitt Romney. He isn’t perfect, but he as close to a true conservative as we’re likely to get this time around.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Romney is no “true” conservative. He’s a political chameleon who changes his political positions depending upon what office he is currently running for. He is the ultimate flip-flopper. When he ran first for Senator and then for Governor of Massachusettes, he was pro-choice, pro-gun control, etc. Now he has abandoned all those positions without a second thought and has a whole brand new set of principles. I wonder how long those will last?
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Mike, you should know better than to base an argument on “facts” found on Wikipedia. Anyone can post there, and when it comes to hot-button issues such as abortion the entries are usually slanted one way or another. However, after reading what it said about Romney’s position on abortion, it seems clear to me that his position has not changed. Personally, he is anti-abortion with very limited exceptions. Professionally he refuses to impose that belief upon others as long as the law made by Roe v. Wade is still valid. Exactly how is that flip-flopping?
My main reason for going with Romney is the experience he has with business and turning around failed businesses. He knows what it is to have to make a payroll so workers can eat. Neither Hillary nor Obama can say that; in fact, with the exception of whatever time she spent at the Rose Law Firm, both Hillary and Bill have been living off of the public’s dime their entire careers.
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Actually, I’ve found Wikipedia to be highly accurate and a great resource. And it’s not true that “anyone can post there”, at least not anymore. They are highly restrictive now about who can access the site and it is heavily scrutinized and edited.
As for Romney’s business experience, that all seems to stem from his work at one company – Bain Capital. It says he turned the company around without any layoffs, but I wonder how many people got laid off as a result of all the leveraged buyouts he oversaw during that period.
By the way, were you aware that Bain Capital is one of the firms that is buying out San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications, the largest owner and operator of radio stations in the country? Isn’t it interesting how all of the right-wing talk shows on the Clear Channel stations have been attacking John McCain and Mike Huckabee all this time? It’s one of those things that makes you go hmmmmm.
And one other thing, the last time we elected a Harvard-educated businessman to run the country we got the Worst President Ever George W. Bush. I think I’ll pass this time.