Fred Thompson – The Only True Conservative’s Choice

I’ve heard the name Duncan Hunter and I’ve heard Tom Tancredo. Trouble with Duncan and Tom is that they don’t have the legs to win. As much as I like both, neither have the ability to first gain the nomination nor do they have the ability to run a general election campaign with a broad enough focus to battle it out with Hillary or Barrack. Sorry Hunter fans, he can not win. Sorry Tancredo fans, he’s too focused on one single issue.

What about the Huck? I say it is dangerous to elect a pastor to the Presidency. As a former Baptist Pastor, Mike’s Achilles Heel will be that he is a pastor. That’s right, it can and WILL be used against him. It is my belief that Huck has gotten a “free-pass” in the press in order to gain prestige in the polls thereby would artificially become a possible nominee. Problem… The anti-Christian left will have a field day with Huck in the general. Doubt me, go look at the daily pos.

Mitt has problems explaining away his flip-flopping past. You can’t be pro-choice, pro-life, pro-choice, then pro-life again and expect it to not bite YOU in the hind quarter. Is there something in the water in Mass where you must flip-flop on the issues?!?

I respect John McCain for what he has done for this country. As a young man he endured that which no-one on either side of the political spectrum has the slightest iota about. For this I respect this man. But he is a political maverick. This is why he cannot gain support among Conservatives.

My man Fred has it all. The only problem with his campaign is that he misconstrued the time involved in solidifying his campaign after his announcement. Changes in his campaign have been a distraction and due to his late entry, he lost his initial edge. This said however, he is the only candidate with a consistent Conservative position on all issues.

John Hawkins from Townhall.com had this to say in his breakdown of the Republican candidates:

Fred Thompson: “The Fred” is a peculiar case. He is a consistent, movement conservative whose views match up better with those of the base than any of the other top tier candidates. He’s a fiscal conservative, a federalist, a man with a perfect pro-life voting record, and all the right positions on illegal immigration. He is also, by far, the most popular candidate with conservatives online, quick on his feet, has a good sense of humor, comes across as presidential, and more than any other Republican running, he has put out serious, detailed policy plans. Judging by that, you’d think he’d be dominating the field. So, why isn’t he?

Simple: Because he got in the race too late.

Initially, it may have seemed like a smart move to wait to jump in because Fred’s poll numbers kept going up. But eventually, expectations became so sky high that no one could have lived up to them. So, when Fred got in the race, he was almost destined to disappoint people — and he did. Fred and his campaign took about a month to get their sea legs, but unlike the other campaigns that had their growing pains at the start of the year when no one was paying attention, the Thompson campaign was under the microscope and being examined by people who were practically expecting him to be Reagan reincarnated. Meanwhile, many of the people in the conservative press savaged Fred mercilessly because they had already picked out a candidate to back before he ever got in the race and so they never saw him as anything other than an impediment to “their guy’s” chances of winning. Today, Thompson’s campaign is well run, he’s working as hard as the other top tier candidates, he has proven to be an excellent debater, and he’s still probably the only top tier candidate who has the potential to give the majority of Republicans someone they’d like to vote for, as opposed to someone they’d only vote for out of fear of a Hillary Clinton presidency. However, despite all that, he still has yet to get out from under the shadow of the negative first impression that was left with people when he first entered the race.

Now don’t confuse federalize with federalist. Federalize is what Democrats do. They make everything a federal government problem therefore have to come up with federal government solutions. The Federalist approach is to defer these matters to the states where they belong. Federalist = good; Federalize = socialism.

Rudy….

Give me a second while I try to stop laughing…

Rudy is Hillary in a suit. He may have brought New York back from the abyss created by crime and deficit spending. And he may be the guy everyone looked to on September 11 for strength in the face of terror, but his social liberalism is a major problem. I’d rather nominate Joe Lieberman than Rudy Giuliani.

Add his social liberalism to the scandals already plaguing his campaign and you have a Democrat running as a Republican. He is Slick Willie all over again.

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