I am dropping all Fred Thompson Support
December 10th, 2007 . by TexasFredI have dropped ALL support for Fred D. Thompson in his bid to become President of the USA…
This was a tough decision for me to make, I liked his style, I liked his charm but I never saw a forcefulness there that I consider to be necessary to run this nation and that has disturbed me for a long time, but even so, I supported him because I felt he was the most electable candidate in the bunch, not the BEST, but the most electable…
The Thompson Blog Roll will remain active for all that are on it but I will no longer be adding new sites nor will I be displaying it or any other Thompson blog rolls or other support on any of my sites…
I have long considered Tom Tancredo to be the best of the bunch but for some reason he just hasn’t caught on like some of the others, well, maybe it’s time we ALL take a hard look at Tancredo and his Secure America and his Immigration stance…
I will be supporting Tom Tancredo in a bid for the Oval Office and even if he fails to get the RNC nomination, Tancredo can be written in, I will NEVER support any of the Dem candidates and I may be wasting a vote or, as some will say, helping the Dems by not following the party line but that’s just too bad…
Is there a perfect candidate?? No, I don’t think so, but if this bunch of Repubs, barring Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter, are the best the RNC can offer, we’re screwed no matter how it turns out…
If any of you are interested in a Tom Tancredo for President blog roll, let me know in comments or via email, and if there are enough of you, I will set one up…
Sincerely, TexasFred
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Admin Edit: When I go to your site and start posting MY support for MY candidate, then you can do the same here… TexasFred
I know how much you wanted Thompson to come around, so did I. I know how hard it is to drop a candidate when you wanted so much to believe in him. I think the problem with Thompson is he doesn’t believe in himself and it shows.
Tancredo is taking a stand and is willing to stand by it win or lose. He will not pander for the sake of votes, I like that.
As of today I’m with you and I’m backing Tancredo. Set up a blogrool, I’ll join.
I echo Ranandos comment and I did too, he’s a disappointment.
Before Fred announced he was running officially you had Tancredo in your sidebar as your guy, and I know where you’re coming from with this, I did the same thing and had him as my guy as well early on. Had a conscience about it ever since.
I’ll join that blog roll if you get enough bro.
Admin Edit: When I go to your site and start posting MY support for MY candidate, then you can do the same here… TexasFred
If you look, you’ll see that I DID mention Duncan Hunter… Tancredo is still my 1st choice, Hunter is right there too, 1.1 choice maybe??
I think a Hunter-Tancredo or Tancredo-Hunter ticket would be awesome, either way, it works for me…
And Tom saying he’d bomb Mecca and Medina are solid reasons for me TO support him…
Nothing like a little MOAB house cleaning…
i will continue to support fred. he is going to shock everyone.he has remained solid on his conservative views right from the start. and i mean even before he was a senator. our country realizes his comittment to our future . and just remember polls are just polls. its the primarys that count. just ask howard dean.
Pat, that’s fine, you do your thing and I’ll do mine but make NO assumptions regarding me, and my whys and wherefores…
This has NOTHING to do with polls and rankings, if that was the case why in the hell would I support Tancredo??
It has EVERYTHING to do with Thompson showing up at and taking part in the Wetback Debates…
Tancredo is the only one that didn’t pander to the Spanish speakers, screw em ALL, Thompson included…
You do whatever the hell turns your crank, IN YOUR BLOG, if you have one, I am all for it, but I will do MY thing here, freedom of speech is a bitch huh??
Tancredo has the best stand on Illegals stealing across our borders but from what I understand he’s had a weak stand on gun rights. I’ll have to look more into it because basically he’s a strong conservative. Hunter is good and his military background appeals to me. I still like Thompson and feel he’s better than the top GOP runners but, like you mentioned, he doesn’t seem to have the fire in his belly for being president. It’s going to be an interesting upcoming year.
BobF: Not according to my friend Pat Sperry, a hard core gun advocate and Tancredo supporter, I will ask Pat to post Tancredo’s gun support stuff here, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised…
Put INSIGHT on Freedom on that Tancredo blogroll, Fred.
Believe me, I KNOW how hard a decision to drop support for Thompson was. I want re- my reasons for jumping ship when I did, but it was at that point that I realized there was some serious back-filling going on that I did not like.
By the way, I, too, wouldd like to know Tancredo’s stand on gun control, etc.
Regards to all!
Longstreet
Hey Fred (TexasFred),
It doesn’t take much to figure out that Fred Thompson has already failed. His campaign isn’t near organized enough and he does seem to be lacking something….like the drive it takes to get there….and taking hard stands…I have for some weeks figured that he wasn’t going to make….I am sure of it….as for Tancredo…he is going to need a lot of publicity…all you see in the news is Clinton and Guiliani….they are getting the press and working it and like it or not the press goes a long way…
I am sad to admit that my ardor for Thompson has declined in proportion to his desire for the job. I could, admittedly, go most anywhere at this point. I thought by now I’d have my mind nailed but I do not. I concur, Tancredo’s immigration stand is beyond reproach, but logic has little if anything to do with electability these days. There are just too many ancillary issues. You get with touch with Tom, I want to know:
FIRST of all: what is his stand on SCOTUS appointments? This, quite frankly, is my BIGGEST issue (and should be ALL of ours) because it’s one the POTUS can actually influence.
SECOND: what kind of Communicator is he? The Presidency is, obviously, the world’s largest Bully Pulpit. If Tancredo can’t or won’t advocate for Conservatism — this is one of Bush’s LARGEST failures. He either can’t or won’t stay focused on issue and admirably and logically continuously COMMUNICATE to the public not only the Conservative stance but the stance of his administration. He’s got to be a Conservative First.
THIRD: WILL be follow the basic tenets of Conservatism or will he allow the GOP platform to wander?
FOURTH: Backbone. Will he stand UP for Conservatism? Will he fold under Demorat pressure? Public pressure? Does he stick his finger up into the Prevailing Political Prairie Winds and measure the gust? Is he a Poll-adherant?
FIFTH: Sovereignty. Will he keep us sovereign and safe? Will he be answerable only to The People of the United States, NOT to the United Nations, NOT to a World Court, NOT to treaties or protocols NOT benevolent to the United States of America?
SIXTH: Smaller government, less government spending? Will he ever meet a bill he’d veto? Would he advocate line-item veto? Tax reform? Reduced spending? Pushing budgets and responsibilities back down to the state level? Fewer dollars to Washington? TORT REFORM? TRUTH in Bills?
We already know his stance on immigration. Moreover: is he or can be be MORE than a One Trick Pony?
BZ
If you want to know where Tancredo stands on the issues, visit him here:
Tom Tancredo for President 2008
I did some quick checking and Tancredo has an A rating from the NRA. Here’s a video on that and some of his ideas on illegals…good stuff.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/tom-tancredo-at-nras-celebration-of-american-values-conf/2494165505
bloviating, That was a great statement for McCain.
BobF…..Good Fucking point with the NRA link.
SLainte’
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Thanks for posting the link Renado! Okay, as far as Tom’s positions on gun control. Gun Owners of America has the best, IMO, round up of all of the candidates.
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As Fred, and a few others are aware, I am a hard core Tancredo supporter, and the links mentioned will give sufficient background for why I am that way. Perhaps though, the biggest reasons are from personal contact with him, and his campaign.
He had one single weak moment on the gun issue, to the best of my knowlege, and that was very short lived. It was immediatly after the Columbine High School atrocity. That happened in his district, about a mile from his house. What set him straight about that, in rather short order I might add? The outlandish comments made by John McCain, that’s what.
I asked him about that, as well as a few other things at a fund raiser at Cool River Café. I liked what I heard. Tom is, if nothing else, a straight shooter. He is honest to a fault, and that is why I don’t believe that he has a snowballs chance in hell of getting elected President.
Specifics;
More laws would not have stopped Columbine, at least eighteen laws were broken as it was.
Ex Post Facto Laws are immoral.
The taking of civil liberties for less than felony conviction, or serious mental disability is immoral.
Border security is not a racial issue, it is a national security issue.
All of our military forces need to be beefed up, including the Coast Guard.
Tax reform is a priority, he seemed to lean toward the FAIR Tax initiative, but is open to other ideas.
Health care is a private matter, not one that government should be involved with. (Look at the VA system for a snap shot of Hillary care; my comment
That is what I most remember from actually meeting the man.