Fred Thompson doing the news?

[Bern80]

I only caught part of it, but if anyone elsed listened to Rush today was that Fred Thompson reading the news headlines?

 

[BATMAN]

He did an interview with Hannity yesterday - but I don't know what you're talking about as far as Rush.

 

[Gunny]

He did an interview with Hannity yesterday - but I don't know what you're talking about as far as Rush.

Just to fuel the rumors, I had heard he was filling on for Paul Harvey on occasion. After all, PH IS getting to be older than dirt.

Also heard he might toss his hat in the ring as a presidential candidate.

 

[Psychoblues]

Well, 'lil gunny cowboy, let's get it all out.

Just to fuel the rumors, I had heard he was filling on for Paul Harvey on occasion. After all, PH IS getting to be older than dirt.

Also heard he might toss his hat in the ring as a presidential candidate.

Paul Harvey is an icon in American Journalism. Fred Thompson is also an icon in 2nd grade acting and public communications.

Fred didn't do jack shit for Tennesse as their junior and one term Senator and I suspect he will do less for Americans as a junior and one term President (considering that he even MIGHT be elected for even ONE TERM) (After Bush, nothing is improbable) and I think Americans are generally tired of actors and otherwise expertly trained rich boys pretending to be world leaders and somehow respected as leaders of Democracy and defenders of Freedom.

The pukes don't have a candidate that will please you and the probably only 5 or 6 that agree with you. The Dems haven't got much more but they do have more that at least I can agree with.

Good Luck and Good Day, gunny.

 

[UnAmericanYOU]

The actor always wins against your party. Always.

He did an interview with Hannity yesterday - but I don't know what you're talking about as far as Rush.

Fred Thompson - tease, tease, tease, this link has one to the radio program you might be talking about, "BATMAN":

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTVjY2I4NmRkMTI0MDZkNzQ3OWM1OWM0NmQ2NTYyMDE

He's complaining about the lack of poor government management by both the Congress and the WH, he end it very suggestively:

What we need now are managers who understand that even building a government with “less wrong” about it would be a major public service and a truly worthwhile legacy. Of course, it would be nice if they got a little help from Congress and the White House.

After comparing politics with major-league baseball...still testing the waters.

 

[90K]

Just to fuel the rumors, I had heard he was filling on for Paul Harvey on occasion. After all, PH IS getting to be older than dirt.

Also heard he might toss his hat in the ring as a presidential candidate.

It is a mazing how long PH has been doing the news I mean growing up listening to him was kind of a high light of the day knowing what was going on in the world. I wonder since he's older than dirt constitutes becoming a rock?

 

[Avatar4321]

Well, 'lil gunny cowboy, let's get it all out

Paul Harvey is an icon in American Journalism. Fred Thompson is also an icon in 2nd grade acting and public communications.

Fred didn't do jack shit for Tennesse as their junior and one term Senator and I suspect he will do less for Americans as a junior and one term President (considering that he even MIGHT be elected for even ONE TERM) (After Bush, nothing is improbable) and I think Americans are generally tired of actors and otherwise expertly trained rich boys pretending to be world leaders and somehow respected as leaders of Democracy and defenders of Freedom.

The pukes don't have a candidate that will please you and the probably only 5 or 6 that agree with you. The Dems haven't got much more but they do have more that at least I can agree with.

Good Luck and Good Day, gunny.

I haven't been very excited by Fred Thompson, I actually agree with Psycho on a number of these things. So of course, that worries me alittle and I am going to have to reanalyze some things to see if my first impression is correct.

I am just not very impressed with Mr. Thompson yet. Yeah, from what I can see he says the right things, for the most part. (still not happy about him cosponsoring McCain Feingold) But what does it matter if someone says the right things if he has no ability to get any of those things done.

Its something i have issue with Newt as well. I like him. and He has some great ideas and some success in doing it, but I am not sure he can get what he promises done. I think leadership skills is very important. and while I know he has some, i dont know if he has enough to accomplish the things i want.

I know even less about Mr. Thompson. I could see myself voting for Newt, because I know he atleast has a few skills. I dont know what kind of leadership abilities Mr. Thompson has. And I havent found any information on it.

 

[Annie]

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/009429.php

March 17, 2007
Thompson Indicates A Move Away From The BCRA

Fred Dalton Thompson's flirtation with a presidential run has conservatives hopeful for a white knight in a field of compromise candidates in the GOP. The man whose career has spanned both Washington and Hollywood, and who has championed both conservatism and clean government, has a resumé that would make for compelling political theater. However, one issue in particular dogs every mention of his potential, and that is his support for the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, or McCain-Feingold -- the main reason conservatives distrust John McCain and have not supported his own presidential campaign.

That may be changing. John Fund interviewed Thompson for the Wall Street Journal, and Thompson acknowledged the futility of the BCRA's approach:

On issues, he addresses head-on the major complaints conservatives have about his record. He was largely stymied in his 1997 investigation of both Clinton-Gore and GOP campaign fund-raising abuses: Key witnesses declined to testify or fled the country, though evidence eventually surfaced of a Chinese plan to influence U.S. politics. He won't argue with those who say he showed "naiveté" about how he would be stonewalled in his investigation. He says he's wiser now.

Many on the right remain angry he supported the campaign finance law sponsored by his friend John McCain. "There are problems with people giving politicians large sums of money and then asking them to pass legislation," Mr. Thompson says. Still, he notes he proposed the amendment to raise the $1,000 per person "hard money" federal contribution limit.

Conceding that McCain-Feingold hasn't worked as intended, and is being riddled with new loopholes, he throws his hands open in exasperation. "I'm not prepared to go there yet, but I wonder if we shouldn't just take off the limits and have full disclosure with harsh penalties for not reporting everything on the Internet immediately."​

If Thompson rejects the BCRA, the implications could be significant. None of the sponsors or supporters of the bill would have the national reach Thompson will if he runs, with the exception of McCain himself. Thompson's change of heart would put immediate pressure on McCain and perhaps even jump-start the effort to repeal the law altogether. If Thompson makes it a campaign issue, he could immediately siphon off conservative support for other campaigns. (Romney pledged to repeal the BCRA at CPAC earlier this month.)

That would not be the entirety of Thompson's attractiveness, either. He spoke with Fund about cleaning up the CIA, one topic that never seems to go away despite all of the post-9/11 efforts to reform the agency and the intel community as a whole. He wants to promote federalism, ending programs that should be handled by the states and curtailing the overreach of the national government. Thompson also supports the extension of the Bush tax cuts, telling Fund that the Kennedy, Reagan, and Bush administrations have proven that lowering taxes creates long-term economic growth, and that "millionaires serving in the Senate learned not to overly tax other people trying to get wealthy."

All of this puts Thompson squarely in the Reagan mold, along with a track record of real reform. If Thompson grabs the anti-BCRA banner, he could carry it all the way to the White House.

 

[Gunny]

Well, 'lil gunny cowboy, let's get it all out.




Paul Harvey is an icon in American Journalism. Fred Thompson is also an icon in 2nd grade acting and public communications.

Fred didn't do jack shit for Tennesse as their junior and one term Senator and I suspect he will do less for Americans as a junior and one term President (considering that he even MIGHT be elected for even ONE TERM) (After Bush, nothing is improbable) and I think Americans are generally tired of actors and otherwise expertly trained rich boys pretending to be world leaders and somehow respected as leaders of Democracy and defenders of Freedom.

The pukes don't have a candidate that will please you and the probably only 5 or 6 that agree with you. The Dems haven't got much more but they do have more that at least I can agree with.

Good Luck and Good Day, gunny.

I see as usual, I post a couple facts to which you respond with your usual, dimwitted conjecture.

There ain't NUTHIN' little about me, and I think one of my "little gunny cowboy" boots would look quite nice up your ass. Might even get a side-benefit of some oxygen getting into your brain that way.

 

[Gunny]

I haven't been very excited by Fred Thompson, I actually agree with Psycho on a number of these things. So of course, that worries me alittle and I am going to have to reanalyze some things to see if my first impression is correct.

I am just not very impressed with Mr. Thompson yet. Yeah, from what I can see he says the right things, for the most part. (still not happy about him cosponsoring McCain Feingold) But what does it matter if someone says the right things if he has no ability to get any of those things done.

Its something i have issue with Newt as well. I like him. and He has some great ideas and some success in doing it, but I am not sure he can get what he promises done. I think leadership skills is very important. and while I know he has some, i dont know if he has enough to accomplish the things i want.

I know even less about Mr. Thompson. I could see myself voting for Newt, because I know he atleast has a few skills. I dont know what kind of leadership abilities Mr. Thompson has. And I havent found any information on it.

I have not researched Thompson yet, as he has not yet declared he's going to run. No sense putting the cart before the horse.

I can easily see a Republican being a one-termer in TN regardless the job he does.

What he DOES have is appeal. He's a Reagan conservative, and has a recognizable face on a national scale.

That he supports McCain on anything sucks.

Gingrich has too many skeletons in his closet. I don't see him as a serious contender.

I'm just resigned tomoving in next door to Roomy and aggravating the shit out of him for four years!

 

[Gunny]

The actor always wins against your party. Always.



Fred Thompson - tease, tease, tease, this link has one to the radio program you might be talking about, "BATMAN":

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTVjY2I4NmRkMTI0MDZkNzQ3OWM1OWM0NmQ2NTYyMDE

He's complaining about the lack of poor government management by both the Congress and the WH, he end it very suggestively:



After comparing politics with major-league baseball...still testing the waters.

So? He's still got nothing on you and your ilk when it comes to bitching about Congress and the White House.

 

[Gunny]

It is a mazing how long PH has been doing the news I mean growing up listening to him was kind of a high light of the day knowing what was going on in the world. I wonder since he's older than dirt constitutes becoming a rock?

I like PH, but he HAS to be almost as old as dirt! He's been around as long as I can remember as well.

 

[UnAmericanYOU]

So? He's still got nothing on you and your ilk when it comes to bitching about Congress and the White House.

My "ilk"? Pardon?Yes, I will continue to bitch AND complain about this Congress and this White House every time I even think of it, do I have a choice?

So FDT's friends with McCain, they don't vote the same way.

http://draftfredthompson.com/index.php

I'm part of that. Have a nice day!

 

[Gunny]

My "ilk"? Pardon?Yes, I will continue to bitch AND complain about this Congress and this White House every time I even think of it, do I have a choice?

So FDT's friends with McCain, they don't vote the same way.

http://draftfredthompson.com/index.php

I'm part of that. Have a nice day!

When I remember who the Hell you are, you could be in trouble. I think I have you confused with someone else. Maybe not.

 

[UnAmericanYOU]

You probably do have me confused with someone else. But maybe not.

Why Fred Thompson? Take a look at the big three top-runners. In no particular order, Rudy:

TAMPA, FL (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was in Tampa yesterday and defended his law firm's role in representing a corporation ultimately controlled by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=78083

Yeah, let's suck up to yet another socialist dictator, speaking of which:

People chuckled when presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon raised in Michigan and elected in Massachusetts, bungled the names of Cuban-American politicians during a recent speech in Miami.

But when he mistakenly associated Fidel Castro's trademark speech-ending slogan -- Patria o muerte, venceremos! -- with a free Cuba, listeners didn't laugh. They winced.

Castro has closed his speeches with the phrase -- in English, ''Fatherland or death, we shall overcome'' -- for decades.

http://www.miamiherald.com/569/v-print/story/45794.html

Ask first. Worst for last:

Straight-talking McCain vows to fix world's view of the 'ugly American'

By Philip Sherwell in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 2:37am GMT 19/03/2007

John McCain, formerly the leading Republican presidential contender, has told The Sunday Telegraph that restoring America's sullied reputation abroad will be "a top priority" if he wins the White House.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/18/wus18.xml

^That's so.............Jimmy Carter.