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THE VOICE IS BACK!

2008-01-23T01:46:00.000-05:00

Not With A Bang, But A Wimper

2008-01-23T01:41:00.000-05:00

"Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States," read the statement. "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."

FRED THOMPSON SOUTH CAROLINA AD

2008-01-15T00:34:00.000-05:00

RON PAUL

2008-01-13T23:30:00.000-05:00

Ron Paul said the Iranian speed boats that approached the USS Hopper posed no threat to the ship. He obviously has not heard of the USS Cole.

FDT VID

2007-12-31T22:42:00.000-05:00

RESPONSE TO MINIMUM WAGE

2007-12-30T05:42:00.000-05:00

Perhaps you should actually read what he has to say about Social Security Reform instead of what the media says he says about Social Security Reform. I would suggest you read this:

FRED THOMPSON ON SOCIAL SECURITY

MINIMUM WAGE MILLIONAIRE

It doesn't make sense

2007-11-16T21:59:00.000-05:00

"GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson caused an uproar Friday by suggesting that Social Security benefits be cut to reduce spending. The actor is in a lot of trouble. He never would have said anything so stupid if the writers weren't on strike."--Baraboo News Republic

Why do people want and expect politicians to lie to them and then get upset when they don't?

An interesting column about Mike Huckabee by John Fund in the Wall Street Journal. Some of the pull quotes:

2007-11-08T10:46:00.000-05:00

“Betsy Hagan, Arkansas director of the conservative Eagle Forum and a key backer of [Huckabee’s] early runs for office, was once "his No. 1 fan." . . . "He was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal," she says. "Just like Bill Clinton he will charm you, but don't be surprised if he takes a completely different turn in office."

“Phyllis Schlafly, president of the national Eagle Forum, . . . "He destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles," she says. "Yet some of the same evangelicals who sold us on George W. Bush as a 'compassionate conservative' are now trying to sell us on Mike Huckabee."

Blant Hurt, a former part owner of, and columnist for, Arkansas Business magazine. "He has zero intellectual underpinnings in the conservative movement," . . . "He's hostile to free trade, hiked sales and grocery taxes, backed sales taxes on Internet purchases, and presided over state spending going up more than twice the inflation rate."

“Rick Scarborough, a pastor who heads Vision America, attended seminary with Mr. Huckabee and is a strong backer. . . . "Mike has always sought the validation of elites." When conservatives took over the Southern Baptist Convention after a bitter fight in the 1980s, Mr. Huckabee sided with the ruling moderates.

“Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who led the conservative Southern Baptist revolt, told me, "I know of no conservative he appointed while he headed the Arkansas Baptist Convention."

New Ad from Fred Thompson

2007-11-07T14:52:00.000-05:00

Nice spot. Well executed. Good message. But the bobbing head drives me batty!

SMOKING BANS AND SOCIALIZED MEDICINE

2007-10-19T11:17:00.001-04:00

I OFTEN WONDER IF I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES THE MADNESS OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, WHETHER ON A LIMITED OR UNLIMITED SCALE.

HAVE OUR RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM MUSCLES BECOME SO ATROPHIED, THAT WE ARE REDUCED TO MEWLING, PUKING CHILDREN THAT MUST PERPETUALLY SUCKLE AND NURSE AT THE LEATHERY TEAT OF THE NANNY STATE?

DOES NO ONE REALIZE THAT IF GOVERNMENT PAYS YOUR HEALTH CARE, IT CAN DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF IT YOU GET; WHERE AND FROM WHOM YOU GET IT; AND WHAT BEHAVIOR YOU MUST ENGAGE OR REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING?

THOSE WHO FOOT THE BILL FOR SOCIALIZED MEDICINE WILL CLAMOR FOR MORE REGULATIONS TO REDUCE THEIR TAX/PREMIUM BURDEN. THOSE WHO CONSUME SOCIALIZED MEDICINE WILL CLAMOR FOR MORE BENEFITS.

IN THE END, THE PRODUCERS WILL BE REDUCED TO A POSITION OF RESENTFUL PENURY CHEERING ON THE COMING FASCIST STATE, JUST AS THE CONSUMERS CHEER ON THE COMING LEVIATHAN STATE THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE. THE FEW INTREPID RUGGED INDIVIDUALISTS WILL BE LEFT STANDING ALONE AGAINST THE TIDAL WAVE OF STATISM, MERELY WAITING TO BE SWEPT OUT TO OBLIVION, LEAVING A SOCIETY THAT IS NASTY, BRUTISH AND SHORT.

Call me paranoid, but I think our nation is under attack by more than just Islamic jihadiis

2007-09-21T10:07:00.000-04:00

• 9-11 attack
• China is building up its military and power-projection capabilities to the point where it will one day eclipse us.
• Chinese imports, bond-holding, U.S. currency reserves as well as Middle East oil and Dubai buying 20% of NASDAQ, gives them a firm hand on our economic engine;
• European nations are reluctant or absolutely obstinate about assisting with international security issues;
• The Euro and Canadian dollar are exchanging ahead of the U.S. dollar.
• Tainted foreign food threaten our food system and lead painted merchandise from China threaten our non-food items.

This looks like the scenario from Tom Clancy’s novel, “Executive Order” and “Debt of Honor.”

How many commissioners does it take to screw-up an appointment process?

2007-09-17T13:34:00.000-04:00

If you are old enough and not infected by political correctness, you probably recognize the title as the set-up for a Polish joke.

At the heart of the current Knoxville News-Sentinel lawsuit is the question of how many talking commissioners does it take to constitute a violation of the Sunshine Law. If nothing else good comes out of this falderal, that question is probably worth answering, or else we will see an endless parade of press releases whenever two commissioners decide to exchange phone calls!

Ringing Phones?

2007-09-13T02:20:00.001-04:00

Saw my face again: In a campaign video being shown in Iowa and New Hampshire; In a piece on "Inside Edition" and I'm told on CNN, too; Still no phone call; Lucky me, I still get those invitations for $1,000 a plate fundraisers!

And Now It Finally Begins

2007-09-06T01:09:00.000-04:00

Fred Thompson launches his presidential campaign via Jay Leno and the internet.

GOP BLACK OUTREACH

2007-07-08T17:45:00.000-04:00

I received a comment on the GOP Black Outreach program recently. While my initial comment was more general in nature and directed at the GOP as a whole and not just the state party, I responded by asking some more pertinent questions apropos of the state party. To whit:

Will this effort last beyond the tenure of any given party chairman?
Will this effort be afforded the resources necessary to mount a credible and sustained campaign AFTER the election?
Will this effort be seen as and embraced by party leaders as something more than just genuflecting to political correctness?
Will party leadership show courage and not cut and run at the first whiff of controversy?
Will party leadership and members make the time commitment to see the project through for ten years? Will the party leadership and members resist temporizing basic conservative principles and be willing to do what it takes to educate and advance those principles in the Black community.
Democrat/liberal-lite will not bring people into your camp. Given a choice between a pale substitute and the real thing, people will go for the real thing every time. A sharp, obvious distinction must me made between us and them. As Reagan said, “hoist a banner of bold colors, not pale pastels!”

I must say that I would like to see more Blacks in the GOP for the simple reason that I am tired of feeling like I have been going it alone for the last 25 years. I want to see a GOP that unabashedly stands up for Conservative principles. I want to see a GOP that is unapologetic for being Conservative. I want to see a GOP that believes that Conservatism benefits all people regardless of race and is unafraid to say so. I am tired of the timidity.

A Conservative message offers more to Blacks and other minorities than the feckless, soul-crushing, stupor-inducing, government dependence message of Liberalism and the Democrat Party (that's right, I said DEMOCRAT, not Democratic).

I have toiled in vineyards and mounted the parapets for too long. I now refuse to answer the call to arms unless I am thoroughly convinced that there is seriousness and commitment behind the claxon.

Be Kind to Mother Nature!

2007-07-04T12:45:00.000-04:00

AL GORE III JAILED AFTER 100MPH DUI, DRUG BUST -- IN A ECO-FRIENDLY PRIUS...

Marijuana, Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall...

If you're going to do drugs and drive like a maniac, at least be kind to the environment and do it in a Prius!

Tennessee GOP Development Council

2007-07-03T13:43:00.000-04:00

I stumbled across the "Tennessee GOP Development Council" again.

I have been aware of it since its inception, but dismissed it as yet another feeble attempt by the GOP to create the thin patina of reaching out to Blacks. I've seen it many times.

The problem with GOP Black outreach programs is the GOP won't conduct the sustained, comprehensive effort that is needed to bring more Blacks into the party. The Party seems content to charter these toothless groups with limited or no resources, appoint some titular head, and dispatch them to the hinterlands with the charge to bring more Black and other minorities into the party. This exercise usually takes place within a few months of an election cycle. It is the consummate fools errand.

I have tried to tell the Party leaders that their efforts are a waste. Not because Blacks will never join the Party, but because changing people's deeply ingrained attitudes takes more than showing up at a church two weeks before an election. It takes more than getting a few Black ministers to climb onboard your rickety wagon for a bumpy ride down a lonely, desolate road.

Republican leadership just do not understand the arduous, solitary trek one has to make to travel from the Democrat camp in which you were raised to the Republican camp that you were raised to think was Satan's lair. Republican leadership do not understand that to be Black and call yourself Republican is to open yourself to scorn and ridicule from members of your family and community. Republican leaders do not grasp the fact that being Black and becoming a Republican opens you to being a little of an outcast.

Expecting someone to make this journey on nothing more that a single speech at Black church two weeks from election day is sheer lunacy.

Over the years I have tried to get GOP leadership to understand that winning converts requires a steady, sustained, long-term program that really can take as long as a generation to bear fruit. For more than seven decades, the Democrat Party has courted the Black vote. They have demonstrated their commitment to the Black vote at every election, before the election, after the election and when there is no election. If the GOP is to lure Black voters off the Democrat plantation, they have to demonstrate that same commitment.

Unfortunately, Republicans seem to believe they can accomplish this by pandering and throwing a few bones at selected "leaders" in the Black community. They have never grasped the concept of building and nurturing a cadre of new leaders.

A simple project that the GOP can institute that would make inroads into the Black community is a program of training and mentorship of entrepreneurs. Scratch any Black person and underneath you will find an entrepreneur aching to break out.

Republicans are always labeled the party of the rich. It is a label that they are hard-pressed to shed. Republicans are widely regarded as prolific political fundraiser and successful business people. If the GOP truly wants to court the Black vote, go into the Black community and teach them about starting, building, financing and managing a small business. Teach them how to write a winning business plan. Dispatch the fundraising leaders to the community organizations, non-profits, and fraternal organizations and teach them how to make their organization more financially stable. Become a mentor to these groups and guide them to the financial success that will empower them to make great changes in their communities.

I know that it is a long process. I know that it will not immediately pay great dividends. But it has the long term potential of an IRA paying 30-percent annual return. I have floated this idea to GOP leadership. They nod agreeably and then set about the task of finding a sympathetic Black preacher in the next election cycle.

Another small plan is to partner with the Boy Scouts. I recently met a district director who says they are pushing to create inner-city Boy Scout troops. This is an excellent opportunity for the Party to adopt a troop, provide resources to help teach them about America, patriotism, entrepreneurship, self-reliance, hard work, and perseverance. It would be a chance to free a generation from the cynicism, depression, and hopelessness that the Democrat Party relies on to hold its members.

The Republican Party is a party of great resources. A modest effort to deploy these resources in pursuit of the Black vote would pay greater dividends, be more successful and be more beneficial to the country than the current effort to throw open wide the borders in the vain hope of corralling a few of the Hispanic vote. If the GOP really wants to get a larger percentage of the Black vote, or at least be competitive for the Black vote, my plan should be the beginning.

TWO GREAT VIDEOS!

2007-06-29T09:20:00.000-04:00

Two great patriotic videos staring two well-known character actors, James McEachin and David Huddleston.

Old Glory and Reveille

FDT Newsweek Article

2007-06-16T21:51:00.001-04:00

Newsweek posted an online version of their magazine article on Fred Thompson and a audio round-table discussion with their reporters.

NEW POLLS FROM DRAFT FRED'08:

2007-06-06T11:46:00.000-04:00

SurveyUSA poll of likely Republican primary voters in California

Giuliani 28 percent,
THOMPSON 21 percent
McCain 21 percent
Romney 11 percent
543 likely Republican primary voters and has a margin of error of 4.3 percent.

Public Policy Polling survey of likely South Carolina voters:
Thompson 27%
Romney 16%
McCain 15%
Giuliani 14%
Gingrich 11%

NATIONAL: Rasmussen among likely Republican voter, Thompson up 5 points from last week.
Giuliani 23%
Thompson 17%
Romney 15%
McCain 14%

Strangling Oil

2007-05-31T00:09:00.000-04:00

The dangers of economic ignorance.

"....Not enough fuel, with growing demand (estimated to be 30% greater by 2030) and higher prices. And Congress proposes imposing price caps and breaking up Big Oil.

But it's all been tried. In the 1970s, Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter all kept price controls on oil. As a result, drillers had no incentive to find new supplies, and prices — along with OPEC control over our energy future — increased."

Fred Thompson and Memorial Day

2007-05-26T19:46:00.000-04:00

Citing Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

"..it’s our liberties that have made us prosperous and there's no reason the rest of the world couldn't be just as well-off -- if they embraced freedom as well."

2007-05-15T22:14:00.000-04:00

"Documentary" film-maker Michael Moore takes a shot at FDT.

The confrontation over Cuba continues. Michael Moore has challenged Fred Thompson to a health care debate. At issue -- Moore's trip to Cuba and Thompson's criticism of that trip. Moore noted Thompson's evident favor for Cuban cigars as a possible violation of the trade embargo. Now, Thompson responds. Cigar in hand.

"Given that it has been publicly reported in The Weekly Standard, a leading neo-conservative publication, that you [Fred Thompson] support Fidel Castro and the Cuban regime by being a purveyor of fine Cuban exports despite the trade embargo, I was surprised to see your [Fred Thompson] recent op ed in a more traditional conservative outlet, The National Review, regarding my trip to Cuba (I suspect you [Fred Thompson] choose The National Review in an effort to pander to an outlet that had criticized you [Fred Thompson] for your opposition to medical malpractice legislation)." Michael Moore

"While I will leave it up to the conservatives to debate your [Fred Thompson] hypocrisy and the Treasury Department to determine whether the "box upon box of cigars" violates the trade embargo, I hereby challenge you[Fred Thompson] to a health care debate." Michael Moore

New internet interview with Fred Thompson

2007-05-06T12:42:00.000-04:00

BRIETBART EXCLUSIVE: Fred Thompson — ‘I’ve never casually run for anything

Fred Thompson Lincoln Club Speech

2007-05-05T21:52:00.000-04:00

Fred Thompson addresses the Lincoln Club in Orange County, California