DaJudge
July 17th, 2007, 09:58 AM
Fred Thompson Must be the Man to Beat
By JB Williams
Jul 13, 2007
For a well-known and previously well-liked southern gentlemen and
respected former U.S. senator, who is not yet officially in the race for the
White House, Fred Thompson sure is drawing a lot of unfriendly fire from
both sides of the political aisle. Clearly the man both sides see a need to
derail is Fred Thompson, which must mean, he is seen as the man to beat in
?08, at least in the minds of the other candidates.
Let me see if I can remember all the reasons why we?re not supposed to
support Fred Thompson for president? according to politicos across the
political spectrum.
* He?s too old (64) and he has cancer.
* He lacks political experience, or, he?s a Washington insider
* He?s been both bachelor and family man, twice
* He?s too conservative, or, not conservative enough
* He likes pretty women, though not the same way Bill Clinton does
* He?s too tough on abortion, but not tough enough for some
* He?s a national security hawk, or, maybe a globalist dove
* He?s a political nobody, or, a respected member of the Council on Foreign
Relations
* He was a Washington lobbyist, though by all accounts, an underpaid one
* He?s just a TV prosecutor, or, a real prosecutor who often plays himself on
TV
* He was a Watergate Nixon insider, or, he was a leading Watergate
prosecutor
* Nixon thought he was a dunce, until the dunce forced Nixon to resign the
Oval Office
Political pundits and campaign war rooms have carefully investigated
Thompson and so far, this is what they have come up with as their reasons
for which Thompson shouldn?t be the next president. Of course, politicos see
all things in stark contrast, left-wing versus right-wing only. Left-wing
pundits say he?s too far right and of course, right-wing pundits say he?s too
far left.
What pundits tend to forget is that more than 80 percent of Americans are
neither right-wing nor left-wing. These extreme partisan positions are
reserved for political pundits and the politicians they aim to promote, or
assassinate, as the case may be.
But most Americans see both politicians and their paid pundits as useless
wing-nuts, - which explains why both the Republican White House and the
Democrat congress are equally unpopular among average Americans today.
Both are no more than just right-wing and left-wing political junkies, busy
double-talking and back-stabbing on behalf of themselves, not the American
people.
Although Thompson has been drafted into the ?08 race by the disenchanted
(read disenfranchised) conservative base of the Republican Party, strong
signs are emerging that many Democrat voters are now favoring Thompson
as well. That?s why Howard Dean himself is worried enough about
Thompson to be personally engaged in his political assassination before he
even tosses his hat in the ring.
Partisan committee elite types don?t get that most Republicans are right of
social liberal Rudy Giuliani, but left of isolationist libertarian Ron Paul.
Likewise, most Democrats are somewhere right of pure socialist Hillary
Clinton, but left of - say - Democrat hawk Zell Miller.
This explains the temporary fascination with Barack Obama, who is trying
to walk a tightrope down the center of his party. His blank r?sum? is making
it tough for Hillary to attack because he hasn?t been around long enough to
complete more than the ID section of that r?sum?. Look for Al Gore to re-
emerge once voters figure out that there?s nothing in that fancy Gucci suit
from Illinois.
Bottom line - true right-wingers and hardened left-wingers are equally
disturbed by current campaign developments. That would be the 20 percent
of America that lives, eats, sleeps and breathes politics, 10% hardcore
leftists who want to dictate a socialist policy to the DNC and 10% extreme
right-wingers who want to dictate an isolationist policy to the RNC.
As for the rest of America, the 80 percent of voters who are fed up with both
partisan back-stabbing extremes that leaves their American agenda trapped
between two constantly warring political factions, they?re in search of
someone to lead the nation towards an American agenda, not just a partisan
agenda that keeps the country stuck in neutral in a perpetual power
struggle.
Thompson, a plain spoken decent man who has made a living in the private
sector through various respected professions, a man who has known success
and failure - victory and disappointment - love and loss - how to be alone and
how to run a family, might be just the ticket for Americans who can relate
more to him than any career politician currently stinking up Washington DC.
Thompson appears neither too left nor too right, neither left-wing nor right-
wing, but somewhere in between, depending upon which issue you care to
consider. He appears to be just like most Americans, more certain about his
love and respect for true American values and principles than any party
power agenda.
Since he continues to climb in the polls without running, it might be a while
before he decides to announce. So far, letting the others defeat themselves
seems a pretty good strategy from where I sit. A pretty cost efficient
strategy too?wholly un-Washington like, which is another reason the
pundits don?t like him much. He?s a bit of a wild card in their eyes?
Democrats and Republicans seem to agree on one thing right now, - those
pure partisan extremists who have been in Washington for eight years or
more need to find a new career and make room for anyone willing to
represent all Americans for a change.
Like him or not, Fred is just Fred. Fred is as American as apple pie and
Chevrolet. The American people will have to elect such a man. And the
Washington elite never will approve?especially the politicos at either
extreme.
By JB Williams
Jul 13, 2007
For a well-known and previously well-liked southern gentlemen and
respected former U.S. senator, who is not yet officially in the race for the
White House, Fred Thompson sure is drawing a lot of unfriendly fire from
both sides of the political aisle. Clearly the man both sides see a need to
derail is Fred Thompson, which must mean, he is seen as the man to beat in
?08, at least in the minds of the other candidates.
Let me see if I can remember all the reasons why we?re not supposed to
support Fred Thompson for president? according to politicos across the
political spectrum.
* He?s too old (64) and he has cancer.
* He lacks political experience, or, he?s a Washington insider
* He?s been both bachelor and family man, twice
* He?s too conservative, or, not conservative enough
* He likes pretty women, though not the same way Bill Clinton does
* He?s too tough on abortion, but not tough enough for some
* He?s a national security hawk, or, maybe a globalist dove
* He?s a political nobody, or, a respected member of the Council on Foreign
Relations
* He was a Washington lobbyist, though by all accounts, an underpaid one
* He?s just a TV prosecutor, or, a real prosecutor who often plays himself on
TV
* He was a Watergate Nixon insider, or, he was a leading Watergate
prosecutor
* Nixon thought he was a dunce, until the dunce forced Nixon to resign the
Oval Office
Political pundits and campaign war rooms have carefully investigated
Thompson and so far, this is what they have come up with as their reasons
for which Thompson shouldn?t be the next president. Of course, politicos see
all things in stark contrast, left-wing versus right-wing only. Left-wing
pundits say he?s too far right and of course, right-wing pundits say he?s too
far left.
What pundits tend to forget is that more than 80 percent of Americans are
neither right-wing nor left-wing. These extreme partisan positions are
reserved for political pundits and the politicians they aim to promote, or
assassinate, as the case may be.
But most Americans see both politicians and their paid pundits as useless
wing-nuts, - which explains why both the Republican White House and the
Democrat congress are equally unpopular among average Americans today.
Both are no more than just right-wing and left-wing political junkies, busy
double-talking and back-stabbing on behalf of themselves, not the American
people.
Although Thompson has been drafted into the ?08 race by the disenchanted
(read disenfranchised) conservative base of the Republican Party, strong
signs are emerging that many Democrat voters are now favoring Thompson
as well. That?s why Howard Dean himself is worried enough about
Thompson to be personally engaged in his political assassination before he
even tosses his hat in the ring.
Partisan committee elite types don?t get that most Republicans are right of
social liberal Rudy Giuliani, but left of isolationist libertarian Ron Paul.
Likewise, most Democrats are somewhere right of pure socialist Hillary
Clinton, but left of - say - Democrat hawk Zell Miller.
This explains the temporary fascination with Barack Obama, who is trying
to walk a tightrope down the center of his party. His blank r?sum? is making
it tough for Hillary to attack because he hasn?t been around long enough to
complete more than the ID section of that r?sum?. Look for Al Gore to re-
emerge once voters figure out that there?s nothing in that fancy Gucci suit
from Illinois.
Bottom line - true right-wingers and hardened left-wingers are equally
disturbed by current campaign developments. That would be the 20 percent
of America that lives, eats, sleeps and breathes politics, 10% hardcore
leftists who want to dictate a socialist policy to the DNC and 10% extreme
right-wingers who want to dictate an isolationist policy to the RNC.
As for the rest of America, the 80 percent of voters who are fed up with both
partisan back-stabbing extremes that leaves their American agenda trapped
between two constantly warring political factions, they?re in search of
someone to lead the nation towards an American agenda, not just a partisan
agenda that keeps the country stuck in neutral in a perpetual power
struggle.
Thompson, a plain spoken decent man who has made a living in the private
sector through various respected professions, a man who has known success
and failure - victory and disappointment - love and loss - how to be alone and
how to run a family, might be just the ticket for Americans who can relate
more to him than any career politician currently stinking up Washington DC.
Thompson appears neither too left nor too right, neither left-wing nor right-
wing, but somewhere in between, depending upon which issue you care to
consider. He appears to be just like most Americans, more certain about his
love and respect for true American values and principles than any party
power agenda.
Since he continues to climb in the polls without running, it might be a while
before he decides to announce. So far, letting the others defeat themselves
seems a pretty good strategy from where I sit. A pretty cost efficient
strategy too?wholly un-Washington like, which is another reason the
pundits don?t like him much. He?s a bit of a wild card in their eyes?
Democrats and Republicans seem to agree on one thing right now, - those
pure partisan extremists who have been in Washington for eight years or
more need to find a new career and make room for anyone willing to
represent all Americans for a change.
Like him or not, Fred is just Fred. Fred is as American as apple pie and
Chevrolet. The American people will have to elect such a man. And the
Washington elite never will approve?especially the politicos at either
extreme.