tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post6099259345334926132..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: What's Wrong with Fred ThompsonRon Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-75084970560240025492007-11-20T17:13:00.000-08:002007-11-20T17:13:00.000-08:00Yup. Imagine what i'd have done if I was a hardcor...Yup. Imagine what i'd have done if I was a hardcore fred head?!Damonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729604531187222145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-38215217749933103962007-11-20T13:54:00.000-08:002007-11-20T13:54:00.000-08:00Norman,I know that you're just teasing, but I thin...Norman,<BR/>I know that you're just teasing, but I think you've hit on something. We've come to expect our candidates just to be regular guys who talk like us. Problem is, I wouldn't want a surgeon who understood things no better than me - or someone who hasn't thought through policy anymore than the guy at the diner counter.<BR/><BR/>Damon,<BR/>You were a moderate Fred-head? You were positively dancing on my blog on the day he announced.<BR/><BR/>LH,<BR/>Hilariously apt metaphor for Fred. The political savior who became a footnote.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-50070171359531244222007-11-20T12:20:00.000-08:002007-11-20T12:20:00.000-08:00Fred Thompson is like a nicely wrapped Christmas b...Fred Thompson is like a nicely wrapped Christmas box that, when opened, is found to contain a few old "Law and Order" VCR tapes, copies of his multiple marriage certificates, and a copy of his new book, "The Lazy Man's Guide to Success in Politics." No one who opened it would be happy.<BR/><BR/>Even politically naive Americans will toss that box, and its contents, in the trash.Life Hikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183254858386081439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-3794708529864400522007-11-20T09:34:00.000-08:002007-11-20T09:34:00.000-08:00I was a moderate Fred-Head when news broke of his ...I was a moderate Fred-Head when news broke of his running. (and still like him over most of the conservative alternatives)<BR/><BR/>But when it comes to hard-core strict constitutional conservatism I am warming rather quickly to Ron Paul. <BR/><BR/>Sure, he is a bit on the isolationist edge, but I don't really care much about those issues anyways. Leave the troops, bring the troops home. It makes no difference in my life either way. <BR/><BR/>So purely on Ron Paul's hard core anti-government views, I'm warming on him quickly!Damonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729604531187222145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-38623813546642885352007-11-19T16:40:00.000-08:002007-11-19T16:40:00.000-08:00There you go again with your if-then'ing of implic...There you go again with your if-then'ing of implications and inferences . . . need I remind you again that according to Jaques' research over 85% of the population can't do that?<BR/><BR/>So doesn't it seem a bit unfair to hold Fred Thompson to such a high standard?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Reference: "The Life and Behavior of Living Organisms: A General Theory" by Elliott JaquesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com