He is a mini-McCain, yet everyone seems to think that he is the conservative savior. It appalls me that people will trash McCain one minute and fall in love with Thompson the next.
Neither one is my first choice, but I would be ok with either getting the nomination. There just seems to be way to much blind following on this. Because Thompson is from the South, has a southern drawl, and is older and an actor like Reagan was, we are supposed to think that he is a "true" conservative. Don't believe the hype.
What are your thoughts?
2007-06-08 07:20:46 · 6 answers · asked by sbay311 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
And your point is?
Are you trying to say that two people can't have the same ideas? OK, let's kill the Clintons then cause they had the same thoughts. Of course that was sarcasm at it's worst cause I suck at it.
2007-06-08 08:47:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everything that McCain voted for was bad. McCain may as well withdraw now. His support of the amnesty bill has done his candidacy in.
Fred Thompson is worth a look. I will give him a chance to make his case. Right now Romney impresses me but I am not sold.
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2007-06-08 08:01:31 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We're too image conscious in this country. They see how he carries himself and equate him with Reagan, and they ignore the voting record that is, as you say, virtually a mimic of McCain.
What that means is that you have a fairly good candidate on spending...McCain is that too. But you have one that will compromise in areas that I'm not too cool with, such as the whole campaign finance reform bill that Thompson co-sponsored.
Of course, too, we don't really know what the word conservative means anymore and yet we know we want one. I've been extremely disappointed by the talking heads who try to paint Ron Paul as a RINO and "not a real conservative" because he disagrees with them on one issue, albeit an important one. But, since when is the word conservative defined by whether you want to go to war with Iraq or not? Paul's voting record on things like spending is FAR more conservative than anyone else's out there, even McCain or Thompson's.
So, as you say, "Don't believe the hype!"
(I'd be curious to know who you're supporting.)
2007-06-08 07:55:06 · answer #3 · answered by skip742 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
McCain has one of the highest conservative voting records of any senator. It's some of the stupid legislation he's supported that bothers some of us. For example, McCain/Feingold literally opened the doors for 501, and shut down a lot of political speech. I'm from Arizona, and he hasn't done anything to help us close our borders. He's trying to posture himself in the middle.
Thompson displays Reagan like leadership, where McCain has shown a tendency to be a little flaky. Just my opinion.
I just watched an interview Thompson had with Sean Hannity. Sean was not easy on him. Watch this.
2007-06-08 07:42:40 · answer #4 · answered by Matt 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think Thompson is benefiting from unhappiness with the current choices, but he has his own set of skeletons. I think he is more conservative than the other choices, but that is not saying much with Rudy and Romney.
2007-06-08 07:34:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
My thoughts: And this is bad how?
2007-06-08 07:23:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋