He claims to be Mr. Grass Roots/small town community supporter with not a whole lot to say on the war or terrorism.
I get this strange feeling that Bush is using him as a puppet.
2007-09-07 05:18:15 · 15 answers · asked by Seedna 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Yes. How much can you trust someone who announces his campaign on the Jay Leno show, for Pete's sake!? Maybe if he would have at least chosen to do so on Conan.... maybe he may have seemed less of a patsy. The man is a puppet. The Republican party has finally seen Rudy Giuliani for the criminal that he is, Mitt for the dummy that he is and since they're running out of options, they threw somebody in the race that they think can attract those that have not yet heard the word of Ron Paul... like the old people in rural areas and the Bible belt... trying to get them to rally behind Fred to ensure that a weak Republican candidate that might appeal to the "silent majority" is chosen against Hillary in order to secure her win.
2007-09-07 06:48:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Fred Thompson for vp. i think of Thompson/McCain could be a greater conservative fee ticket. I additionally like the concept-approximately Condi Rice. Too undesirable it is no longer Thompson/Rice for the Republican fee ticket.
2016-10-10 03:25:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is the republican's last best hope.
It must really freak out the Party honchos that Ron Paul is as popular as he is.
They did so want Nazi Rudy and Handsome Mitt as their ticket.
But the public isn't really buying that item... so they haul out Freddy, on the hope of getting the public with a tv star...
But you are ever so right about Thompson and the issues.
He will do whatever the people who run the party tell him to, in return for a feature run at the white house.
Meanwhile, more and more honest republicans are wondering why Run Paul isn't good enough when he's the only real conservative republican in the mix...
Must be confusing to be a Republican.
2007-09-07 05:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
FRED THOMPSON HAS A PLATFORM?!?
I don't think Bush is using him as a puppet, though... he's just this guy everyone supports because he's not the other guys. Like Ross Perot in a way.
2007-09-07 07:27:49 · answer #4 · answered by Lynn M 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I don not trust a man who says low taxes then votes not to increase the deduction for collegge tuition -or a man who supports big business like when he voted for Permanent normal trade relations with China
or giving fast track auth to Bush to ratify cafta with out congressional supervision
or when he raped the elderly of the right to buy cheap RX drugs from canada and voted to discontinue also he helped put small businesses under who were just starting to see profits
voted yes to not increase limits for self employed who were paying their own insurance -
and finally he voted to NOT LIMIT congressional gifts from lobbysts
so no he is in the biggest acting role of his life and he is not the man he claims to be -doesnt have my vote but from the above you can guarantee big business and sppecial interests will be his biggest backer being he can hide where he gets his money from for awhile
2007-09-07 05:45:03 · answer #5 · answered by rooster 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
He's a puppet alright. For the owners of the Federal Reserve just like most Republicans and Democrats.
2007-09-07 05:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Fred Thompson is Mr. talking points right out of the Bush playbook. He does not have an opinion, only a script.
2007-09-07 05:24:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
Bush has nothing to do with Thompson! He is no-body's puppet!
As for his platform - I agree with him!
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Fred_Thompson.htm
Notice the section on "War and Peace."
2007-09-07 05:46:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
nobody knows where he stands on anything...but hes already some peoples savior.
I guess we're seeing the 3rd round of "the guy you want to have a beer with" campaign
2007-09-07 05:23:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Fred Thompson hasn't as yet explained what his platform is.
All that he has said is that he wants a better country, no taxes, blah....blah....blah.
2007-09-07 05:25:32 · answer #10 · answered by dVille 4 · 4⤊ 4⤋