Senator Fred Thompson (please read)

Alrighty,

For those of you who do not listen to talk radio and support the Demcratic and liberal view points I have some news for you. As you may or may not know former sentaor Fred Thompson from Tenn. (R) has been doing a fill in spot for 15 minutes for a radio show host Paul Harvey. Now I'm sure you say SO WHAT? But me being a reformist and and hard opp. of the republican party happens to think that this is a form of conservative loop hole for political time. Senator Thompson is 3rd in rank on the political standings for the GOP...But the kicker is HE HASN'T EVEN ANNOUNCED HIS RUNNING!

By him waiting to announce his running he can log air time and use his name to gain political points. This is a loop hole for the conservative side. Fred Thompson isn't going to announce untill after he is finishing his fill in spot for Paul Harvey. But setting this up this way the GOP can better gauge his standing in the pole and by the way Paul Harvey is a massive conservative media base. So some of you might feel this is unfair some not. But I am putting this out there so you can take a look and listen close to what he reports on a daily basis. If you have a problem with this then write ABC radio and tell them. because if this was a Democratic or Liberal or Green or Independant the right would be screaming foul? Once again please look for your self and draw your own conclusion on this.

[edit on 29-3-2007 by tsloan]

[edit on 29-3-2007 by tsloan]

Fred Thompson has as much face recognition as any politician outside of Rudy Guiliani on the GOP side of things. I've heard his views on illegal immigration and agree, but not his views on much else, so I'll have to wait and see.

I think waiting is a good idea on his part. His face is recognizable do to his stint on TV and in movies, but how many actually know his name? It's a good idea on his part, if he's even thinking about it.

posted by tsloan

I have some news for you. Former Republican Senator Fred Thompson from TN has been doing a fill-in spot for 15 minutes for a [right wing] radio show host Paul Harvey [Jr]. Now you say SO WHAT? The Republican Party [capitalizes] on this [ultra] conservative loop hole for [unregulated and highly partisan political] air time [that is 100% GOP]. Senator Thompson is 3rd in rank on the standings for GOP [candidates]. . But the kicker is HE HASN'T EVEN ANNOUNCED HIS RUNNING!

By waiting to announce he is running he can log air time and use his name to gain political points. This is a loop hole for the conservative side [because 99.44% of talk radio is ultra right]. Fred Thompson isn't going to announce until after he finishes filling for Paul Harvey. By setting this up this way, the GOP [king makers] can better gauge his standing in the polls. Paul Harvey is [holder] of a massive conservative media base. Some of you might feel this is unfair [to mention]. But I am putting this out there so you can take a look and listen close to what he reports on a daily basis.

If you have a problem with this then write ABC radio and tell them. because if this was a Democratic or Liberal or Green or Independent the right would be screaming foul? Once again please look for your self and draw your own conclusion on this. cool. [Edited by Don W]

Shamelessly partisan and often unashamedly false, partisan talk radio got its beginning under the Republican’s icon, Ronnie Reagan. 1985-1986. The prior rule, called the “Fairness Doctrine,” had been in effect since the New Deal Democrats had created the Federal Communications Commission, the FCC, in 1933. Reagan-style Republicans fought hard to repeal it. Approved by the Rehnquist court. [This underlays all those judge fights in the Senate.] Hey! What's Good About Being Fair? That's a "liberal" value.

That was another of the less well publicized “accomplishments" of the Reagan Era. Prior to Mr Reagan, if a man or public policy was mentioned on the air unfavorably, that man or group got equal time to respond. That of course, is no longer the case.

The "brains" and planning for [pro Republican] political religious intervention is orchestrated at the National Association of Religious Broadcasters. NARB. Their annual convection lays out their plans for the following year. Under the smokescreen of propagating the faith. They are the brains behind Rush Limbuagh, Paul Harvey, James Dobson, and et al. Mixing church and state! In an ungodly way!

Q. How come the Pope of Colorado, James Dobson, has denounced Fred? On his own talk radio show, Focus on the Family. Someone ought to find out how much Colorado paid Mr Dobson to move there from southern California. There’s fraud in here someplace if you can dot the i’s and cross the t’s.

If there is a lie out there, you'll hear it first on Right Wing Radio Talk Shows. Thank you Mr. Reagan.

[edit on 3/29/2007 by donwhite]

Fred Thompson is now a private citizen and he has the right to enter any field of employment he chooses.

As of right now the Republicans do not have anyone running that is electable.

Newt Gingrich and Fred Thompson are playing it smart, and if they choose to run, will announce at a more appropriate time.

Criticizing a private citizen for working is pretty classless.

Originally posted by RRconservative
Fred Thompson is now a private citizen and he has the right to enter any field of employment he chooses.

As of right now the Republicans do not have anyone running that is electable.

Newt Gingrich and Fred Thompson are playing it smart, and if they choose to run, will announce at a more appropriate time.

Criticizing a private citizen for working is pretty classless.

How nice of you to pull yourself away from Fox news or....Rush..or Hannity..Never the less you can shield ole Freddy boy from my thoughts on the task at hand but anyone with a positive firing brain cell can smell this crap from a mile away. I didn't say it was against a law I just called it as I see it and I'm sure once ole Freddy boys pole numbers crest at a certain number then that jolly ole Paul Harvey "Jr" will grace us all with his return from his "vacation". To which I call Freddy will toss his at in the ring. Now would anyone like a more simple break down?

Originally posted by tsloan

Originally posted by RRconservative
Fred Thompson is now a private citizen and he has the right to enter any field of employment he chooses.

As of right now the Republicans do not have anyone running that is electable.

Newt Gingrich and Fred Thompson are playing it smart, and if they choose to run, will announce at a more appropriate time.

Criticizing a private citizen for working is pretty classless.

How nice of you to pull yourself away from Fox news or....Rush..or Hannity..Never the less you can shield ole Freddy boy from my thoughts on the task at hand but anyone with a positive firing brain cell can smell this crap from a mile away. I didn't say it was against a law I just called it as I see it and I'm sure once ole Freddy boys pole numbers crest at a certain number then that jolly ole Paul Harvey "Jr" will grace us all with his return from his "vacation". To which I call Freddy will toss his at in the ring. Now would anyone like a more simple break down?

Oh...By the way I have been known to be classless and down right evil...But when you run your own business this is what keeps your numbers in the green..Cheers

[edit on 29-3-2007 by tsloan]

Lets keep in nice in here folks.

I'm afraid Fred Thompson isn't doing anything wrong. As mentioned above, he is at the moment a private citizen, not running for office. He can fill in for Charlie Gibson preaching the news every night if he can swing the gig and it floats his boat.

Is what he doing fair? No. Politics isn't about being fair though, it's about getting elected. It's about buying the person who programs the Diebold voting machines. It's about kissing smelly babies so the public will be fooled into thinking your a nice guy, who they can trust with the nuke arsenal. It's about creating a false image for just another weasel politician.

He's doing what any politician worth his salt would do.

Just my thoughts on it.

Thompson is bad news, no matter how you look at it.

He was a lobbyist! And that's the lowest of the low...


[external source]As a lobbyist for more than 20 years, billion-dollar corporations paid Thompson for his access to members of Congress and White House staff.

Since leaving the Senate Thompson has continued to have close contact with powerful Republicans, including members of the Bush administration. That includes acting as the president's point man in guiding Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts through the Senate confirmation process in 2005.

Thompson also helped run the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Fund Trust, an organization that set out to raise more than $5 million to help finance the legal defense of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, who was convicted in March of lying and obstructing Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.

"This is no political outsider," said Craig Holman, a lobbyist for government ethics and campaign finance reform with Public Citizen. "He clearly gained a network of contacts in Congress though Howard Baker that he cashed in on and would represent anyone who would pay him."


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[edit on 4-7-2007 by CSIfan]

Thompson isn't so bad at all. He's one of the better candidates, honestly. The only thing I'm not crazy about is his belief in interventionism, but really, that's a much safer thing than some of the dangerous socialistic (mainly Democratic side) and authoritarian (most of the Democrats and Republicans) ideas.

Fred is unelectable so you don't need to worry about how much time he has on the radio. The notion that there are no electable rpublicans is funny considering Ron Paul is leading every poll that isn't run by major media, and not by a small margin. The election will come down to either one of these two...

Hillary vs. Rudy or "The Tennesee Duo" F. Thompson vs. Gore is my opinion these are the puppets they want in the white house. If a Ron Paul won they would have to kill him to stop him so they won't allow him to win the election or the nomination.

How is Fred "unelectable"? He seems fairly strong from here, but I haven't been following his campaign closely enough to tell.

Fred Thompson has been thrown together as a failsafe by the Major Media people. What makes this guy so qualified, that he was on Law and Order. Because McCain has died(for election purposes) they need another 'softball' canidate. McCain has always been the "Media" guy for the Republican, always going on to TV shows on Comedy central and MTV and such. And after he supported the Amesity Bill Horror, the guy is dead, he has no shot, less then a shot, Al Gore has more chance then this guy. Now they need someone to fill his power hole left in the race, thus Fred Thompson, another guy with a bunch of media backing him. Thompson has to earn my vote, and he hasn't put forth one single incidation that he is capible of doing that. As an actor he has taken orders from other his whole life, on how to do things, and what to do. IM SORRY, im dont with that, i don't need anymore yes-men to be leading this country.

They won't let Thompson into the race before they have finilized the death of McCain. He is the same bad taste we have had in our mouths, hes just a new flavor.

Why do we need a fairness doctrine? If someone wants to listen to a liberal talk they will go to a liberal station. Why force a company to lose profits in the name of "fairness". If conservatives are listening they are listening for a reason. To hear conservatives not liberals . Also if it was to be reborn then i expect the New York Times, a few more papers, and two broadcast networks to be handed over to conservative owners. You know for "fairness". When you live in a capitalist society nothing is fair and that is how life is. A liberal utopia vision cannot function in reality. I applaud that and all the other accomplishments that Regan had in his career. Better track record than Jimmy Carter for sure.