I don’t know maybe its just me, maybe it’s the fact that my Cleveland Browns didn’t make the playoffs, but I chose to watch the Presidential debates rather then playoff football — and I have to say, that debate was damn good entertainment.
The real winners of the debate, was ABC News and Charles Gibson — who showed everyone else who put a debate on, how its done. I liked the little jab on “change” that Gibson got in on Ron Paul, when he was discussing “change” with all the candidates, he said to Paul something along the lines of, “the only thing you changed was your party.”
If I was scoring the debate like a prize fight, I would have to give the victory to Fred Thompson, with John McCain a close second. I honestly do not know how anybody could leave that debate without feeling that Fred Thompson was the only true Conservative on that stage.
In that debate, Fred Thompson showed what those who believe in him have known all along, he’s honest, he’s a strong Conservative and he has respect for the process, and is not going to let his campaign turn into a glorified version of American Idol. He had a great night and I hope that this finally put an end to the stupid and unsubstantiated claims of Fred “not really wanting it,” and “not having fire in his belly.”
What did you think of the FOX forum tonight? The focus group near hated Fred but when asked why gave no halfway intelligent reason. He would be largely the front runner if only people paid mind to issues instead of male glamor and faux charisma.
It baffles my mind how one can knowingly support someone like Romney who has become the GOP's John Kerry. Every candidate has at least one major flaw and one major change of position, save Fred. Each of the candidates attacks the others on the previous record and even goes to the extent of placing negative ads, yet none have pointed their triggers at Thompson…hmmm…wonder why…
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About an hour ago a friend of mine who is a Giuliani guy, called me and asked me what I thought about the Fox debate — and particularly about what I thought about the focus group comments afterwards and the one man who said he wanted to get up and 'shake' Thompson.
My answer was pretty much what you just touched upon, I find our democratic process at a very sad state when people decide on candidates based on how they talk and the way they present themselves rather then on the important things — their views on the issues.
Fred Thompson was the only candidate on that stage who has actual, sound and thought out plans that actually have chances of getting through congress, with a little hard work.
Furthermore, he is the only candidate up their with the courage to be honest and tell the truth. I much rather would have a candidate that is going to be honest and open to me rather then pay me lip service by saying what he thinks I may want to hear.
I find the whole “lack of fire” argument to be a flawed one — and it is funny that when you look at it, it is the only actual argument against Thompson. It really says something, it seems to me that, at least some of the so called “pundits, might be afraid to actually have an honest to goodness genuine Conservative in the Oval Office.