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haystack's 12th:
Conservatives (and Presidential Candidates especially) shall offer no aid and comfort to the opposition in times of legislative conflict (and ensuing political campaigns).

It's war -- so when can we start shooting back at the enemy Democrats?

At least he doesn't live in College Station...

to bitch-slap Robert Jensen a bit.

But that place is COOL AS HELL!! There isn't a more fun place IMHO.....and I say this as a conservative.

“.....women and minorities hardest hit”

The idea that someone from Ft. Worth, of all places, is talking smack about my beloved hometown hurts my brain. Austin is by far the best (and coolest) city in Texas.

:)

OK, OK, Ft. Worth is a fairly decent suburb.

Sorry guys, I couldn't resist :o)

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Baja Oklahoma?

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

haystack's 12th:
Conservatives (and Presidential Candidates especially) shall offer no aid and comfort to the opposition in times of legislative conflict (and ensuing political campaigns).

Did you hear me? Two. Cherry red, Dodge 4wd, 4 door diesel 3500s with duals.

Fred's wife can ride around with me and our kids (there's room for six of us in there). Fred can ride with Hubby and smile and wave at cute chicks.

He'd love MO.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent.

That's what motivates Republicans, don't cha know.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

haystack's 12th:
Conservatives (and Presidential Candidates especially) shall offer no aid and comfort to the opposition in times of legislative conflict (and ensuing political campaigns).

There are things that need doing in this country that only a President can do...

Do with that what you will.

haystack's 12th:
Conservatives (and Presidential Candidates especially) shall offer no aid and comfort to the opposition in times of legislative conflict (and ensuing political campaigns).

And before you and blackhedd get all worked up, I know, I know... :>)
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

Maybe Fred Thompson is NOT totally blinded by ambition and is seriously considering the demands of the job and is taking it seriously. My sense is that he simply thinks he can do a better job than others in the race, on both sides. Do not confuse this with appearing laid back or lazy. Who wants to live in a fish bowl and get hammered by the liberal media day after day after day? Who wants to take on two parties and a few others who are at each other's throats and virtually not working to any common end? Who wants to fight with the flaming left wingers who want to destroy the 2nd amendment? Who REALLY would try to tackle little things, like social security, medicare, terrorist threats around the world, including our allies? Who wants to tackle the health care of Americans and not repeat socialist mistakes made by other countries? Who wants to really believe that terrorism is a clear and constant danger and has the vertebrae to get the job done and not just give it lip service? Who can restore some confidence in America in its standing around the world? Who can fight to preserve tax cuts because of believing that money in the pockets of Americans is not an evil idea? Despite the predictions of the pundits, I suspect Fred Thompson is really about to announce his candidacy. I REALLY like Elmer Fudd and think he is the right man for the job.

would be good on the 2nd Amendment and would be hated by PETA, so there are two things in his favor.

How do we know that at all? I disagree with Bush about No Child Left Behind, an unfunded federal mandate. Also stem cell research, his initial nominee for the Supremes, the lack of will to seal off the borders (and virtually all previous Presidents!), etc. You want to paint conservatives all with the same brush, based on your disapproval of George W. Bush. There is plenty of disapproval to go around about the President, Congress and the Supreme Court actions. The ultimate question may well turn out to be do we want a conservative who will work for the good of the republic, or do we want to go further down the socialist path. The far left has little regard for the individual and almost all for the "society", but their view of what society should be is certainly not mine. Before you go out and just vote against Bush and Cheney, you might consider very very carefully what you are voting FOR. Using your comment in the subject above, if Bush has done that poorly on all fronts, then you might see that Fred Thompson would be hard put to do worse. There are security, economic and health issues for which conservatives are more likely to work on and not tuck tail and run. Hillary Clinton is a very highly polarizing figure and by past performance, would swing our republic far to the left. There is quite a difference between a needed course correction and going backward.

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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

That's funny.

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"He's tough. He's six feet five inches, a big mean fella."
- Baker on FDT, Nixon tapes, 1973

The NAU is just around the corner...but HEY at least we got tax cuts.

By the way, the last time I checked tax cuts don't make government smaller.

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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

Apparently No Child Left Behind Doesnt work, because you cant read. I never pesonally stated that the govt was smaller. "There are many things im not happy with" Thanks

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ~Thomas Paine

But the campaign is having issues: witness the pathetic response to the LAT article. Pushing back the announcement a few weeks gives them time to change the staff a little, perhaps. Get rid of who ever is advocating the "I don't remember checking that box" strategy and maybe hire some recently unemployed McCain folks.

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"He's tough. He's six feet five inches, a big mean fella."
- Baker on FDT, Nixon tapes, 1973

everyone's satisfaction but you, the LA Times reporter who's stopped answering questions about it and a former Democratic CongressCritter who's sourcing all this crap.

Keep push that meme, somebody'll be headed your way with a harpoon.

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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

It hasn't been refuted to the satisfaction of the Philip Klein at the American Spectator, who was just in contact with the LA Times reporter 6hrs ago. I know this is RedState's first primary, but like it or not, FDT has to actually run and stand up to scrutiny to win the GOP nomination.

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"He's tough. He's six feet five inches, a big mean fella."
- Baker on FDT, Nixon tapes, 1973

figuratively, of course, for expecting us 'round these parts to believe a reporter for the LA Times. I mean seriously, the L-freaking-A Times? Are you kidding me????

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The CIA has better politicians than it has spies - Fred Thompson

that FDT accepted a position at a left-wing lobbying firm, which used him to "draw" pro-abortion groups claiming FDT would lobby on their behalf... but he never actually lobbied. He doesn't remember checking that box? This is coming from a guy who a few years after lobbying with a left-wing, Clinton-backed firm would be telling voters while campaigning for Senate that an abortion "decision must be made by the woman," and we shouldn't criminalize doctors who preform abortions. (He won in a landslide because pro-choicers supported him in a year when Clinton carried TN.) A few years after that, in the Senate while chairing an investigation into the Clinton/China fund-raising scandal, he would align himself with the Dems and subpoena National Right to Life on a fishing expedition. A few years after that, he would vote to acquit Clinton of perjury: apparently, he bought into Clinton's definition of the meaning of "is."

Everyday, the more I learn about FDT, the more he looks like the next Lindsey Graham. He looks conservative, talks conservative, acts the Southern gentleman, but as soon as he's in power, he's John McCain's best friend and stabbing his party in the back. Luckily Graham is not in the White House, and hopefully will loose the primary when he's up for reelection. Not that I'm a single issue social conservative. I would be more likely to support FDT if he would just show some leadership and talk straight.

Until then, Huck is the only social conservative I could support and Rudy is the only Republican taking the lead and holding the Dems feet to the fire. LAT may be a bunch of partisans but dismissing the MSM as flies is not the way to lead the country let alone the GOP. If a candidate doesn't have the courage to answer the LAT, how's he going to handle Al Qaeda?

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"He's tough. He's six feet five inches, a big mean fella."
- Baker on FDT, Nixon tapes, 1973