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| Fred Thompson for President, Quote of the Day |
| 2007-03-18 |
Mr. Thompson says that while a senator he was long concerned with U.S. intelligence failures."The CIA has better politicians than it has spies," he says, referring to the internecine turf wars that have been a feature of the Bush administration. A key problem, Mr. Thompson notes, is a general lack of accountability in government, where no one pays any price for failure. When asked about President Bush's awarding the Medal of Freedom to outgoing CIA Director George Tenet after U.S. intelligence failures in Iraq became apparent, he shakes his head: "I just didn't understand that." From an interview with John Fund of the WSJ - click the link to go there. He sounds like he has read Rantburg - we've been saying the same things here for years |
| Posted by:OldSpook |
| #14 Hillary & John McCain - the Scylla and Charybdis of '08 |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-03-18 22:38 |
| #13 I think the public is hungry for a straight talker, someone who isn't going to bullshit them. Me, I long for someone who isn't going to be a Casper Milquetoast against our enemies, foreign OR domestic. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-03-18 20:48 |
| #12 I've donated to him too. Good on ya RWV! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-18 19:45 |
| #11 Frank, he's not my Congressman, but he is the only politician to whose campaign I have ever donated. Duncan Hunter is a good man, smart enough and tough enough to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done either as VP or Pres. |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-03-18 19:39 |
| #10 Quick take? I doubt either could be VP to the other. A good VP would be Duncan Hunter, who's not going to be voted in as POTUS, but would do a great job if needed. Good geographical balance (and ideological for Rudy) for both * full disclosure: Hunter's my congressman |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-18 19:10 |
| #9 Anybody have a sense as to how Thompson and Guiliani mix? That could be a hell of a ticket. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2007-03-18 18:59 |
| #8 Ditto, OS. Ditto Frank G. |
| Posted by: Phineter Thraviger 2007-03-18 17:45 |
| #7 Good one Steve. ANd right now, Fred Dalton Thompson is the only candidate I really *want*. The others will simply be voting anti-Hillary, not pro-(Guliani,Romney). I will never vote for McCain. Never. I'll vote libertarian instead. He would probably be WORSE than Hillary in some ways. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-03-18 16:13 |
| #6 "You go into the election with the candidates you have, not the ones you wish you had." -- Dunald Romsfeld |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-03-18 14:15 |
| #5 Fred gets it. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-18 14:08 |
| #4 respectfully disagree, Sea. He should wait til late summer, let everyone else self-destruct and chew each other up, then jump in. He does have to worry about raising $ in a much shorter period, but I don't see anyone else, except perhaps Rudy, getting massive support. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-18 14:07 |
| #3 Error, my bad. The Cali primary is February 5, 2008. Clock's ticking, y'all. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-03-18 13:01 |
| #2 Moved. I like Fred Thompson, but time is officially short with California moving up its primary date to February 8, 2008. There is now less than 12 months 'til decision day. Thompson needs to declare he's in or out *now*, not leave the GOP to keep waiting for the Mahdi to emerge from the well. Get in now, Fred, or we'll have to go to 'lections with the candidates we have. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-03-18 12:58 |
| #1 Mods, please put this in the Opinion section. I coulda sworn I had it there. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-03-18 12:48 |