I could give you hundreds of reasons – from his being the only firewall between the USA and Marxism/socialism to a Supreme Court that will abolish the Constitution as we know it to a total end to the sanctity of life but Fred Thompson has a video – about 10 minutes long – and he says it so well.
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We have to vote for McCain/Palin – I already have by mail!
One of Bill Clinton’s least honorable episodes – the alQuaida attack against the USS Cole – is back in the news. Clinton failed to respond.
The relatives of the sailors sued the Sudanese government for damages and won.
Now a new law recently signed by President Bush is being used to try to get them a larger share of the millions of dollars the Sudanese government has locked up in US banks.
Whether they are successful or not, this should serve as a reminder to the American people that the scoundrel in chief during that abysmal period is now seeking the position of “First Lady”. Is there any clearer reminder that we do not want him or his wife within a stones throw of the White house?
I drove to Myrtle Beach the other day and attended a Fair Tax Rally before the GOP Debate. The Elks lodge was full to overflowing of people fed up with the income tax. There were lots of Fair Tax hats and shirts, some food and a pretty darn good C/W band. Then the party really started with speeches from Fair Tax Candidates starting with Will Breazeale (yes he was about 30 miles out of his district but then so were a bunch of the people in the audience) followed by some running against Sen. Graham in SC.
The keynote speaker was Congressman John Linder of Georgia. He spoke about how far the Fair Tax movement has progressed since he came aboard in the 90′s.
After the rally, the group went en mass to a parking lot across from the Convention Center where they met up with the Huckabee campaign bus. On the way they passes by groups of supporters for the various candidates. The Fair Tax group easily out numbered the supporters for any of the candidates.
The group raided the Huckabee trailer and most were then carrying both Fair Tax and Huckabee signs.
The Huckabee bus arrived (without Huckabee) and after a while he did come along too and spoke to the crowd.
Those who had not experienced the Paulies experienced them first hand, often walking away shaking their heads at the incredible “logic” espoused by the supporters of Dr. Paul. All the while his blimp circled alternating with a small plane towing a banner for “ED 08″. Took a while to find out it was not a FRED 08 sign missing letters but one for a group pressing for more federal control of education.
Will and our crew made our way to the convention center where we occupied some of the nose bleed seats for the debate.
For my first trip to Myrtle – was a little disappointed not to even see the beach, but it was a very interesting day.
Found this site with a politics test that shows where you stand in the political spectrum. Din’t tell me anything I didn’t know – but was interesting to take.
Said that Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee were closest to my position (surprise surprise) and Obama was farthest away. ( I really think it is Hillary and that she lied about her positions to get closer to the center!)
My favorite uncle, now passed on, always had a label in his Stetson hats that read – Like Hell it’s yours, now put it back!
Fred has a similar and appropriate message for people about hats (and raising hands).
Now as to the raising of hands – when someone is wearing a hat like Fred’s, if they tell you to raise your hands – it may not be an idle request!
OK – it is not an official Fred Thompson campaign ad – but has some good points! Who needs Chuck Norris with this?
From RightWing News
After the CNN/YouTube debate debacle I wrote how the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) pledge is in fact a pledge to the American people and taxpayers, not to the ATR. Grover Norquist has now posted his YouTube response with the same message!
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On the CNN YouTube debate Fred Thompson that said:
Thompson: Cut — tax cuts for eight years when I was in the United States Senate. Never met a tax I liked. I’ve got a tax-cut bill on the table. But I don’t do pledges to anybody but the American people.
McCain: I have a 24-year record of opposing tax increases and supporting tax reductions. And, no, I’m like Fred. My pledge and my record is up to the American people, not up to any other organization.
Now that is interesting because as Senator McCain is shown as having signed the pledge!
and
Hunter: You know, I came in with Ronald Reagan in 1980 to cut taxes, and I probably voted for more tax cuts than anybody here.
But you could have an emergency, a time of war, and I think it would be wrong to say, “Absolutely, I would pledge to Grover Norquist that I would never raise taxes.” Could have a national emergency.
Hunter is also listed as having signed. In fact, he is quoted as saying:
They would not take the ATR pledge because they pledge allegiance to the flag and to the constitution, but not to the ATR.
Having myself signed one of the ATR pledges as a NH state legislator, I understand that that pledge was not to any organization but to the voters and taxpayers of my state and district.
The pledge (the federal version) reads:
I ,____________, pledge to the taxpayers of the _____ district of the State of _________ and to the American People that I will:
As you can plainly see it is to the taxpayers and the American people. If they cannot pledge to the taxpayers and the people that they will protect them from rampant government taxation then who will they pledge to protect?
Romney, McCain, Hunter, Tancredo, Huckabee, and Paul have all signed the pledge according to the ATR site.
There are people in NH who want to influence voters and candidates to reject the Anti-tax pledge that has become the mainstay of NH politics the deceptively named “Granite State Fair Tax Coalition” – headed by the last Democrat candidate for Governor to advocate an income tax, just before losing is a huge landslide. They believe that by calling it a “Fair Tax” (No relation at all to “THE FAIR TAX” intended to abolish the federal Income tax) they can impose for the first time a new broad based income or sales tax in NH. They know they will lose if they even whisper income tax.
So now, Grover Norquist, the main proponent of the national effort to get candidates to sign the No New Taxes pledge at the ATR has this question for the CNN/Youtube debate:
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