Fred Thompson
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- Jaline
In a taped appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show," Mr. Thompson told host Jay Leno, "I'm running for president of the United States."
http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en…
Being an actor, it's fitting that he made waves announcing it on "The Jay Leno Show". He's funny and hasn't spent as much money campaigning as everyone else (although that doesn't say very much...), too bad he's Republican.
Campaigns in the U.S.A. are absolutely insane. Any thoughts about him or the way he made his candidacy public?
- mrdobolina0
that guy is a fucking idiot. k-street lobbyist trying to come off as some kinda reagan or some shit.
mrdobolina
(Sep 6 07, 07:20)
- harlequino0
Didn't he say recently he intends to ban abortion altogether and ban same sex marriage at the constitutional level?
- mrdobolina0
yeah those are huge problems that need to be tackled immedately.
republican voters are fucking numbskulls, the fact that these candidates pander to them is proof of that.
- doesnotexist0
terrific!
- mg330
Cheers to ambition, but that guy would have to be insane to think he could win.
I do like him though. I saw him a while back on Leno and he's very candid and frank about certain things - though I think politicians and presidential contenders inherintly play up to public emotion with a little too much drama these days.
- PonyBoy0
"actor"
- Jaline0
sorry, I searched like 15 words for the presidential thread but couldn't find it.
- Jaline0
Didn't he say recently he intends to ban abortion altogether and ban same sex marriage at the constitutional level?
harlequino
(Sep 6 07, 07:22)yup
- ItTango0
"actor"
PonyBoy
(Sep 6 07, 07:26)...in a rented red pick-up truck that he uses as a "man of the people" prop when campaigning in through the south and blue collar areas.
still, if the dems don't get their asses on the same page, he could be the next US Dictator.
- BonSeff0
yeah, i can really see the law and order gravytrainer governing the free world..
man oh man, what the fuck
- mrdobolina0
funny thing is the conservatives are always the one's bitching about "the hollywood elite".
reagan,schwarzenegger,fred thompson, etc.
- MrD0
fred thompson
is has a track record with in the party
people label him as an actor cause thats what they remember him as.he was on the congressional panel during the Nixon investigation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fre…
but with his credentials, is he a good candidate? yes because people have seen him on TV. He has good exposure.
his politics? he is ultra uber conservative. he makes Rumsfeld / Cheney look like grad schoolers
- gramme0
Has Ahnold entered the running yet?
25+ years in the U.S. and the dude still hasn't lost one iota of his iron-shod Austrian accent. Incredible.
- flagellum0
Abortion should be banned, unless it can be conclusively shown that the mother's life is at risk by delivering. Beyond that, I can't think of any legitimate reasons for killing the unborn.
- gramme0
I'd pay good money for someone to locate a candidate who plans to both ban abortion and look out for the environment. A holistic pro-life stance, if you will.
- BonSeff0
impregnated rape victims dont get a pass huh? shut the fuck up
- BonSeff0
unless you are a woman, you dont get to say shit.. fuckin god's warriors
- exador10
couldn't agree more with BonSeff..
one thing i can't fucking stand is dudes trying to pass laws regarding women's bodies...pathetic.
- gramme0
abortion is murder, people say it's a woman's body which is a horribly weak argument, being that the child is growing in the mother's womb, whilst still being a separate entity. Saying that birth is the curtain a child steps through to become a legitimate human is illogical and morally dishonest.
We only call killing unborn children murder when it is convenient, such as in that Peterson case from a few yrs ago when the guy drowned his pregnant wife and got double homicide.
Rape is fucked up, I don't deny that one bit but for crying out loud, put the baby up for adoption. There are hundreds of thousands of infertile women who are desperately wanting to adopt a child.