Fred Thompson Looks for a Bounce in South Carolina, on Heels of Debate

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You Decide 08! » Fred Thompson Looks for a Bounce in South Carolina, on Heels of Debate

Fred Thompson likes to describe himself as a slow-talkin’, slow-walkin’ Tennessean, but the former senator is hoping to put some bounce in his step following his assertive performance at the FOX News debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Thursday night.
Thompson has steadily lost the wind from his sails since formally launching his late-game campaign in September, but has set up South Carolina as a firewall after pulling 1 percent (write-ins got 2 percent) in the New Hampshire primary.
And at the debate, Thompson stepped up, throwing elbows and dishing pithy sound bites that promised him airtime during debate replays. He went after former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for “liberal economic policies, liberal foreign policies” and after former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for allegedly stealing his tax plan.
Perhaps Thompson’s most memorable line came during a discussion about the U.S. response during a recent standoff between a U.S. Navy ship and five Iranian speed boats.
“You can’t take the judgment like that out of the hands of the officers on the ground there. I think one more step and they would have been introduced to those virgins that they’re looking forward to seeing,” Thompson said, earning laughter from the audience.
Shrugging off polls that show him trailing in the Palmetto State, Thompson calls it “home territory” and says he’s drawing a line in the sand. He’s planned five stops in the state Friday.
While Mitt Romney focuses on winning Michigan, Giuliani eyes Florida, and John McCain and Huckabee split their time, Thompson is all South Carolina, which holds the first-in-the-South primary Jan. 26.
“We’ve been going all over the state in the bus, getting out and doing a little retail politics,” Thompson told FOX News Radio Thursday.
He calls himself the consistent, conservative choice among the GOP field and received some vindication Friday from conservative publication Human Events, which endorsed him.
“The issue for us — and for the conservative community — boils down to which of the candidates is most representative of the fundamental conservative principles we believe in. The answer is Fred Thompson,” Human Events wrote in its endorsement.​
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Thoughts?
 
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Great debate by Fred, though as a "3 legged stool" Republican, i don't think he can lead the Charge. Huckabee has a liberal history on immigration, but i like that he payed homage to the 2nd Amendment, something Giuliani wouldn't do. Personally, i will vote for Fred on Super Tuesday, unless he drops out, in which case i will vote for Romney.

Should Mitt get the nomination, he will need a Brimstone and Fire Southerner to balance out the doubts about his religion....I'm thinking Romney/Huckabee, moreso than Romney/Fred, as 8 years of Romney will render Fred too old to gather votes
 
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but, of course, there is alot of "what if's" left. One thing, i get pissed at GOP ads against other GOP Candidates....lets focus on the task at hand. I was a John McCain man in 2000, until he started attacking Bush in order to keep his hopes alive.

Lets let the Lib's trash each other, and call each other incompetent, let's debate as men, and keep it clean, so we can come out punching when the line is drawn
 
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volsforever27 said:
:lolabove:

No offense Ras, but if Ron Paul is a conservative, then I'm a Rosie O'Donell fan. (and no I'm not before you smartasses say something :) )
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His position on nearly every issue is further to the right than Fred Thompson. Huckabee isn't conservative when it comes to taxes and the border. Rudy and Romney cannot be trusted and are not conservative on the border issue. McCain is just a RINO... sho me one candidate that actually plans on cutting spending, addressing the border issue, addressing the social security scam, or returning more power to the states instead of the Federal gov't.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
His position on nearly every issue is further to the right than Fred Thompson. Huckabee isn't conservative when it comes to taxes and the border. Rudy and Romney cannot be trusted and are not conservative on the border issue. McCain is just a RINO... sho me one candidate that actually plans on cutting spending, addressing the border issue, addressing the social security scam, or returning more power to the states instead of the Federal gov't.
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I agree with all of that honestly, but have you heard some of the stands he has on foreign poilicy? Did you catch what he said about Isreal during the debate? And I think some of his supporters scare me more than he does.
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
You are voting for David Duke right?
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On my way home from a meeting yesterday, I saw an old "David Duke for Gov" sign that was still on a beaten up wall right off the highway. It is the size of a car sticker but I was waiting in traffic and saw it and was like 'What the hell?' :no:
 
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U-T said:
On my way home from a meeting yesterday, I saw an old "David Duke for Gov" sign that was still on a beaten up wall right off the highway. It is the size of a car sticker but I was waiting in traffic and saw it and was like 'What the hell?' :no:
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That would be someone I would like to smack.
 
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volsforever27 said:
I agree with all of that honestly, but have you heard some of the stands he has on foreign poilicy? Did you catch what he said about Isreal during the debate? And I think some of his supporters scare me more than he does.
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All he said was that we should let countries govern themselves and not babysit them (e.g. let them be 'adults')... what's so odd about that?

And specifically, why do he or his supporters scare you?
 
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Fred is who I'd like see get the nomination.. Ron is plain goofy. Huck is a liberal trying to change his stripes.. John, I just don't have an opinion on him yet..and Mitt scares me kinda like Obama does. Hillary cried.. I would say she is this election's Howard Dean. There's no crying in the Presidential election son.
 
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JTrainDavis said:
Great debate by Fred, though as a "3 legged stool" Republican, i don't think he can lead the Charge. Huckabee has a liberal history on immigration, but i like that he payed homage to the 2nd Amendment, something Giuliani wouldn't do. Personally, i will vote for Fred on Super Tuesday, unless he drops out, in which case i will vote for Romney.

Should Mitt get the nomination, he will need a Brimstone and Fire Southerner to balance out the doubts about his religion....I'm thinking Romney/Huckabee, moreso than Romney/Fred, as 8 years of Romney will render Fred too old to gather votes
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Agreed, I actually think Fred is running for VP these days, and would probably be a good choice in the long term.
 
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On a mountain of skulls, in the castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood! What was will be! What is will be no more! Now is the season of evil!
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-Vigo The Carpathian

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I like Thompson, but he doesn't have a chance to win.

And he bares a uncanny resemblance to Vigo from Ghostbusters 2.
 
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