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Post by CMF Newsman on Jun 5, 2007 8:37:32 GMT -5
Sen. Bob Corker said Monday he is backing former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson for President, the Knoxville News-Sentinel reported. The newspaper said Corker was interviewed after a luncheon in Knoxville at the University of Tennessee. He told the paper he expects Thompson will make the race. Congressman Zach Wamp has been one of the leading Thompson backers and is credited with being the first person to call him and ask him to run. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_108413.asp
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Post by Dreamwebber on Jun 5, 2007 10:51:17 GMT -5
2 reasons why I won't lol
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Post by bernardjenkins on Jun 5, 2007 12:54:06 GMT -5
The issues be damned ! Corker, Wamp support him, so I will not!
So, this early who do you support?
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Post by BlackFox on Jun 5, 2007 15:06:09 GMT -5
Bob Corker and Zack Wamp aren't doing Thompson any favors. Thompson just lost what little support he had from me. I'll stick with the unelectable Ron Paul.
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Post by bernardjenkins on Jun 5, 2007 15:12:10 GMT -5
I like Paul as well, but I plan on waiting to hear from Thompson based on what he has to say not what Corker and Zack have to say.
What about the general election? Would you vote for Thompson over Clinton?
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Post by Babs on Jun 5, 2007 17:04:27 GMT -5
You're right...that is not a good sign. I don't trust those two!
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Post by daworm on Jun 5, 2007 17:25:49 GMT -5
Wamp and Corker will support Thompson only because of the Tennessee connection.
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Post by bernardjenkins on Jun 5, 2007 17:35:21 GMT -5
Babs, has senator Thompson given you a reason not to trust him?
It may be the Tenn. connection, but the major reason is they all belong to the Republican Party.
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Post by Babs on Jun 5, 2007 18:53:31 GMT -5
Well now, that does make sense. I don't know who else I would vote for!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2007 19:36:00 GMT -5
> ... Thompson over Clinton?
Reminds me of "What do you get when you cross a Florida cheerleader with a pig.
Nothing, because there are some things a pig just won't do." - Lewis Grizzard
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Post by TNBear on Jun 5, 2007 19:43:23 GMT -5
I am just thanking the powers above that there is a year and a half before this election. The prospects so far make grim look good.
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Post by Justin Thyme on Jun 5, 2007 20:39:10 GMT -5
Hey, you still have Newt Gingrich mulling over entering the race. All is not lost.
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Post by Dreamwebber on Jun 6, 2007 0:17:36 GMT -5
I was being sarcastic hence the LOL (laugh out loud) but, to answer your question out of all the candidates Republican/Democrat so far, I would choose Ron Paul
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Post by bernardjenkins on Jun 6, 2007 6:59:56 GMT -5
I'm interested in seeing what Newt does as well. I think I have heard him say that if there is not a strong front runner by Sept. he's going to throw his hat in .
This immigration bill has just killed McCain & last night we saw him backing away from it some. But, it is to late.
For the moment Dr.Paul does rep. conservatives the best,but he will fade after N.H. or shortly after.
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Post by tncoaster37 on Jun 6, 2007 7:28:28 GMT -5
Hey Bernard, come out and stop hiding DODA. We all know that you go under a variety of names on the other forum. It's time that someone busted you on this since you change your name so often.
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Post by bernardjenkins on Jun 6, 2007 7:50:15 GMT -5
Not that I feel the need to explain anything to you tncoaster37, but wait over there it is 33. This is a different forum, so I used a different name. I have nothing to hide 37 or 33, which ever one I'm speaking with. I have not changed my name over here,so once again as is often the case with you,,,,wrong.
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Post by bluckarma on Jun 6, 2007 11:29:34 GMT -5
screw all that check out how hot the first lady would be: hubba hubba
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Post by BlackFox on Jun 6, 2007 14:11:40 GMT -5
Hey, you still have Newt Gingrich mulling over entering the race. All is not lost. Threw up in my mouth a little....
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Post by BlackFox on Jun 6, 2007 14:13:07 GMT -5
I like Paul as well, but I plan on waiting to hear from Thompson based on what he has to say not what Corker and Zack have to say. What about the general election? Would you vote for Thompson over Clinton? Hell, I would vote for David Duke over Clinton.
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Post by Ringleman#5 on Jun 13, 2007 6:40:37 GMT -5
Hell, Corker's wife was pretty hot back in high school.
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Post by Dreamwebber on Jun 13, 2007 8:59:37 GMT -5
I have heard in the latest polls at least Rasmussen according to Phil Valentine last night, Thompson and Gulliani are neck and neck for lead position. But, I have not heard anyone say why they would vote for either (except Thompson having a hot wife lol) I assume it is name recognition and in Thompson's case...he's old and he's a B actor...are repubs thinking he is the new Reagan or something??? I don't get it myself.
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Post by traveler on Jun 13, 2007 13:10:33 GMT -5
DW, have you even looked at Thompson's credentials?
Long before Thompson was an actor, he was a successful lawyer and federal prosecutor. He has been actively involved with public policy for over thirty years and was instrumental in sending a former Tennessee Governor to prison for corruption. Add on top of that his tenure as a US Senator, which he reluctantly ran for, and then chaired the Government Affairs Committee in the Senate, among other accomplishments.
He was raised poor in Lawrenceburg. He put himself through college and law school and immediately afterward became active in his community and state. He has earned tremendous respect in Tennessee and across the nation for his style and temperment, in addition to his intellect.
Thompson is very deliberative in his thought process. You will not see him employ sound bite answers to tough questions.
He is not flashy. A "B" actor? Maybe. But he is laughing all the way to the bank. It so happens he is also a very well compensated actor which he basically does as a sideline to his real work.
He is getting the kind of attention around the country because he is as qualified as any candidate running for President and more qualified than most of them. And to top it off, he is genuinely a nice guy.
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Post by NewsShooter on Jun 16, 2007 21:26:23 GMT -5
Not to mention that while he was a federal prosecutor, he was instrumental in the Watergate prosecutions. Let's see ... a Republican who's not so party-blind that he would have to recuse himself from the job ... and then made his case and brought the whole scheming bunch of 'em down.
Sounds like a pretty straight-up guy to me. He also had a very bi-partisan voting record in the Senate. Didn't side with the GOP on EVERYthing.
I, personally, would love to see him get in the race because I CERTAINLY don't trust Gulianni, Romney or any of the other GOP candidates. And another Clinton in the White House? I don't think so. And as far as Al Gore goes, if he's in the White House, in less than four years, we'll be driving Flintstone's cars, air conditioning will be banned (he already killed freon) and factories will have to use hamster power.
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Post by Kordax on Jun 16, 2007 21:41:28 GMT -5
Thompson has demonstrated that he can be easily rolled -- the Clintons ate his lunch when he was Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs -- he was embarrassingly ineffective & effete when a strong man would have nailed Clinton & many of his highest ranking officials' gonads to the wall for pocketing foreign $$$$ in exchange for special favors...
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Post by TNBear on Jun 24, 2007 8:31:34 GMT -5
I was raised as a lower middle class Catholic by parents who both immigrated (very legally) from Canada. Both became citizens of the U.S. as soon as they could. They raised us to always think critically and research, especially when it came to politics. Naturally, with this upbringing, I have been a registered Democrat (I have voted for Republicans) all my life. At this point in time, regarding the upcoming elections, using all my critical thinking and research skills leads me to the decision that I will have another Bloody Mary. May God have mercy on us.
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Post by Justin Thyme on Jun 24, 2007 14:37:37 GMT -5
How does one become a "registered Democrat" or for that matter a registered Republican in the state of Tennessee?
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Post by traveler on Jun 27, 2007 7:09:26 GMT -5
Justin, one doesn't in Tennessee. We have open primaries.
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