Thompson Raises $9.3M in Summer Quarter

$9.3m is a good haul but that doesn't change the fact that his allegiance is to the CFR and he is just more status quo warmed over. 

Is Fred using every chance he gets to demand the illegals be deported?  What about the FairTax is he pounding the podium about the need to eliminate the income tax?  Does he say as President he would send the United Nations packing?

What does this guy stand for, protecting gay marriage....

SovereignMan

Is Fred using every chance he gets to demand the illegals be deported?  What about the FairTax is he pounding the podium about the need to eliminate the income tax?  Does he say as President he would send the United Nations packing?  What does this guy stand for, protecting gay marriage....SovereignMan

Do you just run your mouth without checking anything out? 

Illegals: 

• Securing our borders and enforcing immigration laws. Amnesty is not an option and the toleration of “sanctuary cities” must end.
• Reviewing our immigration laws and policies to ensure they advance our national interests.
• Uniting Americans by welcoming legal immigrants willing to learn English, assimilate into our communities, and become productive citizens.

Tax reform: 

• Fundamental tax reform built on the principles of simplicity, fairness, and growth.
• A new tax code that gets the government out of our citizens’ pocketbooks, while enhancing U.S. competitiveness abroad.
• Dissolution of the IRS as we know it.

Same sex marriage: 

Strong families are the bedrock of our nation and our culture.  They are built around the sanctity of life and the institution of marriage, which is the union of a man and a woman.  To counter coarseness in today’s culture that oftentimes victimizes our children and undermines the traditional values parents want to instill, we must not only protect but strengthen the institutions of family and marriage. I am committed to:

• Using the Presidency to encourage policies that promote a culture of life, strengthen the institution of marriage and traditional families, and advance freedom of religion.

Illegals: 

• Securing our borders and enforcing immigration laws. Amnesty is not an option and the toleration of “sanctuary cities” must end.
• Reviewing our immigration laws and policies to ensure they advance our national interests.
• Uniting Americans by welcoming legal immigrants willing to learn English, assimilate into our communities, and become productive citizens.
  

This says nothing of what he IS committed to doing - it's stating the obvious....well, we already know what the problems are....what is he going to do to FIX them?

Is he going to build a fence?  What is he going to DO to Sanctuary cities?  Is he going to abolish the birthright citizenship or just revisit it?  Is he going to stop free enticements (medicaid, schooling)?  Is he going to repeal NAFTA, CAFTA, mexican trucking pilot program?  Is he going to ENFORCE and uphold the laws and PUNISH employers?  Is he going to actually let the border jobs do their job?

Tax reform: 

• Fundamental tax reform built on the principles of simplicity, fairness, and growth.
• A new tax code that gets the government out of our citizens’ pocketbooks, while enhancing U.S. competitiveness abroad.
• Dissolution of the IRS as we know it.

Ok - what DOES this say?  He wants tax "reform" that is fair and simple...ok?  What is his proposed plan?  Surely, the man has a plan, right?

He wants a new tax code?  Fair tax?  Yes or no? 

He's wants to DISSOLVE the IRS "as we know it"?  Again - what does that mean?  Dissolve it?  Or recreate it?  Sure - dissolving it will go over real well with Rockefeller and his CFR buddies

Same sex marriage: 

Strong families are the bedrock of our nation and our culture.  They are built around the sanctity of life and the institution of marriage, which is the union of a man and a woman.  To counter coarseness in today’s culture that oftentimes victimizes our children and undermines the traditional values parents want to instill, we must not only protect but strengthen the institutions of family and marriage. I am committed to:

• Using the Presidency to encourage policies that promote a culture of life, strengthen the institution of marriage and traditional families, and advance freedom of religion.

He effectively says nothing with this rhetoric....

He effectively says nothing with this rhetoric....

Are you new to politics?  That's the game, pal.  NO politician...including your idol Ron Paul...has SPECIFICS...just fluff and "I'll do this" and "we should do that" and "I'm committed to this".  Now, why are you even pretending to give a fig what he thinks?  He's CFR, remember?  You don't want him.

Patsy, Fred took in a little over $300,000 on his new website the first day it was open for donations.  He's in third place right now.  He has a plan for all the things listed and he will get them done if humanly possible.  The thing is, Fred knows how to get it done.  Some of the others are clueless.

The difference between him and Rudy and Mitt is that he believes in what he says, he doesn't just pander for votes.

Melinda in TN said:

Patsy, Fred took in a little over $300,000 on his new website the first day it was open for donations.  He's in third place right now.  He has a plan for all the things listed and he will get them done if humanly possible.  The thing is, Fred knows how to get it done.  Some of the others are clueless.

The difference between him and Rudy and Mitt is that he believes in what he says, he doesn't just pander for votes.

paid blogger for fred thompson

Hey Melinda,

Americafirst accused me of being a paid blogger on another thread, we must be pretty good, huh.

paid blogger for fred thompson

Well, I'll be!  Yet another tactic the libidiots on AOL message boards use.  So, how much do you, Fj, RP08, etc. get paid?

americafirst said:

Illegals: 

• Securing our borders and enforcing immigration laws. Amnesty is not an option and the toleration of “sanctuary cities” must end.
• Reviewing our immigration laws and policies to ensure they advance our national interests.
• Uniting Americans by welcoming legal immigrants willing to learn English, assimilate into our communities, and become productive citizens.
  

This says nothing of what he IS committed to doing - it's stating the obvious....well, we already know what the problems are....what is he going to do to FIX them?

Is he going to build a fence?  What is he going to DO to Sanctuary cities?  Is he going to abolish the birthright citizenship or just revisit it?  Is he going to stop free enticements (medicaid, schooling)?  Is he going to repeal NAFTA, CAFTA, mexican trucking pilot program?  Is he going to ENFORCE and uphold the laws and PUNISH employers?  Is he going to actually let the border jobs do their job?

Tax reform: 

• Fundamental tax reform built on the principles of simplicity, fairness, and growth.
• A new tax code that gets the government out of our citizens’ pocketbooks, while enhancing U.S. competitiveness abroad.
• Dissolution of the IRS as we know it.

Ok - what DOES this say?  He wants tax "reform" that is fair and simple...ok?  What is his proposed plan?  Surely, the man has a plan, right?

He wants a new tax code?  Fair tax?  Yes or no? 

He's wants to DISSOLVE the IRS "as we know it"?  Again - what does that mean?  Dissolve it?  Or recreate it?  Sure - dissolving it will go over real well with Rockefeller and his CFR buddies

Same sex marriage: 

Strong families are the bedrock of our nation and our culture.  They are built around the sanctity of life and the institution of marriage, which is the union of a man and a woman.  To counter coarseness in today’s culture that oftentimes victimizes our children and undermines the traditional values parents want to instill, we must not only protect but strengthen the institutions of family and marriage. I am committed to:

• Using the Presidency to encourage policies that promote a culture of life, strengthen the institution of marriage and traditional families, and advance freedom of religion.

He effectively says nothing with this rhetoric....

Glad you jumped on the obvious here AmericaFirst.  Saved me some time, thanks.  Fred Thompson and his supporters do not deserve a free pass if they are going to try to portray an image that is not entirely honest in relationship to what he will truly do or champion if elected.

It is amazing how people react to Fred Thompson as a candidate when you explain to them how the CFR is the ACLU of the political world and he is a member of the CFR.  NO THANKS!!!   

Be aware of the fact that you are dealing with some folks that are intellectually deficient and others who are just downright dishonest. 

Thankfully it does not appear that you care what Thompson supporters like and that your concern is for those who may not be as aware of the deception taking place.  This is shaping up to be a situation where people will have their good nature taken advantage of like ROVE & BUSH did to them if they are not made aware of the whole picture regarding Fred Thompson the lobbyist, the politician.

Don't talk with Hanity about your wife for 30min tell us about the FairTax.....

SovereignMan 

Patsy said:

He effectively says nothing with this rhetoric....

Are you new to politics?  That's the game, pal.  NO politician...including your idol Ron Paul...has SPECIFICS...just fluff and "I'll do this" and "we should do that" and "I'm committed to this".  Now, why are you even pretending to give a fig what he thinks?  He's CFR, remember?  You don't want him.

FALSE!

RP has said he will eliminate the fed.  He will eliminate the income tax.  He will end occupation of Iraq and stop building missions and such overseas.  He has said he will end birthright citizenship.  In short he has been very specific.  Now he may not have the power to do those things as president, but he will lobby for them.  You may not agree with those things, but he stands by them.

Tom Tancredo has been explicit.

Duncan Hunter has been very explicit to the point of nausea about building the fence.

The problem with politics is exactly that most candidates including FDT are trying to be everything to everybody and they are either adding no substance to the discussion or are lying through their teeth.  Cheer for FDT.  There are clearly worse candidates and it is good to see him have some success.  He seems like a nice guy, regardless of his CFR relationship.  But don't claim that he is no different from other candidates when he utters nothing but platitudes.  There are some candidates staking their fortune on taking very specific stands and he ain't one of them.  One could make a pretty good argument that he is the mushiest and least specific of the lot.

Patsy said:

Is Fred using every chance he gets to demand the illegals be deported?  What about the FairTax is he pounding the podium about the need to eliminate the income tax?  Does he say as President he would send the United Nations packing?  What does this guy stand for, protecting gay marriage....SovereignMan

Do you just run your mouth without checking anything out? 

 

I appreciate that for you participating here at Fire Society might be a step up in life but if you cannot truly rise to the occasion fake it. 

SovereignMan

FeedFwd:

How will Ron Paul eliminate the federal reserve?

This is from wikipedia, I know it is not the best source, if someone can find another source with the numbers that would be fine by me: 

One of the disadvantages of the gold standard is that it artificially inflates the value of gold. The total amount of gold that has ever been mined is estimated at 125,000 tonnes. At the current gold prices of around USD $640 per troy ounce, the value of this entire planetary stock would be USD $ 2.5 trillion, which is less than the value of currency circulating. In the U.S. alone, more than $7.3 trillion is in circulation.

MrT,

Why do you say that?  Why does there have to be a specific amount of gold?  Money is just a medium of exchange and has no intrinsic value.  Its value is determined by what is backing it.  If we have already so devalued the dollar that we don't have enough gold, that only means an ounce of gold is worth more dollars than we thought.  If the dollar was indeed backed by gold, there would be no monetary inflation, by definition.  A suit, a car, a bag of groceries, all have some intrinsic value that historically and probably always can be measured in terms of some quantity of gold.  Dollars simply are a convenience, like credit cards, to avoid having to carry around a saddlebag of gold whenever you go shopping.  But if somebody is printing up dollars, there better be something behind them or it is no different than counterfeiting.  Other assets could be used to back the money, but few other assets are as durable and stable as gold has been throughout history, which is why it is used.  It is not perfectly stable, however which creates problems when you mix silver (or Pt or some other precious metal) with gold.  We should pick a standard and go with it.

FeedFwd:

If we go back to the gold standard wouldn't we have to decrease the amount of currency in circulation?

Bravo, SovereignMan! That's telling her!

Melinda in TN--Yeh,  FT may believe what he says, but few people believe that he would rule by it. FT is the most boring and uninspiring pol I've seen come down the pike in a LONG time. If he expects to get the nomination, he is seriously deluded. A foxy and well-spoken Congressman from his state apparently has endorsed him (Rep. Blackburn). I was disappointed in Ms. Blackburn for this as I had hoped she would endorse her conservative House colleague, Duncan Hunter. She is gorgeous, well-spoken, and would make an excellent running mate for Hunter. Wouldn't THAT be something! She looks like E.D. Hill's older sister...

I'm waiting with baited breath for Dobson, the handsome and well-spoken Tony Perkins and Gary Bauer to endorse a conservative third party. The problem with The Conservative Party is...no nominee and nobody in site, as though they were waiting for Ron Paul to bolt the GOP and sign on with them. It's getting late! That party had better get a nominee FAST!! What's the delay, I wonder? If Tony Perkins himself were running, he'd get my vote in a heartbeat though I'm not a member of the Christian Right...