Thompson: Romney’s Michigan Promises ‘Misleading’

Fred Thompson is a phoney and a intellectual light weight without a rational or coherent reason for continuing this race. I think his wife wants it more than Fred does

Right or wrong, Thompson jsut isn’t “with it!” He doesn’t see the urgent need the electorate has for change. He seems too old school, boorish, and “good old boy” to ever get the general nomination…if he even got that far which is dubious at best I’m not wild about Romney either but you can’t take innovation and ‘outside the box’ thinking away from him. Thompson’s arguement falls flat.

Fred Thompson has my vote.

A lot of what Mitt Romney says is misleading, just ask former employees of KB Toys and Dade Behring after take over by Bain Capital. Bain and Romney pocketed millions while thousands lost their jobs. There are many others that have been victims of Bain capital takeovers. Romney gets elected, the tax regulations designed to stem the tax dodges of companies like Bain Capital will never get passed. Be like putting the Fox in charge of the henhouse.

Like his father, Mitt Romney is an excellent salesman who takes advantage of every opportunity without regard to principles. The Ship of State is in peril with that type of Capitan at the Helm.

Romney will say anything to get elected. As for Fred, he has been a do-nothing Republican. We do not need either of these Bush III candidates.

Wesley, You arae a good portion of the voting block. Arrogantly short sighted and obviously already decided. The statements you made have escaped the media! Thompson HAS made his own statements and NEVER Defered to anyone else. Even the real critics of Thompson have said he is BRASH and COMBATIVE. His debate performances prior to New Hampshire were lacking due to NOT BEING ASKED ANY QUESTIONS!! Only those who were percieved to be “Front Runners”. Get a grip and get a real point of view. not a borrowed one from a preconceived talking point of an idiot, most likely your candidate.
oh, have a nice day!

I respect John McCain for his service to our country, however he is NOT the strong tiger on national security everyone thinks he is. I mean the man would not even consider water-boarding a terrorist to get info that could save countless American lives; a terrorist now, not a uniformed soldier fighting in a specific country’s army. His argument against it is if we did, then the enemy would start torturing our soldiers. Start? John, wake up from your nap pal. Our enemies are already cutting heads off, hanging and burning bodies, dragging them behind vehicles, and God knows what else. Look at all the torture rooms found. Surely he knows this is going on, so what is really the true story on his position?
When it comes to illegal immigration, all you can say is his true stances and past history in dealing with this issue is dismal.
Well, then you’ve got Huckabee with his record on illegal immigration, higher taxes and bigger government, and belief that our foreign policy is arrogant instead of necessary. Plus now he’s been bragging in Michigan about his close ties to the unions. It does all kinda sound like something a democrat would campaign on; or was he just doing it in Michigan?
I like alot of Romney’s stances, but quiet a few of them seem to be new to him if you compare them to his history; just not comfortable with someone who changes to be politically expedient. Someone’s history is all you have to go on when making a decision.
You know, I have to put my trust for the future of our national security in a man who speaks with substance, who stands on his principles, who looks you in the eye and tells you straightforward what’s on his mind. Fred Thompson is this man. He’s well thought out, a great communicator, and rock solid on his principles. G

Huckabee is my vote! He has exec. experience (Led a state-well) He knows what he stands for and doesn’t waiver. McCain is just one vote out of 100. Thompson acts well and talkes a good game but doesn’t have the executive experience at all. Tompson cant win… he has waited too long. Romney isn’t believable and flip flops on what he stands for. Romney has the $ but he is not real! Giuliani is way too liberal socially for my taste. Ron Paul is even beating Giuliani.
Let’s unite behind Huckabee!!!

While Thompson is a true conservative and I like his record and his positions, I don’t think he has the energy level to compete effectively in 2008. He needs to support Mitt Romney who is the best conservative in the race whose track record as a fiscal conservative and opponent of illegal immigration are in line with most Republicans I know. McCain and Huckabee have awful records despite their new pledges (to say and do anything to win). Guilliani is already on the way out. Fred Thompson is a reminder of the Bob Dole candidacy – good on substance but bad delivery.

Huckabee seems like a nice guy, but he strikes me as a pandering phony. The nice guy in Iowa who promised to take the high road has morphed into a bare knuckle brawler in SC. Watch him start to attack McCain, after emotionally defending him against softballs lobbed in by Romney’s campaign.
Huckabee’s populist rhetoric flys in the face of proven conservative principles. Reagan told us a rising tide lifts all ships. Huckabee tells us a rising tide lifts the rich ship and sinks the working man ship, then drowns the sailors.
He only appeals to the far right of the Republican party. His base, evangelicals, will support him because of his faith regardless of his actions, policies, or general appeal. That won’t be the case with the majority of the electorate in the US. Southerners may be willing to vote for an unqualified guitar playing good ole boy evangelical, but the general electorate is more discerning. He has no appeal beyond evangelicals, and doesn’t appear to be trying…why do Huckabee’s mailers, visits, messages target protestant evangelicals and not a broader cross section of the party? Why not encourage his evangelical base in Michigan to contact Catholics and Mormons along with protestant evangelicals?
Bottom line: Huckabee is not electable by the diverse US electorate in the fall.
Any of the Republican candidates face a tough battle in November. But if Huckabee is the nominee the Republicans will suffer the worst defeat in November since ’64…possibly worse than that.

Don’t get me wrong. Mitt would be my second choice; he seems like a good guy and relatively conservative, but Fred has to be the most consistent conservative in the race. To say that Fred’s not running on substance is silly. He’s been the easiest to find out what he believes and wants to do just from his website and speeches. He’s the only one I’ve heard a legit plan for social security from. Any attack on Fred that I’ve heard seems weak. There’s only one Reagan but Fred seems like the closest you’ll get in this race. The only way I’m voting for Mitt is if Fred drops out within the next two weeks.

Just so I have a post here directly related to the article Fed Thompson’s statement shows, more than anything, a lack of understanding on the economy, the government role in it and an inability to problem solve or even understand someone else’s intelligent and well laid out proposals.
Don’t get me wrong there are a lot of things I respect about Thompson but this is why I support Romney over any of the other candidates.
He is one of the few politicians who can wrap his head around our economy and come up with real solutions to the problems that Washington, to this point, has been unable to do anything about. Vote Mitt!

Mitt: Socialized medicine does not equal conservatism.
Mitt: A businessman does not a President make. The government cannot be run like a business. The government is not a business. The government does not play by the same rules as a business. Mitt has no experience here. It’s a perceived but false strength.
Mitt: A man of principles does not change them to suit the political climate.
Mitt: Answer this, how does a conservative become Governor in the 2nd most liberal state in the union? There is only one way. The word starts with P and ends with G.
Mitt: The federal government has no business fixing a states economy. We have local governments for this. He’s making promises he cannot keep and cannot be considered conservative.
Mitt is not fit to be president, but he sure looks nice.

“I would like to see my tax dollars going toward something beneficial and valuable down the road. (ie Better fuel economical cards coming out of MI).” That is a smart idea. It’s also the opposite of Mitt proposed. Romney wants to deregulate the auto industry which would increase our need for foreign oil.
And Layne Pitcher, let me make sure I understand this. Romney is a man of character because when he is called out on his lies and distortions, he eventually admits to the truth? So if you say are the NRA endorsed candidate, but later admit that that isn’t true then you a man of character? A man of character wouldn’t have to admit to these things in the first place.

Thompson can’t win because he doesn’t have the money or popularity and his ideas are “old school.” Guiliani is showing his disdain for the “small”states. Romney is becomming the “Kerry” of this election cycle because of the(alledged) flip flopping reputation he has aquired. McCain would attract lots of Independents and some democrats in a general election, especially if Hillary is the Dem candidate. Huckabee would also attract a lot of independent and southern democtatic votes in a general election. What we need is a McCain or a Huckabee with Romney’s money (or Bloombergs for that matter.

How can someone be a fiscal conservative and at the same time propose a $20 billion hand out to one of the worst run US industries over the past 30 years?
The US Auto industry has fought every single piece of legislation geared towards making cars that are more fuel efficient, and in the process has allowed Japanese and Korean car makers to eat into their sales figures. Guess what, India is going to be next.
I thought the point of free markets was to create competition and thus spark innovation. The sad thing is, the US Automakers have just sat on their hands and watched everyone else compete for the past 2 decades.
Corporate Welfare is not Free Markets, and anyone who is a fiscal conservative should be ashamed at Romney’s blatant pandering.