Posted by
JBDavis on Monday, April 16, 2007 10:07:53 AM
Should Fred Thompson run, he will win the primary. This is because he can communicate with the American people, does not have a lot of "excess baggage", and has the image required to be the President. He is not afraid to
tell it like it is:
It's that time again, and I was thinking of the old joke about paying your taxes with a smile. The punch line is that the IRS doesn't accept smiles. They want your money.
So it's not that funny, but there is reason to smile this tax season. The results of the experiment that began when Congress passed a series of tax-rate cuts in 2001 and 2003 are in. Supporters of those cuts said they would stimulate the economy. Opponents predicted ever-increasing budget deficits and national bankruptcy unless tax rates were increased, especially on the wealthy.
In fact, Treasury statistics show that tax revenues have soared and the budget deficit has been shrinking faster than even the optimists projected. Since the first tax cuts were passed, when I was in the Senate, the budget deficit has been cut in half.
He speaks for himself:
One final footnote on Fred Thompson. It's a little thing, but it struck me and my executive producer Gary Schreier as we greeted him this week: He came alone.
Alone — no handlers, no enablers, no key people, no any people.
Just Fred, by himself.
And Gary and I are thinking, hey this guy is tracking sometimes second in GOP polls for president.
For president! Of the United States!!
And we're looking for his entourage, his hangers-on, you know, the guy who holds his briefcase.
Another, his cell phone, still another his coat.
Someone who polices his words, advises him on statements to the press.
Nope. No briefcase guy. Or cell phone dude. No policy wonk or statement checker.
No people at all.
Get this: I had more people than he had people.
You have to respect a man who calls it the way he sees it. You will not see many politicians do this. Politicians care about getting elected, period. Every decision is made in order to get re-elected. If they were doing their job, they would not have time to think about it. It they do their jobs good enough they will be re-elected. If they are not doing their jobs, they will try to make you think they are. I have heard about Fred not working hard enough when he was in the Senate. I think he was doing his job right the first time, so he did not have too work hard at convincing people he was doing so. After all it was his decision to leave the Senate. Should he have wanted to stay, he would not be called the "former" senator from Tennessee.
Run, Fred, Run