I'm telling you, FDT is a John Wayne Stud
By itrytobenice Posted in 2008 — Comments (59) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
So, it's 3:00 a.m. and I can't sleep. We turned off our satellite, but I flip on the TV anyway. My little cutie, Katie Couric [/sarc] is on there interviewing all the presidential candidates. The teaser is that she is going to ask them something no one else ever has.
My curiosity is piqued. What could it be? Me, being a nosy little mouse, watch to see.
Other than losing your family, what scares you the most?
Let me tell you of the horrifying things that scare our little women.
None of these are in quotes, because they are strictly my paraphrase. I am, however, doing my best to be accurate.
Bill Richardson: I fear losing my fire and desire for public service.
He'd have looked less like a fool if he'd said he hated spiders and snakes.
John Edwards and Joe Biden: I fear losing my integrity.
Holy freaking cow. That's like me saying I fear getting hooked on RedState. It's too &^%$@# late guys. Someone left the gate open, and your integrity escaped so long ago, we don't even remember you having it.
Barak Obama: I fear the loss of my good name.
What? Do you fear being found out as a lightweight, or do you just fear the HillBill slime machine? I'm cutting him some slack on this, as his kindergarten papers have already been perused.
Hillary: I fear the loss of my health.
Reasonable. She's 60 and on the downhill slide. That's gonna happen.
Guiliani: I fear losing my mobility.
IBID. He explained that he had watched his mother deteriorate and was not looking forward to that. I guess I can see that one bugging him.
McCain and Romney: I fear for America.
They wanted America to remain a superpower and leader in world and economic affairs. I'm an economist by training, and as one of the dismal scientists, I understand worrying about this.
Huckabee: I fear losing my health.
Well, yeah, former fatty and all that. It obviously concerns him, and as he had a brush with diabetes, I'll cut him some slack.
My Candidate: Mr. John Wayne Stud Fred Dalton Thompson: Other than losing my family? That's a pretty big exception, don't you think? Let me think...Well, other than losing my family, I'm not afraid of anything. I'm not afraid of dying, other than that it will cause me to lose time with my young children. I don't guess anything else really scares me.
No freaking wonder he caught that young blonde chick. A Man, a real honest to goodness Man. No fear. Smart. Funny. Nice. Not scared of jack $%!#. I love that man.
The other day, I got a call from some young man shilling for Huckabee. He was very nice, very professional, and I didn't slam him to the ground or anything. I just said that I was paying attention and right now I liked Fred. He didn't get mad or argue, just asked that I consider Huck.
Now I have an e-mail from FDT asking me to call Iowa voters and get out the word. I'm going to try to work it in (between Christmas shopping, wrapping, decorating, cooking, king costume making, etc. Sigh.)
I just can't turn down a man like that. He is truly different and I support him so much that it will disappoint me to no end if the other morons in my party screw up my chance to have him as my President.
Go, Fred, go.
I just read a RedHot by Erick where some ladies from Iowa were overheard discussing politics. One of them said that FDT was the only man in the bunch. The rest are little boys. Of course, she supported the man.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent.
The cowboy always gets the girl.
"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
John Paul Jones (letter to M. Le Ray de Chaumont,16 Nov.1778)
strong evolutionary reasons for this. A woman who is attracted to a cowboy is not driven to it by her head or her heart. She wants a guy who will kill the indians and go to bed early at night. EEhaw!
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Redneck Hippie
Obviously Fred would make a great ambassador to the UN or Russia or Saudi or Iraq.
A President with no fears is not what we need. Cripes.
They that are with us are more than they that are against us.
need a President with no fear. Fear never solved anything. What we need is a President who is an adult, who will use wisdom, who will not be overly emotional or finger to the wind driven by polls, who is steady and not prone to drastic changes in positions, but rather one who will govern wisely, according to consistent, conservative principles. This notion that everyone must "fear" something is nothing more than PC tripe. We don't need fear, we need wisdom. My kids don't chase their toys into the street without looking because they're afraid of getting hit by a car - they don't do it because failing to look first is DUMB. They don't need to be ruled by fear, they need to use wisdom in playing. And we don't need a President projecting fear - we need a President governing with wisdom. FDT is my choice.
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My kids don't chase their toys into the street without looking because they're afraid of getting hit by a car - they don't do it because failing to look first is DUMB
Your kids aren't afraid of being hit by a car? They avoid it because it would be dumb to be hit by the car? That is........ interesting logic.
Having fears is human. Letting your fears control you is weakness.
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert Kennedy
your faux sarcasm doesn't negate the hollowness of your comments.
There are those who look
at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert Kennedy
...fear itself."
Pretty sure it was a president who said that...now the context he used it in isn't the same as we apply it today, but I think he still makes a good point.
Obviously there is a difference between worrying about certain events occurring and doing everything we can to avoid them, and fearing those events - fear immobilizes us like a deer in the headlights and makes us unable to respond effectively to threats...to continue the analogy further, if the deer had not been fearful but had instead simply leaped out of the road, it wouldn't have been hit...it would still have recognized a dangerous situation - but instead of freezing and doing nothing to prevent that occurrence it would take action to avoid it...
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
Ronald Reagan
I imagine FDR would say,
"The only thing we have to fear is Fred Thompson, so lets go kick the crap out of the Japanese and Germans."
You rock Fred.
"The only thing we have to fear is Fred Thompson, so lets just tell everyone he's lazy and ignore what he says & does on the campaign trail".
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Redneck Hippie
Yesterday during the debate, I was instant messaging with a liberal democrat friend of mine who was also watching. After one of Fred's answers, he said:
"You know, I just can't help it, but I LOVE Fred. He just seems to say 'I don't give a ****, here's what I think, take it or leave it.'"
When Fred really lets his personality show, like he did yesterday, there is a whole lot there to like.
It's a long race, I hope to see him move up. Most folks (except for political junkies) are focused on the holidays now and will start paying serious attention in early Jan.
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"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." -- James Madison
Fred would be my #1 choice if he had a decent campaign. If he doesn't manage to get the nomination, I hope the guy who does picks him as his VP. He would destroy whoever Hillary picks as her #2 in the VP debate.
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Judy T.
I'm a FredHead -- I admit it. This woman has been a Friend of Fred's since June. For the first time in my life I will max out my political contribution. I respectively ask all the women here that when asked what you want for Christmas -- tell those people in your life - -a donation to the Fred Dalton Thompson campaign. A Thompson presidency will be better than diamonds.
Recently there was a study that a woman prefers a man who is more intelligent than she is. So maybe that is why I like Fred Thompson over the rest of the pack. I know I am smarter than the rest of the bunch. Fred's opinion papers inspire me to try harder. Finally, a man who is willing to tell me the truth instead of what he thinks I want to hear.
Maybe that is it, a man who is true to his word, consistent, isn't playing games, and honest -- what's not to like.
Way to Go Fred!
I'm a FredHead too and sometimes even some of my fellow Republicans dont know why. My family looks at me "what it is about Fred Thompson?"
The response I give to them is that I dont understand why people have said he isn't inspiring. Does he give sermons like Huckabee? No. Is he the perfect manager like Romney? No.
But as Fred says, managers are people who leaders hire, and a good President need not be a preacher.
He just needs to tell the truth and in way that people get it. That's what Reagan did, and that's what Fred does. Say fewer words with the most impact.
What I'm saying is -- I'm inspired by Fred Thompson too. More than any candidate in my adult lifetime. I admire that he's not it for himself, but for his country. I admire that he plays by his own rules, not the medias. I admire that he says what he thinks and knows what he's talking about. I admire that he's substance over style, and that his substance would actually take us places, rather than empty campaign rhetoric that has no chance of passage.
Fred may not win, due to the media-driven age where style does win over substance at times. Yesterday's debate showed me that perhaps he still can. It's plausible -- a quick comeback in Iowa, finishing 2nd or even a strong 3rd, a good win in WY, a win in SC, and then who knows from there.
But even if he doesn't -- I will remain proud of my support for FDT. I know I did the right thing.
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Someone at www.draftfredthompson.com was able to save a freeze-frame picture of the debate video which shows the wimps who quickly raised their hands just before Fred spoke up.
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If we don't get Fred, then it doesn't matter if we have an R or a D in the WH. We'll have AGW-based policy...
"Hillary is a blonde. But what she's got is a testicle lockbox."
-Rush Limbaugh
watergate...and yes, we do need a man who's not afraid, especially now...
janet ney
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scaress me is that our enemies might not see Fred Thompson staring them down if people don't wake up and pay attention to this process!
FOR FRED, FOR THE FUTURE!
Anyone wanting to take the job of the President with all the responsibilities that go with it better be afraid if he/she has any sense. Being confident is fine, but it is downright arrogant to be unafraid that you can handle a job that has so much riding on it and requires so much ability.
I think Fred is confusing a lack of introspection with a healthy dose of humility. If I were a candidate for President I would worry that I could live up to the hopes of the American people who were placing a lot of responsibility on me. It isn't bad to be afriad. It is what you do with fear that counts.
This response actually makes me like Fred less if you want to know the truth. Heroes are just people that were afraid and dealt with it positively, IMO.
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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman
millions and millions of people who lack a strong faith in God would agree with you. People who do have a strong faith in God face life's vicissitudes quite differntly and quite without fear. We had a recent example in the woman who used her personal hand gun in shooting down a killer in a church. She walked straight toward the killer while he was firing his gun at her. Was she afraid? Not once she put her life in God's hands. I found Fred's answer inspiring because it was 100% believable. He said, in a separate interview when asked what he fears, that the only thing that he fears is the loss of his family. Again 100% believable because he has already lived through it, with his daughter's death.
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Redneck Hippie
she was foolish. It is a dangerous situation and you SHOULD be afraid.
The people are who truly unafraid are the people most of us consider lunatics.
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert Kennedy
in her situation prays to God, to take away their fear. She saved many many lives by doing so.
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Redneck Hippie
is something to overcome.
Once you have faced Death and overcome, whether through good luck or skill, you tend not to be afraid of much of anything, anymore.
That's the absolute truth! I know exactly what Fred's thinking when he said he doesn't have fears--he's had his bout with lymphoma and beat it. BTDT (not lymphoma, but still cancer) and once you've survived that, you know there's not much else to worry about; everything else is surmountable. If you survive that, you know you can survive anything. Except the family. (I'm guessing you've been there too, Bill.)
Fred saying that about fear--that was big. For me, anyway.
--Beth
for much of my life I was fearful.... then I came to know GOD in a very personal way.
and now when I start to fear I remember
2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."
I now have learned how to step forward knowing that God is with me. I have also learned that when I step forward and still have fear I am stepping where God doesn't want me.
Are you guys really getting this excited about some false bravado?
Bravery is not the absence of fear. It is overcoming your fears. A person who has no fears is a person who is foolish and naive.
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert Kennedy
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Redneck Hippie
I see it completely different.
It was a stupid question, along the lines of 'Raise your hands' and that was his way of pointing it out.
Everyone has concerns and worries, but it is possible to be concern and worried and also unafraid. Being afraid of the unknown doesn't change anything about the unknown except make it bigger than it is. Knowing what needs to be done in the big picture, having long term plans and objectives, being committed to dealing with whatever comes your way -this defeats fear.
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He made it very plain that he worried about his family; their safety, their lives, his capacity to be there for them.
False bravado is when something is looming in front of you and you act like it's not. But to fear future unknowns is a fools errand. There are absolutely things that will confront him, both in this campaign, in his presidency, and in his personal life that will be a challenge and possibly be very difficult. But there is nothing to fear about the future.
Sometimes life is very difficult, but it's a beautiful life, and we're foolish if we fear the future, when we don't even know what it will hold.
His gut instinct was: Other than losing my family, what is the worst thing that can happen? I could die. Am I scared of that? No. Therefore, I'm not scared.
This is easy.
And notice what I posted in the other thread. I think the others weren't really truthful. Not lying, just not willing to reject the question. Hillary said she is scared of losing her health. Do you really think that she lies awake at night worrying about that? No way.
Do you think that Rudy is fearful of losing his mobility, or just that it has crossed his mind that old age and the feebleness it brings will really suck.
Fred was the only one who was willing to say: This is not fear.
Worries? Sure. Fear? Not.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent.
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The greatest single cause of Atheism today is Christians who profess Jesus with their lips & then go out and deny him by their lifestyle. That's what an unbelieving world simply finds...unbelievable -DC Talk
The question was no different than when an employer asks you what your greatest flaws are.
Mr. Thompson's comment was pithy but that's all it is. You guys are putting WAYYYY too much into it.
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert Kennedy
But he's still the best option out there.
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The greatest single cause of Atheism today is Christians who profess Jesus with their lips & then go out and deny him by their lifestyle. That's what an unbelieving world simply finds...unbelievable -DC Talk
Nothing wrong with supporting him. But 2 recommended blogs about how tough and he-manish Thompson is seems a little silly to me.
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert Kennedy
FredHeads are way behind in the courageous leader posts. The lackluster and lazy posts outnumber it by a mile.
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Redneck Hippie
Well we aren't exactly looking for the same thing in a POTUS, are we? You probably didn't think very much of the "I'm not raising my hand" comment either.
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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman
"Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan." FDT for POTUS!!!
But I simply heart itrytobenice diaries. Recommended.
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I think McCain's Romney's answer was much better.
Does Fred think it all runs on autopilot or is he just so on top of everything that he can lick all the problems of the world?
He doesn't even fear the Soviets.
There are only, really, 1 or 2 big FEARS. The Big, Terrifying, wet your pants, stay awake all night worrying about it fears.
Everything else is too small for there to be a point being that afraid of. So why be?
This wasn't a question like I'm sure you remember from Elementary School: "List all your fears from smallest to greatest." That's where the Unknown and the Dark and spiders and such come in. Do YOU lie awake all night worrying about these things? If so, you might want to take a good look in a mirror and figure out just who you see there...
"Hillary is a blonde. But what she's got is a testicle lockbox."
-Rush Limbaugh
Fred answered this question just like he wrote his policy papers, with substance and thought instead of a canned or rote answer.
I can relate to Fred's comments because my greatest fear is to not to live long enough to see my grandson play sports; to see my granddaughters get married; to see my son and daughters when they are in their 30's, 40's, 50's. Am I afraid of death itself - no because I know where I am going.
Do I have other fears that are minimal, of course. I am afraid of snakes and heights, but do those compare to my greatest fear. No way.
I am sure there are minor fears Fred has, but he expressed the one fear that is probably on his mind frequently. Just like I don't think of my fear of snakes or heights unless I run across a snake or I happen to be up high, I don't think Fred's minor fears are in the forefront of his mind. My greatest fear is in my thoughts frequently while watching my grandkids play, on birthdays, on holidays, during phone calls when the grandkids are being adorable. Yeah I understand Fred's fear very well.
Bottom line, whether you agree with what he said or not, his answer was the best simply because it was done with sincerity.
... before or after admitting that he used his nose as a vacuum cleaner?
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I'm surprised you would engage in that sort of attack.
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert Kennedy
then there is no point in even trying. Clearly puerile attacks regarding acts he engaged in 30 years ago are ok with some.
I didn't care much for these attacks when they were levied at W. I certainly care for them when the person in question has been up front and honest about them.
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why ... I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert Kennedy
I believe that Thompson and McCain are the only two Republicans who can win the general election.
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I'd be surprised if FDT doesn't do extremely well with women. This one has been hooked since June.
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