Finally, some good news regarding Fred Thompson. Some say that the idea of the primaries is to claw your way to the top of the party heap. The method involves tearing fellow party members to shreds and selling yourself as the better candidate.
“We know that the most liberal element of the Democratic Party has taken control of the Democratic Party, and if they win this next election we’re going to go down the road of a welfare state,” he said.
After warning of a government that gets “bigger and bigger,” he said “I don’t think the American people are going to turn the keys to this country over to the most left-wing part of a left-wing party next year.”
“We’ve got to make sure that doesn’t happen,” he said.
Thompson’s speech came on a day when most of his time was devoted to a string of fundraisers.
He never mentioned his Republican rivals in his remarks, but in a GOP race where some candidates have been criticized for shifting positions on conservative touchstone issues, Thompson asserted he is squarely in the Reagan tradition. “Principles don’t change, circumstances change,” he said.
At least he’s saying the right things, at least in my mind. To be honest, I really don’t care if a President will take a strong stand on embryonic stem cell research while the country burns to the ground around him, and terrorist sleepers begin lopping off heads in shopping malls.
And defining the opposition in no uncertain terms will definitely help. The red-staters already know that the Dims are controlled by the far left, but it helps to have a candidate reiterate that fact. It’s why talk radio has become so popular; people have long held beliefs that are now being “validated” by talk personalities.
-Woody
