If you had any doubts regarding Fred’s attitude towards the current government standard, this short exchange during one of his campaign stops in South Carolina should change your mind. Ask yourself, is this the kind of man we want to lead us? Absolutely.
Thompson: Yes, sir.
Man: Fred, I drove over 500 miles to see you.
Thompson: Bless your heart. Let’s give this man a hand. (Applause, cheers)
Man: I came over Finch Mountain in a snowstorm. (Pause) May I call you Fred?
Thompson: Absolutely.
Man: That’s okay until January and I can call you Mr. President. (Laughter, more applause). Now, I’ve got a question.
Thompson: Yes sir
Man: (Pause) I’m looking for a tall man who will stand tall for America. (Pause.) Who will cut the ears off of earmarks! (Pause.) Stop dead illegal immigration! (Pause.) And pull the teeth of activist judges…
Thompson: Yep.
Man: … who take your house to build 7-Eleven! (Pause, then louder) And I want to know if you’ve got a Jim Bowie knife and a good strong pair (pause) of Channellock pliers! (Laughter, even more applause, calls of “That’s right!” and “Hear, hear!”)
Something tells me Mitt Romney doesn’t field a whole lot of questions like that.
Thompson, for his part, answered with Southern-fried aplomb. “Did you ever see the movie ‘Walking Tall’?” he said, referring to the 1973 action flick about Buford Pusser, a Tennessee sheriff who single-handedly rid his town of crime and corruption. “You know the ax handle that old Buford used to carry? I got me one of them. I knew Buford Pusser. His daughter gave me one of those ax handles and I still got it. I thought about it many, many times. There’s a lot you can do with that.”
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Did you see this moment right here?
F*ck yeah!!!!!!!!
Dammit, it didn’t work. Try this:
Thanks Holly
I am worried though. What’s next? SC was something of a bust, and McCain taking home the gold really paints a bleak future…
I know! I’m worried, too. I don’t know that he stands much of a chance. It makes me sad. McCain…jesus. I might as well vote for Barack Obama.
Exactly. At least Obama is honest about his intent and what he stands for. McCain is a big question mark. He says things, but his history and many of the things he has said just don’t fit into any sort of Conservative platform, period. He could do more damage than any liberal ever could hope to.