Fred Thompson for President of the USA?

Yes, today's candidates are excellent at using the language in ambiguous and deceitful ways. I agree all candidates should be more like their "true" selves and let the votes fall where they may but it is never going to happen as long as people vote the way that they do. Too many people are emotionally passive aggressive and will strike out negatively at anyone presenting an unpleasent truthful idea. Just check my star rating. While I can be proud of my posts and the response they elicit from overly emotional people afraid to challenge my ideas directly in writing, imagine how few votes a politician presenting unpleasent truth would get. So, long story short, I too hope Fred Thompson runs for President and wins while continueing to present his ideas in a truthful manner. It would be a sign of hope for the future.

Truely, a great question. Thank-you for asking it. If Capital Hill is in worse shape since Mr. Thompson left, by all means let's send him back with the knowledge that the American public supports him and his views so he has less need to become frustrated.

Yes, he is the actor on Law & Order. Yes, Hillary Clinton is the candidate most likely to win in 2008. I can't say I like Hillary Clinton or John McCain, but facts are facts. Both are better known and have better chances at the moment than Fred Thompson. Politics are fun! :-)

I have to say that I am surprised you haven't gotten more responses to this. I myself lean towards the more liberal side, but I do respect conservative views. As far as Thompson running a good point was made, the guy really does stay true to himself and his beliefs, the only flipflop I see on his Senate voting record had to do with Kosovo, and if you ask half of the population they won't even know what happened there.

Kosovo! You had to mention that? One of my bugaboos, for sure. Once upon a time I had to take a course in the Law of Land Warfare and the Geneva Convention. It was taught by the US Army. I'll sum up for you what I learned as to how it applies to Kosovo. A legal UN recognized government was attacked by the US military forces with thousands of civilians killed. There was no declaration of war. These two facts taken together clearly make this war illegal. USA military officers in this matter and especially President Clinton are guilty of an enormous war crime. Iraq? This was clearly a legal war as Saddam was in violation of the UN resolutions ending the first Gulf War. The USA had every legal right to enforce the UN resolutions and peace agreement.

I guess what I was trying to say is that when I saw this....Voted YES on allowing all necessary force in Kosovo. (May 1999) Voted NO on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo. (Mar 1999) I wonder what made him change his mind on allowing the air strikes. But I also noticed when I read his voting record that overall he seems to do a great job of making up his mind and sticking to it, compared to other politicians.