Wow, Fred Thompson really is like Reagan!
I’m really having a laugh watching Grandpa Fred Thompson’s pathetic excuse of a campaign. Apparently there is much truth to this “southern-fried Reagan” meme that’s floating out there – he is indeed a second-rate actor who really is a doddering, old, clueless dolt, just like Reagan. The latest: according to Grandpa Fred, the Soviet Union still exists, comrade! From The Right’s Field:
Radio Iowa’s Kay Henderson interviewed former Sen. Fred Thompson today, and she posted a partial transcript to her blog.
She asked him about Iran, and his answer included the statement, “I’m afraid that the Soviet Union & China are not ever going to do anything that’s going to hurt them that badly but we need to ratchet those up if at all possible.”
In several public speeches,Reagan cited an act of heroism in which a U.S. Navy pilot won the Congressional Medal of Honor. The incident he referred to was part of a movie, but Reagan remembered it as real life. Grandpa Fred also remembers things that never happened! Also from the Right’s Field, this one’s from an interview about helping Chief Justice John Roberts get through his confirmation hearings::
The president called me up and asked me to help shepherd judge John Roberts’ nomination through the Senate confirmation process. I was honored that I got that call. I was honored that he thought I had enough friends on the Democratic side that they wouldn’t run me out of town!
We fought hard against each other, but I always thought that we had mutual respect. And that’s what it takes. Even though the other party controlled the Judiciary committee, we got some votes there. For a good, sound, what I would call conservative justice. [emphasis added]
Problem is, the GOP was in control of the Judiciary Committee at the time.. it was two years ago. Last I checked, the Dems have only been in control since January of this year.
I suspect that this guy is going to provide us with lot of laughs before it’s all over. And it’s all the more funny considering how many cons love this guy. Idiots, I tells ya’. Idiots.
October 5th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Does Your Candidate Have Plan to Save U.S. Manufacturing? For the October 9 Republican debate in Dearborn, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) urges Michigan voters to challenge their presidential candidates regarding America’s manufacturing crisis. The United States racked up a $763 billion trade deficit in 2006, and more than 40,000 U.S. factories have closed since 2000. Michigan has lost more than 279,000 manufacturing employees. These lost factories, and our enormous trade deficit, do not happen by accident. U.S. manufacturers face ongoing, unfair competition from overseas. For example, China employs currency manipulation—a practice deemed illegal under international law—to artificially lower the cost of their goods while raising the price of U.S. exports. China also dumps product in the U.S. and illegally subsidizes its manufacturing. In the past five years alone, China’s state-run economy has poured $52 billion into its steel production, a serious challenge to private American steel producers. We believe it’s high time that our presidential candidates address this illegal competition confronting American businesses, and offer concrete solutions about how to strengthen U.S. manufacturing. At the Dearborn debate, and elsewhere, ask your candidates to explain how they’ll stand up for American manufacturing. Ask them directly:1. What specific policies will you support to strengthen the American manufacturing base, which is vital to our economic and national security?
2. What steps will you take to enforce our trade laws and hold cheating countries like China accountable? These are serious questions—ones that deserve forthright answers. ##
October 5th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Well, I currently don’t have a candidate, but I’m certainly not expecting a Republican do do anything about the shrinking manufacturing base. It’s all about the bottom line and race to the bottom under the guise of free trade for those people. Those are great and important questions you ask.
October 5th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Readers, have a look at the above commenter’s blog, ManufactureThis, for accounts of the effects of outsourcing in the race to the bottom.