Blog : There is one candidate above all the rest

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12/16/2007 6:24 am

There is one candidate above all the rest

Fred Thompson on conservatism.

This is why I support this man for President. He seems to me to be the only one willing to lay out his plans for the problems that face us today. He seems to understand the basic principles of the conservative that has led him to these basic common sense solutions. I know he's not flashy, but I don't care. He understand the role of government in our lives better than any of the other candidates and is by far the most consistent conservative of the top tier candidates. Conservatives drive me nuts when we ask ourselves who is the "true conservative" and then ignore a man like Fred Thompson. This is from Fred talking with Charlie Rose about conservatism..

Charlie Rose says, "You constantly say in this campaign that you're a conservative. What does that mean today?"

THOMPSON: It means things that are consistent with God's design for man. It's consistent with human nature. It's consistent with the lessons of history and the lessons of the ages. They found form in the Constitution, I think, and what our Founding Fathers believed. They understand that man can do great and wonderful things, but man is prone to err and times do terrible things, that too much power in too few hands is a dangerous thing. That power is a corrupting thing.

ROSE: In all of that you didn't mention abortion, gay rights, all the things that have been part of recent presidential elections.

THOMPSON: Well, you're talking about different things there. Those are issues that are before us which derive from principles.

Charlie Rose came back and said, "Principles? What do you mean principles?"

THOMPSON: Principles are what guides you in coming to positions with regard to issues. You know, the Declaration of Independence said that basic rights come from God and not from man. The Founders talked about, you know, life and liberty and the importance of that, and that everything is based on those basic principles. And I take those principles and, you know, for example, I come to the pro-life conclusion there. And when we had issues, you know, for eight years when I was in the United States Senate about whether or not the federal government should be funding, for example, abortion-related activities and things of that nature, you know? The application of those principles in that instance told me the answer was no, properly.

I swear when I hear this man speak it's almost as if I'm listening to the founding fathers. Vote Fred Thompson or else be consistently disapointed in the republican nominee for possibly the next 4 years