Time for another left-wing “The GOP is gay for Fred” piece

posted at 2:23 pm on July 18, 2007 by Allahpundit

The American Prospect has already been there and done that but the New Republic wants in on this action, so here you go. It’s behind a reg wall so I can’t quote too much; suffice it to say, the diagnosis is part Daddy complex, part Napoleon complex, part whatever the hell it was Champ was feeling for Ron Burgundy in “Anchorman” when he said, “I miss your musk,” and part good ol’ fashioned teh ghey:

Certainly, the Thompson talk in both cyberspace and the traditional media is a study in hero worship, with grown conservatives swooning like cheerleaders smitten over the manliness of the varsity quarterback. There is much rejoicing about the senator’s growling voice, his studly cigar habit, and his physical size. My favorite bit of macho Fred-worship making its way around the Internet is a widely circulated joke about the title of the recent film 300, in which a small troop of Spartans holds the line against the massive Persian army: “If Fred Thompson had been at Thermopylae, the movie would have been called 1.” (Reading posts like this, it’s unsurprising that, according to USA Today, 64 percent of Thompson’s supporters are male, the highest percentage for any presidential hopeful.)

Credit Sullivan at least for a little creativity in this area — in his formulation, it’s Fred who’s the gay one, notwithstanding his long and celebrated list of distaff D.C. conquests.

The piece goes on to claim that Fred might not be “manly” enough for the hard work required of a presidential candidate given his reputation for laziness and suggests that it’s not really Fred himself whom Republicans want to gay it up with but rather his character on “Law & Order.” So why link it? Because there’s an honest to goodness bit of news in there. They say “trophy wife”; I say cherchez la femme:

[L]ate last year, after fellow Tennessean and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced that he would not run for president, those closest to Thompson once again began whispering in his ear about bigger, better things. Perhaps the most influential of these whisperers has been Thompson’s second wife, Jeri Kehn Thompson.

If Thompson’s first wife put him on the path to law school, it’s widely acknowledged that his second wife is the one driving his presidential run. Blonde, bodacious, and 24 years younger than her husband, Jeri is often sniffily referred to as Thompson’s “trophy wife,” but she is clearly more than that. A one-time Senate staffer and spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, Jeri is regarded around Washington as politically shrewd and fiercely ambitious on behalf of her spouse. In the wake of Frist’s announcement, Jeri promptly contacted Republican p.r. veteran Mark Corallo about serving as her husband’s spokesman and raising his profile inside the Beltway. More recently, after lefty filmmaker Michael Moore took a public poke at Thompson, challenging him to a health care debate and criticizing his penchant for embargoed Cuban cigars, Jeri brought the issue to her hubby’s attention and urged him to call up a friend with a video camera and record his now-famous 30-second Web response. (In it, a cigar-chomping Thompson says he’s too busy to meet with Moore, but wryly warns him to watch his step lest his “buddy Castro” decide to toss him in a mental institution as he has other documentarians. “A mental institution, Michael. That’d be something you oughta think about,” intones Thompson with a meaningful arch of his brow.) Last month, at a reception for party bigwigs and top donors that preceded the GOP gala in Richmond, Jeri diligently stood in line to meet and greet every person in attendance. “She’s been one of the key players,” confirms Tom Ingram.

The more I read about her, the more I think it’d be cooler to land Jeri for a Vent than Fred.

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It has just come to my attention that this is the 38th anniversary of Teddy Kennedy killing Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick.

I wonder why the MSM isn’t paying any attention to THAT instead of trying to slow down the “Fredmentum.”

highhopes on July 18, 2007 at 2:33 PM

The more I read about her, the more I think it’d be cooler to land Jeri for a Vent than Fred.

Bring her on! While you are at it, why not you do the interview instead of Mr.B? Heck that would be fun!

CharlestonCritic on July 18, 2007 at 2:34 PM

Yup, they’re skeered of Fred!

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 2:35 PM

I’ll start caring about Fred at the first debate that he attends as an actual candidate. Until then, my focus is on Mitt

revolutionismyname on July 18, 2007 at 2:36 PM

(Cue me banging my head on my desk).

amerpundit on July 18, 2007 at 2:36 PM

Phear the Phred.

Now… Phear the Jeri too! *cue “Brick House music*

Mojave Mark on July 18, 2007 at 2:36 PM

Behind every good man…….

Fred, like I have the advantage of having married well.

Hope my wife reads this, could use the brownie points

conservnut on July 18, 2007 at 2:46 PM

“Jeri diligently stood in line to meet and greet every person in attendance.”

Is this suppose to be news? Oh I’m sorry! Bimbo can stand upright for more than 5 minutes! NOW I GET IT!!

Dread Pirate Roberts VI on July 18, 2007 at 2:46 PM

Pffft. I’ll start seriously considering Fred!? when he formally announces. As it stands right now, I’m not excited about any of the candidates. Seems like all we have to choose from is viewed from the perspective of who sucks least.

Guardian on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

Now we know where the balls are in the Thompson home. This is just one.more.strike. against fred?. His wife has to push him into everything.

Staffer: “Mr. President, the Iranians have just attacked Israel! What should we do?”

fred?: “Well, that dog don’t hunt round bout these here parts! Boy, the flies get bigger in the summer don’t they? As me grandpappy ust ta say, If elephants could fly, you could make a fortune selling steel umbrellas.”

Staffer: “But sir! What should we do?!”

fred?: “I reckon we aughten to be asking Jeri bout that. Ya hear?”

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

There is a lot of Fred! bashing going on for a man who has yet to officially declare, so there must be something the fear about him to get liberal media in such a hissy fit.

saltydogg14 on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

Liberal media????

It’s getting these goofballs all stirred up!

conservnut on July 18, 2007 at 2:50 PM

saltydogg14 on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

Yeah, my point exactly. It’s become “a hit a day” now. Just wait till he actually announces. The nuts will go bonkers.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 2:51 PM

I had to smile at this, though:

…a widely circulated joke about the title of the recent film 300, in which a small troop of Spartans holds the line against the massive Persian army: “If Fred Thompson had been at Thermopylae, the movie would have been called 1.”

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 2:52 PM

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

You just can’t sit out a single Fred thread can you?

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 2:54 PM

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 2:54 PM

I just ignore most of his posts anymore – just sooooo predictable.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 2:55 PM

If I’m Gay for Fred, I’m not sure why being gay for such a stud like Fred should be considered a bad thing.

Lawrence on July 18, 2007 at 2:56 PM

Nobody knows nuthin until he debates someone.

Privatestock on July 18, 2007 at 2:57 PM

“If Fred Thompson had been at Thermopylae, the movie would have been called 1.”

No, no, no! That would have been Chuck Norris. :>)

Bigfoot on July 18, 2007 at 3:00 PM

Jeri in 2020? (after two terms of Fred! naturally!)

serenity on July 18, 2007 at 3:00 PM

I was gay for Fred, but right now I’m seeing Burge. Monogamy has never been my strong point.

km on July 18, 2007 at 3:02 PM

I can’t believe you’re quoting Anchorman when I just did that in another thread. Rich and compelling.

JackStraw on July 18, 2007 at 3:05 PM

Interesting….
If a man votes for Fred, he’s gay.
If a woman votes for Fred, she incurs the wrath of the passed-over strident women.

Pffft. I’ll start seriously considering Fred!? when he formally announces. As it stands right now, I’m not excited about any of the candidates. Seems like all we have to choose from is viewed from the perspective of who sucks least.

Guardian on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

I agree, somewhat. The Dhimmocrat frontrunners are scary and the Reps are lackluster. I’m afraid I will have to end up voting for the lesser of two evils.

Vanquisher on July 18, 2007 at 3:06 PM

But…I thought it was OK to be gay for someone! Yeah, they’re scared to death of him…about as scared as I just was when I saw Georgia Witkins mug on TV a couple of minutes ago. MAN!!! Looks like she had a stretch Pelosi/Estrich job done recently. One more of those and the corners of her mouth are gonna be touching her ears.

LtE126 on July 18, 2007 at 3:07 PM

I cuddle with my 4 year old son all the time. It gives him a sense of security being close to his daddy, and there is nothing gay about that. On the other hand, the image of you adult Fredheads cuddling with the object of your irrational man-crush — That’s gay.

So, is Jeri a bimbo or Lady Macbeth? She can only be one or the other, you know.

tommylotto on July 18, 2007 at 3:08 PM

“If Fred Thompson had been at Thermopylae, the movie would have been called 1.”

Hey, isn’t that one of frankj’s “Fred Facts” jokes from IMAO? If so, kudos to frankj!

aero on July 18, 2007 at 3:08 PM

So, is Jeri a bimbo or Lady Macbeth? She can only be one or the other, you know.

tommylotto on July 18, 2007 at 3:08 PM

As long as shes not a Hillary Clinton what does it matter?

serenity on July 18, 2007 at 3:11 PM

tommylotto on July 18, 2007 at 3:08 PM

As I predicted, Jeri will interject herself into freddie boys campaign and that will be it for fred?.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:11 PM

If Fred Thompson had been at Thermopylae, the movie would have been called 1.

Wrong. If Fred Thompson had been at Thermopylae the movie would have been called “The Day 25,000 Persians Sh*t Themselves and Ran Away”.

Mike Honcho on July 18, 2007 at 3:12 PM

TommyLotto…don’t let out too much info, you sound like a candidate for a DCFS visit, or he’ll be hangin’ around Halsted and Roscoe when he grows up.

LtE126 on July 18, 2007 at 3:14 PM

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

And that would be different from the Clinton Administration, how?

I’ve been wanting to use this one…
I’d rather have a gay Fred in the White House than a straight Hillory.

Catseye on July 18, 2007 at 3:16 PM

Wrong. If Fred Thompson had been at Thermopylae the movie would have been called “The Day 25,000 Persians Sh*t Themselves and Ran Away”.

Mike Honcho on July 18, 2007 at 3:12 PM

You don’t think Fred would have chased them all down?

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:16 PM

I’d rather have a gay Fred in the White House than a straight Hillory.

Catseye on July 18, 2007 at 3:16 PM

Hillary’s straight?

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:17 PM

As I predicted, Jeri will interject herself into freddie boys campaign and that will be it for fred?.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:11 PM

Is there something about a strong woman that frightens you?

serenity on July 18, 2007 at 3:17 PM

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

Somebody want to put Mitt’s mutts back in their cages.

Mallard T. Drake on July 18, 2007 at 3:18 PM

hahahahahahaha!!!

The concept that ANYONE, conservative or liberal is “afraid” of fred? is too hysterically absurd to even take seriously!

Unless of course the following is something that should be feared…..

freds? constant teasing of his “announcement” date appeals to a certain supporter that will do all his dirty work by making BS excuses to the rest of us who want to know what fred? will say when his rhetoric is challenged and he is put on record.

Here are a few of the issues that fred? has been forced to, or accidentally has, put himself on record for and are coming back to bite him in the a$$……..

1) We already know how he feels about Iraq. If his family friends who are serving in Iraq are discouraged, then fred? will be discouraged. fred? also believes that the possibility of unreasonable measures might need to be taken to win the war in Iraq, AND HE WILL NOT USE THOSE MEASURES.

2) Abortion. In 1994 fred? was pro-choice. In 2007 fred? is pro-life, and worse yet, he says he has always been with the pro-life crowd.

3) It has been reported that in 1991 he lobbied for a pro-choice group. When confronted with this, he first had no recollection, then he denied it, now he says it doesn’t matter because of some BS about attorneys and everyones right to representation, etc.

4) fred? again uses the BS attorney/representation line when defending his 20+ year questionable lobbying career, YET, when it comes to the Roberts lobbying, he tosses the attorney/representation line out the window and uses his efforts to prove what kind of Justice he will appoint as POTUS.

fred? is obviously confused with reality and the TV roles he has played. Real life doesn’t work the way his TV show worked. In his TV show, the fans want to believe what they are presented with and suspend believability to make sure that happens. Real people are smarter than that. They can smell a rat a mile away, and the minute fred? has to start taking positions, his ratishness will be clear and his poll numbers will fall faster than a guys erection after one look at a buck naked Helen Thomas!

Hit piece? Maybe. Gay? Who cares? But anything that makes fred? the center of attention is a good thing. Because every time the dope opens his mouth without a script, he exposes himself for the vacuous fool that he is.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:20 PM

Didn’t Reagan have a reputation with liberals for being lazy? All those naps, all that delegating? And they used to say Nancy, that second-wife of his, was running his affairs by astrology. And they constantly pushed that he was too dumb to speak without handlers present.

Getting old does have its advantages. I already know they’re lying because they’re desperately afraid. They know he’s a real actor, and they’re just amateurs.

NellE on July 18, 2007 at 3:21 PM

Hit piece? Maybe. Gay? Who cares? But anything that makes fred? the center of attention is a good thing. Because every time the dope opens his mouth without a script, he exposes himself for the vacuous fool that he is.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:20 PM

Look, if you weren’t so vehemently anti-Fred, people might actually listen you. As it is, you’ll only attract those with like minds and turn off every other single person.

You’re becoming a parody here.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:23 PM

If fred? Thompson had been at Thermopylae, the movie would have been called “25,000 Persians laugh themselves to death after fred?heads talk about how tough fred? is”.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:24 PM

You’re becoming a parody here.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:23 PM

You are so right!

speed911 on July 18, 2007 at 3:25 PM

And that would be different from the Clinton Administration, how?
Catseye on July 18, 2007 at 3:16 PM

Who cares?

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:25 PM

serenity on July 18, 2007 at 3:17 PM

No, he’s just mad at Fred for stealing Jerri from him…and he really wishes that Jerri would take his cajonies out of her freezer and give them back to him…

doriangrey on July 18, 2007 at 3:26 PM

Jeri in 2020?

This does seem similar to those Hillary-Was-The-Mojo-Behind-Lazy-Bill’s-Campaign stories from long ago.

eeyore on July 18, 2007 at 3:26 PM

There is a lot of Fred! bashing going on for a man who has yet to officially declare, so there must be something the fear about him to get liberal media in such a hissy fit.

saltydogg14 on July 18, 2007 at 2:48 PM

Try to look at it from their point of view: Hillary had this huge plan to get free 24/7 publicity for herself by declaring her candidacy 22 months before the election and pretending to have this idiotic “pre-primary primary” campaign. This was supposed to give the democrats a platform to broadcast anti-Republican propaganda a year before our candidates could begin running nationwide campaign adds to counter her.

Now, we conservatives basically thumb our noses at the candidates the media kept telling us were our “front runners” and pick our own man from practically out of the woodwork. And he’s soaking up all the oxygen. So much for Hillary’s carefully laid-out plans.

OF COURSE the moonbats are going nuts – their queen is irate and the “defend me” pheremones must be pumping out like crazy right about now.

logis on July 18, 2007 at 3:27 PM

You’re becoming a parody here.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:23 PM

BECOMING? Has been for some time now!

DCJeff on July 18, 2007 at 3:27 PM

But anything that makes Fred! the center of attention is a good thing.
csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:20 PM

Fixed it for you without all the ad lib hyperbole at the end.

Tennman on July 18, 2007 at 3:28 PM

Hey csdeven and TommyLotto get a room and invite this guy…

The hair, up close, is peppered with tiny strands of blond. Chestnut brown and so finely trimmed, mellifluous, smooth, and feathery, it could almost be a weave, the Platonic ideal as imagined by the Hair Club for Men. Along with the piercing blue eyes, slashing V-shaped smile, and a shimmering burgundy shirt tucked into stonewashed Levi’s resting low on the hips, the hair completes the man: John Edwards, a populist Adonis, a golden god of a Southern Democrat.

It’s the valve who sends his wife to fight his battles

LtE126 on July 18, 2007 at 3:29 PM

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:23 PM

And what would you call it when people like you refuse to defend fred? on the facts and would rather try to hijack another thread and talk about little old me?

Deal with the issues about fred?, if you can. Which I doubt, or you would fixate on him and not me.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:30 PM

Is there something about a strong woman that frightens you?

serenity on July 18, 2007 at 3:17 PM

Aww, he’s just been driven to insanity out of jealousy after Jeri and Fred got married.

Now instead of having The Ghey for Fred, he’s got to settle for fantasizing about the less manly, more metrosexual Mitt in the hopes that he’ll revert back to the Mormon tradition of taking multiple wives.

Hollowpoint on July 18, 2007 at 3:31 PM

LtE126 on July 18, 2007 at 3:29 PM

hahaha…..I was thinking that sounded like Edwards…

You shouldn’t do that to the groupies though. It’s not nice to toy with their perceived impression of freddie boy as they must be let down that they cannot consummate that which you were suggesting to them.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:35 PM

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:35 PM

A note of clarification, perchance? Will you please name all the “groupies” on this board? You have a penchant for throwing out that term, yet you refuse to include any poster who takes offense. Maybe if we know exactly who you’re talking about, that would help.

Also, while you’re at it, please name all the members on this board who have averred their preference for Fred Thompson as a candidate that you don’t consider a “groupie.”

Thanks awfully, old son. That might alleviate some of the aggression pointed towards you when you make derisive statements about “groupies.”

Tennman on July 18, 2007 at 3:43 PM

And what would you call it when people like you refuse to defend fred? on the facts and would rather try to hijack another thread and talk about little old me?

Deal with the issues about fred?, if you can. Which I doubt, or you would fixate on him and not me.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:30 PM

Unlike you, I couldn’t possibly care less about Fred. I don’t hate him, and I don’t love him. Unlike you, my sun does not rise and set based on his every movement.

If he turns out to be a good candidate, I’ll support him. If it turns out that he’s a horrible choice, I’ll find someone else.

You are simply obsessed.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:45 PM

Aren’t leftists/liberals the ones who think being gay is a virtue? What are they doing, trying to expand his appeal?

Harpoon on July 18, 2007 at 3:45 PM

Obviously the New Republic stole the “Fred at Thermopylae” thing from here–then they should’ve known that the only thing Republicans are ghey for is iPhone

ScottMcC on July 18, 2007 at 3:47 PM

“Fred doesn’t ask how many, only where they are.”
–Spartan Saying

Why are Liberals so afraid of men, strong women, and independent-minded minorities?

Could it be that such people have a natural aversion to the elevation of weak, spineless, parasitic, looters to places of power? Is this why they disparage such people?

No!! Get outta town!

Montana on July 18, 2007 at 4:00 PM

Bigfoot on July 18, 2007 at 3:00 PM

No, no, no! That would have been Chuck Norris. :>)

Heh. If it’d been Chuck Norris, Thermopalye would never have happened, cuz he would’ve round-kicked the entire Persian Empire into the dustbin of history…

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:06 PM

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:23 PM

You’re becoming a parody here.

Becoming???

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:10 PM

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:30 PM

Dude, get some new lines, use a thesaurus or something, will ya?

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:12 PM

If he turns out to be a good candidate, I’ll support him. If it turns out that he’s a horrible choice, I’ll find someone else.
You are simply obsessed.
Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:45 PM

One of the best statements here. csd, if Fred stumbles, he’ll be running down a pretty steep electoral hill and the primary electorate will be as unforgiving as with any other candidate. You don’t need to be as exercised as the person at the end of the Twilight Zone episode who screamed “It’s a cookbook!!!”

eeyore on July 18, 2007 at 4:12 PM

Dude, get some new lines, use a thesaurus or something, will ya?

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:12 PM

Sorry, I’d didn’t wade through this whole thread. Did he call Fred! a liar yet. That’s usually good for one or two comment each thread.

Mallard T. Drake on July 18, 2007 at 4:17 PM

Becoming???

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:10 PM

My mistake.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 4:18 PM

Mallard T. Drake on July 18, 2007 at 4:17 PM

Just did a search, didn’t see it yet, but I’m sure it’s coming. Any time now.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:19 PM

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 4:18 PM

Mallard T. Drake on July 18, 2007 at 4:17 PM

Careful, y’all, he’ll start whining about how everyone’s fixatin’ on him.

Oh, wait, that’s already happened, never mind.

That usually happens at least once on every Fred! thread.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:20 PM

If Fred had been at Thermopalye, the battle would have been delayed as Fred called a meeting to demand:

“What did King Xerxes know, and when did he know it?”

Always Right on July 18, 2007 at 4:22 PM

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/rufusroher/FDT_Haircut.jpg

Sultry Beauty on July 18, 2007 at 4:14 PM

teh funneh!

RushBaby on July 18, 2007 at 4:23 PM

Always Right on July 18, 2007 at 4:22 PM

Actually, I think that would’ve been Hitlery, or Cynthia McKinney.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:23 PM

Deal with the issues about fred?, if you can. Which I doubt, or you would fixate on him and not me.
csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 3:30 PM

But csdeven…people always fixate on car wrecks, don’t you know.

By the way, is your last name Colmes? I think you get such hostile reactions because you sound so much like Alan. If you want to talk facts about a person’s suitability for office, why not talk about the whole person rather than just the ones that fit your personal prejudices.

Catseye on July 18, 2007 at 4:26 PM

csd, if Fred stumbles, he’ll be running down a pretty steep electoral hill and the primary electorate will be as unforgiving as with any other candidate.

The fear is that conservatives won’t be as unforgiving as they should be, and we’ll end up with a mediocre nominee.

Big S on July 18, 2007 at 4:27 PM

Tennman on July 18, 2007 at 3:43 PM

As I do not know the inner workings of the minds of the folks on this board, I cannot say who is and is not a groupie. I describe what a groupie is and if it describes someone, only they know it.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 4:36 PM

Liar, I don’t care if he lies, as long as he blesses me by talking to me with that melodious but sexy raspy voice.

Did you guys see Rudy’s judicial committee. I don’t think there is anyone left for Fred.

The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today unveiled the members of Rudy Giuliani’s Justice Advisory Committee. Former Solicitor General of the United States Ted Olson will serve as Chairman.

The Committee is comprised of some of America’s leading conservative scholars and practicing attorneys, many of whom Rudy Giuliani has known since his time serving as Associate Attorney General in Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department. Members include former Assistant to the Solicitor General Miguel Estrada, Co-founder of the Federalist Society Steven Calabresi and former Deputy Attorney General of the United States Larry Thompson.

“Rudy Giuliani believes in limited government, individual liberty and interpreting the Constitution the way its framers intended,” said Ted Olson, former Solicitor General of the United States and Chairman of the Justice Advisory Committee. “He understands that we need judges who interpret the Constitution, not legislate from the bench. Rudy Giuliani will appoint strict constructionist judges who share that philosophy.”

“Unelected judges legislating from the bench threaten the Federalist philosophy that is the foundation of our Constitutional system,” said Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi. “Judges are meant to judge – not make laws. Under Rudy Giuliani, it will stay that way.”

Members will advise Rudy Giuliani on a wide range of legal and policy issues including judicial appointments, tort reform and reducing frivolous lawsuits in our country.

About the Justice Advisory Committee:

Chairman of Justice Advisory Committee:

Ted Olson, former Solicitor General of the United States

Members:

Miguel Estrada, former Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States

Steven Calabresi, Co-Founder of the Federalist Society

Larry Thompson, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States

Charles Fried, former Solicitor General of the United States

Carol Dinkins, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States

Maureen Mahoney, former Deputy Solicitor General of the United States

Doug Cox, former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States

Marc Mukasey, former Assistant U.S. Attorney

Dan Webb, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois

Bart Schwartz, former Chief of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York

Michael Mukasey, former Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Ron Cass, former Dean, Boston University School of Law

Jason Barclay, former Counsel and Policy Director to Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN)

Randy Mastro, former Deputy Mayor of New York City

Howard Wilson, former Commissioner of Investigation for New York City

Daniel Rodriguez, former Dean, University of San Diego School of Law

George Priest, Professor of Law and Economics, Yale University

Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

tommylotto on July 18, 2007 at 4:37 PM

You are simply obsessed.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 3:45 PM

Which on a fred? thread is completely acceptable, whereas your obsession with me is completely out of place.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 4:37 PM

Catseye on July 18, 2007 at 4:26 PM

You have every opportunity to respond to the facts about freds? disgustingly pathetic history that I cited. Yet, you want to talk about me. Hmmmm.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 4:41 PM

Seriously people, what is wrong with cs, or anyone else for that matter, expressing their opinions about a would-be candidate? I think we can all agree that on election day, no matter who the GOP candidate is, we’ll be voting for the “R” (except for AP, I guess).

revolutionismyname on July 18, 2007 at 4:45 PM

eeyore on July 18, 2007 at 3:26 PM

Sorry eeyore, left the sarcasm button turned off…

serenity on July 18, 2007 at 4:52 PM

revolutionismyname on July 18, 2007 at 4:45 PM

Nothing at all, that’s what we all like doing.

Problem with cs, is that he’s an obsessed broken record. Every post is the same. “groupie, liar, blah blah blah, quit fixatin’ on me, just cuz I say the same thing all the time….”

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:52 PM

The Divine Democrat thinks that Chris and Howard have man-crushes on him too. Democrats are scared teh ghey lefties will like him too:

Chris Matthews could hardly contain that giddy giggle of his. He said at one point, while referring to the manly Fred Thompson, “But it was refreshing to me to see a politician with a cigar….he seems like the real thing to me.”

Howard Fineman, while on Hardball, gushed and swooned about Fred Thompson, calling him “a tough guy” and “folksy”. My gosh, just listening to them, I feared they would both suffer a case of the vapors.

Let’s look at the real Fred Thompson, not the one who plays the tough guy lawyer on Law and Order. When Fred Thompson ran in the Senate campaign back in 1994 and 1996, he drove a red pick up truck. This image was supposed to help him with the Tennessee voters. After all, the only thing you really need to know if someone is qualified to be your State Senator is what kind of vehicle does he drive. Apparently the answer in Tennessee is pick up truck, preferably red.

Sultry Beauty on July 18, 2007 at 4:53 PM

Fred? Who?

By what ACTIONS am I to judge this man?

All I hear from this Fred? fellow is talk talk talk.

Quite frankly I could never love a man who talks worth ten but doesn’t make four, so to speak.

People with a man-crush on Fred? clearly love sweet talk more than substance.

BKennedy on July 18, 2007 at 4:54 PM

Which on a fred? thread is completely acceptable, whereas your obsession with me is completely out of place.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 4:37 PM

I’m not obsessed with you either. As you may have noticed, I’m only responding to your relentlessly cartoonish rants against the man.

I don’t follow you into other threads. I don’t bring up your name before you’ve gone on one of your Fred rants, and I don’t really even write anything else to you off the subject of your over-the-top Fred rants.

Seriously people, what is wrong with cs, or anyone else for that matter, expressing their opinions about a would-be candidate? I think we can all agree that on election day, no matter who the GOP candidate is, we’ll be voting for the “R” (except for AP, I guess).

revolutionismyname on July 18, 2007 at 4:45 PM

Nothing is wrong with anyone expressing an opinion. The only problem is that csdeven does nothing but present knee-jerk reactions against Fred with the fervor Ron Paul people reserve for “the only man who can save American.”

As I’ve stated before, it makes csdeven lose all credibility on the subject of Fred.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 5:01 PM

All I hear from this Fred? fellow is talk talk talk.
BKennedy on July 18, 2007 at 4:54 PM

Uhh… you understand that’s kinda the idea behind a campaign, right? Are the other candidates doing magic tricks or something besides talking?

Hollowpoint on July 18, 2007 at 5:02 PM

Last month, at a reception for party bigwigs and top donors that preceded the GOP gala in Richmond, Jeri diligently stood in line to meet and greet every person in attendance

HA!!! I didn’t know I was a bigwig :)
I had the pleasure of meeting Jeri there. She was very nice and shook my hand.

VolMagic on July 18, 2007 at 5:04 PM

Hollowpoint on July 18, 2007 at 5:02 PM

Dang it, you took the words right off my keyboard…

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 5:04 PM

“the only man who can save American.”

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 5:01 PM

I’ve seen Thompson supporters on this site using almost the same sentiments in reference to Fred, and not in an obviously sarcastic way. I don’t recall who, but I think these types are the “groupies” to whom csdeven refers.

Big S on July 18, 2007 at 5:05 PM

Are the other candidates doing magic tricks or something besides talking?

Hollowpoint on July 18, 2007 at 5:02 PM

Good one.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 5:06 PM

Big S on July 18, 2007 at 5:05 PM

Nah, I’ve asked cs point blank who the groupies are, and his only reply was basically if you think you’re a groupie, then you’re a groupie.

Whatever.

I’ve heard people do that with Mitt!, and Rudy! and other candidates. Does that make ‘em groupies? No.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 5:08 PM

I’ve seen Thompson supporters on this site using almost the same sentiments in reference to Fred, and not in an obviously sarcastic way. I don’t recall who, but I think these types are the “groupies” to whom csdeven refers.

Big S on July 18, 2007 at 5:05 PM

Oh, I’m sure there are some of those here, and they too (unless they’re joking) are a little annoying.

I’m just saying that it’s also annoying to use that same amount of passion against a candidate.

If we can agree that one group is annoying, then I’d like to think we can be consistent and believe that another person, doing the same exact type of thing, can be equally annoying.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Problem with cs, is that he’s an obsessed broken record. Every post is the same. “groupie, liar, blah blah blah, quit fixatin’ on me, just cuz I say the same thing all the time….”

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 4:52 PM

Yup,wasted my time once showing him facts against his raving…he actually acknowledged…and next Fred! thread it was same old sh*t…he’s a lib…

DCJeff on July 18, 2007 at 5:08 PM

P.S.
As I got my picture with Fred, I told him HotAir was a regular visit for me and advised him to do the same.
I know my comments suck, but at least I dropped a HA line to Fred. Since I haven’t seen him in a Vent yet, I suppose my advice went unheeded. Oh well. Here’s to hoping either Fred or Jeri comes on my favorite blog. Cheers!

VolMagic on July 18, 2007 at 5:09 PM

I’m not obsessed with you either. As you may have noticed, I’m only responding to your relentlessly cartoonish rants against the man.
Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 5:01 PM

Then respond with facts that refute my facts. I know you are having a hard time, but really, talking about ME ALL THE TIME is the definition of obsessed.

Will it help it I order you to continue to obsess over me? Will that help you to stick to the thread topic? Or would it be better if I ordered to to cease obsessing over me? Really, I want to help you with your problem.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 5:10 PM

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 5:08 PM

When the comment section was opened recently some other libs joined…

DCJeff on July 18, 2007 at 5:10 PM

DCJeff on July 18, 2007 at 5:08 PM

he’s a lib…

In other threads, he’s darn near sane. I don’t know about the lib part, tho. I do agree every Fred! thread brings out the very same rhetoric. He does it so fast I think he has text files he just copies and pastes…

It’s gotten so cartoonish, I rarely, if ever, respond to him anymore. It’s a waste of time.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 5:11 PM

The more I read about her, the more I think it’d be cooler to land Jeri for a Vent than Fred.

i diddent read all the posts to c if any body brought this up yet or not, but Allah, if you do get her for a vent maby michelle would be willing to lend her that cheerleader outfit she used a few months back for a vent..

gberez on July 18, 2007 at 5:11 PM

Hollowpoint on July 18, 2007 at 5:02 PM

Hey, GMTA! I was going to say the very same thing. What do candidates do but talk? They don’t build anything with their hands, they don’t get to practice as president so that we can see the job they’d do firsthand, all they can do is talk about the issues and who they are and why you should vote for them.

The last part, why you should vote for them, is exclusively the talking points of the declared candidates. Fred hasn’t announced yet, so all he’s done — a fair sight better than most, I’d say — is outline the issues and talk about them.

Sorry, Hollowpoint, for going on and on. You said it with a lot more clarity than my rambling thoughts.

Tennman on July 18, 2007 at 5:11 PM

Or would it be better if I ordered to to cease obsessing over me? Really, I want to help you with your problem.

LOL…you’re gettin’ to him girl…the basement’s getting all sweaty…

DCJeff on July 18, 2007 at 5:12 PM

Uhh… you understand that’s kinda the idea behind a campaign, right? Are the other candidates doing magic tricks or something besides talking?

Hollowpoint on July 18, 2007 at 5:02 PM

REALLY? You do realize that there are candidates out there that have actually done things right?

For instance, here is a nice article that I bet you wont finish reading.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 5:13 PM

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 5:10 PM

I ordered to to cease obsessing over me?

Godd gawd, man, do you not see that posting arrogant garbage like this is what makes people attack you? Get over yourself, you’re not that important.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 5:13 PM

Godd = Good

Sorry.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 5:15 PM

In other threads, he’s darn near sane. I don’t know about the lib part, tho. I do agree every Fred! thread brings out the very same rhetoric. He does it so fast I think he has text files he just copies and pastes…

It’s gotten so cartoonish, I rarely, if ever, respond to him anymore. It’s a waste of time.

jdawg on July 18, 2007 at 5:11 PM

Same here…he speaks of lobbyists like an uninformed liberal and does’nt know who Viguerie is…I’m just having fun ’til time to meet some people…jdawg…you from Georgia?

DCJeff on July 18, 2007 at 5:16 PM

Then respond with facts that refute my facts. I know you are having a hard time, but really, talking about ME ALL THE TIME is the definition of obsessed.

Again, I don’t talk about you all the time. I’ve been on several other threads today and have been online all day long without mentioning you until now.

But let me just state again, since I guess you missed it before. I don’t care about Fred. Your facts don’t matter to me. It hurts me not if you’re correct.

Get the pattern?

I’m merely pointing out that your obsession has ruined your credibility on this subject, which I find unfortunate.

Your posts on the Fred pages are no better than parodies of foaming-at-the-mouth liberals who hate Bush.

Will it help it I order you to continue to obsess over me?

What?

Again, I do not obsess over you. Responding to your rants, while probably not helpful, is not obsessing.

Willh that help you to stick to the tread topic?

The topic of the thread is how Republicans are responding to Fred Thompson.

That’s exactly what I’m talking about, unless you are, as a few are trying to claim, a liberal.

You’re the one who’s gotten off topic.

Or would it be better if I ordered to to cease obsessing over me? Really, I want to help you with your problem.

csdeven on July 18, 2007 at 5:10 PM

Your questions imply that I worry over the things you say. And that implication completely misses what I’ve been writing this whole time.

Esthier on July 18, 2007 at 5:17 PM

if I ordered to to cease

DCJeff on July 18, 2007 at 5:17 PM

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