Really? WHO CARES!!!

Mighty modest of Jay if he did say so himself.

Leno proved himself to be a right wing hack when he allowed AHHHHHHH-NALLLLLD to announce his candidacy in the recall election in CALEEEEEE-FORRRR-NEEEE-AAAHHHH 4 years ago. But, then refused to give Grey Davis equal time to speak. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if he lets Thopmson pull the same kind of cheap theatrical stunt on the air. I won't be watching this garbage tonight. I stopped watching Leno years ago. He isn't entertaining and he isn't funny. The man doesn't even come close to Johnny Carson. Whoever is responsible at NBC for this clown ruining the Tonight Show should be replaced. I watch Letterman instead. He's funnier and more creative. I would suggest everyone else do the same, especially tonight.

Maybe Mr. thompson will tell us about his diagnosis of cancer and how he is in remission and neither he nor his doctor know how long the remission will last. Or maybe, he will come out in favor of stem cell research.

Re: Desmond.... What makes me laugh is when liberals think opposing FEDERAL FUNDING for STEM CELL RESEARCH is the same as opposing stem cell research. Reality check: It is perfectly possible to be opposed to federal funding for a whole bunch of things but not want those thing outlawed and maybe even be enthusiastically in favor of that activity. But I know that is tough for liberals to wrap their mind around.

"That aint no way to have fun, son"-Mama Told Me (Not To Come)-Three Dog Night

Well gosh damn Sayer how do you expect democrats to buy loyalty without federal funding? It's not like anyone would actually support them with out being bribed with someone else's money.

If this bassett hound doesn't have the ambition or the energy to run for president with any kind of excitement, what kind of president do you think he's gonna be? The dude puts me to sleep just looking at him.

Its ashamed Fred Thompson can't decide what he wants to be when he grows up! A lawyer, actor, politician, back to actor back to a politician. Whats most inconsiderate is he knows he is sick, and does not know when his cancer will come out of remission. Pretty selfish on his part, but he's a republican so go figure.

This Fred Thompson thing is incredible. Desperate times for the GOP. Poor McCain. If only he'd done more SNLs!!

J.Merle: Very good post but don't think Thompson will be bad-mouthing Bush. He probably won't say anything news breaking. It's hard to be a Repub now when there is nothing good to say about them. Doesn't matter who the Repubs run.

Funny thing about the polls: The CNN poll shows Fred to be in 4th place in NH after the latest debate. Wonder if not announcing early enough and getting debate action is hurting Freddy? Being on Leno won't get him any points from the working crowd - if you really work for a living you don't stay up that late to watch TV cause you have to get up so early to earn a living - so I guess it is business as usual for Freddy, only the rich and lazy will hear him speak and those are the only ones he cares about anyway. I ought to know, he acted at being my senator for over 6 years, did not do a good job with that part either. Go home fred (where ever that is, we all know you don't think enough of Tennessee to really be back here).

"It is perfectly possible to be opposed to federal funding for a whole bunch of THINGS but not want those thing outlawed and maybe even be enthusiatically in favor of that activity." What is that-Bushspeak? It makes little sense. I can't seem to wrap my mind around that one.Rumsfeldspeak?

Re Sayer Sayers: What makes me laugh is when some pointy-headed neocon thinks making up an argument that pretends to answer a previous post but takes off on another topic is logical or convincing. Desmond didn't say anything about Federal Funding, the argument SS makes up. You can practically see SS soil his underwear as he insults liberals. But the really funny part is that SS is so intellectually dishonest that he doesn't recognize that the reason most cons are against Federal Funding is because they oppose stem cell research. Something about stem cells being equivalent to actual people.

As Fred Thompson former Senator who made a name appearing on Law & Order gears up to throw his hat into the Presidential ring the press is a buzz. There is truly an array of candidates vying for the White House in 2008, among these are a woman, a minority and an actor turned politician. So much attention is being paid to the type of person running that the big issues are being forgotten. In my opinion the color of the skin is of little importance, what is really important is their stance on key issues like global poverty. Non-profit organizations like the Borgen Project are working to bring political attention. This is more important now than ever because there are items in place to end global poverty. The UN Millennium Development goals would end world hunger by 2025, provide universal primary education, disease treatment and gender equality among other things. As the political race rages on I hope to see more attention being paid to the issue of global poverty. There is no reason that people should go to bed hungry.

Watch this guy...he's at 21% and rising without really running. He thumps McCain and Romney in the national polls and is closing on Rudy. Frankly, with his far right ideology, he can get the right energized and provide a real contest in the general election. His big problems is is vote for the war, but if Clinton is the Dems pick, it won't matter.

Sayer Sayers, REALITY CHECK:If you oppose federal funding for an area of scientific research then you are effectively opposing the whole area of research. Federal funding is the bulk support for scientific research in all fields. Without federal funding for stem cell research, progress will move infinitely more slowly than with federal funding. Translation: More people will die of Alzheimer's, cancer, Lou Gehrig's, and other tragic diseases the longer there is no federal funding for stem cell research. You conservatives claim to be pro-life, but oppose research that will save the lives of those suffering all around you; your grandparents and parents? Interesting tightrope you walk.

If you think that he is going to officialy annouce that he is in the race then your going to be very disappointed. I believe that he will share a little about what he is about and some of his leanings, but put off his announcement until early july. When the time is right he will make his move. He seems to be doing alright and it hasn't cost him anything to this point, but some of his time. Look at his poll ratings and tell me what he is doing wrong.

I think Fred Thompson is the person to "unite" the United States. He certainly has my vote!

Fred Thompson???? We DO NOT need another actor for president. Reagan turned us from the biggest lender nation into the largest borrowing nation. His administration spent more than all 39 preceding presidents COMBINED. So much for "Conservative Values". Thompson is another not-too-bright Republican. No wonder the Republicans always cut education funding, they're trying to expand their voter base.

Fred Thompson will win the Republican nomination and the general election. He will bring a coalition together that no-one else can. I am a Catholic citizen who will be a part of it. I am pro-life, pro-family, pro-poor and pro-peace. I wish I could find a candidate who was right on all four. However, there is a hierarchy of values and I cannot support Barrack Obama who fails to hear the cry of the poor in the first home of the human race, their mothers' womb. Nor can I support Guliani, a fellow Catholic, who has apostacized and speaks out of both sides of his mouth on this vital issue.

Run, Fred, Run! Please visit www.imwithfred.com to donate funds. The more money he raises, the more likely he'll be the candidate of 2008! (I know, it should depend on character, not money, but that's how our Congress works.)

I take it by your extreme anger directed at Fred that you lefties also see him a a viable candidate to be your president. I like a president who appears not to want the job, but will do it out of responsibility to his country. You don't get limited government and balanced budgets by tax and spending and a slew of new intrusive and useless (i.e. flag defamation) laws. A candidate that craves that job and the power it provides from either side of the isle is a candidate that I will not vote for. I know most of you will think Fred is not sincere, but just give him a chance. You will not get another Bush, that I promise you!

I have been waiting for the right person to appear, Hey now I see him

Right on, J Merle. Is it coincidence that Repugs are supported by a "comedian" who's definition of comedy is to talk to the dumbest pedestrians he can find. Hey, I've got a new show: "Are you Smarter than a Repugnicant?"

George Will devastates Thompson in the latest Newsweek.  Check this out:
"In a recent speech, Thompson expressed a truly distinctive idea about immigration. Referring to the 1986 amnesty measure that Reagan signed into law, he said: "Twelve million illegal immigrants later, we are now living in a nation that is beset by people who are suicidal maniacs and want to kill countless innocent men, women and children around the world."

Kids, do not try to deconstruct that thought at home; this is a task for professionals. Thompson seemed to be saying that the suicidal maniacs besetting us are among us—are among the 12 million. And that although the maniacs are here, they want to kill innocents elsewhere ("around the world"), too."

You should read the full column. Sometimes, George Will is hilarious.

Go Fred! If anyone can call it as it is, not as they wish it would be, that person appears to be former Sen. Thompson.  If some of the comments were from people who were born when Watergate actually happened, they might change their (M. Moore) tune and realise that tough times require tough individuals with more than a highschool understanding of the political process.  We Americans are blessed with a republic which works; there are parts that need attention, just like the hundred year old pipes delivering water to NYC; mostly we see it working at every level.  More government intrusiveness is NOT the answer.  More government jobs aren't the answer.  Perhaps Mr. Thompson knows something we hadn't yet thought of.  It would be prudent to hear what he has to say, before  you put him down.

How many people thought Bush was a uniter as he promised in the campaign -- raise your hands --- anyone?  Anybody really believe any of the republican candidates will be a uniter when they don't even attempt to appeal to even middle America?

Fred Thompson is exactly the leader America needs right now.

The more folks see of Fred Thompson, the more they like the idea of having him in the White House.

Course, Nancy Reagan, wife of the former President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, supports stem cell research. I think she saw what Alzheimers disease did to her husband long before we, as citizens of the Unites States, came to realize Alzheimers was a disease.

Really, it’s very simple. You may not think the destruction of embryos for “research” is immoral and I may not think it’s immoral but there are many people who do pay taxes that do think it is and I don’t think those people should be forced, at the point of a gun, to pay for something that is lacking in morality and isn’t within the general purview of jobs done by the Federal gov’t as drawn out by the constitution. If you are so hopped up to fund this research then open up your own checkbook because if the Federal gov’t gets involved that will be SOMEONE ELSE’S MONEY you will be spending. Can you understand that?? No one wants to make the research illegal, only stealing other people’s money at the point of a gun to pay for it. Please stop trying to pretend that anyone has stated that the whole practice of the research itself should be stopped.

All of you want Thompsom to run are aware all the clever things his says on Law & Order are written by someone else?

At least he is opposed to AMNESTY for illegal aliens. That's more than anybody can say for ANY Democrat or "King George" who thinks it is his way or the highway.  He runs all over the world in the name of democracy - meanwhile at home he attends a senate luncheon to strong arm those senators who put the good of the American people and the SECURITY of our nation ahead of politics. They refuse to support his amnesty.  But -- he has made a generous offer I understand to secure the borders in EXCHANGE for amnesty.  Isn't that just too gracious of him. Since securing our borders is his JOB.   Who cares at this point who is going to be the candidate - much too soon to even speculate - we have another long painful 18 months of the shrub and who can even IMAGINE what other mess he will have us in before (thank God) we can send him back to the ranch.  At least SOME of the senators and congressman now are moving away from him - they are hearing from home and seeing that anybody in bed with him is history - whether R or D. The issue of today is border security and amnesty for illegal aliens - if Thompson WERE prez - maybe he would put our nations' security first and foremost and would ENFORCE our LAWS - but then he, too, probably is on the take from big business and will sell us down the Rio Grande as well.

Plains Feeder - don't you mean White Castle?

Ron Paul Still has my firm vote.

"I ain't nothin' but a hound dog...cryin' all the time...."--Elvis

Run Fred,Run...

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would've handled their alleged tax debt in a much
different manner (outside of court), but I respect and
support their efforts.

If you're unaware of what has happened, google Ed and
Elaine Brown and GET aware asap. It's not so much
about doing anything at this point, it's more about
spreading the word, because interestingly, the media
doesn't seem to be getting anywhere near this event.

Gee, I wonder why.

Here's what we all need to de-brainwash ourselves
with:

Normally, when there is any kind of allged debt owed,
in any other circumstances, the matter is a CIVIL
matter. We're talking about FRN debt instruments and
the "service" of "internal revenue" in this case.

Put aside all the notions about master files, the
fraud, etc. We know all that. Here's the point that
needs to be made and spread like wildfire:

If someone claims you OWE a debt, it is a CIVIL
matter. NOT CRIMINAL. There is no "debtors prison"
in America.

The IRS manipulates an assumed authority to construe
an alleged debt into a "criminal" jurisdiction. They
do this without authority by most people's lawful
measure of authority, and they do this via provable
and demonstratable fraud. (Fraud IS criminal.)

Funny how when they're faced with computer and mail
fraud criminal complaints they tend to leave people
alone.

Gee, I wonder why.

A tax is a "monetary charge." There is no injury to a
person at any time when a person decides not to pay an
alleged tax. There is no crime. There *may* be an
alleged *damage*. It is a civil matter based on
alleged contracts and/or obligations, NOT criminal
based on someone having been injured.

Yet what we have happening in the northeast with the
Browns, whereby the govt is attempting to take them to
prison by force, or kill them, would suggest that the
Browns have committed a criminal act (murder, assult,
rape, robbery, etc).

They have not. They are involved in a matter that can
only *lawfully* be defined as CIVIL.

Yet the government is willing to kill these people in
an attempt to jail them, all based on a CIVIL matter.

Would you kill someone who allegedly owed you money?

Would you jail them? If *you* allegedly owe someone
money, should YOU be jailed? Should YOU be killed for
not paying a debt?

Who would kill or jail you, and why?

Think about it.

Think about what kind of people, and therefore what
kind of govt, would demand such things. Define that
type of person and govt, and you'll have a very
enlightening answer about the country and world that
we live in.

Then tell other people. Help everyone pull their
heads out from deep within their buttocks.

If you're not a part of the solution, you are a part
of the problem.

Tim
law_wins@yahoo.com

I love this clip from Sayer Sayer: "...I don’t think those people should be forced, at the point of a gun, to pay for something that is lacking in morality".  How about the millions of people who are opposed to the Iraq war and the human and financial costs we have been forced to pay for Bush's disastrous war?  Paying for research with federal dollars is immoral but fighting an unending and financially draining wars, killing thousands of innocents is ok? And oh, how about spending federal dollars on no-bid, no accountability, don't ask Haliburton contracts?  Hmmmmm...situational ethics?  

Thompson for President!!!

Heartland, Oklahoma.....NOT!!!!!

OMG OMG OMG  PEOPLE LISTEN TO YOURSELVES>>>>

FRED THOMPSON IS A JOKE!! DON'T YOU GET IT!! A DESPERATE LAST DITCH EFFORT TO FIND  AN ACTOR TO ACT LIKE A PRESIDENT.

On Thompson, I will keep an open mind, and read/listen/watch everything possible to determine if he is qualified to serve.  I've noticed several postings from TN natives who didn't have much good to say about him, but of course everyone has their opinions.  Can the Thompson supporters list some reasons (not just that he looks presidential) why they are convinced he's the best the Republican party has to offer?  For instance, I support much of what Ron Paul has said about our government following the Constitution, and his voting record backs up his words.  What has Thompson done as a senator that should convince me that he is the best choice?

I am so sad to read so many hateful emails.  I truly wish that issues could actually be discussed intelligently without name the calling and condescension. But in a format such as this one, people can hide behind their computers and let it spew, accomplishing nothing, changing no minds, instead only steeling the resolve of the opposition to hate the other.

If the voters want to elect somenone for President who has non Hodgkins lymphoma, then so be it. But you may want to look closely at his running mate. non Hodgkins lymphoma is the diagnosis that led to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's death.  

FRED THOMPSON is an EMPTY SUIT who should be running with a "FOR SALE" sign over his head. No heir to the Gipper, Ronald Reagan would likely laugh and say, "there ya go again trying to be me." This B Grade Actor has the least accomplished government experience. As a Senator he was known more for being professionally lazy has spent most of his time as a  DC Insider at cocktail parties chasing skirt while lobbying for whomever was paying his way.

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