Thread: A Combative Thompson Sways Voters

A Combative Thompson Sways Voters
Joshua Lott for The New York Times
Fred D. Thompson greeted bystanders
on Friday at a campaign stop
in Summerville, S.C.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — John and Ann Berenberk dutifully watched the umpteenth Republican presidential debate on television on Thursday night and had an epiphany. It was about the candidate they had previously referred to as the tall, silent one. Fred D. Thompson.

The last of the candidates to enter the race, Mr. Thompson, 65, a former Tennessee senator, has so far seemed to distinguish himself mainly by a laconic style that has made him almost invisible beside the others on the stage in past debates, the Berenberks said.

“But then last night — we hadn’t even been thinking about him — all of a sudden it was clear he was the one,â€

I have been following Fred's campaign from the start, and he has become very tough as of late going against Huckabee. He needs to give McCain an on air spanking regarding illegal immigration. We all know what McCain has pulled in the past and we need to coalesce behind a candidate like Thompson, who is electable (Sorry, Ron Paul fans, but your candidate is not and you know it, and a protest vote with Ron will only increase the chances of a shrillary or obama landslide). Voting out of anger won't work. It never has, and sitting out this election will do more harm than good.

No candidate is perfect, but Fred's positions on illegal immigration are clear. We need Fred.