Among those executives summoned were Robert Malone, Chairman and President of BP America, Inc.; John Hofmeister, President, Shell Oil Company; Peter Robertson, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chevron Corporation; John Lowe, Executive Vice President, Conoco Philips Company; and Stephen Simon, Senior Vice President, Exxon Mobil Corporation. In addition, as Michelle Malkin points out, these men stole the show. (more…)

For those who are not aware of why Barack Obama felt compelled to give a major speech on race in America, a quick review. Obama and his family are members of a Black church in Chicago. The Trinity United Church of Christ has a few problems with its long-time, recently retired pastor, Jeremiah Wright. It seems that Reverend Wright is quick to throw around wild accusations and racist sermons.His more infamous rants include his accusing the United States of sponsoring terrorism around the world, and of giving drugs to Black Americans, and of lying about Pearl Harbor. He continually denigrates the USA for being a racist country, built on racism, calling America “The United States of KKKAmerica”! He has been caught bashing White people on video numerous times as well. His most despicable rant might have been the time he said America deserved 9-11. In this demented racist’s mind, we are no different from al Qaeda, and 9-11 was simply our chickens coming home to roost. (more…)

Now of course, this is a hot button issue, and it has so far been filled with the same anti-gun rhetoric proponents of self-defense and the Second Amendment have heard for decades now. (more…)

There are literally a hundred opinions, some even coming from reliable sources, directing us to vote for this candidate, or NOT vote for that candidate. It is quite a challenge to vote the right way, and not be unduly influenced by all of these forces of bloviation and spin. (more…)

While the specific issues already cited separate the two sides, there is, I believe, one major difference that coves all these issues. The difference is in the thinking of the two sides. What they think, is best explained in how they think. In short, the left thinks collectively, while the right thinks individually. (more…)

There is little doubt this nation is in desperate need of real conservative leadership, frankly, we all know no Democrat running can provide that leadership. All they seem to have is defeatism, despair, and their same old neo-Marxist ideals that have never worked and can never work. Frankly speaking, a Democrat in the White House would be a disaster for America in every way. We, as Conservatives know this
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Last night, while updating my website, I came across a column by a man named Richard Viguerie. In that column, Mr. Viguerie expressed little faith that Thompson is even a Conservative at all. Willing to listen to any challenges to Thompson’s credentials, and with an open mind, I read the column, and frankly, it looked far more like a Michael Moore hit piece than anything written by a reasonable man with genuine concerns. In short, it was pathetic.

Let us look at some of the objections raised by Mr. Viguerie to Fred Thompson’s conservatism shall we?

First off, Viguerie plays the “Fred is lazy” card. “Rumors circulated that Thompson was lazy, uninterested in the daily grind that comes with being a Senator—and one can understand that Capitol Hill is a lot more tedious and less glamorous than a Hollywood movie lot. More important were Thompson’s failures of will and his lack of leadership on any legislation that would promote the conservative cause. Instead what little leadership we got from Thompson advanced the liberal Establishment agenda.”

Hmmm, well I fail to see any Liberal agenda items Thompson advanced. Viguerie certainly fails to list any, except to express his dissatisfaction with the results of Thompson’s investigation into Bill Clinton’s fundraising scandal. Yes, I wish Clinton had been brought to account for this too. However, blaming Thompson for this is flat wrong.

Another problem Viguerie has with Thompson is his failure to be critical enough of the expansion of the federal government by President Bush. Apparently, Mr. Viguerie has been too busy trying to sell his new book to watch or listen to the numerous clips of Thompson talking repeatedly about fixing Washington. Hearing the disapproval Fred Thompson holds for the big spending ways of Washington is pretty easy to do. One can listen to many examples on my site at the Fred Thompson 2008 page. Now, Thompson has not gone around pounding lecterns and ranting like a lunatic about how the government is spending far too much. He has, though, expressed his views on lowering taxes, reforming the tax code, and of course reducing the size and spending of the government, in a very thoughtful and eloquent fashion. Mr. Viguerie should pay closer attention.

Yet another complaint about Thompson according to Viguerie is that he does not have enough “long-time conservative activists” surrounding him. Hmmm, I know there are hundreds of bloggers who are championing Fred Thompson as the man for 2008. I know of many columnists, like JB Williams, Edward Daley, many others, and myself who are solidly behind Thompson. I know many Conservatives who will be very happy when Fred enters the race. Do we not count? Are we not Conservatives? Is our lack of name recognition enough for Mr. Viguerie? Well Mr. Viguerie allow me to introduce us, we are the Conservatives of the United States of America. You might try listening to us.

Next up, let us look at the most asinine criticism Mr. Viguerie offers up. Apparently, we should reject Fred Thompson because he knows Howard Baker! Moreover, it turns out, Thompson also knows Lamar Alexander! Well, hell, get out the tar and feathers! Come on, what is this an 8th grade class? We cannot support Thompson because he is friends with Howard Baker. Thompson knows many people; he ought to be judged on HIS ideals, not theirs. What dastardly secrets will Mr. Viguerie reveal about Thompson next? Perhaps he shook hands with a Democrat or two while he served in the Senate? Or maybe he actually spoke with Democrats! Oh, the horror!

Finally, Mr. Viguerie attempts to deceive us on Senator Thompson’s voting record. In his column, Viguerie claims Thompson voted against impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton. Well, no, sorry, Mr. Viguerie, but, while Thompson did vote against one article he voted FOR the others. A fact Mr. Viguerie conveniently forgot to include it seems.

Throughout his column/please buy my book/I hate Fred Thompson piece Mr. Viguerie references the American Conservative Union’s ratings of US Senators as proof that Fred Thompson is no Conservative. Well I looked at his ratings, and they were overwhelmingly positive.

You can check them out as well www.acuratings.org. You can also read the entire column by Mr. Viguerie here and please stop by my Fred Thompson page at http://www.gatorsense.com/id15.html. See or yourself my friends.

I do not know exactly why the Richard Viguerie dislikes Thompson, perhaps it is some personal issue, and perhaps he is genuine in his concern. All I know is that he offers very little reason not to support Fred Thompson in 2008.

We Conservatives did not let that get us down; instead, we were emboldened by these asinine attacks. We called, and wrote, and emailed or political leaders. And, thankfully, we killed the immigration/amnesty bill! Good for us! Of course, it is alive again and very soon, it will be front and center again. Oddly enough, many of our congressmen and senators do not understand why America is so outraged over them trying to fix our immigration policies. (more…)