
Posted: 3/8/2002 12:29:33 PM EDT
Instead Lamar Alexander seems to be the top candidate. I think Mr. Thompson is one we can all thank for his service.
Benjamin
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Thompson will be sorely missed. I always thought of him as one of the better representatives we had in congress.
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Several years ago I attended a dinner/speach here in NM that he spoke at. Later while mingling around the romm, he plopped down at our table, for awhile.
We ended up talking with him for a half hour. A real good man, who went to Washington to actually do something!!
I can't speak highly enough of him! He will be sorely missed!
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Not good news.
I wonder what caused him to change his mind as he was going to run again ?
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Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.”
(A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands.) Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 45 AD |
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Also did a lot of great film rolls too.
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He hasn't said, but speculation runs around him mourning his daughters death back in January. Who could blame him. He might run again, but who knows. Yeah, I didn't agree with everything, but he Is honest and real, and in Washington that hard to find.
NICE WORK MR. THOMPSON. IT IS APPRECIATED
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I fully expect Lamar Alexander to win his seat.
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This is a huge loss. Not just for supporters of RKBA, but for conservatives and sensible government as well. He would make an excellent president.
Lamar Alexander? I'm not impressed. To me he is the republican version of Klinton.
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I got to meet Fred at Barbara Mandrell's Skeet Shoot a couple of years ago. Wonderfully nice fellow.
Ya'll got to remember that he's been in DC since the Watergate days with the Nixon bunch, a loooooooong time. He's ready, IMO, to go back to making movies & probably making more money than he is now. >gg<
He's one of the FEW politicians who's not been touched by some sort of scandal: bribes, Enron, waste, etc. etc.
No doubt he'd make a damn fine prez, he'd kill any Dem who debated him.
As for Lamar, I wouldn't bet on him just yet. There's a few others who'd probably be able to beat him in the primary, Knox mayor Victor Ashe would be my guess/choice.
Can anyone imagine Fred & Gordon Liddy teaming up to make a movie???? The "cool factor" would be off the scale!!!!
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It's a sad day in Tennessee.
I just hope that Victor Ashe doesn't run for his seat.
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on the plus side, maybe hollywood can actually have real men starring in its movies now.
but i'd still rather have him in congress than in movies.
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"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance." Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
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He WILL be missed, for sure!! Best of luck to him in any future endeavors.
I think I'll forward a link to this thread to his office.
Tate
edit - done - sent the link - hope an assistant will at least take the time to view this thread and mention it to the senator
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Republicans will probly get Lamar Alexander to run.
Have heard that Harold Ford JR is probly going to make a run for the Dems. That is sorta scary. But at least he hasnt called his non-black constiuents 'White Devils' like his dad (who he 'inherited' the congressional seat from) did. And he seems to be better spoken and has so far avoided the quasi-criminal activities of his uncle John Ford (a state legislator, who threated untility workers with a shotgun, waved a gun out his sunroof at a trucker, etc). Them Fords are a real interesting bunch down here in Memphis.
Harold Jr comes off as intelligent articulate and reasonable, a very bad combination.
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I've always thought it was a little odd to be a Senator in real life and play a bureaucrat in the movies. Since most actors have no grip on reality whatsoever, I wonder if the esteemed Mr. Thomson does either. Blurring the lines between real and make believe is never good.
Plus, he was in office far too long to do any real good for this nation.
I don't know why I bother to say that though because the more I look around, the more I know that America as a free republic is dead anyways. Might as well pile on the atrocities at this point, it will only hasten the eventual collapse and maybe take us back to some kind of reality.
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I've always thought it was a little odd to be a Senator in real life and play a bureaucrat in the movies. Since most actors have no grip on reality whatsoever, I wonder if the esteemed Mr. Thomson does either. Blurring the lines between real and make believe is never good.
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Plus, he was in office far too long to do any real good for this nation.
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I don't know why I bother to say that though because the more I look around, the more I know that America as a free republic is dead anyways. Might as well pile on the atrocities at this point, it will only hasten the eventual collapse and maybe take us back to some kind of reality
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I think he's heart broken over Lorrie Morgan getting hitched.
Jay
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Originally Posted By trickshot:
I don't know why I bother to say that though because the more I look around, the more I know that America as a free republic is dead anyways. Might as well pile on the atrocities at this point, it will only hasten the eventual collapse and maybe take us back to some kind of reality. View Quote |
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