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Great site, and I also support Fred Thompson for President. My two main tests for voting in the primary this time around are:

1. How do the candidates stack up on the issue of illegal immigration (i.e. does he support any kind of amnesty)?
2. Can he beat Hillary?

I believe that Guliani fits with #2. He is one of the few in the race who can beat Hillary. I’m not so sure about illegal immigration views. He’s made some good comments about our need to protect ourselves from terrorists. However, he has mentioned that he supports building a “virtual” fence (otherwise known as NO fence). And I’ve not heard him say anything about going after employers who hire illegals.

I do not believe Romney fits either of these two tests. I do not trust him on illegal immigration. He talks a good game, but his record in Mass proves otherwise. Plus, he also supports building a “virtual” border fence. I also do not think he can beat Hillary in a general election. There he has one HUGE thing going against him. He’s a Mormon. I know it is un-PC for me to mention this, and I do not object to a Mormon being president. However, there are a large number of people who simply will not vote for him because of this fact. He’d get Utah for certain. But, I doubt he would get much more.

Huckabee is a flash in the pan. He fails on both counts for me. He is a very much open-borders guy. He is also talking tough. But, I don’t trust him. He is simply being named by the press as one of the front-runners because they would LOVE to see him go against Hillary. Which brings me to #2 with him. He stands NO chance of beating Hillary in a general election. I do not believe the crucial independent voters would vote for him because he is not a real national figure.

As for the others, McCain, Tomcredo, Hunter, Paul, and whomever I left out, they do not stand a chance of winning the nomination let alone beating Hillary. Tomcredo and Hunter are 1 issue candidates. While I agree with them on that one issue (illegal immigration), they don’t have the national stature to go against the Hillary machine. I have lost nearly all my respect or McCain. And Paul is just a loon.

This brings to me Thompson. I support him because he fits both of my tests very well. He is very strong on illegal immigration. I have heard him say on multiple occasions that he wants to build a REAL fence along the southern border. He wants to put far more border patrol people along both borders. And his is the ONLY major candidate who I have heard say he would go after employers who hire illegals. The ONLY ONE. That for me does it. As for #2, I think Thompson would SHRED Hillary in debates. As has been said before, he is not all that good when it comes to charisma. But, Hillary isn’t all that good in that department either. Plus, I think you will see a much bigger spotlights on Fred once some of the lesser candidates drop out. I expect in January at least 2 to drop out if not more. The field right now is still far too big for our stupid media to concentrate on the correct candidates.

BTW, I will vote for the GOP in the general election no matter who gets the nomination. I just want to make sure Hillary NEVER gets her grubby hands on the White House to leave her stain on the drapes. I also think Hillary is a shoe-in for the Dem nomination. Obama doesn’t have nearly the experience. And the others just don’t have the political machine that Hillary does. I, like others FULLY support her nomination. I have said this for at least two years. I think she will get the nomination. However, I do not think she is electable in the general election. As long as the GOP doesn’t put up a complete moron, they win the White House in ’08 if Hillary is nominated by the Dems.

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Wow, thanks for all the support guys and girls. I agree about polls and my many posts showing the obvious bias of the polls bear that out. I have never in my 40 years of life had a call from a pollster. Not once. That in itself doesn’t prove that polls are inaccurate, history bears that out.

As far as the other candidates being beaten by the Democrats I do not agree. If Hillary is the nominee then the other top tier candidates would have a great chance, if it’s Obama it will be tougher but still doable.

Be that it may I’m putting all my support behind the person I feel is the best qualified and agrees with most every principal I have.

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Curt,

Welcome to the party. I’ve been favoring Fred all along. Good to know the message is getting out.

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Four of the five top tier candidates, if nominated, will be slaughtered by the Democrats because of their baggage; their flip-flopping; their half-truths (lies); cross dressing; liberal tax and spend mentalities; and leftist postitions. The only true Conservative in the Republican race is Fred Thompson. Thanks for your support.

You can see why on my website at http://www.pinnaclecascade.com My site has only a short commentary of my own. It is simply links to articles and videos of the five top tier candidates. Visitors are allowed to make their own judgements without (or extremely miniscule) my commentary.

I will be posting a link to your web site on my web site.

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As Megan pointed out, polls, even “exit polls” are shakey at best.

No one ever asked me or anyone I know about Presidential candidates or any other political issue. I have received several radio station polls, but little else. Looking at the reports on who makes up the pool for these polls (a majority of too many political polls are registered Democrats as Curt has pointed out before), I see why the polls are rarely accurate.

I wish the media learned its lesson with “exit polls” over the years and opinion polls in general. I wished they cared about the truth over leftist partisanship also it but know neither will happen.

In short, I do not vote in primaries, but will vote for any Republican over a Democrat. I have not, and unless JFK is ressurected to retake the Democratic Party from the Communist “Watermelon” crowd, I doubt I ever will vote for a Democrat.

Since I doubt the Democrats will break from their very rich leftist base (ironic that these socialists who ‘hate’ the rich are themselves the richest), then I have little doubt the Dems will slide further and further towards moonbatism.

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