Thompson v. Romney Going Into Iowa... and a thought

[Quantumystic]

Check THIS out...
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070730/blumenthal

Thompson is getting the "Focus on the Family" and the "Family Research Council" to throw the Romney campaign under the bus.

Read the article for the details, but it appears the Evangelist-Right is in full-spin mode, and painting Romney as a "Porn Profiteer"... or some whacky thing to that effect. Anyway...

I have a suggestion.

Call the Des Moines Register, and just ask them if they've heard about this. And do they think it will have any impact, given that the Ames event is coming up in just a few weeks?

Don't imply anything. Just ask. It's a legitimate question.

Telephone switchboard
Local: (515) 284-8000
Iowa: (800) 532-1455
Outside Iowa: (800) 247-5346

Raising awareness of the Iowa voters is a legitimate cause, in the service of an equally legitimate cause... getting Ron Paul elected to Save the Constitution.

[FreedomLover]

Is Fred Yawnson participating in the iowa straw poll ?

[ThePieSwindler]

Didn't James Dobson question if Fred Thompson was a christian? Why would the evangelical right be supporting him? Honestly id think theyd either be behind Huckabee, or RON PAUL! Too bad they have been hijacked by neoconservatism.

[Quantumystic]

Is Fred Yawnson participating in the iowa straw poll ?

Check it out:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3379643&page=1

"By doing this, he also will avoid — at least until October 15 — filing the detailed financial disclosure form for actual candidates, which would include items like cash on hand and campaign debt.

As a non-candidate he can also continue to duck candidate debate appearances with his more practiced opponents.

Moreover, by delaying an official announcement of his candidacy, Thompson will avoid triggering the "equal time" FEC requirements which are expected to eventually force his lucrative television series "Law and Order" off the air and, thereby, halt residual payments to Thompson.

An NBC spokesman was quoted in the Washington Post on Sunday that the network will stop scheduling further reruns only when Thompson "formally announces" his candidacy."

It appears Thompson's objective is to run a "shadow campaign" for as long as he can.

[beermotor]

What a jerk. People actually want to vote for this weasel? He clearly has the interests of the country at heart, laf. /sarcasm

[Santana28]

i can't speak for ALL of the evangelical Christians, however at our church here in northern Illinois Ron Paul fever has swept through like wildfire. My husband quietly handed our pastor a card with Ron Paul's info on it and Pastor turned to him and said thanks, but he didn't need it. And my husband asked him why not, and he smiled and said "Because i already know who i will be voting for in the primaries, and i can guarantee you that it won't be Not-Him." Big grin! This is a LARGE congregation and Pastor's (silently held of course) political views are generally WELL respected by the rest.

[ThePieSwindler]

i can't speak for ALL of the evangelical Christians, however at our church here in northern Illinois Ron Paul fever has swept through like wildfire. My husband quietly handed our pastor a card with Ron Paul's info on it and Pastor turned to him and said thanks, but he didn't need it. And my husband asked him why not, and he smiled and said "Because i already know who i will be voting for in the primaries, and i can guarantee you that it won't be Not-Him." Big grin! This is a LARGE congregation and Pastor's (silently held of course) political views are generally WELL respected by the rest.

Oh certainly there are many good evanglicals who understand that Ron Paul's message is a truly liberating, pro-America and traditional values message. And the evangelical groups that are hijacked by the neoconservatives are not necessarily bad groups, they have just been neoconned. Sure, there are some nutjobs who want to "expedite the end times" by helping israel blow up the middle east, or by those who think the US has a divine mandate to "defeat evil", or something liket hat. But most have at least open ears when you tell them about Ron Paul's true conservatism, and how he wants to go directly after the terrorists rather waste time getting mired down in unwinnable wars of occupation that serve no real purpose. Another problem is that alot of evangelicals "trust the president" because they think he is a good Christian. Tell them about Bush's hypocrisy in how he proclaims to be against terror, and for "fighting them over there", when he pushed an amnesty bill and leaves our borders wide open, making it very easy for any real terrorist to enter unopposed. Just get them thinking, is all.