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That's right, it's almost time for Fred Thompson to wade into the political scene and send home all the girly men and masculine women.

Soon after the Labor Day weekend Mr. Thompson will give a speech that will make the leftists cry and the MSM wet its collective pants. In fact, Mr. Thompson—not yet an official candidate—has the left so worried they are already engaged in a massive disinformation campaign about him ranging from whether he supports tax reform (he does) to allegations that he dumped his first wife for a "trophy wife" (he met his second wife years after his relationship with his first wife ended).

I don't think the left realizes they have already lost.

Truths about Fred Thompson:

AWESOME FACTS ABOUT FRED THOMPSON

* Fred Thompson has on multiple occasions pronounced "nuclear" correctly.

* Fred Thompson has blasted more people in the face with a shotgun than even Dick Cheney.
He's Fred Thompson. You're nothing.

* The masked executioner of Saddam Hussein: Fred Thompson.

* Not only does Fred Thompson cut taxes, he cuts tax collectors.

* Fred Thompson is the only person to have ever bested Miyamato Mushashi in a duel. The reason Musashi is so vague about the book of the void is because the fifth ring of combat is really Fred Thompson.

* The reason Fred Thompson didn't want to stay in the Senate for long is because all the extra scrutiny kept him from doing his favorite hobby: Prowling the streets at night killing drug dealers.

* Every night before going to sleep, Osama bin Laden checks under his bed for Fred Thompson.

* Fred Thompson took over what was Al Gore's Senate seat, thereby dramatically reducing the Senate's carbon footprint. Fred Thompson then created carbon offset offsets by wastefully burning hippies.

* The Fremen consider "Fred Thompson" a killing word.

* Fred Thompson reconsidered running for reelection after 9/11 but later decided to handle things on his own. He was soon seen entering the Middle East with a bottle of tequila in one hand an a handgun in the other. They're still counting the dead.

* Though Fred Thompson left the Senate in 2003, Harry Reid still hasn't stopped wetting his pants.

* Fred Thompson's gaze can kill small animals.

* Fred Thompson once ended a filibuster by ripping out a Senator's heart and showing it to him before he died.

* The actual cause of global warming: Fred Thompson's burning rage.

* The budget to Law & Order was dramatically increased when Fred Thompson was added to the cast because he has to be digitally inserted into the scenes since anytime he's near Hollywood liberals, he kills them.

* Only two things can kill Superman: Kryptonite and Fred Thompson.

* Fred Thompson once stood on our south border and glared at Mexico. There was no illegal immigration for a month.

* Scientists predict that when Fred Thompson dies he'll explode taking out the five nearest planets before collapsing into a black hole.

* At a campaign stop, a Belgian Hound tried to hump Fred Thompson's leg. That breed of dog no longer exists.

* Fred Thompson vows not only to win in Iraq but also to forcefully free Vietnam from Communism, thus giving America a perfect win/loss record for wars again.

* If you purchase a weather radio, it will wake you up with an alarm to warn you when Fred Thompson is pissed off.

* An abortion doctor tried to kill Fred Thompson when he was still in the womb, but he cut off the man's hand with scalpel while shouting, "Do you know who I am? I'm Fred Thompson!"

* Webster's Dictionary defines "conservatism" as "how closely one's views resemble those of Fred Thompson."

* Fred Thompson's sense of strategy is so great that he can checkmate you using only a pawn and a knight.

* Fred Thompson can know both the exact position and momentum of a particle. Furthermore, he knows Schroedinger's cat is dead because he personally strangled it.

* The most efficient airline security is to have Fred Thompson stare down everyone entering a plane.

* When terrorists get to the afterlife, they'll find that none of their seventy-two women are still virgins. Why? Because of Fred Thompson.

* Fred Thompson can open clamshell packaging without the slightest trouble.

* In a butterfly ballot, no matter where you punch it the vote goes to Fred Thompson.

* Why does Iran want nuclear weapons? Out of fear of Fred Thompson.

* Some versions of the Bible have Mathew 5:5 read, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth... unless Fred Thompson wants it."

* Fred Thompson gets three scoops of raisins in every box of Kellogg's Raisin Bran.

* Every time Fred Thompson's PC crashes, Bill Gates calls him and apologizes.

* Ways to kill a vampire:
1. Sunlight.
2. Stake through the heart.
3. Tell Fred Thompson that the vampire called him a sissy.

* Cars should stop and look both ways for Fred Thompson before driving through a crosswalk.

* Harry Reid once got a black eye from a memory of Fred Thompson.

* The lobby scene in The Matrix is loosely based on final poll results from Fred Thompson's reelection to the Senate.

* Warning on cars' side view mirrors: "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear, and if you can even glimpse Fred Thompson, you're already dead."

* Fred Thompson promises that his foreign policy will be like a good action movie: Full of cool one-liners and explosions.

* Fred Thompson can pickpocket a ninja.

* The real reason Communism collapsed: they heard Fred Thompson was leaving acting to become a politician.

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iambydefault From: [info]iambydefault Date: August 21st, 2007 09:08 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
I like Fred Thompson. He's my pick.
cyndisuesue From: [info]cyndisuesue Date: August 21st, 2007 09:18 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Words cannot express how much I adore this post!
spicy_mustard From: [info]spicy_mustard Date: August 21st, 2007 09:57 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Meh, I'm still for Romney at this point.
psychomatt From: [info]psychomatt Date: August 21st, 2007 11:43 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Now, now. Quit understating his abilities & qualifications. ;-)
kc_anathema From: [info]kc_anathema Date: August 21st, 2007 11:56 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Fred Thompson and Chuck Norris are similar in a way.
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: August 22nd, 2007 10:21 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Have you seen Chuck's latest commercial? Those second hundred years haven't been so kind to him.
kc_anathema From: [info]kc_anathema Date: August 23rd, 2007 02:55 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Poor Chuck. At least he's not selling those weird abdominal muscle machines anymore.
tiarafetish From: [info]tiarafetish Date: August 22nd, 2007 12:54 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Love Fred, love this post.
inibo From: [info]inibo Date: August 22nd, 2007 01:45 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
I hear lots of Whoot! Whoot! but if you want to win the dispirited Republicans I've been talking to over the course of the past few months (yes, believe it or not I am a registered Republican who actually donates money to my local party committee and turns out to do things like volunteer at the GOP booth at county fairs in one of the most hardcore Democratic counties in America) you going to have to tell me his position on actual policy issues like abortion, government spending and any number of other conservative issues.

Even though the debacle that constituted the 2006 congressional elections was primarily about one issue--the war--there is a great deal of merit to the argument that a contributing factor was the fact that the GOP has completely abandoned its traditional platform of limited government, states rights, low taxes and fiscal responsibility. I was alive when a great Republican said "I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is ‘needed’ before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ ‘interests,’ I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty, and in that cause I am doing the very best I can."

I was too young to understand what was at stake when Barry Goldwater ran against Lyndon Johnson, but I remember how he was portrayed as a war-mongering racist throw back to the 19th century and I have lived through the consequences. Today I understand what Goldwater represented. Except for that brief moment when Ronald Reagan talked the talk (but didn't quite walk the walk) the GOP has abandoned everything Goldwater stood for. Mitt Romney is no Barry Goldwater, Rudy Giuliani is no Barry Goldwater, John McCain (a truly tragic figure) is no Barry Goldwater and Lord knows Fred Thompson couldn't even play him on TV.

Give me a candidate who walks, talks and votes like Barry Goldwater and I'll give you a Republican party that can truly build a shining city on a hill. Till, then I hope your ready for Clinton II.
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: August 22nd, 2007 10:39 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
I don't see a story with the abortion thing. It's just another nitpick. He made his position clear while a Senator. I think the support for McCain Feingold is a much bigger story.

Thompson was a minor player doing his job wrt the Clinch River project. Any criticism of that goes to Howard Baker and the people running the project who failed to produce anything of value.

The Goldwater test? Feh. Paleo-conservative whining.

The "Reagan" test? A sham. Reagan was in politics from 1964 onward. Of course he had people around him that were also political operatives (I disagree with the notion that any of these people were "well known" before Reagan ran for President). Thompson went back to acting. Where is his need for political operatives?

The real Reagan test is where he stands on limited government and how he would govern from the White House. He has so far passed that test, which is why people are excited about him.

Paleo conservatives need to stop acting like Libertarians when it comes to withholding their support from all but the "perfect" candidate. As the LP has discovered, there really is no such animal.
inibo From: [info]inibo Date: August 23rd, 2007 02:37 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Well, I will admit the links I posted were just stuff I found doing quick google searches on things like "fred thompson abortion" and "fred thompson government spending." (Something I doubt many of his most rabid supporters have done.) It wasn't that I was trying to put Thompson down per se, I was hoping to prompt people to actually cite his positions as indicated via his voting record or clear unequivocal statements not amenable to spin.

You at least come close when you say "The real Reagan test is where he stands on limited government and how he would govern from the White House. He has so far passed that test, which is why people are excited about him." I'd like to know the basis of that statement. In what way has he shown his stand on limited government? How has he demonstrated the way he would govern from the White House. Point me to legislation he has authored, co-signed or voted on. Cite a speech or an essay where he has made his position clear.

Would he veto a bill that was something he personally favored, but which was outside of the scope of the enumerated powers of congress to pass? A good example of that might be something like a law prohibiting or legalizing gay marriage. I'm sure there are some presidential candidates who would be happy to sign such a bill. Some Democrats would love to to sign a bill making gay marriage legal because they either thought it was the right thing to do or because they thought it would win them progressive brownie points. Some Republicans would love to sign a bill banning gay marriage either because they thought it was the right thing to do or because they thought it would win them conservative brownie points.

Someone who truly understood constitutionally limited government would refuse to sign either because there is nothing in Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution that authorizes congress to address the issue of marriage let alone pass laws about it.

Would Fred Thompson be willing to alienate his base because he had sworn and oath to preserve and protect the Constitution? Does anything in his record indicate he could or would make a choice like that?

That's what I'm looking for from anyone who supports any candidate. Show me concrete reasons for your support, not just sound bites and slogans designed to appeal to the gonads.
inibo From: [info]inibo Date: August 23rd, 2007 02:41 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Where I said Article 1, Section 2, I meant Article 1, Section 8. It's been a long day.
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: August 24th, 2007 12:45 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
It doesn't matter what other people say about Fred Thompson. Really.

All that matters is what Fred Thompson says about Fred Thompson.

Fred on taxes.

Fred on Iran.

Fred on foreign affairs.

Fred on everything.

People who oppose or merely question Fred should not rely on what others say about him. Indeed, one of his greatest positives is the amount and source of hatred he has generated amongst the left. They see it as another chance to try and vent their still-lingering hatred of Ronald Reagan. Another chance to try and rewrite the history of the Reagan Era.
inibo From: [info]inibo Date: August 24th, 2007 03:35 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)

Thank you

"All that matters is what Fred Thompson says about Fred Thompson."

You are of course correct. Well, that and how well his actions square up with his words.

Anyway that was the whole purpose of my original reply: to get a bit of substance, not a bunch of sound a fury signifying nothing.

I'm about to hit the hay for the night, but I will look at them tomorrow.
dlombard From: [info]dlombard Date: August 22nd, 2007 02:02 am (UTC) (Link to this entry)
That was so funny, I was brought to tears.

Thanks for the re-print! =)
conservative67 From: [info]conservative67 Date: August 22nd, 2007 01:34 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Fred's the right guy for the job
inibo From: [info]inibo Date: August 22nd, 2007 03:58 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Fred's the right guy for the job

Why?

I'm being serious.
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: August 22nd, 2007 10:40 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
It's only a matter of time before someone claims "southern fried" is a "codeword" for racist policies.
izuko From: [info]izuko Date: August 22nd, 2007 02:26 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
Fred is going to have to work VERY hard to win back the "shit or get off the pot" points he's lost with me. Not leaderly. Not leaderly in the least.

Oh, and as bad as Fred Thompson may or may not be, there are still two things that he fears... G. Gordon Liddy, and the Virginia Tech Defense!
reality_hammer From: [info]reality_hammer Date: August 22nd, 2007 10:59 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
I was disappointed with his Senate performance to a degree, but his explanation of what went on there is sufficient for me. It also says why he'd be better in the executive branch.
izuko From: [info]izuko Date: August 22nd, 2007 11:16 pm (UTC) (Link to this entry)
I think he would be better in the executive branch if he showed a little decisiveness.
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