Fred Thompson’s Weapons In The ‘War Of Ideas’
December 31, 2007, 12:13pm
Back in early summer, many Republicans saw Fred Thompson as the potential savior of the 2008 presidential race for the GOP. He was the fresh face and voice in a field of candidates where none was a standout or runaway favorite.
But the longer Thompson waited to get into the race, the less significant his candidacy became. By the time he officially entered in September, announcing on a late-night television show even as the other GOP candidates debated in New Hampshire, Thompson was firmly entrenched in the also-ran category.
Now, with just days to go before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Thursday, Thompson is making a last-ditch appeal to Iowa voters.
“I can stand up to those who would trifle with our great founding principles,” Thompson said in a in a 17-minute video that starts by invoking the specter of a mushroom cloud from a terrorist nuclear attack on America. “I’ve done it before. I’ll blow the whistle on their schemes. And I know how to beat them in the war of ideas.”
Categories: Iowa, Politics, Fred Thompson
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