Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Fred Thompson, Reagan Conservative   [Peter Robinson]

By the sheerest of coincidences, these two emails came in back-to-back.  The first, from a reader:

Mr. Robinson,

In your opinion, is Fred Thompson a Reagan conservative?  I ask because you actually had a chance to work with the man and would know better than most.  Rush said maybe only one candidate was a Reagan conservative, but he wouldn't name him.  My measly two cents says he was talking about Fred, but he didn't want to endorse him.  Thanks in advance.

The second email, from my old boss in the Reagan White House—the man who hired me into the speechwriting shop—Ben Elliott.  Ben himself worked closely with the Gipper, in particular drafting some of Reagan’s most memorable economic addresses.  Ben writes:

Only Thompson has a true conservative platform to defend life, liberty and American sovereignty.  Only Thompson is advancing a compelling program for economic growth by controlling entitlement spending, unleashing innovation and making the American Dream real for every taxpayer. Only Thompson is committed to strengthening both our military and our intelligence and rallying the country for what must be a protracted struggle against jihadism.

Is Thompson a Reagan conservative?  He is indeed.

01/02 10:31 PMShare