Here’s Fred speaking to bloggers earlier today (Skye has her own report here). Hopefully video of his speech at the RNC will be up soon:

Meanwhile Allah at Hot Air did a great job of succinctly laying out all that the left has found out about Sarah Palin in their Palinsanity:

Why on earth would McCain dump her? What does the media have to show for all these breathless scandals they’ve dug up? We found out her daughter’s pregnant, but McCain probably knew about that in advance; in any case, the base has rallied around her in the aftermath and independents are unlikely to care two months down the road. We found out she was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party — except that, er, she wasn’t, and as Smith notes, it’s not nearly as fringe a party as one might think. We found out Todd Palin had a DUI back when Wham! was still together. We found out she flip-flopped on the bridge to nowhere, which would sting if not for the fact that she flip-flopped in the right direction and ended up torpedoing it. We found out she requested earmarks as mayor of Wasilla in the fine tradition of The One, who also claims to stand for “Change.” We found out she hopes God approves of what our soldiers are doing overseas. And as to the one big story that’s cooking, Troopergate, we found out nothing: She has a private lawyer now and the Democrat in charge of the investigation is trying hard to make Republicans panic, but like the Bristol Palin news, this is one thing McCain probably did vet thoroughly given the stakes.

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Fred Thompson smacks this one out of the park:

Upon reading the opinion in Boumediene v Bush, one must conclude that the majority knew where they wanted to go and simply had to figure out how to get there. The trip was not a pretty one. How could it be when the justices seemingly wrote a map based on ideas cherry picked from over 400 years of established law and backfilled with justifications to create a new right for alien combatants that Americans themselves do not enjoy?

They could have saved us all a lot of time if they’d told us what was clearly on their minds.

They don’t trust military tribunals to deal with those accused of being enemy combatants, even if the tribunals are following guidelines established by Congress.

That the government has probably detained some prisoners at Guantanamo for longer than they should have.

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John Bolton on why those who want to throw our country to the Democrats are espousing a view that is quite similiar to Lenin’s saying “worse is better”

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An interesting article written by Steven Stark today in which he muses that the GOP may very well be headed to a brokered convention if McCain loses Florida:

If McCain loses in Florida, the Republicans may well be headed to a deadlocked race and convention. And history teaches us that the likeliest candidate to emerge in that scenario is someone like Warren G. Harding: the prototypical, less-than-stellar candidate to which conventions turn when the going gets rough.

This year’s Harding? Believe it or not (are you sitting down?), despite the fact that he’s withdrawn from the race, is Fred Thompson.

He goes into the history of Harding, who was supposedly chosen in a back room to be the nominee after some lackluster showing in the earlier states:

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It’s official: GOP Presidential candidate Fred Thompson withdraws from the race!

Fred Thompson introduces his grandson at a visit to Mike’s America in October, 2007. Mike’s America photo.

It’s hard to put so much of yourself into a campaign and a candidate even if you never met the man. We invest our hopes and dreams in a candidate and when he withdraws, or worse yet, loses, it’s painful.

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Looks like we can be certain that Fred is out:

I spoke to one of my Thompson sources.

He’s still with his ailing mother. “He’s just being a good son.”

He has not spoken to any other campaign or any other candidates, nor does he intend to at this time.

He will not endorse, I am told by this source close to Thompson.

I am also told, “he has no interest in a vice presidency or a cabinet position.” At an “appropriate time” he will outline his plans for the near future.

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Some updated info on Fred tonight. The MSM has been reporting all day that Fred was skipping the debate Thursday in Florida and was on his way to dropping out. Some nimrod, cough Carl Cameron at Fox (Fox! shocker there huh?) cough, even wrote that he has been looking for a VP slot all along.

Fred Thompson sources say the actor and former Tenn senator may withdraw from the race. There are no plans to attend Thursday’s Florida debate.

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Mike Huckabee stole Fred’s thunder in the early primaries. On Saturday in SC, Fred got his revenge!

One candidate stood between Mike Huckabee and victory in Saturday’s GOP Presidential Primary in South Carolina: Fred Thompson. McCain won the primary with 33% of the vote to Huckabee’s 30% (results).
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Ok, been some hours away from the tube and away from the puter to cool off and think about Fred’s third place finish. For those of you living under a rock he came away with close to 70,000 votes, 16%. Huckabee had about 130,000 and 30% and the winner McCain close to 145,000 votes and 33%.

If I was going to talk to Fred one on one I would make the case to him that he needs to stay in. I would tell him how much pride and admiration I have for his convictions and positions. I am proud I supported you during your hard fought campaign, and make no bones about it, you have campaigned your heart out.

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You gotta love Fred, here he is talking about his method of dealing with earmarks and activist judges (you know, those who would ensure the Constitution really was a “living, breathing document”)

Man: (Pause) I’m looking for a tall man who will stand tall for America. (Pause.) Who will cut the ears off of earmarks! (Pause.) Stop dead illegal immigration! (Pause.) And pull the teeth of activist judges…

Thompson: Yep.

Man: … who take your house to build 7-Eleven! (Pause, then louder) And I want to know if you’ve got a Jim Bowie knife and a good strong pair (pause) of Channellock pliers! (Laughter, even more applause, calls of “That’s right!” and “Hear, hear!”)

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The newest ad by Fred set to start running tomorrow in SC:

Instapundit linked to the latest Pajama Media poll on the candidates and it’s no big shocker to see that most bloggers and/or blog readers support Fred:

Just look at the updated list of bloggers and politico’s endorsing Fred Thompson for President:

Bill at 10ksnooker, A Newt One, Absolute Moral Authority, Darrell of Alpha Patriot, Mike at AmeriCAN-DO Attitude, Kristopher at An Idiot’s Blog, Kate at An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings, Misha of Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiller, ArtcTrish’s Musings, Val Prieto at Babalu Blog, Toni at Bear Creek Ledger, Beejiggity, Beers With Demo, William Dyer of Beldar Blog, Larry from Blog From The Jungle, Ala from Blonde Sagacity, Heidi Ann Jackson at Big Girl Pants, Bob’s Blog, Bob Krumm, Patrick at Born Again Redneck, bRight & Early, Rick at Brutally Honest, Cao at Cao’s Blog, Ben from Carnaby Fudge, Casey at Casey’s Critical Thinking, Mike Hendrix of Cold Fury, Bob Owens from Confederate Yankee, Josh Painter at Conscience of a Conservatarian, Vivian at Conservative Belle, Martin at Conservative Blog Therapy, Brandon at Conservative Superiority, Bill Quick of Daily Pundit, Daniel, ConcreteBob at CProtestWarrior, John Ray at Dissecting Leftism, Gayle at Dragon Lady’s Den, DoublePlusUndead, Daniel Owen at DOwen, Dumb Ox at Dumb Ox Daily News, ilja at Elusively Yours, Curt at Flopping Aces, Jim Robinson, founder of Free Republic, Paul at Gazizza, Goodboys Nation, Gribbit at Gribbit’s Word, Jennifer at Hard Starboard, Bill Hennessy at Hennessy’s View, Lemuel Calhoon at Hillbilly White Trash, Frank J. at IMAO, Mred at Invincible Armor, Nate of Irate-Nation, Just A Grunt from JammieWearingFool, Joe Gringo, Quilly Mammoth and Marcus Atrocious from Justbarkingmad, Kender at Kender’s Musings,Kim du Toit, Kim Sharp, Aaron at LifeLike Pundits, MacRanger of Macsmind, Manly Men dot Org, Marie at Marie’s Two Cents, Marvin at Marvin’s World, Kathy at Michigan Redneck, Beth at Miss Beth Victory Dance, Mike O at Musings of a Political Wonk, Morgan at My Two Cents Worth, Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Doug at My View On Politics, Nice Deb, Vince at No Hillary Clinton!, No Runny Eggs, Terresa Monroe-Hamilton at NoisyRoom.net, CalTechGirl at Not Exactly Rocket Science, Chris at One Man’s View, S. Sunder at Ox’s Take on the World, TraderRob of Opinipundit, PawPaw’s House, Steve at Pencil Nub, Pete Fanning at PeteRepublic, William Teach of Pirate’s Cove, Chad at Pirates! Man Your Women, PTG at Plains Feeder, Paul Tevis at Political Inversion, Polipundit of Polipundit, Jason McBride at Post Political, Denis Ambrose at Provoking the Muse, Ryan at Pro Patria, Tommy Oliver from Race 4 2008, Rat Chat, Ray Robison, Reality Hammer, Erick Erickson and Pejman of RedState, Michele at Reformed Chicks Babbling, John Hawkins of Rightwing News, Rick Moran of RightWing Nuthouse, Justin Higgins of Right on the Right, Right Thinking Brothers, Debbie Hamilton at Right Truth, Joe at Right Wing Rebel, jroosh at Roosh Five, RovinsWorld, David at Salt & Light, Bob Port of Say Anything, Seeker Jar, Slantright, Melissa at Simple Country Girl, Noel at Sharp Knife, Bill from Small Town Veteran, Kevin D. Korenthal at SoCalPundit, Society for Independent Thinking, Stephen Bainbridge at stephenbainbridge.com, Stix of Stix Blog, Matt K Cassens at St. Blogustine, Jay at Stop the ACLU, Strait Talk, Jimmie of the Sundries Shack, Target Rich Environment, Texas Fred at Texas’s Fred, Scott Miller at The Conservative Post, Babu Ranganathan at The Conservative Voice, Cookie and The Cookshack–Gab & Grub, The Discerning Texan, The Four Questions, John Benton & Ken Taylor at The Liberal Lie/The Conservative Truth, D. Martyn Lloyd-Morgan at The Liberty Sphere, The Maritime Sentry, Kevin at The Smallest Minority, Stlpatriot at The St. Louis Patriot, K T Cat at The Scratching Post, Eric Spotsylvania at The Pool Bar, David Hinz at The Report, The Sniper, Eugene Volokh of The Volokh’s Conspiracy, Jonathan Adler at The Volokh’s Conspiracy, David at Third World County, John at This Ain’t Hell, Colin at To get rich is glorious, Try To Focus, Tam from View From The Porch, Phoenix from Villains Vanquished, Stephen Green at VodkaPundit, Rob Huddleston at VOLuntarilyConservative, Susan Clos at Wake up America, apackof2 at World According To Me, Jay Tea at Wizbang.

Not to mention Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), Former Sen. George Allen (R-VA), Former Sen. Al D’Amato (R-NY), Former Rep. J.C. Watts (R-OK), California State Sen. Tom McClintock, Rep. Steve King (R-IA), former CA State Senator Dick Mountjoy, California State Senator George Runner, Tom Tancredo’s former Iowa State Chairman Bill Salier, Pat Buchanan’s former Iowa campaign director for his 1996 run and current Republican Iowa Third District State Central Committee member, Loras Schulte, and Human Events.

(If you have endorsed Fred and don’t see your blog listed please put it in the comment section and I will update)

Some sites made to further along Fred’s run for President include Fred Thompson 101, Fred Thompson, Falcons for Fred, Fred Thompson and “The Doctrine of Original Intent”, The Marblehead Regiment, SW Ohioans 4 Fred Thompson, and Ohio 4 Fred

It’s clear the man has much support from the online community. I’m just praying he can muster that support into votes in S. Carolina.

I liked this answer from Fred when asked by a women if he, as a Christian, would continue Bush’s AID’s initiative:

“Christ didn’t tell us to go to the government and pass a bill to get some of these social problems dealt with. He told us to do it,” Thompson said.

“The government has its role, but we need to keep firmly in mind the role of the government, and the role of us as individuals and as Christians on the other.”

He received a round of applause for his answer, and went on to expand on the role of government in fighting AIDS and other diseases.

“I’m not going to go around the state and the country with regards to a serious problem and say that I’m going to prioritize that,” he said.

“With people dying of cancer, and heart disease, and children dying of leukemia still, I got to tell you – we’ve got a lot of problems here, and we all may have our one that’s affected us the most, but it’s a broad array. And a president who will tell you the truth is that we have to look across the board and do what we can and what we should based upon the severity of the problem and the chances that our research money will do some good in these areas.”

Outstanding.

This goes along with the research that has been done about charitable giving from different sectors of the country, with Republicans leading in the most given category. While liberals believe its the role of government to fix the worlds ills, I believe its the role of the community to do that.

Meanwhile did you hear? He attacked McCain once:

And again on the Glenn Beck show:

How do you explain with conservatives going out to vote, how are they supporting John McCain? What is this — where is this coming from?

SENATOR THOMPSON: I think the basis of it is national security, national defense. John was right, I think, with regard to Iraq and he stood tough during tough times and I think he turned out to be right. And I was the same place the whole time and have been. We agree on that. But John is wrong on some other important things and he was wrong when he voted against the Bush tax cuts.

GLENN: But wait a minute. I mean –

SENATOR THOMPSON: He says he’s changed his mind about that now and, you know, sobeit. But, you know, I was there during part of that time and I voted the other way. I believed the other way then, I believe the other way now. He’s certainly wrong with regard to the immigration bill that they tried to get the American people sign off on last year and they gave a resounding no and now everybody’s getting tough on the border. But on taxes and immigration, especially, you know, I think he’s wrong. But so is Huckabee as far as that’s concerned.

GLENN: But he’s also wrong with McCain/Lieberman where he wants to sign treaties for global warming. He wants to give away sovereignty on global warming. This guy is not a conservative.

SENATOR THOMPSON: No, I think he’s in the wrong direction on that, too. I think that that’s absolutely true. But, you know, he’s like everybody else. You know, he has his strong suits and his weak suits. But I think that the direction that he and Huckabee and others really, I think Giuliani and where Romney has been in the past all are going in a so-called moderate direction, which is going to lead to, you know, so-called big government conservativism or bigger government conservativism anyway.

And even more reason to pray John McCain doesn’t get the nomination:

“No drilling in ANWR, nor in the Everglades, nor off the coast of Florida, nor off the coast of Florida… If states want to have drilling off their coast, as Louisiana does, that’s their right. As a federalist, I will respect that as well.”

“To think that drilling in ANWR is the solution to our incredible energy needs is frankly, is not keeping in the reality of what’s there, and what it would take to get it out.”

This guy hasn’t heard a Democrat talking point he didn’t like it seems.

UPDATE

Fred on Hannity tonight:

Ending comment by Sean - “Remind me never to debate you!” This was after Sean asked the same question about four times and Fred finally called him on it.

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Heh!

Meanwhile in other Fred news Rasmussen has Fred in a statistical tie for second place in South Carolina:

Over the past several days, the only real movement in South Carolina’s Republican Presidential Primary has been a four-point gain for Fred Thompson and a five-point decline for Mike Huckabee.

The big winner from that trade-off is John McCain.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows McCain at 28%, Huckabee at 19%, Mitt Romney at 17%, and Fred Thompson at 16%. Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul are tied with 5% support. Giuliani is betting his entire campaign on a strong showing in Florida, where he is now tied for the lead with three others.

And he is now 45 thousand short of one million dollars raised since Jan 5th.

And he was on Wolf Blitzer last night:

UPDATE II

New Fred ad in SC:

And he received a endorsement from a key evangelical:

Senator Fred Thompson is far and away the best conservative candidate to represent those who live in Jesusland, according to David Jeffers, author of Understanding Evangelicals: A Guide to Jesusland. “Evangelicals are looking for a candidate who is strongly pro-life, is for traditional families, and who is an actual Reagan Conservative.” Jeffers explains, “Every GOP candidate is espousing Reagan-like characteristics, but only Thompson has the record to back it up.”

Jeffers claims that many in Jesusland are enamored with Governor Mike Huckabee because of his Southern Baptist roots and strong social conservative values. “There are three important agendas in the Reagan Conservative and while the social agenda is certainly important, Huckabee is weak on the foreign policy and fiscal agendas,” Jeffers said.

Jeffers reminds evangelicals that Thompson has been endorsed by the National Right to Life Committee, Human Events newspaper (which was Reagan’s favorite newspaper), and is solid in all three important conservative agendas.

“Senator Thompson has a 100% pro-life voting record, is a strong defender of 2nd Amendment rights, and is a proven fiscal conservative.” Jeffers states if conservatives and Evangelicals are going to be intellectually honest they should closely examine all Republican candidates under a true conservative microscope.

Fredmentum! Catch the Fevah!