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It is OFFICIAL!

Fred Thompson is coming to Dallas on Wednesday July 25th.

He will arrive at Love Field at 4:00 PM

We are ORGANIZING a HUGE WELCOME COMMITTEE to show him some Texas Love!

The plan is to meet at 3:30 (3:45 at the absolute latest) in the Love Field terminal (I will have a more specific location within the airport in a few days or so) and be sure to wear red , white and blue with your Fred buttons, banners, signs, stickers, shirts, hats, etc.

Please, please pass this along to your friends and on all of your lists.

This is a real chance for us not only to meet Fred, but also to get some great publicity for FredHeads and help our grassroots movement! There will likely be some local media there.

We are shooting for 300 + people. It can be done. Afterwards, I would like to go to one of the restaurants in or around Love Field to grab a bite to eat, a cold beverage of your choice, and talk a little about how we can continue to support FDT!

Please call, email and reach out to everyone you know to join us at this event. We have it on good authority from Fred’s people that he will stop by and give us a few minutes before he heads off to his fundraiser at the Crescent.

One last thing, we have set up a MEETUP group for North Texas FredHeads, and it is starting to attract some members form out side our current group. I encourage you and the folks on your list to go in and register on this site, plus it is a good communication tool for us.

GO HERE to sign up

Now Let’s make it happen!

Please email me back (pjkoenig@gmail.com) today or tomorrow with a preliminary guesstimate of how many folks you can get to attend this great event.

Thank you for your efforts!!!


Paul Koenig
Area Coordinator - Denton County
F red Heads USA
http://www.DraftFredThompson.com
http://www.MeetFredThompson.info

I love Law & Order.

You know...The longer he waits to "officially" announce, the better in my opinion...

He'll carry Texas fairly easy when he does...

But...He's coming to Houston first!

And to make this a topical thread...I think Fred's a solid pro-2A guy...

pbandjelly wrote:I love Law & Order.

I always carry when I watch this show.

Are y'all unaware of his voting record?

From Gun Owners of America's website:
http://gunowners.org/pres08/thompson2.htm

Fred Thompson: "Generally" Consistent
by Craig Fields
Director of Internet Operations

When a person simply musing about the possibility of running for the GOP presidential nomination finds himself essentially tied with the Democratic frontrunner overnight, something has happened.

That something was a collective sigh of relief across America's conservative base. Finally (it was thought), a high-profile candidate… without the liberal baggage of a Giuliani, Romney or McCain.

That's because Thompson is relatively conservative in his overall philosophy. He has no need to convince voters that he has changed his ways and now sees the light, because he has been fairly consistent throughout his career.

He is in his own words "against gun control, generally."2 And his voting record shows that to be true, generally. When he voted anti-gun, it was usually to expand federal authority. This is unfortunately consistent with his being a "law and order conservative" (pardon the pun). A complete report on each individual vote is appended below.

Gun owners should also be aware that Thompson unabashedly favors the odious McCain-Feingold Incumbent Protection Act. This legislation, characterized by its proponents as campaign finance reform, severely limits the abilities of groups like GOA to inform the public about the gun rights voting records of politicians already in office. In many cases, it becomes illegal to even mention a politician's name in on-air advertising the month before an election. Thompson -- having voted in favor of the restrictions several times -- thinks doing so is "not a non-conservative position, although I agree that a lot of people have interpreted it that way."3

Fred Thompson was elected to the Senate as a Republican in 1994 -- the 105th Congress -- to fill the remaining two years of then-Vice-President Al Gore's term. Thompson was reelected (handily) in 1996 to a full six-year term.

The timing was such that many of his "gun votes" on Capitol Hill came during the hysteria following the Columbine tragedy in 1999. It seemed that everyone in the country (except GOA supporters) considered it a foregone conclusion that something regarding gun control had to pass Congress that summer.

The Republican Leadership, especially in the Senate, adopted a "Gun Control Lite" strategy -- hoping to preclude major gun bans by passing specific and less onerous restrictions that were largely extensions of current law.

Happily, GOA supporters rose up in truly Herculean fashion that summer, and when the smoke cleared no new gun control at all had made it to the President's desk. Thompson's actions at that time were somewhat haphazard (he voted both for and against the "Lite" strategy at different points, while voting against most, but not all, anti-gun amendments brought by other Senators).

In total, GOA tracked 33 votes in the U.S. Senate while Thompson was there. He voted pro-gun 19 times. Those votes are detailed below:



Fred Thompson's Gun-Related Votes The U.S. Senate Debated: Thompson
Voted:
Government wiretapping of innocent citizens.4 Anti-gun
Anti-gun terror bill (S. 735 ).5 Anti-gun
Taxpayer funding to anti-gun lobby groups.6 Pro-gun
Taxpayer funding to anti-gun groups -- 2nd vote.7 Pro-gun
Anti-gun terror bill -- final passage.8 Anti-gun
Taggants in gunpowder.9 Anti-gun
Lautenberg Domestic Confiscation gun ban.10 Anti-gun
Kohl "Gun Free Zones" ban.11 Pro-gun
Free Speech restrictions.12 Anti-gun
Smith "Anti-Brady" Amendment.13 Anti-gun
Gutting of the Smith “Anti-Brady� Amendment.14 Pro-gun
Banning the importation of magazines.15 Pro-gun
Mandatory unsafe gun storage requirements.16 Pro-gun
"Lock Up Your Safety" mandatory trigger locks.17 Pro-gun
Anti-gun Clinton judge appointment.18 Anti-gun
Anti-gun Surgeon General.19 Anti-gun
Ending the filibuster of a major anti-gun crime bill.20 Anti-gun
Background registration checks.21 Pro-gun
Banning private sales of firearms at gun shows.22 Pro-gun
Anti-gun juvenile crime bill (S. 254).23 Pro-gun
Mandatory trigger locks with new handgun sales.24 Pro-gun
Hatch-Craig Gun Control "Lite".25 Pro-gun
More severe regulation of internet gun sales.26 Pro-gun
Young adult gun ban.27 Anti-gun
Medium-capacity magazine ban.28 Pro-gun
Adopting the "Gun Control Lite" strategy.29 Anti-gun
Gun show ban.30 Pro-gun
Praising the gun control mommies.31 Pro-gun
Senate instructions to pass gun control (Reed).32 Pro-gun
Senate instructions to pass gun control (Boxer).33 Pro-gun
Attacking gun makers in court.34 Pro-gun
McCain's Incumbent Protection (2000 version).35 Anti-gun
Incumbent Protection (2002 failed filibuster).36 Anti-gun

45ACP wrote:Are y'all unaware of his voting record?

Yes

I think he's a RINO plant!

G"OA supporters rose up in truly Herculean fashion that summer, and when the smoke cleared no new gun control at all had made it to the President's desk."

GOA, rather than the NRA, kept gun control bills from being passed in 1999?

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

G"OA supporters rose up in truly Herculean fashion that summer, and when the smoke cleared no new gun control at all had made it to the President's desk."

GOA, rather than the NRA, kept gun control bills from being passed in 1999?

They didn't say that. Though they probably wouldn't mind taking the credit.

I really wish the NRA-ILA would take a no-nonsense, no-compromise approach to the 2d Amendment. They're too willing to compromise for my tastes.

stevie_d_64 wrote:I think he's a RINO plant!

There is only one Republican presidential candidate whose voting record impresses me.

If that isn't enough of a clue, you can always click the link below and visit my blog to find out what I REALLY think.

Sorry guys, I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but Fred Thompson annoys me. He talks like he'd be a great Constitutionalist, but his voting record didn't deliver. He had me fooled, I though he'd be great.

By their fruits shall you know them.

45ACP wrote:There is only one Republican presidential candidate whose voting record impresses me.

If that isn't enough of a clue, you can always click the link below and visit my blog to find out what I REALLY think.

My signature is less subtle.

Sorry guys, I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but Fred Thompson annoys me. He talks like he'd be a great Constitutionalist, but his voting record didn't deliver. He had me fooled, I though he'd be great.

By their fruits shall you know them.

I agree. I also thought he would be good, until I actually took a closer look. Too many people haven't yet figured out that he's Fred Thompson, but they're supporting Arthur Branch.

TC-TX wrote:

45ACP wrote:Are y'all unaware of his voting record?

Yes

Sorry to hear that. Here's more info on his background: http://conservativesagainstfred.wordpress.com/

However, you might find this interesting: http://fredthompsonforum.com/index.php

Regards,

Rich

And there's more, for anyone who still thinks Fred is one of us:

[Link removed]

Folks, please don't be fooled by Fred, please do your homework and find out what Fred is really all about. Don't take my word for it. The truth is out there.

45ACP wrote:And there's more, for anyone who still thinks Fred is one of us:

[Link removed]

Folks, please don't be fooled by Fred, please do your homework and find out what Fred is really all about. Don't take my word for it. The truth is out there.

TexasCHLforum is not going to be used to promote this guy, or to help sell his book. If you have any credible evidence about Sen. Thompson's stand on the Second Amendment, or citizens' right to use firearms in self-defense, then that's a legitimate topic of discussion.

Chas.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

45ACP wrote:And there's more, for anyone who still thinks Fred is one of us:

[Link removed]

Folks, please don't be fooled by Fred, please do your homework and find out what Fred is really all about. Don't take my word for it. The truth is out there.

TexasCHLforum is not going to be used to promote this guy, or to help sell his book. If you have any credible evidence about Sen. Thompson's stand on the Second Amendment, or citizens' right to use firearms in self-defense, then that's a legitimate topic of discussion.

Chas.

OK, got it, apologies. If the only legitimate discussion we can have about Fred Thompson is his stand on the Second Amendment, or citizens' right to use firearms in self-defense, then what GOA has written about him pretty much sums it up.

As always, the casino surveillance motto applies: "Don't believe anything you hear, and only HALF of what you see. Check it out yourself!"