...a standard - issue, Left-Coast 1960's Trotskyite commie-Lib Democrat?

Gimme some o'dat southern cookin' anyday!

That's me summed up in a few words!

A bonafided and certified member of the beer guzzling, NASCAR watching middle class.

What makes the article truly irritating is the implication that you have to be from the South, lazy, and dumb to be considered a true conservative and that no one from the North could or would fall into that catagory.  I live in Pennsatucky and Mr. Thompson and I happen to share a great deal of the same beliefs.  I will be watching and listening very closely to what he has to say.  If nothing else, Mr. Thompson will force the other Republicans to put up or shut up about how conservatice they are,  

"...squash gay rights..."

Translation: Liberal speak regarding a conservative who believes that homosexuals should be treated as equals and without special treatment because of their sexual orientation.

Yes, my "I'm with Fred" bumper sticker is about ready to go from its temporary posting on my back windshield to a more permanent bumper location. (Actually, I was waiting to put the sticker on until I had my bumper repaired following a minor fender-bender, but since I had to shell out hundreds of $$$ to get my emissions up to #%!&* environmental code, those funds are now being diverted away from the bumper. I'll just strategically stick the sticker over the inflicted areas. I may need two.)

*****

"Why would the library ban a book like The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out?" - Linus Van Pelt

It's been said that during the 2nd World War, an American soldier could be spotted just by his walk.  There was a lazy easiness to it.  

I'd rather have a slow-talking, thoughtful, easy-going giant who will keep going in the  right direction than some frenetic animated weather-vane.

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"  - Shakespeare

.....Nixon White House, the paranoid occupant of the Oval Office ...

   Nixon wasn't paranoid.  He really did have enemies everywhere.  Look at the constant barage against President Bush. 

   ...and let's see, who was it that blamed their troubles on a 'vast right wing conspiricy'?

" In fact, it's YOU who should balance your news diet, with slanted reporting from the opposing side of the political spectrum."

He's right!

As long as the antelopes continue to just bleat and run, the lions will continue to kill and eat them.    '06 proves that lying, manipulating and distorting the truth works, and very well. 

Never, NEVER, trust the Democrats or MSM.  Sleaze don't change.  They just get worse, as they have also proven over the last couple of years.

And if it still gets worse, we'll need  to start a revolution and start killing them - the enemy with in.  Extreme enough?

That is seen most clearly in it's editorial board and in virtually all of its columnists.  Even the TV reviewer, who "accidently" left Thompson's name off Leno's guest list, and the movie reviewers openly fly the far-left flag.  

In today's edition, where this Thompson editorial appeared, there is a movie review of "No End in Sight."  The movie is another hit-piece documentary that attacks President Bush and his administration.   The Courant reviewer, Susan Dunne, has an obvious case of BDS.   She spends as much time blasting Bush with her own opinion as she does reviewing the movie, which she gives FIVE stars.  

Here's a typical line from Dunne's poison pen:  "When people holding the reins of power have no capacity for despair, empathy or concern for their fellow man, there truly is no end in sight to the layers and layers of calamity they construct." 

And: "...good people have moral standards that stop them from doing bad irreparable damage.   Bad people don't."

The entire review consists of more of the same vicious ranting.  And there, in a nutshell, you have the Hartford Courant.

Hey, just 'cause you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. 

"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy."  -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1

I wish/hope that Thompson IS a "Standard Issue, Southern fried-conservative." I would like to see the Republican party return to its roots as "right-wing" on ALL issues. No more of this uber-conservative crap that supports illegal immigration for the benefit of a few. No more "wish-washiness" on the gay marriage or the abortion issue. In other words, no more Schwarzenegger Republicans like in California. (yes, I live in California and most of you probably don't know what a twit Schwarzennegger has turned out to be.  So forgive me if I am a little weary of anyone coming out of Hollywood).