Ron Paul is the only person who we can TRUST to protect our gun rights. Fred Thompson appears to be inserted into this race to split the Ron Paul vote. Mr. Thompson is a typical neo-con.

"Fred Thompson appears to be inserted into this race to split the Ron Paul vote."

what's half of 2% ?

Look, I agree with Ron Paul on 98% of his views, but any one who thinks Lincoln was one of the worst presidents, or that the civil war was wrong is not going to get elected.

Fred Thompson is the best electable choice. With possibly two Supreme Court appointments, this is an extrememly important election.

Last time I didn't vote on principle I got a Bush and a police state to boot. Vote Ron Paul you maybe surprised at the percent of Republicans that will vote for him.

Ron Paul is the only candidate we can trust. If we really want a change in fed gov he's our man.

Funny, seems the only people who want to make FDT-Paul comparisons are the Paul people. Who's getting desperate now? Fred is a good constitutionalist too, except he doesn't despise America's military power. Which you can't if you want to be president -- sorry Paulites.

David -- I agree with you on McCain-Feingold, but Thompson seems to have seen the light. If you didn't see John Fund's interview with him back in March, it's good:

"Conceding that McCain-Feingold hasn't worked as intended, and is being riddled with new loopholes, he throws his hands open in exasperation. "I'm not prepared to go there yet, but I wonder if we shouldn't just take off the limits and have full disclosure with harsh penalties for not reporting everything on the Internet immediately."

That sounds terrific to me. I hope he expands on that in the future.

And you Paulites -- you care about other issues besides hegemony and globalism, right? (Right??)

I like Ron Paul, but the media and the other candidates are going to wash him out. I doubt that he makes to the ballot.
Fred is my choice, even though he did vote for the McCain-Feingold bill, he is man enough to fess up to voting for it and saying he now regrets it, unlike most politicians who would just lie about voting for it in the first place.
Tim, I'm with you, I have always voted for the most likely to win and the lesser of the two evils, but no more. I will vote for the best candidate whether they have a chance or not. I voted for GW Bush and now I regret it.

I like Paul alot, but I think he is best right where he is. He'd never be able to change any of the things he wants as President.

I'm eager for Fred. If he makes his party's ticket he will be the first Republican I have voted for.