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Fred Thompson, RIP
Tribute image posted on Facebook by National Review I was sad to hear of the passing, on Sunday, of actor, lawyer, and former U. S. Senator Fred Thompson, who was felled by lymphoma at the age of 73. My condolences to his family and friends, with my thanks for...
Fred Barnes headlines Oklahoma GOP gala
Conservative political pundit Fred Barnes will be the keynote speaker at the Oklahoma Republican Party's pre-convention gala dinner, Friday, April 19, 2013. Gov. Mary Fallin and former Gov. Frank Keating will also speak, and Keating will serve as emcee. Tickets start at $50 per person, with proceeds going to support...
KRMG returns to the FM dial
The breathless tweets began about noon: NewsTalk740KRMG: MAJOR NEWS about the Tulsa radio landscape to be announced in three hours - at 3pm. Please RT. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:02:11 NewsTalk740KRMG: MAJOR changes to be announced AND implemented at 3pm on Tulsa's KRMG. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:47:58 I duly...
Bloggers I met at RNC 2008
Here are links to and a few notes about the bloggers I had the pleasure of meeting this week at the Republican National Convention. (If I met you but left out your name below, it's because I didn't get your business card. Drop a reminder to me at blog at...
My tank is full
I've spent all morning and the beginning of the afternoon eating and listening. I've finally had the time to stop taking in and starting processing and writing about what I've seen and heard. First stop was a joint breakfast of the Oklahoma and Louisiana delegations, way the heck out in...
Fred! * 2
This morning I attended a "Blogger Brunch" sponsored by RedState.com and Google. The guest speaker was my pick in the presidential primaries, former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee. The event was on the 22nd floor of the Crowne Plaza, which provides breathtaking views up and down the Mississippi River and...
Republicans announce convention speaker lineup; BatesLine convention coverage
See below for information about BatesLine's coverage of the national conventions. I just got this by e-mail, the initial list of speakers for the four days of the Republican National Convention. I'm not sure why this isn't posted on the official convention website, where I could just link to it,...
Paul plot
John McCain has enough delegates to win the Republican nomination on the first ballot. All other candidates have either withdrawn or suspended their campaigns, conceding to McCain. That appears to be the case, based on primary results and on the rules, which vary from state to state, that allocate delegates...
Tulsa County Republican caucus straw poll
At Tuesday's Republican caucuses in Tulsa County, a straw poll was taken. Here are the results: Governor Mike Huckabee 28% Governor Mitt Romney 27% Congressman Ron Paul 25% Senator John McCain 13% Mayor Rudy Guiliani 4% Congressman Tom Tancredo 1% Congresman Duncan Hunter 1% Alan Keyes .5% Senator Fred Thompson...
McCain leads in Oklahoma, Huckabee 2nd
Survey USA has a new tracking poll of 502 Oklahoma Republicans from Sunday which shows John McCain with 37%, Mike Huckabee with 28%, and Mitt Romney with 19%. That's an 11 point boost for Romney, a gain of 8 points for McCain, but a drop of only 3 points for...
Red State Update mourns the end of the Fred Thompson campaign
Jackie Broyles is heartbroken, but Dunlap is determined to "take Fred Thompson and make Fred Thompson-aid": You can bid on Jackie's painting of Fred on eBay. Don't miss the Q&A. "Don't you want to see an old man's searing pain turned into a colorful conversation piece?"...
Farewell, Fred
It's official: Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people. James Taranto provides...
Blogs for Life live
Today is the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that overturned restrictions and prohibitions on abortion in all 50 states. To mark the day, there's a special Blogs for Life event happening at Family Research Council HQ in Washington, overlooking the annual March for Life. Kevin...
Hannity lies about Thompson interview
Earlier tonight, Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes interviewed Sen. Fred Thompson on their Fox News program. Hannity kept coming back to horse-race type questions and to the baseless allegation that Thompson, in taking on Mike Huckabee during last Thursday's debate, was only acting as a stalking horse for John McCain....
Where'd the polls go?
I've become accustomed to checking RealClearPolitics every day for the latest polling numbers for key early primary states, and as a Fred Thompson supporter, I was anxious to see the impact of his stellar performance at last Thursday night's Fox News debate on the South Carolina polling numbers. All other...
Calling northeast Oklahoma Fred-heads
I received an urgent e-mail from Jamison Faught of the Muskogee County Republican Club. They're holding a presidential forum tonight, with a supporter of each Republican presidential candidate speaking for 10 minutes on the candidates behalf. He'd like to have a speaker there to represent Fred Thompson, and he contacted...
Fred on the Factor
Tonight Fred Thompson was on Fox News on "The O'Reilly Factor," and he spoke about national security, the situation in Pakistan, and why he's the only consistent conservative in the race. Today on his program, Rush Limbaugh asked conservative evangelicals to consider Fred Thompson: My question for you evangelicals is...
Fred explains immigration amnesty; Wyoming results
Sorry, Rudy: If an immigration reform bill allows illegal aliens to stay in the country and become citizens, it's amnesty, even if they have to pay a financial penalty. Fred Thompson spells it out in last night's WMUR-Facebook-ABC debate: (Here's a transcript of the ABC Democrat debate. Here's a transcript...
Get out the vote: Phone Iowa for Fred
If you were listening to 1170 KFAQ this morning (I was on with Gwen Freeman, filling in for Chris Medlock, who had lost his voice), you'd have heard producer Elvis Polo taunting me and Gwen about a story on the Politico website, speculating on what would happen if Fred Thompson...
Fired up over "fire in the belly"
SeeDubya is fed up with talking heads and pundits who are too busy trashing the style of Fred Thompson's campaign to pay due attention to the substance of the man and his principles: Let's lay this moron-meme to rest right now. I don't care if you're for Fred or not,...
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