Fred Thompson Tells It Like It Is…As Always.

There are certain truths that we can’t afford to forget or allow to be swept aside in concentrating on some side-show subject as we’ve done in the recent past. If we’re going to maintain our liberty we’ld better start demonstrating we’re capable;

THOMPSON: “Well, the question is whether or not we’ve kind of learned our lesson. You know, we — as the old saying goes, you know, we came to town to drain the swamp, and we — instead of that we made partners with the alligators. And now we’ve become, you know, big spenders ourselves and engaged in the same kind of stuff the Democrats have been engaged in. Have we learned our lesson? We got our clocks cleaned last time.

We need to reform ourselves. We need to learn our lesson. We need to get back to basic fundamental conservative principals. The things that we are supposed to believe in, which should guide us through all these issues that come down the pipe.

The problem is, as we sit here today, very few people on Capitol Hill have any credibility. Saying it is one thing. Saying a, you know, death- bed confession or conversion is one thing, but having a track record and standing tall when times are tough is another thing…”

“…We can’t run a typical campaign with typical kind of promises and so forth in light of what’s happened, in light of the unpopularity that so many Republicans have nowadays. And some of it’s deserved. Some of it’s not. We’ve got to have a different kind of approach, different kind of campaign and a different kind of man…”

 Sean Hannity Interview On FOX News on 4/24/08    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352582,00.html