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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER br> Re: Lisa Fabrizio's Too Late? /p>

FDT is the Reagan that everyone has been looking for since 1992. He is an eloquent conservative and he in debating conservative principles he charms rather than disarms.

If he doesn't run, I will write his name in.

p>Please don't make us have another Jimmy Carter before we get to our generation's Reagan. Make the GOP more than DNC-lite and nominate FDT!!!! br> -- Rex Tarpey br> Raleigh, North Carolina /p>

Though I was raised a Texas cattle rancher, I married a career military officer and we traveled the world, before settling back on a cattle ranch in Texas. I tend to view things through a pragmatic lens. As the mother of a serving officer, I am mindful of the military view of Commander in Chief. He/She is the one you would go to war for, when the orders come. Few can carry the mantle of this type of leadership. Bill Clinton most certainly did not and while the military served under him without utterance, droves left the service during his time in office. They knew his quantity and it wasn't good.

None of the present GOP's stated candidates fit the profile for us military families, with the exception of Fred Thompson. And he has another great quality. He is someone, who if they told you there was a problem and our liberty was threatened, you would listen to him. In this dark time of great peril, more serious because few recognize just how serious it is, he has an ability to speak with somber tones and careful words and folks listen. And in the climate of continued wartime, whether Congress believes it or not, we need someone with clear stature and a certainty to lead the nation.

p>I wrote Mr. Thompson and appealed to him to enter now. We are in a time of history like no other time. Our country's future depends on a serious and mindful person who can lead. He's it. br> --

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