The American Spectator

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Ken Stanford br> Charlotte, North Carolina /p>

Michael Tanner's article, "At Last a Small-Government Conservative?" is an embarrassment to your publication, and I think the worse of your publication for having printed it.

Your reporter overlooks Ron Paul -- whose record with respect to fiscal conservatism puts Thompson's to shame -- for no apparent reason. In his own words:

"The National Taxpayers Union gives him the third highest marks of any candidate (trailing only Reps. Ron Paul and Rep. Tom Tancredo)."

p>If I may rephrase, this seems to indicate that "the only fiscal conservative in the race" means "the third-most-fiscally-conservative fiscal conservative in the race." Please decline all submission from Mr. Tanner in the future. br> -- Matthew Crouch /p> p> Yes, and unfortunately Fred Thompson will win the small States and not the big States. This is not 2000 or 2004: Winning Tennessee will not win the election. In 2008 if the Republicans cannot win some of the big blue States, they will not win the election. There is only one candidate who can win the big States, and this is Rudy. He is a conservative on all the issues except some social issues, where he is Libertarian. Better save up the cash, because Hillary / Obama will have a massive amount of it to buy the election including many of the States carried by Bush. br> -- Tuck /p> p>

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