What is it with all this bashing of Fred Thompson by fellow conservatives? What has he done that is so awful? Is it because he speaks softly and doesn't come out swinging at his opponents? He answers questions with calmness, composure, maturity, and honesty, and he even has a very good sense of humor. He doesn't claim to have an answer for something he hasn't studied, and he doesn't claim to know everything or have an answer for everything. But, that doesn't mean he doesn't have any answers or that he doesn't have any plan. Fred Thompson is a man of integrity, has experience in politics (he was a former senator), has moral conservative values, is patriotic. So, what is the problem?

Certainly, why anyone would choose Mick Romney or Rudy Giuliani over Fred Thompson is beyond my comprehension.

Oh, I see now! Is it because Fred Thompson is short on the details? It is true that he doesn't have a ten point detailed plan for solving all hunger in our nation and in the world. Or, maybe, it's because he doesn't have a detailed plan to solve race relations, eradicate all crime, homelessness, make America energy independent by 2010, remove all threats of terrorism, guarantee a job for every American, find money to pay off all our national debt. Hey, I admit he is way short on those details. He certainly is no match for Romney and Giuliani in having the answers to those problems!

We Americans want action! We don't want a soft-speaking, mature, composured man of integrity and honesty. We want a political man who comes out swinging, can speak a thousand words a second, doesn't take time to think before answering a difficult question, is mean enough to leave wide bleeding marks on the face of any opponent. We need a Romney or Giuliani. Yeah! We love boxing, hunting (oh, the joy and the thrill of it), political opponents who will shout, snarl, punch with their fists here and there and everywhere. Let's admit it. Thompson simply is boring. He isn't exciting enough, as if we don't have enough exciting things happening around in the world.

Thompson has the big picture. Discerning the forest from the trees is always the first step. As for details, he doesn't really lag behind anyone else and he doesnt claim to have them like everyone else. He has the solid principles by which to discover, guide, and manage the details. He doesn't have what it takes to make America and the world perfect, only a better place.

There are some very good conservatives other than Fred Thompson running, but Thompson has better recognition (especially from being an actor as was Ronald Reagan) and he also leads the others in polls so, to me at least, Fred Thompson is a wise choice for conservatives.

Looking at the unwarranted bashing that Fred Thompson is receiving from fellow conservatives, I can clearly see that politicians aren't always the main problem. We American voters better grow up!

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The author, Babu G. Ranganathan, is an experienced Christian writer. Mr. Ranganathan has his B.A. with academic concentrations in Bible and Biology from Bob Jones University. As a religion and science writer he has been recognized in the 24th edition of Marquis Who's Who In The East. The author's articles have been published in various publications including Russia's Pravda and South Korea's The Seoul Times. The author's website may be accessed at: www.religionscience.com .