Appeals Quote by Fred Thompson

“Because John McCain stood up, our country is better off. The respect he is given around the world is not because of a teleprompter speech designed to appeal to American critics abroad but because of decades of clearly demonstrated character and statesmanship.”

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We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster

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You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you.

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The University of North Carolina-Greensboro has ordered a Christian club to allow non-Christians as leaders. While we're at it, let's put high school dropouts…

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You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

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A new report shows that medicare and Medicaid made more than $50 Billion in bad payments during fiscal year 2011. Under Obamacare, that'll become…

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After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood

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Being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president.

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In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to…

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Jay Carney told the reporters at his morning briefing that he hoped they would watch the new movie about Obama's first term 'many times.'…

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This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

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But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid.

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A new report shows that, in Virginia, gun violence has fallen as the sale of firearms has soared to a new record. In other…

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