Going back twenty-five years to the age of the typewriter; back to when the Internet and even Personal Computers were barely a figment of Al Gore’s imagination, I developed a liking for starting my personal reflections with quotes from those whom I admired: quotes that I felt supported the point that I was then trying to make, and if you have read any of my other posts on Townhall.com and we2view.net, you will know this to be true.

For everything there is a time, however, and now is not that time.

If anything can be said of the way that 2007 is unfolding, which to my mind is all to sadly the same way that many recent years have unfolded, is that we twist everybody else’s words to our advantage while offering none of our own; no words; no ideas; no clues.

When I was driving home tonight, I heard the news that Fred Thomson had announced that some few years back, he was diagnosed with cancer and that he wanted to get this news out there as he decided whether or not to run for President, thus gauging by the response of the political electorate (on this and many other issues) what the political winds could be divined to foretell.

Personally, I am starting to lose my patience with Fred Thompson’s announcements.

Don’t get me wrong. As the 2008 Presidential season has began to unfold, I have had to use almost Zen-like skills to allow me to spend my time in blissful patience, ignoring all existing contenders, knowing that eventually a real Conservative would present themselves and I would not be required to make some ludicrous “Hobson’s Choice” between candidates of varying unpalatability

Then along came Fred Dalton Thompson.

As a political Junkie, I have known Fred Thompson for many years, most notably as a Senator from Tennessee, and I have always liked what I have seen. Unlike the other Republican choices, he has always been a conservative rock. Unfortunately, in my mind, that has the potential to quickly start to work against him, at least for me.

What I mean is that I expect Conservatives to be decisive. I expect them to have a vision for America, and I expect them to be leaders. Don’t ask me what I want. Tell me what your vision is, and if you can make me share it, then I will vote for you.

Let me give you an analogy that will hopefully underscore the point that I am trying to make.

After suffering for almost 50 years under the cruel yoke of communist oppression into which, arguably, they were sold by the west, and after gaining their freedom, due in no small part to the combined efforts of Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Margaret Thatcher, and after electing Lech Walesa, a former Dock Worker and freedom fighter as President, the Polish People then elected as President, a former card carrying member of the Communist Party who was an active official in the oppressive Communist Government.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t personally know the man and as such, I don’t know that I can judge him personally, but at the very least we must see him as a man without a functioning moral compass. What Kwasniewski’s campaign slogan may just as well have been was, tell me what you want and I’m your man. I just want to be in charge.

Unfortunately, there are many in America who seem to think that we should have a similar style of government; in truth, many think that we already do and I don’t know that I can blame them after eight years of Clintonian hell where we experienced the painful reality of a place called hope where we will give anything a shot as long as it makes the masses feel good about themselves, and the person asking the questions gets to be the one in power.

Perhaps I am naïve, but in truth, I don’t think so.

Wake up. America is not, nor has it ever been a democracy. It is a Constitutional Republic. The founding fathers never envisioned a direct democracy because they clearly knew that it would only result in a new form of oppression and worse still, one without a shred of conscience, morals or accountability. Whatever the majority wants, however depraved is clearly not what the founders envisioned, and anyone who thinks that it is, needs to leave now.

I choose to live in a world where objective reality exists, and you can never get there by way of consensus.

America is faced by a clear choice between mob rule, reminiscent of the Coliseum where the Roman Emperor stayed in power simply by giving the masses what they wanted (think along the lines of whatever Tarantino film is currently playing at the Cineplex) or leadership based upon a vision of an uplifting and constant truth to which we should all aspire.

So where am I going with this?

Personally, I want Fred Thompson as President of the United States.

I say this not because I don’t like any of the other choices either Republican or Democrat (although I don’t)

I don’t say this because I particularly think that he can win (although I do)

I don’t care that he was diagnosed with Cancer (although I do, but only because I feel compassion for anyone who is afflicted by a potentially devastating disease, be they for example the Conservative Tony Snow, or the (presumably) Liberal Elizabeth Edwards.) As an aside however, that doesn’t mean that I support the destruction of other human life in a desperate hope to save someone for whom I may feel compassion.

What I am tired of, however, is Thompson not being willing to get into the race.

I certainly understand if it is a family issue in that you have not yet determined if you are prepared to put your family through the sacrifice, but I can tell you from experience that if you truly believe in what you are doing and why, your family will be behind you all the way.

In the end, you are the one who has to decide if you are committed enough.

Are you committed enough for yourself, your family and for America?

I think that you are, but only you can know for sure.

What I do know for sure, however, is that I don’t want a policy wonk as President, nor do I want someone willing to forge a grand compromise.

What I want, and what I think that America needs is a leader.

Personally, I want someone who knows who they are and what they believe in, and that is a person that I would vote for.

I think that Fred Dalton Thompson is that person, but the clock is ticking, and only Mr. Thompson knows for sure if he is prepared to be that person.

Stop worrying about the polls and what the American People want.

Decide what you want and what you think is best for America, and if you have a message that you truly believe in, now is time to announce your candidacy

We won't wait forever.