Posted on 12/20/2007 12:45:10 PM PST by jaybeegee
Roger Simon went up with an article about Fred Thompson yesterday subtitled "Lazy as Charged." Simon wrote the article after following Fred around for a few hours. Those few hours included a closed-door meeting with an unabashedly anti-Fred newspaper editor and a visit to a small fire department. Simon, whose feelings were apparently hurt when he was shut out of the meeting at the newspaper, filed this report afterward.
The article was front page material yesterday, but was really hard to find by this morning. It could have something to do with the avalanche of criticism the article has received (my favorites here and here).
So was Roger Simon right about Fred? Let's go to the video evidence combined with Simon's words: Video here
So, yeah, Roger Simon is a hack. A hack who, I'm guessing, will not be following Fred Thompson around anytime soon if he knows what's good for him.
When asked at the Journal about the critical story, Thompson said nothing, read part of it and slid it under his hat on the table. His wife, on the other hand, seemed irritated and said she had a bone to pick with the publication, that the campaign opted out of the town tour to protect people from slipping on the ice and that the article was the only bad press her husband had received while in Iowa.Uh-oh. Now Roger's pissed off Fred AND Jeri. I would not want to be Roger...
I don’t buy the “lazy” argument about Fred, but I’ll take “lazy” any day over the Dems’ running around like crazed hyenas and looking for “change” under every rock.
http://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2006/08/rudy_giuliani_n.php
Who cares what a pervert thinks of Fred?
He’s not lazy, he just apparently lacks the ability to get anyone excited, including himself. I do think his campaign time could be better spent than doing the things on his itinerary that particular day.
What you saw in Iowa was no debate...
Your statement is obviously false. There are a lot of people excited over Fred Thompson and he has a great deal of support here at FR. I’m surprised you have not noticed, but perhaps you don’t read here often.
I look for “exciting” from pop stars, not Presidents.
And Hannity, like all of Fox News, is in the tank for Giuliani. FNC is participating in the national media blackout of Fred Thompson. Today our local conservative talk radio (KSFO 560 AM) early morning show (which features nationally renowned Melanie Morgan) compared and contrasted the GOP candidates — Giuliani, Romney, Huckabee and... McCain. No mention of Thompson at all. As though he wasn’t even in the race. Their conclusion: McCain was the best candidate!
I want to know just what the hell Twilight Zone episode I have stepped into. I feel like everyone knows something us FReepers don’t. Why are so-called conservatives blackballing Thompson now, even?
Did you not see the same horrorshow with Nurse Ratched as I did?
You didn’t answer the question though.
Why is it that all of the “conservative” media we are supposed to be able to trust is trying to destroy the one mainstream electable conservative?
The only hope we have is Rush Limbaugh, who sees things for what they are and has no hidden agenda, but he won’t make an endorsement, which may well be the only thing left that could save the Republican party at this point.
What is it about Fred Thompson that these conservative opinion-makers don’t like? All I can think of is they don’t think he has what it takes to limp across the finish line. If he did, wouldn’t he be the clear favorite instead of trailing John McCain now?
This is where the grass-roots come into play.
This is a repeat of the 1976-1980 timeframe where the NorthEast moderates have regained control of the party structure and are trying to move the party to the left.
I, for one, cannot find a reasonable answer to why Fox ignores Fred Thompson. Are they all in cahoots with some dark reason? Can’t figure it out with all the good endorsements Fred has had. Too bad Tancredo endorsed Mitt today, but then the guy is from Colorado, so it isn’t that much of a surprise.
Still have great hopes for Fred. And the beat goes on.
Yeah, I lost alot of respect for Tancredo today.
As if Romney will do anything about the border if elected.
I hate to say this but it looks like Tancredo is trying to line up a position in the possibility of a Romney administration.
Just want to verify that Tancredo really is from Colorado.
Anyone? Yes or no, please.
It’s obvious, Fred won’t play by the MSM Rules and won’t pander to anyone.
Fred and Duncan are their worst nightmare. They have their own Conservative agenda, and the media doesn’t like it.
The media can’t puppet around Fred, and they know that he won’t let them.
Dude did you not read the article? It was a hit piece on Fred. Anyone that believes the crap about Fred being lazy, is not stupid at this point, but they have a hidden agenda. Come on Counterpunch out yourself already. Your bias is showing as always.
I think you need some new glasses sir. And maybe some reason and common sense.
Nice porn-stache Roger. What a weenie.
Oh, dang, I forgot...the Thompson campaign (rumored to be Jeri Thompson herself) fired Jim Mills, the former Fox News producer that they hired away from Fox news for the campaign.
That’s four, sorry.
Again with the paranoid accusations of “bias”?
First of all, everyone here has biases. You have biases. But of course your read on my biases are totally off again.
Your bias is that Fred Thompson’s campaign can do no wrong. You want him to be the nominee so you see any criticism of him and how he is running his campaign as a threat to his nomination. I too want Fred Thompson to be the nominee, but I see his campaign as being a threat to his nomination. You don’t need to cover up for his bad campaigning. You know it is. Go ahead and say it. You’ll feel a lot better. If enough people say the Emperor has no clothes, he might actually put some on. Otherwise he’s going to keep walking around naked.
I think the largest problem with Thompson is for whatever reason, he and the news media have an estranged relationship. They’re really not on talking terms, are they? He doesn’t talk to them, and they don’t talk about him. That’s the sort of vicious cycle that destroys a candidate. Simply chalking it up to media bias doesn’t tell the whole story. Yes, journalists are biased, but they are also lazy. If you write the story for them, they’ll turn it in and call it a day. A candidate has to solicit media attention, and then manage it. Smart politicians know this. The Clintons have made a career of it. Romney is doing a good job of it too.
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