Posted on 12/16/2007 7:01:39 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
That's right Huckbots, while Brian Pickrell does not rule out a Huckabee win, he claims that the race is really between Fred and Mitt. As a supporter of Mr. Thompson, I'll live with Mitt as well.
According to Pickrell...
I find it hard to believe that Huckabee is actually leading in the polls here in Iowa. Every person I spoke with told me that they’re supporting Romney or Thompson and that everyone they knew or worked with (who are also Republicans) feels the same way. None of them have even considered Huckabee as a serious choice. It could be a fluke in the polling process or it could be a fluke in that I know people who are politically aligned with me and they, in turn, know and talk to others who think the way they do. Or it could be a little of both. I don’t really know for sure.
I've been saying this all along. After much phone calling to Iowa, I've yet to talk to anyone who cites Huckabee as their #1 Rudy and John fans should not be offended, we know they have ruled out that state, just like it comes of no offense to me when I see Fred has no shot in NH.
Pickrell goes on to say...
As I mentioned earlier, the people I have spoken with are supporting either Romney or Thompson, and everyone they know is doing the same thing. They have seen little support for Huckabee. Either it’s a flaw in the polls or a fluke in that like-minded conservatives tend to talk about these things with each other (“birds of a feather”, you know).
Insert Huckabee screaming in a Deanesque fashion here... Yaaaaaaaah!
www.fred08.com
My opinion is that Thompson’s problem stems from lack of coverage. He is “the one who is never spoken of” on the MSM.
I’m not a FRedhead but I support him over everyone else because I have researched him myself. He is getting no coverage.
Fred is leagues above Huckabee in both conservativism and ideas. I thought at one point, if forced, I could possibly hold my nose and pull the lever for Huckabee.
Until I found out how soft on criminals he is.
NO THANK YOU!
And yes, if catchy phrases and slogans is what does it for you, then I’d say you are swayed by charisma and entertainer qualities. Personally, I prefer ideas, plans and platforms.
Which is where Thompson has Huckabee beat hand over fist.
Your free to attack and can dismis my insight. I think you may be missing my point however. It’s about a broader appeal than you or I. By the way Fred IS an Entertainer.
You are very thinned skinned, aren’t you. Nobody “attacked” you....I explainted why I disagree and why I believe your judgement and probably your motivation, is in error.
Yes, Fred was an actor for a time. He was also a US Senator, Chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Watergate counsel, and author of the report, “Government on the Brink,” (Volume 1 and Volume 2) detailing the waste, fraud, and abuse of federal agencies as well as the management challenges facing the incoming Bush Administration. To name just a few of his other accomplishment, there are of course, many more.
Finally, we are just now about to begin the process of seeing just what appeal Fred has to the voters. These ridiculously early campaigns may well prove to count for little to nothing for those who started campaigning on November 6, 2006.
In fact, I hope it proves to be just that.
There he goes again.
Thank you for this great news!
I feel much better now.
It certainly makes more sense than Huckabee’s surge.
I think Fred’s bus trip will be a huge success, especially after King’s endorsement today.
Don’t forget that Minnesota and California Right-to-Life Committees endorsed Fred today, as well!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940875/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940860/posts
Huck does have executive experience as a governor, is an approachable person and a moral man, so I am not surprised people support him. But I don’t know why Fred is any more qualified to be Prez than Michelle Malkin, Rush or Anne Coulter.
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