Democrats Begin Hitting Fred Thompson

RedState.com ^ | May 7, 2007 | Erick Erickson

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Fred Thompson: a Democrat consultant's worst nightmare!

I'll cut him a check the day he announces.

[pissant]

The dems attacking any GOPer is a sight to behold.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Fred Thompson: a Democrat consultant's worst nightmare!

I'll cut him a check the day he announces.

[Brilliant]

It’s a good sign. And better to have the Dems throw their punches now than later.

[publana]

ROFL

[Liberty Valance]

Tell'em to come on in and sit down...this may take a while.

[Josh Painter]

From Opinipundit.com:

Rasmussen Shocker!

The latest Rasmussen Reports data shows Fred Thompson the ONLY potential Republican nominee to beat Hillary.

Thompson (44%) Clinton (43%)

[cpdiii]

Good news. Fred now qualifies for the Sheets Byrd Lifetime Achievement Award in Acting.

I beg to differ in your analysis sir. As an actor Fred Thompson played a very convincing role as a bigoted, vengeful, hate filled racist. The Democrat Senator from West Virgina is not an actor but he was very convincing in his statements and writings that were bigoted, vengeful, hate filled and racist. He wrote these statements and acted on these statements as a young man in the KLU KLUX KLAN and the KLAN is not a benevolent social club. As an old man and the Senior Senator of the Democrat Party he on public television repeated some of the most racists statements every heard by the Senate. "I have known White (insert the N Word Here) is what that racist ex Klu Klax Klan Democrat Senior Senator said. It was not a mistake of speech as he repeated it more than once.

Fred Thompson scares the hell out of the Democrats because he is a conservative that has the ability to communicate with the American People like President Reagan did.

[upchuck]

Fred won’t announce until July?

A good thing.

[kennyboy509]

Let me get this straight.

He’s not a racist but he played one on TV.

I can’t believe no one beat me to it!

[Howie66]

I’m in!!

GO!! FRED!! GO!!

Just let me KNOW when and where!

I’m yer Huckleberry!

[Politicalmom]

I thought adultery was a Dem initiation rite.

[Howie66]

According to the RATs......Fred dated only sweet, sexy FEMALES......he was NOT a “FREDDY MERCURY” type...........

[Howie66]

Okay..............where the hell was the “BARF” ALERT?????

40 lashes with a wet noodle for you, Son!!!!

[cookcounty]

If that's all they got for ammo, this is gonna be a Turkey Shoot.

---Or a Donkey Shoot.

[Josh Painter]

cpdiii wrote: "Fred Thompson scares the hell out of the Democrats because he is a conservative that has the ability to communicate with the American People like President Reagan did."

And it's not just the Dems that are scared Mittless, my friend. Jason writes on postpolitical:

"It took nervous Three Amigo supporters exactly one day after his first appearance before personally attacking Fred Thompson. Still a non-candidate, his name is being dragged through the mud in hopes of shattering momentum. To replace it, we’re all apparently supposed to unite behind Mitt Romney now..."

"There is an interesting angle in which Fred’s foes are now choosing their attacks, 'he’s boring'. This is an unpredicted approach, being as though Thompson is probably the most captivating politician that I have seen in years, and it is currently being echoed throughout various conservative circles today."

"Novak, who accompanied Thompson in California, has a column on the let down of the speech, Hugh Hewitt (AKA Romney’s cheerleader) has been dissing it all day (I think Hugh said Romney 40 times in 40 seconds at one point), and even Michael Medved, the popular conservative talk show host out of Seattle (who I normally admire and agree with) dedicated his entire show to discussing how 'un-Reagan' and 'squandered' Thompson’s speech was the other night. This has prompted various reports, such as Drudge and Fox News, to echo such comments in their own reports, creating a chain reaction of bad press for Thompson."

"Look, to all of the critics of Friday’s speech, chill out! Was this filled with red meat? No. Does Thompson have the ability to attack? Yes… go read some of his latest Paul Harvey commentary statements, where he attacks Europe, challenges the government of Mexico to stop deporting illegals here, and pokes fun at global warming. This was the first of many planned speeches, and Thompson will clearly seek to address specific positions on issues in due time. This was not a time for specifics, but more a reintroduction of the man."

"I personally felt that the speech was a well-thought out example of a conservative statesmen giving a bipartisan talk about the dangers of the future. It was totally appropriate for its setting, and we’ll continue to follow the camp as questions start to heat up."

[RobbyS]

McCain and Rudy were running for many months before they officially declared. The hard-hitting tone of Thompson’s remarks make it pretty clear he intends to.

[Anti-Bubba182]

The sooner the better.

[cookcounty]

"Is it true what I heard today? Fred won’t announce until July?"

It ought to be plenty of time. These long campaigns are stupid and detrimental to getting good candidates.

I'm hoping some state out there takes this idiotic "earlier than thou crap" to its logical end by holding their primary 24 months before the general election. --Just to force some intelligent reform of this undemocratic system where Iowa and New Hampshire choose our candidates for us. It might be one of the few issues where you could get bi-partisan support for something.

[metmom]

Don’t they already do that to the Pope?