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Are People Losing Patience With [Fred]Thompson? (ABC wants you to think so)
ABC News-- Good Morning, America ^ | August 22, 2007 | GMA Staff

Posted on 08/23/2007 12:56:47 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: durasell

There are pols and then there are Statesmen... BIG DIFFERENCE!

LLS


41 posted on 08/23/2007 4:19:21 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: dawn53

The only statements of intent to enter are rumors started by obscure and faceless people, not connected in any way to Fred.

LLS


42 posted on 08/23/2007 4:20:26 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Timing is everything.


43 posted on 08/23/2007 4:23:36 AM PDT by Joy in the Journey (. . .but, but, I LIKE being invisible to the government!)
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To: CheyennePress
Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy on Nov 13, 1979.
He announced his his candidacy for reelection on Jan 29, 1984.
44 posted on 08/23/2007 4:29:13 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/COLUMNISTS01/708230331

Hmmmmm... looks like Fred and hildeb!tch in S.C.! There is FR political posturing, then there is the reality of the electorate.

LLS

45 posted on 08/23/2007 4:35:40 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: cherry

Yes, but why let facts interfer with a good rant.


46 posted on 08/23/2007 4:35:45 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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To: Caipirabob
Perhaps Duncan Hunter will be able to get his name out there, but for now he appears to be shut out
Hunter's name isn't out there because Hunter doesn't do anything to get his name out there. Every time he gets a national audience [twice on FOX], he does the same thing: He talks about the border, but not in the context of a Hunter presidency. He never talks about his candidacy. His wife talks about their son's candidacy--not her husband's. He doesn't want to be president, and she doesn't want to be a president's wife. That's how it looks to me.

Hunter's inabilibty to "break out" isn't the MSM's fault, it's his.

47 posted on 08/23/2007 4:37:34 AM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: Doctor13

Hello. Here’s an update several weeks old for you: Spencer Abraham isn’t Thompson’s “campaign manager.”


48 posted on 08/23/2007 4:38:58 AM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: durasell

I think you’re missing the point of what Thompson is doing. By not declaring—and getting ensnarled in these uselessly ridiculous “debates”, Fred can control and frame the messages he wants to get out. The MSM is angry because they can’t filter, subvert or otherwise pervert his message. Most of us understand Thompson is in the race. Only the media seems entranced by the “will he or won’t he” story angle. And the way Thompson is managing himself it’s just about the only thing the MSM thinks it can get a hook into. Oh, and there is something out there about Thompson wearing—gasp—Gucci loafers. I applaud the media for being concerned about the man’s feet, but I would much rather they report what he thinks about the issues important to him. That should be the basis for electing a President of the United States.


49 posted on 08/23/2007 4:41:50 AM PDT by dooltotheend (uir)
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To: ejonesie22

I wouldn’t think the equal time rule applies to non-political fictional works.


50 posted on 08/23/2007 4:47:38 AM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: LibLieSlayer

The rumors could be quelled if he announced a definite date.


51 posted on 08/23/2007 4:49:55 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Translation: We’re skeered of Fred.


52 posted on 08/23/2007 4:52:37 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Every woman, who can, should learn to shoot, and carry a gun.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Fox News is backing Rudy Giuliani

I heard Hannity slip on the radio the other day and mindlessly support Giuliani.

It's more important with some so-called conservatives to be right in New York than it is to be right in conservatism. No way that Hannity could endorse Giuliani in the real world. Giuliani wants to take my hard earned money and spend some of it on killing babies and some more of it on taking my guns.

If it isn't enough that he's just cast pro-lifers and pro-gunners off the boat, he's also told fiscal conservatives that he wants to increase welfare unnecessarily.

53 posted on 08/23/2007 4:58:07 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: dawn53

It creates buzz and gets MILLIONS of dollars of free advertising... and there are other valid reasons that you don’t understand.

LLS


54 posted on 08/23/2007 5:10:22 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: GBA
I agree!! I am already politically worn out.
55 posted on 08/23/2007 5:15:44 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: durasell
It does. Look at the situation in California when Arnold Schwarzenegger ran.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/recall/20030812-1109-ca-recall-equaltime.html

That is what makes this so ridiculous.

56 posted on 08/23/2007 5:30:51 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: LibLieSlayer
It creates buzz and gets MILLIONS of dollars of free advertising... and there are other valid reasons that you don’t understand.

And that is exactly the point...if I don't understand there are lots of other, less informed than me, and they certainly don't understand and are, as the article states, "losing patience."

57 posted on 08/23/2007 5:31:49 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: ASA Vet
Who cares about facts, them swarthy people are no good...

Didn’t you know that?

And the masses think conservatives are intolerant...

Go figure...

58 posted on 08/23/2007 5:34:20 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not surprising. Oreilly and Rudy have a lot in common, as both of them do with Dick Morris.


59 posted on 08/23/2007 6:04:27 AM PDT by festus (I'm a fRedneck and proud of it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The election is 14 months away, most people don’t pay attention until Sept, which is 12 months away.

No problem.


60 posted on 08/23/2007 6:06:00 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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