Thompson announcement date likely to come today

The Politico ^ | 8/30/2007 | Jonathan Martin

[Greystoke]

Fred Thompson's campaign-in-waiting will hold a 4 p.m. conference call today with supporters to brief them on plans for the former Tennessee senator's presidential announcement next week, according to an e-mail obtained by Politico.com

[trisham]

Fred for president bump!

[Vaquero]

too late.....................Sick of waiting Fred. Announce already.

why???

just because the drive-bys and a bunch of losers ginned up way too early, there is no reason for the dominant predator to play their stupid game

[EternalVigilance]

Waiting for Godot

"I don’t know who Godot is. I don’t even know (above all don’t know) if he exists. And I don’t know if they believe in him or not – those two who are waiting for him. The other two who pass by towards the end of each of the two acts, that must be to break up the monotony. All I knew I showed. It’s not much, but it’s enough for me, by a wide margin. I’ll even say that I would have been satisfied with less. As for wanting to find in all that a broader, loftier meaning to carry away from the performance, along with the program and the Eskimo pie, I cannot see the point of it. But it must be possible … Estragon, Vladimir, Pozzo, Lucky, their time and their space, I was able to know them a little, but far from the need to understand. Maybe they owe you explanations. Let them supply it. Without me. They and I are through with each other."[8] - Samuel Beckett's introduction to the play, 1952

"Waves of hostility came whirling over the footlights, and the mass exodus, which was to form such a feature of the run of the piece, started quite soon after the curtain had risen. The audible groans were also fairly disconcerting … The curtain fell to mild applause, we took a scant three calls (Peter Woodthorpe reports only one curtain call[21]) and a depression and a sense of anti-climax descended on us all." - report of the reaction of the London audience on opening night

"I cannot explain my plays. Each must find out for himself what is meant." - Samuel Beckett

[Vaquero]

too late.....................Sick of waiting Fred. Announce already.

why???

just because the drive-bys and a bunch of losers ginned up way too early, there is no reason for the dominant predator to play their stupid game

[NavyCanDo]

“too late.” ?

Was NOVEMBER too late for JFK?

[Fawn]

Why is he making such a big deal of this announcement? Why can’t he come out today and say he’s officially in?

[johnny7]

Politico: Blog of the DBM/DNC...

[fatnotlazy]

“Also announced this week ... Fidel Castro is dead ... again.”

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LOL

But you forgot to add, “and it’s Bush’s fault.” :)

[McGruff]

Fred’s my guy but this is just an announcement of an announcement. All the early birds did it also. This would make a good FOX NEWS ALERT: parody.

[greyfoxx39]

Now the auntie-Fred's heads will really explode...INCOMING!

[rightinthemiddle]

He's in? Crap.

[Petronski]

VERY specific assurances.

[MeanWestTexan]

They don’t like Fred because he’s an actual conservative.

They prefer someone who wants gay scoutmasters out camping with little boys. Seriously, about 1/3 through this video. (The first part is an impassioned plea for the legality of abortion.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI

[r9etb]

Fred has a date for his announcement? Won't his wife be displeased?

And as for the rest of the headline...

[Rutles4Ever]

[EternalVigilance]

While I won’t claim that Thompson is “too late,” I will say that to me, at least, the comparisons to the schedules of past elections are getting old.

The process has been greatly accelerated this year.

In fact, the deadlines for even being on the Republican ballot in some states are already looming. The first one is in the next 48 hours. LOL...

[fatnotlazy]

“Sick of waiting Fred. Announce already.”

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If it wasn’t for the fact that if he doesn’t announce soon, the campaign contributions would not be there — I’d say he should wait till next year. Let the other wannabes drop by the wayside first — fewer idiots to contend with.

Unfortunately, like seeing holiday tree ornaments for sale in July, the dang politicos insist on starting way too early. I’m already sick of this dadburn campaign.

[counterpunch]

This is smart- ends all the questions about will he, won’t he...and still leaves a few days for prepping for The Announcement.

What's he been doing all this time if not prepping?

 

[Astronaut]

Yawn. Wasn’t it supposed to be July 4? Then sometime in August? Thompson has peaked and is sliding already and he hasn’t even declared! His little fan dance with the media backfired on him.

[fatnotlazy]

Oh my that is an ugly picture. Someone get her concealer — she has so many bags under eyes, she could pack for an extended trip to Tibet.