This is one of many articles regurgitating the same refrain this morning.
Thompson has now shown that with his folksy style and low-key approach to campaigning, "he pulls off the reluctant candidate role a bit too well," said Corey Cook, an assistant professor of political science at the University of San Francisco.
Cook said Thompson is "either getting bad advice, is not focused on the race, or is assuming his natural charisma will carry him through."
Cook noted that among the recent speed bumps have been some headline-grabbing misstatements, such as calling Russia "the Soviet Union" - which hasn't existed since 1991 - and some shocking unfamiliarity with issues such as the ethics debate that consumed the country surrounding the death of Terry Schiavo.
"Apparently he didn't watch the 'Law & Order' episode - that he was in - about that case," Cook said.
GOP Thompson's TV debate debut falls flat
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We may wonder at an institution that places high value on Jack the Dripper and the ACLU. Oh well, "Don't phase me, bro."
We find one more excellent example of the simple minded reality of projection by pseudo-intellectuals gripping the far left. i.e. haters call people they hate haters. This is their latest myopic nastiness.
Also recently at UF, Bobby Schindler, whose only claim to fame is that he is the brother of the late Terri Schiavo, has presumed to dictate who may speak on campus. Schindler, who now earns his living from denying that his sister was brain-dead in spite of all credible medical evidence, launched an unsuccessful petition drive to stop Dr. Jack Kevorkian from speaking to students about assisted suicide. No one apparently wanted to hear Schindler, so he felt compelled to try to gag someone whose opinions they valued.
The good news is that a small cadre of Floridians — most notably the American Civil Liberties Union — is fighting to protect freedom of speech and save us from ourselves. Recently, the ACLU's Broward Chapter got Fort Lauderdale's "sticks and stones" ordinance struck down, which was enacted before the Organization of American States meeting in June 2005. The ACLU claimed that it violated protestors' free speech by "limiting the number of demonstrators, restricting the objects and signs they could carry, and creating a mile-wide security perimeter — or free speech zone — to prevent them from protesting near the OAS meeting."
Freedom of Speech has taken a beating
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