Posted on 10/14/2007 4:26:16 PM PDT by nordicstan
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney was in Michigan, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada and then went back to Michigan. Rudy Giuliani visited Florida, Michigan, South Carolina, Alabama, Washington and New Hampshire. John McCain went from Michigan to Iowa to New Hampshire.
But where was Fred, as in Fred Thompson?
Besides participating in his first presidential debate in Michigan last Tuesday, Thompson was missing from the campaign trail. The former Tennessee senator and star of NBC's "Law & Order" was scheduled to be in New Hampshire this weekend, but canceled.
New Hampshire voters noticed.
"He's a late entry. That will probably hurt him," said Geri Gormley, of Bow, who visited with McCain but remains uncommitted. "We're grass roots. Candidates come up and pick our brains, one on one.
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Why would Thompson hide a cave?
Hmmm. I presumed Fred would be an 'energizer bunny' once he officially entered the race.
I think the last thing Fred needs is to be perceived as 'lazy' or 'half hearted'.
Fred Thompson '08!
Whatever....
Tired of Fox promoting Rudy, and knocking Thompson.
Thompson/Hunter 08 !!
From Politico,
“It would seem so on the surface, but a Fred aide cautions that just because there are no public events doesn’t mean the candidate isn’t working hard.
Per this aide, Thompson was raising campaign cash in Texas on Wednesday and in Tennessee yesterday. He’s also holding a bevy of private meetings. And next weekend, he’ll be back on the campaign trail, doing retail in a key state.”
Thompson is playing not to lose and he’s in prevent defense as we speak. He assumes he has the Evangelical vote locked up and hopes to pick up some stragglers along the way based on his name id and the “anyone but Giuliani” voters. It’s a good strategy for him...minimizes his chances of making a mistake and people can continue to see in him what they desire...
Skipping campaign events and insulting early primary state votes is always a great strategy. Way to go!
Anyway, I would vote for Fred in a general elections, but given his attack against free speech (McCain-Kennedy) and his “aspirations of citizenship for illegals” crap (Fox News interview, 2007), I cannot support him in primaries. This kind of actions would be flip-flopping for any other candidate. I say it is flip-flopping.
I think if anything the polling data shows that the race is still variable. It will be interesting to see if McCain can have a resurgence. I know we went to a Cantor sponsored Republican Roundup here in VA on Saturday and Thompson’s booth which was shared with Rudy and McCain had nothing left midway through the event. Everything was gone, signs, stickers and people were still flocking to it to sign the register. Rudy did the worst of the bunch. I suppose maybe they just brought more stuff but it didn’t look that way. Thompson is going to do well in VA.
I would love Thompson to get the Nod, but I think it will be Rudy.
I see also the usual FR suspects bad mouthing Fred without any proof at all. I love the ones that sound like dems using the "But" qualifier in their statements, as in "I would vote for Fred in the primary "BUT"...and then go on to say whatever slam is current against Fred. If it is their candidate,(Rudy, McRomney, et al) then the MSM is always wrong, if it is Fred, why whatever the MSM says against Fred has to be true.
Bunch of Rinos on this forum using Rino tactics trying to get Rinos elected.
This sort of thing makes me wonder about his health. Hope all is well.
nordicstan wrote: “Anyway, I would vote for Fred in a general elections, but given his attack against free speech (McCain-Kennedy) and his “aspirations of citizenship for illegals” crap (Fox News interview, 2007), I cannot support him in primaries. This (sic) kind of actions would be flip-flopping for any other candidate. I say it is flip-flopping.”
You can say what you want, but you’re wrong. He hasn’t, to my knowledge, flip flopped on the two issues you mention. I don’t agree with him, but he’s consistent on immigration. As for CFR, he doesn’t deny his original vote. He reasonably claims the law had unintended consequences, and he no longer supports it. If you disagree, please back up your “flip-flopping” statement with some proof.
“But where was Fred, as in Fred Thompson?”
All of the others are running for the Presidency, Fred’s decided just to mosey.
Where’s the “but” in “Fred sucks, I won’t vote for the dull old geezer.” ?
LOL! I knew someone would post that his failure to be very active is really a brilliant campaign strategy on his part.
Ditto that!
“LOL! I knew someone would post that his failure to be very active is really a brilliant campaign strategy on his part.”
I think it’s a very rare individual who would dislike Fred Thompson. He’s a sincere, straight-shooting guy.
But he knew going into this race that the main “knock” on him was doubts about his energy and health. That being the case, the thing for him to do is clearly to campaign from dawn to dusk to show he has the ability to do so.
But he has been doing just the opposite, which means either he doesn’t care enough to work very hard for the presidency, or else he does care but his health doesn’t permit him to do so.
Either way, he just doesn’t have the look of a serious candidate, which is a shame because he otherwise presents a nice package as a candidate.
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