Why Thompson’s Folksiness is Out of Tune

GOPublius.com ^ | October 22, 2007 | GOPublius

[balls]

Well said!

[balls]

Well said!

[tarheelswamprat]

Fearless prediction. If Clinton gets the nod, there will only be one debate with the Republican nominee.

And Tim Russert will be the "moderator"... /grin

[jonathanmo]

And it will be on MSNBC. At midnight. On a Tuesday.

[Nonstatist]

Interesting article, good website

[longtermmemmory]

Effete Elites want one of their own.

whoop ass is not their cup of tea.

[SoldierDad]

I am undecided still at this point. I’m waiting to see one of these candidates step up and show the type of leadership that will be needed for the next four to eight years. Run Paul is not among those who displays anything close to leadership.

[LibLieSlayer]

... and we will still destroy her.

LLS

[freekitty]

LOL I am so sick of the bs that is written.

[lesser_satan]

Considering that he has a disese for which the life span generally is about ten years, his wife will be left a widow with young children to raise on her own....Bragging that you were married in a shotgun wedding at seventeen and have little kids in your 60s to a woman who is young enough to be your daughter suggests the stereotype southern white trash to me.

Hmm, a clown who can't even spell "disease" correctly is calling others "stereotype southern white trash"?

lol, what epic fail. Silly MittWitt, internets are serious business.

[exit82]

Yes, Her Heinous will “re-define” debating by non-participation.

And the MSM will hail her ingenuity and original thought—right on cue.

[LibLieSlayer]

Here is a blast from the past... and you and your fellow operatives sound just like these people talking about Reagan. The romneyrootietoots have accused Fred of all of these things... right here on the pages of FR! It did not work against Reagan and it wil not work against Fred!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18329-2004Jun5.html

"There were other contradictions. Reagan, the only divorced man to serve as president, preached family values but was a distant figure to his four children and his grandchildren. He urged a religious revival yet rarely went to church. He lauded military heroism after spending World War II in the hometown comfort of a Hollywood studio making training films.

But Reagan sometimes exhibited lapses that undermined his Great Communicator image. Factual errors were commonplace at his infrequent White House news conferences. He seemed often to have a sketchy command of military matters and once left the impression that submarine-based nuclear missiles could be recalled in flight. He forgot the names of Cabinet officers, trusted aides and visiting dignitaries. In Brazil, he toasted the people of Bolivia. Reagan brushed off criticisms about his verbal missteps, which he said were blown out of proportion by the media. In any case, he rarely suffered politically for such mistakes".

LLS

[exit82]

Excellent point.

She will have them stammering within mere moments.

Neither Mitt nor Rudy have the fire that will be needed to combat Cankles. Nor the philosophical fortitude to do so.

Fred will be slow and sure. He’s saving the salvo for the proper moment.

Fred is running his own race, not doing what the pundits, who accomplish nothing in life, dictate he should be doing.

[DTogo]

This post is 100% SPOT ON!!

[SoConPubbie]

I see the Kindergarten Brigade has show up again full of irrelevant and immature posts about how candidates look, no fire in their belly, or their wives are too young.

Nothing of substance, nothing about the issues, just the ramblings of 4 year olds performing below grade average.

People who have to post this way because either their candidate sees Fred or other conservatives as a danger, or they are here to divide and conquer.

What you have probably not noticed, is that by and large, Free Republic is populated with members who have mastered critical thinking, who are mature, and do perform at and above grade-level and therefore, for the most part, find your infantile posts humorous at best.

Given the quality of your posting skills and associated cognitive abilities, you may want to visit www.democraticeunderground.com just a few doors down. People of like character flaws frequent this site and actually feel fulfilled!

[DesScorp]

“many in the GOP are looking for a savvy and articulate leader.”

And some of us despise slick re-creations like Romney, and RINO’s like Rudy, and “mavericks” like McCain.

Sending Fred another check tomorrow, in fact.

[Liberty Wins]

2008 is going to be another one of those “silent majority” years. There’s an army of us out here who are hungry to hear the pro-American point of view and when our guy comes along we won’t care if he is ugly as sin, old as dirt and married more times than Liz.

[HerrBlucher]

There’s an army of us out here who are hungry to hear the pro-American point of view and when our guy comes along we won’t care if he is ugly as sin, old as dirt and married more times than Liz.

He is here and his name is Fred.

He is not ugly, he is ruggedly rugged

He is not old he is seasoned and wise

Isn't two marriages about average these days?

[SuziQ]

Given this reality, and the real sense of fatigue, Fred Thompson’s folksy demeanor and simplistic explanation of policy sound far too familiar to imbue him with the quality of competence or the sense of change that most voters are desperately seeking.

Too folksy? I guess these folks like 'slick' much better. No thanks. Thompson is more conservative than the slick talkers.

[The_Reader_David]

The funny thing is, Fred is actually the most nuanced of the candidates, while at the same time being entirely plain spoken.

At the level of rhetoric, the 38 second devastation of Michael Moore is a perfect example—the double meaning of the closing “mental institution, something you might think about Michael” was absolutely delicious, and, well. . . nuanced. One can’t imagine any other the other candidates even attempting something like that, much less pulling it off.

At the level of substance, Thompson’s inistence on federalism as a guiding principle leads him to nuanced positions on a lot of social issues which would move the country in a conservative direction without the federal government uniformizing some conservative policy and enforcing it on the several states.