Posted on 12/12/2007 4:37:51 PM PST by lesser_satan
ABC News' Christine Byun Report: At a post-debate campaign stop, Republican candidate Fred Thompson explained his reason for refusing to answer a debate question by a show of hands, calling it "monkey business."
"I just decided that I wasn't going to engage in any of this monkey business that they like to engage us on sometimes -- making us look like trained monkeys reaching for peanut or something ... 30 seconds is brief enough and when they try to reduce your answer to just a hand raise -- I 'aint going to play that game," the former Tennessee senator said.
During this afternoon's debate, the GOP candidates were asked to raise their hands if they thought climate change was a serious threat caused by human activity. Thompson spoke up saying he didn't want to answer without time explain himself.
Thompson says he's gearing up for the next two weeks leading up to January 3rd. When asked by reporters about his chances in the Iowa caucus, Thompson said he believes voters are "beginning to pay attention" now to the elections and feels he will be in "good shape."
"The real campaign is just beginning," Thomspon said.
Ping!
Notice too where they interviewed him: “At a post-debate campaign stop”. I thought Fred was too lazy to do more than one event a day. lol at the MSM’s cluelessness.
Furthermore, it was a two-part question. Question 1: Is global warming a serious problem? Question 2: I global warming caused by human activity? If one thinks that global warming is caused by human activity but is not a serious problem, or that global warming is a serious problem that is not caused by human activity, how does one answer that question by raising one's hand? Raising it halfway?
The very nature of the question displays the bias in the entire global warming debate. If global warming was a natural phenomenon, we would be looking at ways to adapt to the change, like we had to adapt to cooler temperatures in Victorian times when Krakatoa exploded. But it is the supposed status of global warming as being caused by humans that gives proponents of the theory the ability to make people feel guilty about their fossil fuel consumption. And with guilt comes the need to assuage guilt. And with the need to assuage guilt comes mucho dinero for the folks out there peddling absolution.
Posted by: Gridlock | Dec 12, 2007 6:46:21 PM
Man...what they won’t try to spin...it’s really getting kind of funny. Almost.
I saw the YouTube clip on Thompson’s smackdown of the Leftist reporterette moderator.
The other candidates knee-jerk-raised their hands in response, and Thompson slapped her down.
And further, Romney chimes in, “I agree”, and the others applauded - but NONE of them made a move off script before Fred stepped out of ranks.
He took the lead, and the others followed the path he beat through the weeds. They gave him the mantle of leadership, without a word.
For the very first time since this whole circus began, I can honestly say...
I grok Fred.
Fred isn’t my guy but I gotta agree that he had a good point. The real Tantrum came from Keyes.
Folks can judge for themselves :)
Yes it is. GoFredGo...
Got the link?
Please post it.
I noticed a few other “ideas” that some of the candidates have recently had are almost verbatim from things Fred has said.
I loved seeing Fred shut down the liberal Global Warming quetion!
Fred Thompson on Global Warming. This is what Fred said when he was sitting in for Paul Harvey some time ago. :)
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NTQzYWY1MGM5NTkyZTM2YWVlMDMzMDlhMzQwNThhNDU=
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Pods in their cellar....?
Tantrum? Fred? bwahahahaha!
Anyone catch the exchange between Carl Cameron and Shep earlier where they played the clip of Fred’s little exchange with Romney? What you said is exactly what they said. It’s a new turn for the campaign. We’ll see what FOX does with that now. I heard Fred’s name mentioned more in the past few hours than they’ve bothered to do in the past 3 weeks. If they don’t start including Fred in the discussion, we’ll know for sure that they are trying to influence the outcome.
Great Tantrums through history:
“I paid for this microphone!”
“Tear down this wall!”
“Nuts!”
(Feel free to add your own.)
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