I am one of the 2400 in 24 hours contributors too and we are not alone.
Posted on 12/15/2007 2:52:38 PM PST by ellery
Well… not really:
In light of Mike Huckabee’s heartfelt apology to Mitt Romney for making reference to Romney’s religion in the New York Times Magazine, we at the Thompson Campaign would like to offer Huckabee our own heartfelt apologies for some references we’ve made about his record as Governor of Arkansas.
We apologize for pointing out that as Governor of Arkansas, Huckabee offered in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. That’s something he’d probably just as soon no one talk about.
We apologize for pointing out that in 2002 Huckabee wrote Pres. Bush a letter asking him to lift the Cuban embargo. It’s easy to see how Huckabee might have missed the finer points of a 40-year embargo. While he obviously knew enough about the embargo to ask that it be lifted, Huckabee clearly didn’t know enough to ask that it not be lifted. So for that, we’re sorry.
We apologize for telling reporters that a BA in Biblical Studies from Ouachita Baptist University doesn’t, in fact, make Huckabee more qualified to fight the war on terror than say…Fred Thompson.
Thompson’s campaign also apologized for pointing out that Huckabee imposed a 47% tax increase on Arkansans when he was Governor, which is something “[w]e notice he never points […] out to voters.”
This is a very smart move by Thompson’s campaign. Huckabee is the frontrunner in Iowa right now, but he’s got some serious weaknesses that his opponents could and should exploit. What you see now is that they’re not personally attacking him - there’s no need to do so - they’re simply pointing out, time and again, that Huckabee didn’t always implement policies that go well with the conservative base. They’re repeat this time and again until enough people believe that Huckabee probably isn’t the best choice.
It’s very effective: not if you do it once, but if you repeat it time and again.
Right after Huckabee made a huge mistake (asking irrelevant questions about the Mormon faith), Fred Thompson decides to make life even tougher for the former Governor of Arkansas. The question is whether this will help Thompson himself or whether this will help Romney. After all, if Huckabee doesn’t win Iowa, Romney will. And if Romney wins Iowa he’ll win Michigan, New Hampshire and possibly South Carolina as well.
On the other hand, Thompson may not want to win Iowa, but his attacks may help him win South Carolina - a state he has to win if he wants to win the nomination. In other words, Thompson attacking Huckabee could result in Romney winning the first couple of states, perhaps not Iowa, but then at least two other states, and Thompson winning in South Carolina. That would make it a two-men race, Rudy Giuliani not being one of them.
Meanwhile, it’s good to see Thompson being more active and aggressive. He did well during the last debate, and he continues to go after his opponents on the issues. If he keeps this hope, there’s still hope for his campaign.
ping!
BUT, the same tactic can't be used against the Dem frontrunner, because as we all know, pointing out the facts to a Dem is labeled an attack, and those who are attacked are "victims" and victimhood is Hillary's Laughing Place (or Cackle Place).
This is really good!
MSM fooled by a YouTube posting? This is just the transcript of a fake apology posted by a Friend of Fred, not Fred’s campaign.
I am proudly one of the 2400 in 24 Hours...are You!
Stop by FRED 08 and show him he has our support!
FRED THOMPSON (true consistent Conservative Federalist) - NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERT (I’ll do whatever it takes to stop the bastards, include water-boarding) - 2ND AMENDMENT ADVOCATE (arm all legal citizens and criminals will become more hesitant) - SECURE AND SEAL THE BORDERS (don’t give them sanctuary anywhere, don’t hire them, don’t rent to them, don’t give them credit, don’t give them rights they don’t deserve, report all crimes committed by them, they will go home or we will deport them) - LAW AND ORDER (enforcement first and foremost with the laws currently on the books) - SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM (reform a program that can’t sustain itself and will bankrupt this nation) - DEFEAT THE DEMOCRAT (any fool they put up) – TAX SIMPLIFICATION (choice for the tax payer) - WON’T PUT UP WITH CRAP FROM THE MSM (including stupid questions by moderators) - PING!
Brilliant.
The FH’s have built their campain on this kind of snarky pablum.
Another reason Fred has no chance of winning.
Who’s your candidate?
I am one of the 2400 in 24 hours contributors too and we are not alone.
Yes, I am one of the 2400!
Silence! Get back in line!
The thought police will be with you presently to adjust your wrong thinking!
Resistence is futile! You will be assimilated!
(sarcasm, yet accurate)
Now WE are eating our own. No apologies allowed. Ever.
I hope I’m correct about this but it is my thinking that ole Huck when 1st elected gov kept as his 2 close advisors guys from Tyson. The same guys Bubba had. So much for change, huh?
haha, obviously I did not even READ this far enough to see it was a joke. Back to the Christmas cards.
Don’t know where you’re getting your info. It’s on his site:
http://www.fred08.com/?gclid=CIy-5qvBq5ACFSFaagodHl_j8w
Huckabee`s Bush bashing today was the last straw for yours truly. I never thought of the idea that Thompson might want Romney to win Iowa etc, makes sense to me. We think that a Huckabee victory in Iowa only helps Rudy, that seems to be clear?? A 2 man race between Romney and Thompson would be terrific!!! I am afraid this Rudy guy wont go gently in to that goodnight (the bugger)
Go Fred!!!
Not snarky pablum, clever humor based on the awful truth about Huck. Very reaganesque. Good for Fred, looking forward to more!!
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