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There are companion articles about his Burlington and Ft. Madison stops in the Burlington Hawkeye:

I am the county chair for the county where the event took place. The best part is everyone on the county team got to meet him ahead of time for a few minutes. Jeri didn't make it in, I imagine she had kids to take care of.

I found him personable and geniune. Amazing since we were I think the sixth stop on the tour that day and he was tired, but it didn't seem to bother him all that much. He was doing far better than me after a long day like that.

He shook our hands, then immediately grabbed our Keokuk chair Celeste and said 'hey darlin' how are you?' and got a picture of him and her with his arm around her with her Thompson t-shirt on and us behind. When we walked out to sit down I said 'that alone was worth signing up to do this!' and she said 'oh yeah!.'

Rep. Steve King of western Iowa introduced him. King is a class act all on his own and I hope will run against Harkin someday. Thompson started off with some jokes and things about himself.

He then got serious and starting talking about why he wants to be president and his positions on the issues. The articles tell you most of that. My personal impression of him is he is the real deal, an extremely geniuine straight shooter. Everybody I talked to was very impressed and he is in everyone's top two.

Here a pic the paper shot from the evernt. Celeste is the strawberry blonde of the left. I'm on her left just out of the pic.

1 posted on 12/31/2007 1:44:02 PM PST by Free Vulcan

2 posted on 12/31/2007 1:45:03 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Number 1 FredHead)

Fred needs to stand up straight. People pick up on body language subconsciously. W was a sloucher, too, but developed strong posture after 9-11.

3 posted on 12/31/2007 1:50:23 PM PST by Jeff Chandler ("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)

The experts were wrong in 1980. Inclucing Thompson, who supported liberal Howard Baker.

5 posted on 12/31/2007 1:51:15 PM PST by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)

6 posted on 12/31/2007 1:51:55 PM PST by GregoTX (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)

Thanks. Go FRED Go.

I don’t believe the reports from the MSM that he is so far behind.

7 posted on 12/31/2007 1:53:43 PM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))

The post I promised you.

9 posted on 12/31/2007 1:55:33 PM PST by Free Vulcan (Hey Iowans: the only opinions that matter are the ones in the room to vote at 7pm January 3rd.)

Fred Thompson is the one candidate who is campaigning the way he wants, not the way the MSM wants. He will be the one candidate who does much better than expected.

11 posted on 12/31/2007 1:56:24 PM PST by reasonisfaith (Fred Thompson is the only candidate who appeals to instinct.)

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24 posted on 01/02/2008 11:17:07 PM PST by Politicalmom (Huckabee’s foreign policy experience consists of eating at the International House of Pancakes.)

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