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CBS News: Thompson Says Future Depends on S.C. Results
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| January 19, 2008, 2:45 PM
| John Bentley
Posted on 01/19/2008 2:04:31 PM PST by Aristotelian
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To: paudio
I think he does, but he runs a lousy campaign, IMO. Yes, the MSM ignores him, but if he cannot win or close to winning in SC, it says something about his campaign.
I think it has something more to say about the American electorate and sadly what makes up the GOP now days.
I think Fred has run an excellent campaign but average people and the MSM have ignored him because they dont understand him. He talks way above most peoples heads especially when he talks about the Constitution. He is so articulate and knowledgeable but sadly too many peoples eyes glaze over and they tune out when someone talks about Federalism and the role of a limited Constitutional government.
I get it, as do some other of us around here, but the general population and sadly some of our fellow GOP members and Freepers are too easily wooed by the snazzy sound bite and promises of bread and circuses or religious pandering that either cant be kept or plain shouldnt be kept. (Can you say Huckabee?)
So when Maryland hold its primary on Feb 12th - my birthday :(, presuming that Fred drops out by then (and I hope he doesnt because his message need to be said, even if too few are listening), who will I vote for?
I can answer it better by saying who I wont vote for: Huckabee, McCain, Guiliani.
I could vote for Duncan Hunter but hes fallen off the radar screen even more than Fred and I dont expect him to be around by then either.
I guess that leaves Mitt. But Im no more enthusiastic about casting that vote as I was casting a vote for Dole in 96.
I will say that after the primary, I will change my party registration to Independent. I will be able to say that I didnt leave the GOP but the GOP left me.
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posted on
01/19/2008 3:26:55 PM PST
by
Caramelgal
(Rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words or superficial interpretations)
To: Finny
I spit on Fox News!!! *phtewwy!*Amen, I just took it off the "favorites" on my remote... Guess, maybe food network, 24/7...if they would just find a replacment for that "Barefoot Whoever".
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posted on
01/19/2008 3:29:20 PM PST
by
OBXWanderer
(Jeri Thompson for POTUS 2016, she will be experienced by then.)
To: whatexit
That’s pretty much been their MO all along.
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posted on
01/19/2008 3:35:03 PM PST
by
isrul
To: Moolah
Im behind Fred but I think he should have shown some fire much earlier.He should have shaken up his campaign team and brought in some folks who knew what they were doing. He probably thought, as we all did early last summer, that McCain was imploding, and figured he could pick up some of McCain's experienced staffers. He got caught having to use second stringers, and it shows.
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posted on
01/19/2008 3:36:33 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: paudio
but if he cannot win or close to winning in SC, it says something about his campaign.Betting heavily on Iowa says a LOT about his campaign. At least Huck's folks know how to campaign, and Mitt's understands strategy (and McCain can lead the MSM around by the nose.)
Having the best ideas and being the most articulate, as is Fred, isn't much help when you have a weak team.
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posted on
01/19/2008 3:41:30 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Caramelgal
I think it has something more to say about the American electorate and sadly what makes up the GOP now days.The electorate is pretty much the same, I believe. If Thompson is a good leader, he would inspire and create a strong grass-root campaign that will carry him through the primaries. People like what he has to say, but for some reasons he doesn't manage it well. With the internet era like ours today, MSM is not the only venue to galvanize supporters. I am saying this as a Thompson's supporter, BTW. Although now I look more into Mitt. He was my 2nd choice, after Fred.
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posted on
01/19/2008 3:51:14 PM PST
by
paudio
(Rose: I loath and despise money! Father: You also spend it!)
To: JustaDumbBlonde
Did you pay attention to what precipitated his announcement? His repeated statements that he was busy doing other things, that he’d been up to his ears in politics, that he really wasn't sure how interested he was in doing this? Sure he finally made the announcement because the conservative Republican world, myself included, were begging him to do it. But I don’t think he’s ever been whole heartedly into this, as his demeanor, physical appearance and overall approach has shown. His announcement that not winning SC will end his candidacy suggests to me a certain relief on his part. If you're a conservative you don't like this. I don't like it either. But its stupid to live in denial.
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posted on
01/19/2008 3:56:51 PM PST
by
Jim W N
To: COgamer
Yeah, this media crap is making me scream. It isn’t their job to choose for us and choose whom to shut out or to cover. I’m sick about how this is all going down. I think it is a broken system.
To: Bailee
"Oh since you asked.." What did I ask?
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To: Moolah
Im behind Fred but I think he should have shown some fire much earlier.
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The fault lies not with Fred but with the voters. Just look at what the Democrats are running and reflect on the fact that there is a serious possibility that Hitlery could be elected! The voters collectively are acting like retards.
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posted on
01/19/2008 8:12:58 PM PST
by
RipSawyer
(Does anyone still believe this is a free country?)
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