Posted on 10/10/2007 8:54:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If Fred Thompson is lazy, he sure didn't act it preparing for his first debate. Over two weeks, the former Tennessee senator and his aides held more than half a dozen question-and-answer sessions. Bush's first economic adviser, Larry Lindsey, was involved, as were Vice President Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney and GOP veteran Mary Matalin. There were also two full-blown rehearsals in which Liz Cheney's husband played John McCain, Rep. Adam Putnam stood in for Mitt Romney, and former New York Sen. Al D'Amato played Rudy Giuliani. To add verisimilitude to his character, D'Amato pretended to take a phone call in the middle of one session.
The preparation paid off. Thompson didn't win the night—Rudy Giuliani did—but he got through gaffe-free and at times seemed informed and in command. He came off as genuinely unaffected instead of irritatingly folksy. This may seem like a limited achievement, and it was, but Thompson has had such tough going recently that even a limited success is a win for him. Nervous staffers can now feel a little better about their boss, and disaffected GOP voters anxious to believe that Thompson is the candidate they've been looking for were given enough material to extend their dream.
The low expectations that Thompson cleared were a little phony. In retrospect, it shouldn't surprise us that an actor trained in memorizing short snippets of dialogue was able to perform in a setting where candidates are cut off if they speak in anything but short snippets of dialogue. But for those who watch debates like car races—only for the crashes—Thompson's first appearance had offered promise.(continued)
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Good job, ups! If you need bumper stickers let me know.
Michael Reagan said on his show last night that everybody who knows Duncan Hunter loves him.
Good job, ups! If you need bumper stickers let me know.
Michael Reagan said on his show last night that everybody who knows Duncan Hunter loves him.
“Gosh, us morons must not get it then...”
You took that the wrong way. My meaning was once a person was educated(brought up to speed; given good information; informed about) Hunter, they like what they see. Hence, an easy sell.
Now if you don’t understand, I will go along with what you said. :)
I got it. I have read up on Hunter and I do like him, I just have reservations about him taking the Big Chair at this point.
That’s cool, at least you are open to the possibility.
Well don’t get crazy on me now ;-)
Well don’t get crazy on me now ;-)
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