Posted on 12/31/2007 9:55:24 AM PST by rface
And so this is the way the savior's campaign ends - not with a bang, but with an empty signup sheet..........
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This is what a disaster looks like: Fred Thompson, the former future "savior" of the Republican Party, looking droopy-eyed and jowly in a black leather jacket and tan ten-gallon hat, wandering like some lonesome lost cowboy through the snows of southeastern Iowa in search of voters - and not finding many.
A few minutes earlier, the former U.S. Senator, "Law and Order" star, and would-be conservative hero had emerged from the Smokey Row coffeehouse, where, in his endless search for the only kind of media he can afford - free - he'd sat down with the local newspaper. Otherwise, Smokey Row held at most two dozen largely disinterested patrons. Thompson famously loathes the grip-and-grin side of politics and smiled wanly through his chit-chats. As he staged a handshake with one woman, the photographer had called out, "Look at each other!" Thompson couldn't resist mocking the artificiality of the forced smiling eye contact. "That's the hardest thing in the world to do," he chuckled.
At least someone cared enough to get her picture taken with him. Many of the folks in the quiet coffeehouse ignored Thompson.........
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Perhaps defensive about the wan crowd at the Smokey Row, Thompson's press secretary took care to note that this visit was an unannounced drop-by; nothing should be read into the head count.....
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Out in the hallway stood three campaign workers holding clipboards. "Would you like to sign up to caucus for Fred?" they called to the departing voters. Few stopped.
"That's it. The room's empty," one worker reported back to the others. I could see the signup sheets from over their shoulders. One had two names recorded on it, another just a single name. The third was entirely empty. And so this is the way the savior's campaign ends - not with a bang, but with an empty signup sheet.
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Well if Fred drops out and endoses McCain, I will support McCain.
Anybody but Rudy, Mitt and Huck! Thats my motto.
I’m a Mitt supporter, but it would please me if Fred won the IA caucus, just to see how crow this guy Crowley would have to eat.
Like I give a sheeeyat what a bunch of Mittwits and the New Republic (Scott Beauchamp ring a bell, anyone?) thinks. Slimeballs to the core.
“The truth is, Fred Thompson is the last candidate they want to run against.”
I don’t know about that. Women poll very poorly for Thompson, especially when they see his “bombshell” young wife and kids, who almost look like they are his grandkids.
What a bunch of crap. Tell me Mr. Crowley, just how many caucusing Republicans do you think were in that coffehouse hmmmm? I bet ZERO.
I WAS THERE at Thompson’s event in Ft. Madison, another of his stops in SE Iowa. The man had a 13 hour day of multiple stops and trudging and driving thru the snow and he was AWESEOME. I also had a long day and he was fairing far better than I was...and I have 25 years on him. He won over many votes...VOTES OF PEOPLE WHO WILL ACTUALLY CAUCUS.
Problem is with smirky little asses such as Mike Crowley, the only votes that matter are those in the room at 7pm on January 3rd. And I know alot in my county that are caucusing for Thompson. This article is nothing but another Simonizing of Thompson - twisting things out of proporation to paint a frame a picture with an agenda, done by a bald faced hack.
Deadline is 1/2.
Huckabee Outdraws Romney, Big Time - Saturday, December 29, 2007 @ 5:40:51 PM
OTTUMWA, Iowa—Last night, I attended a Mike Hucabee event at the Bridge View Center here and made the conservative estimate that he drew a crowd of 400 to 500 inside an auditorium that held 650. When I noticed that Mitt Romney had an event at the same place this afternoon, I looked forward to getting an apples to apples comparison. I showed up again today and walked into the auditorium where I had seen Huckabee the night before, only to find it empty. The Romney event “is in a much smaller room on the other side,” I was told. Whereas the room where Huckabee spoke was the size of a large movie theater, for the Romney event I was directed to “Conference Room 1,” where I counted about 100 people once the event started. With the race in Iowa currently a tossup, everything will hinge on turnout, which is incredibly hard to predict, but crowd size is probably the best measure we have.
To be sure, this is just one anecdote, and perhaps there are differences between Friday night and Saturday afternoon, or other varaibles that I’m not taking into account. Or perhaps Huckabee will follow the path of Howard Dean, who was unable to convert large crowds into turnout. But the dramatic difference in the crowd size is just one small example of the potential for grassroots enthusiasm to triumph over paid organization.
Posted By: Philip Klein
http://www.spectator.org/blogger.asp
“Thompson is now saying he HAS to come in at least second in Iowa.”
Source please, Noobie
Thompson said it himself; he must come in second in Iowa. What CBS writes for a national audience is not going to matter in Iowa. So, we’ll see.
Yea, it’s the media’s fault, not your candidate’s. LOL
Idiotic drivel. You have some good statistical analysis for that comment or is it just anecdotal leftovers? Or, perhaps, you are just a misogynist who thinks a woman votes only on looks and the perceived love between husband and wife?
I fear for the republic with all the willful ignorance being spewed around here.
When was the last time a poor man held the office?
Do you know a lot of other people who will be caucusing for Fred, as in friends, family?
A). Look at the source SEEBS.
B) The MSM fears Fred
C) The Reporter is a Mitt...Rudy...McCain supporter.
D) Link to campaign website that disproves this story by someone that was actually there.
Still close.
You are mistaken. The Texas filing deadline has not passed.
Thank God for Fred Thompson.
The ‘Big Lady’ hasn’t sung yet!
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