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Low-Key Thompson Stumbles Toward Finish Line
ABC ^ | 1/2/08 | Rick Klein

Posted on 01/02/2008 9:00:41 AM PST by pissant

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To: DoughtyOne; OKSooner
To paraphrase a sign seen in Arkansas in 1969:

"Politics is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Go Fred!"

61 posted on 01/02/2008 9:31:52 AM PST by Honeybunch ("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." ~Rudyard Kipling)
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To: ImpBill

Quit whining and defend your moderate with logic


62 posted on 01/02/2008 9:31:58 AM PST by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Fred is not broke. But he is managing a tight campaign budget. He don’t float millions of dollars hoping to buy more support. But he has to have some money to move on.
The MSM is doing all they can to ignore his candidacy, because Fred is not lining their pockets.


63 posted on 01/02/2008 9:32:34 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I like Fred and will vote for him if he’s the nominee, just that I’m not going to worship him like most FReepers do.


Your candidate Paul got a good hour last evening with Beck...


64 posted on 01/02/2008 9:32:51 AM PST by deport (---1 day Iowa Caucuses--- 6 days New Hampshire votes--- [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
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To: Honeybunch

Good one. I like it.


65 posted on 01/02/2008 9:33:42 AM PST by DoughtyOne (< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
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To: pissant

Starting early taking a lib position of blame...
the libs all say it’s Georges fault for everything...

Pissant says its Freds fault that Hunter isn’t doing better.

snickers


66 posted on 01/02/2008 9:33:48 AM PST by donnab (saving liberal brains...one moron at a time.)
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To: pissant

Wow, a socialist “news” organization predicts doom for Fred, based on a projected vote by a disappearingly small segment of people participating in Kabuki theater.


67 posted on 01/02/2008 9:34:56 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: deport

Yep, it was a great interview, thanks.


68 posted on 01/02/2008 9:36:03 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (13-3 Green Bay Packers - The road to the Super Bowl begins NOW)
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To: o_zarkman44
The media won’t promote the ones who don’t advertise heavily.

While I agree with the premise (I used to be in radio and my ex was in both radio and TV advertising) I have to disagree about your premise of Thompson not spending money on adverts. I'm in Virginia and the majority of ads I've seen from the campaigns (not newscasts replaying them) have been Thompson ads.

69 posted on 01/02/2008 9:36:24 AM PST by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: deport

Paul can sound good. But does anyone think he can actully pull off the BS he says he wants to do??
Paul is a loose cannon. Maybe good in congress. But President, no thanks.


70 posted on 01/02/2008 9:37:03 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

He is not broke, nor will he be.

He is holding a tight budget and for a good reason. Also he has resources within the party faithful that are being directed his way to keep him just on the outer edge right now...


71 posted on 01/02/2008 9:38:08 AM PST by ejonesie22 (In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
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To: Russ

I wonder who Hunter is going to endorse when he withdraws next week?


That Hunter fellar is set for the next 33 days don’tcha know..... The FEC just awarded him $100,000 in FEC matching funds based upon his displayed abilities in 2007. As a comparison they awarded Tancredo $2.1 million in matching funds but Tancredo had enough foresight to see the future and dropped out.. That shows the difference between cream and spoiled milk.....


72 posted on 01/02/2008 9:38:24 AM PST by deport (---1 day Iowa Caucuses--- 6 days New Hampshire votes--- [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
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To: pissant

You assume wrong.


73 posted on 01/02/2008 9:38:52 AM PST by Politicalmom (Huckabee’s foreign policy experience consists of eating at the International House of Pancakes.)
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To: McGruff

I LOVE it!!!!!!!!


74 posted on 01/02/2008 9:39:40 AM PST by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: ejonesie22
Also he has resources within the party faithful that are being directed his way to keep him just on the outer edge right now...

Okay....that was cryptic, and I'm not a politician. What's that mean in layman speak?

75 posted on 01/02/2008 9:40:01 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Fred Head and proud of it! Fear the Fred!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

What a pile of crap! This is such a low blow article. It mentions that Thompsons bus is come to a cold stop in Iowa and tries to insinuate its an allegory for his campaign. Thompson might finish 3rd in Iowa which by any measurement would make him the comeback kid.


76 posted on 01/02/2008 9:40:20 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: McGruff

The leftist media MUST destroy anyone that could possibly beat Hillary.

“Lazy” is the ONLY thing they can tag him with....

He hasn’t flip-flopped on every conservative issue. He doesn’t have footage in a Dress, or dancing at a Gay Pride Parade. He hasn’t signed Socialist Healthcare into law. He is VERY clear about what he says, and he will DEFEAT every Democrat, HANDS DOWN...

So, what do we get from the Largely-Gay Mainstream media?

How about today’s story lines:

ABC:
Low-Key Thompson Stumbles Toward Finish Line
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=4073186&page=1

CBS:
Thompson’s Light Campaign Day
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/01/01/politics/fromtheroad/entry3664983.shtml

CBS/New Republic (no bias there, right?):
Fred Thompson’s Death Throes
The New Republic: On The Trail In Iowa, The Republican Is A Dead Candidate Walking
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/31/opinion/main3659394.shtml


77 posted on 01/02/2008 9:40:31 AM PST by tcrlaf (VOTE DEMOCRAT-You'll look great in a Burka!)
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To: pissant

Logic suggests that it is hypocritical for one touting a 1%-polling candidate to pimp an article that’s critical of a rival because said rival is at 13%.

But this isn’t about logic. It’s not even about Hunter. It’s about your need for attention.


78 posted on 01/02/2008 9:40:42 AM PST by pogo101
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To: pissant
I assume the faster Fred drops out, the faster his conservative supporters will back the other conservative in the race, like they should have from day one.

But you don't post criticisms of Fred's conservatism, positions or policies. You criticize his campaign. Given where Hunter is in the polls, don't you think you should get your own house in order, before critizing others? Or is it just that Hunter's campaing is too pathetic to bother?

79 posted on 01/02/2008 9:41:01 AM PST by sourcery (The Branch Algorian cult believes in human sacrifice)
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To: donnab
Pissant says its Freds fault that Hunter isn’t doing better.


80 posted on 01/02/2008 9:41:08 AM PST by Pistolshot (Never argue with stupid people, they just bring you down to their level and beat you with experience)
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