[MitchellC]

So let me get this straight.

Fred Thompson pretended to run a campaign in order to draw votes from.... Hunter? Huckabee? Paul? (I've seen that claim from supporters of each.)

And then, once McCain won the nomination, Fred put "mission accomplished" on his own website in order to expose his own ruse and rub it in?

That's got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[Nuc1]

Might be the dumbest thing you ever heard but Fred’s own actions support it. The thought I believe was to prevent the conservative vote from coalescing around a conservative candidate so as to deny McCain the nomination. IMHO Fred Thompson would have won the nomination if he had campaigned for it. These folks are quite capable of formulating and executing simple plans such as this. Why do you they couldn’t or wouldn’t?

[Paperdoll]

ut aLL WORKED OUT JUST AS THE BIG $ BOYS WANTED IT TO WORK OUT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE SQUABBLE HERE ON FR.

[publana]

So let me get this straight. Fred Thompson pretended to run a campaign in order to draw votes from.... Hunter? Huckabee? Paul? (I've seen that claim from supporters of each.) And then, once McCain won the nomination, Fred put "mission accomplished" on his own website in order to expose his own ruse and rub it in? That's got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

I agree. There are some certified geniuses posting on this thread.