Posted on 08/25/2007 2:30:00 AM PDT by MindBender26
A round of applause, please, for former Virginia Sen. George Allen, who finally got likely GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson to hint when he plans his big announcement. Filling in for Richmond's WRVA morning host Jimmy Barrett, Allen just came out with it, asking the Law & Order star what's up.
Said the Fred, who's been testing the political waters: "Well, the water is pretty warm. I like the temperature a lot." He also told Allen, "It won't be very many more days" before he declares.
During the five-minute chat, Thompson addressed the complaints that he is taking too long to make up his mind.
"This is not an attempt to be cute or game the system," he promised. Thompson said instead that he's just working on more of an old school schedule, when candidates didn't announce until the fall before the election year.
And he said that running for president isn't something he's planned all his life. "I'm doing in a few months what people have taken a long, long time period to do," he said.
Labor Day?
Day after labor Day?
I’ve been saying for a while, that he won’t declare until after Summer is over, people aren’t mentally and physically back from Summer vacations, the kids are back in school, etc. No point in declaring when your key voter base isn’t paying attention.
Some time shortly after Labor Day.
Sept. 5 has been mentioned a few times.
How long does it take that stool softener to work anyway?
I don’t know.
Let’s ask Dr. Paul, he’s not doing anything...
Who decided that new rules were supposed to apply? It's silly because hardly anyone, except political wonks, are even paying attention right now. There will be plenty of time for Fred to make his positions known before the first Republican primary, because, by announcing well after all the others, he will be something new and fresh rather than old and stale, and with the media buzz, regular folks will start paying attention.
There is plenty of time.
Exactly. Everyone in the DC area is gone during August, trying to escape the dog-gagging heat. Even the traffic on the Beltway is light. People in government and communications media are gone, which creates a domino effect as others find they can't get much done, so they leave too. In the rest of the US some people are also on vacation, and those who aren't are shopping for school supplies. If Thompson announced tomorrow, no one would notice.
Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
Re: Everyone gone.
Two weekends ago, I was trying to line up a younger teenager to come over 3-4 times a day for doggie care, while we were away for a long weekend. The first *eight* kids I tried, were gone on “last vacation for the summer” trips.
Here’s your official preview of a FRed presidency, folks. Four long, tedious, weary years of the top dog waiting to decide whether to decide to decide. And then waiting a little longer.
Short attention span theater...
I like the fact that it has been decided and he is playing the competition. That skill could come in handy...
. . . . beu'iful plumage!
People, denial isn't just a river in Egypt!
Carl Cameron reported on FNS the other day that Thompson had accepted an invitation from Fox News to participate in the Republican Presidential debate in New Hampshire September 5.
I like his explanation. It works for rme.
He’s not going to appear via sattelite in a Lazy-Boy, is he? Cuz if he did, that would be the best move. We like Fred to keep it “real”. Maybe he shouldn’t even appear but send a video answer to all the questions. Better yet, he should have an intern answer the questions for him, because we wouldn’t want Fred to work too hard. Long live the Fred!
It takes most of us about two seconds to test the water temperature. It takes Fred six months.
Maybe more. We've heard the rumors of the upcoming announcement any minute now for months.
It's become a joke.
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