Either singular or plural, damn it.
I’ve heard the expression “fire in the belly” more times in the last eight weeks than in the rest of my life put together.
Why not, are others supposed to wonder what this guy up to is he a Prima Donna or something?
Others are paying their dues and he does not have to pay admission fee like the rest.
I hope he announces on the 5th gets is bump and see what this horse race is all about!
Fred makes me wonder, too. Is he in or out or there to take steam out of conservative candidates so a Rudy or Romney can win.
All the attention paid to him just like Obama in the Dem party takes steam out of any challenge to the leading candidate.
I’m convinced the Clintons are using Obama to keep the left and Edwards off balance.
Is Thompson a GOP foil to keep conservative candidates from picking up steam?
The press has been bitching all Summer that Thompson has not announced, because they have nothing to write about during the dog days of August.
Well, it is not Fred Thompson’s to fill their column inches. It is Fred Thompson’s job to run for President, and he does not do that job well if he wastes his announcement by making it in August when nobody, and I mean nobody, is paying attention.
Fred will announce just after Labor Day, as every sensible person has been predicting since May. Frankly, the fact that Fred has not allowed himself to be buffaloed by the MSM and all the political whiners makes me like him even more.
I saw Fred’s speech to the VFW last week. It was so “low energy” it brought me great concern. However, if you compare Hillary’s screeching to Fred’s folksy style, Fred’s the winner.
We need a conservative who has a chance to win to run. Of all the candidates I like Duncan Hunter the best, but he’s not going to get the nomination and we all know that. I like Tom Tancredo, and he has even less chance than Hunter has of getting the nomination. There are some things I like about Giuliani, but his position on gun control is more than troublesome; that, coupled with his position on abortion is a likely deal-breaker for many voters. Romney? He doesn’t know who he is, so neither do we; and we can’t have that in a viable candidate. McCain? He’s finished. I won’t comment on the rest of the field because neither of them has a chance to get out of the low single-digits. That leaves Thompson. I like him, but I, too, think he may have waited too long, and teased too many people with his flirtation with running.
I find it easy to ignore Fred at this time as he isn’t in the mellee. When or if he does jump into the fray, I’ll then think about his campaign.
Right now there is only one true Conservative in the running, and that cannot be ignored.
Style over substance. There's a lot worse choices than Thompson, but sometimes I get the impression that a lot of the pro-Fred impulse is based on appearances, emotions and rather shallow political reasoning. It's almost like teenage girls' reactions to their favorite boy band.
The same guy goes on to say:
"I think he’s the person everybody looks to as being the true conservative of our party.”
Not for everybody, not for me. To me he's speaking for the people who would rather look at Thompson than listen to Duncan Hunter.
There is nobody else I like, but I will admit that I am tired of waiting.
I am impatient with Fred, although still a supporter....unless he drags this out a whole lot longer.
My favorite is Hunter, but unfortunately he’s financially broke.
“Fire in the belly” is usually a precursor to explosive diarrhea.
I get the feeling that the only people impatient for Fred are those already supporting other candidates and see thier candidates hopes floating down the drain because Fred has a lot of support without yet announcing.