"...and the Great Fred will come and give hope to all
Republicans...and put that socialist bitch in her place."
Posted on 05/30/2007 9:49:05 AM PDT by Greystoke
Edited on 05/30/2007 9:51:12 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON — It seems all but certain that former senator and "Law & Order" TV star Fred Thompson will formally announce his campaign for president sometime after July 4.
It’s been a great 24 hours. Cavs win. Fred’s campaign begins to roll.
PING!!!
Let’s get a CONSERVATIVE in there please!
I think it’ll be a Romney / Thompson ticket.
“The Politico reported”
This is the same company that said that Edwards would give up the election to take care of his wife after the cancer announcement.
They have zero authority.
From your keyboard to God’s screen. Please!
This must be at least the tenth time this story has been posted. Now perhaps the Rudybots know how we felt when they kept repeating the same story 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
From NRO: http://hillaryspot.nationalreview.com/
FRED THOMPSON, MITT ROMNEY, JOHN MCCAIN
Romney Supporters Getting Cocky, Antsy
Dean Barnett thinks John McCain will leave the race on July 31, 2007. I would bet heavily against that, no matter how ugly the immigration debate gets. Unless a candidate actually runs out of money, why not wait until they actually start casting votes? Today polls still show McCain leading in Iowa, and so he could ride that momentum to New Hampshire, and then to March 5, and from there, who knows?
Also, I find it interesting that Romney supporters are already lashing out at Fred Thompson.
05/30 11:12 AM
FRED THOMPSON
No July 4 Announcement For Fred Thompson
Just talked to a Thompson source I’ll call “TA3” (Thompson Associate 3). Much more coming shortly, but the first word was, there will not be a presidential announcement from Fred Thompson on July 4.
(The Politico got it wrong, it appears.)
TA3: “There will be no July 4 announcement... There was some discussion of a June 4 beginning of fundraising; that’s the date checks will be collected. I suspect that’s where there was some confusion.”
The forthcoming announcement will be that Thompson is “testing the waters.” While Thompson is in that not-quite-announced-candidate stage, he will be able to complete previously commmitted paid appearances and speeches and continue work his work on ABC radio and filling in for Paul Harvey. He is not lining up additional paid speeches or appearances.
TA3 also said there was nothing to any rumors that yesterday’s conference call was a reponse to polls or any other outside pressure, or that it was hastily thrown together in response to outside developments. “A conference call with 100 supporters pledging to raise 50,000 each doesn’t generate itself.”
TA3 also answered a few questions I had of Thompson’s video response to Michael Moore. He said neither the former senator nor the folks around him expected it to get the attention it did. He said the video snippet “gave people a small window into the different kind of campaign that he would be running if he got in... It will be all Fred, all the time... If people want their Fred fix, they’ll get it. He’ll be out there constantly, if he’s not in your hometown, he’ll be on your computer.”
My gut instinct after talking with TA3 is that there will be an announcement in July, but not July 4.
05/30 10:19 AM
http://hillaryspot.nationalreview.com/
Fred, save us from this hollow shell of a republican running the country!
Just tell me where to send the check!
Thompson/Romney even better!
Rush Limbaugh was quoting a Thompson spoksman who said the July 4th date is a rumor falsely started and its spreading faster than it can be corrected. He said no date has been set.
He’ll be out there constantly, if he’s not in your hometown, he’ll be on your computer.
FRED will control the message.
And it will make history.
Agreed:)
And yet...the GNATS are already out in force- disparaging this as part of Fred’s approach- they say he’s too lazy, and/or dumb to campaign the “normal way”.......
BWwhahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!
Woo-Hoo! You can crawl back to your cult admirers now Mitt; and you can march back to Broadway parades with your gay buddies Rudy!
"...and the Great Fred will come and give hope to all
Republicans...and put that socialist bitch in her place."
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