Posted on 08/09/2007 11:59:52 AM PDT by hardback
Newspapers and the blog world were busy talking about possible presidential hopeful Fred Thompson’s selection of Bill Lacy to lead his yet-to-be-official campaign. Lacy, who led Thompson’s 1994 senatorial campaign in Tennessee, is taking a leave of abscense from the Dole Institute of Politics to take the post.
After today's announcement that former Senator Fred Thompson has hired Bill Lacy to join his campaign team and run day to day operations, there is little doubt that Thompson really does intend to run for President.
For all of the talk about the dangers of continuing delay in an official announcement (something that I tend to agree with) the fact that Lacy is joining the team is a likely signal that the recent reshuffle at the almost-Fred '08 campaign was less a move of desperation and more of a preparation for the long and hard slog of a long-term campaign.
It was Lacy, after all, who took Fred Thompson from a 20-point deficit in 1994-when the race against Jim Cooper looked all but lost-to an overwhelming victory. With Lacy's guidance, the underdog crushed his Democratic opponent with a Statewide majority of over 320,000 votes and over 60% of the overall vote total.
Lacy also made Fred Thompson a marketable candidate. The red pickup truck for which Fred Thompson would become so famous as both a candidate and a Senator was the brainchild of Bill Lacy, who is a real believer in shaking hands, holding babies, and pounding the pavement to reach out to the grassroots.
Lacy has real Presidential Primary experience as well. In 1980, Lacy ran Ronald Reagan's campaign in the Maryland Primary, which that year proved to be a pivitol test for the Republican nomination.
Mr. Lacy knows how to lead underdogs to victory, and his depth of experience should be seen as a sign that Fred Thompson is ready to wage a come-from-behind effort to win the nomination if that is what is needed.
Just when I was prepared to say it was getting too late for Fred Thompson, he doesn't hire a Big Gun-he hires the political equivalent of a B1 Bomber.
There is little doubt at this point that Fred Thompson is running for President-the only question now is whether he will wait too long to make it official.
What is your problem?
My husband doesn’t want to read up on the issues. So what?
You’re a jerk.
It’s a SAMPLE ballot, that you refer to when you vote.
No, just saying.......I know some men that actually make their own decisions, thats all. I have never heard of a wife handing a husband a ballot.
OH I see, you were refering to my post to Trisham. You tell your hudand what to do and he is a “good husband”.
I tell my wife what to do and I am a jerk.
FYI, I am not your husband, maybe you talk to him that way but don’t talk to me that way.
I don’t talk to my husband like that because he’s not a jerk-unlike you.
Thats because he is terrofied.
Have I called you a jerk?
Have I insulted you in any way?
I asked a question. I think its just normal for you to insult a man as a kneejerk reaction thinking that it is totally acceptable.
What if I called you a jerk? What would happen? But since you are a woman its OK for you to call me one.
You are impugning my husband’s masculity because he takes my advice.
Get lost.
As always....perfect.
I don’t care WHAT you are. I would say the same thing to a woman who was acting like a jerk. Unfortunately for you, my burqa’s at the cleaners. And I wasn’t referring to the foul way you say you treat your wife, anyway.
My husband doesn’t do what I “tell” him to do. He wants to vote, he takes my sample ballot as a guide. If he wants to change something he does.
I don’t care if a woman takes her husband’s advice when she votes.
I showed nothing but love in the way I referred to my husband. You apparently have some weird poor self esteem thing going when it comes to women, but leave me out of it.
I am done if you are... I gotta go ponder where that “self esteem” comment came from and try to make sense out of it. I think you are just scraping the bottom of the barrel to try and insult me but I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that there is some way that it correlates with what we are talking about.
I think I will say:::: You hate men.
There. There’s my assumption towards you. I can’t prove it. It may not even be true but since we are throwing any assumption out there off the top of our heads, I figured, what the hay!
Too whom, limousine liberals?
I personally know a couple of millionaire types that are quite comfortable driving around in old pickups. And yes, they're Republicans.
Hey, the guy grew up in the south, and his dad sold used cars for a living. He's earned, through perseverance, intelligence and hard work, the right to drive whatever the heck he wants to drive. Pickup or limousine, makes no difference to me, and he can probably feel comfortable in either.
I'm not voting for his vehicle.
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