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"Stubby Little Legs"? (Fred versus Hillary)
CBS News ^ | August 16, 2007 | Kevin Drum

Posted on 08/16/2007 10:21:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

"STUBBY LITTLE LEGS"?....Garance Franke-Ruta, reporting from deep in the wilds of heartland Republicanism, is trying to figure out why so many GOPers are going gaga over Fred Thompson. So she asked a "leading figure in the Iowa Republican Party," who told her it's because Fred is a celebrity, Fred is a real conservative, and Fred weighs more than Hillary Clinton. Seriously:

"Can you imagine what debates are going to be like with great big Andrew Jackson-looking Fred and Hillary on her stubby little legs, stamping her feet?" Thompson, if elected, would be the tallest president ever. Republicans are not just looking for the usual John Wayne-type signifiers as they go about selecting a candidate, but thinking about who can best loom over Hillary Clinton and make her look like a shrill, small, silly little woman. Thompson's booming voice will make her "sound like Madame Defarge."

If there's any reason to support Hillary Clinton in the primaries, this is it. Contrary to this guy's delusions, Clinton would eviscerate Fred Thompson in a debate, and maybe, just maybe, this would drive the GOP's core jockocracy into such shrill unholy madness that the entire party would self-destruct in a stupendous display of mass hysteria. It's worth a try, anyway.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Illinois; US: New York; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 2008; cankles; cbias; debates; democrats; election2008; electionpresident; elections; fredthompson; gop; hillaryclinton; mediabias; piaps; republicans; whitehouse
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To: tcrlaf
I SMELL FEAR....

BTTT

21 posted on 08/17/2007 3:05:12 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“ ...make her look like a shrill, small, silly little woman.”

She shows that whenever she speaks. The trick is to epose her for the Marxist-socialist she really is.

22 posted on 08/17/2007 3:12:34 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: RobbyS

23 posted on 08/17/2007 3:22:52 AM PDT by ChiefKujo
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To: Uriah_lost; SolidWood
He probably also has a picture of Tim Curry from the "Rocky Horror Picture Show."


24 posted on 08/17/2007 3:24:51 AM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: RobbyS

RobbyS wrote: “Who is this guy?”

A lib ‘Rat.

Kevin Drum (born October 19, 1958) is an American political blogger and columnist. He was born in Long Beach, California and now lives in Irvine, California. He has a degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach. Currently, he writes daily on the prominent blog Political Animal, published by the liberal magazine Washington Monthly, and has done so since March 2004. He also writes occasional op-eds in newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. He rose to prominence through the popularity of his (now-defunct) independent liberal blog CalPundit (2003-2004). His blog is known for suppoirting peak oil theory and related issues. In an interview with Norman Geras he stated that his intellectual heroes were FDR, Isaac Newton, John Maynard Keynes, Edward R. Murrow and Charles Darwin. He also considers Benjamin Franklin his all-time favorite political hero.

As for the 2003 Iraq War, probably the number one topic of political bloggers, he was originally in favor of the American led war but right before the U.S. launched the attack he came out against it. He said, “Before the war started I switched to opposition on practical grounds (i.e., that George Bush’s approach was incapable of accomplishing the goals it was meant to accomplish). Since then, I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that, in fact, I should have opposed it all along on philosophical grounds: namely that it was a fundamentally flawed concept and had no chance of working even if it had been competently executed.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Drum


25 posted on 08/17/2007 5:24:36 AM PDT by Josh Painter ( "This is our home and we get to decide who gets to come into our home." - Fred)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If there's any reason to support Hillary Clinton in the primaries, this is it. Contrary to this guy's delusions, Clinton would eviscerate Fred Thompson in a debate, and maybe, just maybe, this would drive the GOP's core jockocracy into such shrill unholy madness that the entire party would self-destruct in a stupendous display of mass hysteria. It's worth a try, anyway.

*************

LOL! He sounds hysterical.

26 posted on 08/17/2007 5:27:45 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So she asked a “leading figure in the Iowa Republican Party,”


yah, right...............


27 posted on 08/17/2007 6:20:20 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: Theresawithanh

“I also want to know, what the heck is a ‘jockocracy’?”

The athletic guys in high school “reporter” Kevin Drum made a pass at: (a) who either turned him down and told him about Christ and/or God and/or both helping him with his sin or (b) preceded to beat him silly.


28 posted on 08/17/2007 7:15:28 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The most disgusting woman in the history of The United States of America writ large BUMP!


29 posted on 08/17/2007 7:26:37 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Liberal bias or not Fred’s calm and solid body mannerisms will overshadow Hillary to the point she will appear as a shrill spoiled child.
I bet we’ll see unusual camera angles and forced perspective to make him look smaller and her larger.


30 posted on 08/17/2007 8:11:22 AM PDT by Truth-Miner (The Child in us desires Truth to bend to our perspective, may we all be Adults.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Stubby Little Legs - aka: 'cankles'

31 posted on 08/17/2007 8:18:19 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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32 posted on 08/17/2007 8:51:27 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
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To: Enterprise

MY EYES!!!

I could have gone happily through life without having THAT burned into my retinas, thank you very much!! :p


33 posted on 08/17/2007 9:09:20 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
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To: Politicalmom
Bump! How about a "T"!!

http://Vets4Fred.net It's time for Vets to sign up!

http://FredForPresident.com

34 posted on 08/17/2007 9:10:42 AM PDT by W04Man (I'm Now With Fred http://Vets4Fred.net)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kevin Drum sure has drunk deeply from the Clintonista well, hasn’t he?

Sheesh.


35 posted on 08/17/2007 9:11:05 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Contrary to this guy's delusions, Clinton would eviscerate Fred Thompson in a debate,

And she'd come across as the shrew and harpy that she is. She's got so much baggage that it won't be hard for Fred to have something to reference to counter any point she tries to make.
36 posted on 08/17/2007 9:13:04 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fred will dribble Hillary down the court and take a three point shot. HE SCORES!


37 posted on 08/17/2007 9:20:13 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

jockocracy??

Sounds like a primal case of penis envy to me.


38 posted on 08/17/2007 9:46:39 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (PUT AMERICA AHEAD! VOTE FOR FRED!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think the appropriate Fredism is:
"If elected Fred Thompson will be the tallest President ever. Beating Lincoln by over an inch and Jimmy Carter with his fists."
39 posted on 08/17/2007 9:52:05 AM PDT by FlashBack (WoundedWarriorProject.Org)
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To: FlashBack

“If elected Fred Thompson will be the tallest President ever. Beating Lincoln by over an inch and Jimmy Carter with his fists.”

Plus, I love Fred’s speaking voice (I know, silly me!).

I also loved President Reagan’s speaking voice and the wit, wisdom and clarity with which he spoke.


40 posted on 08/17/2007 10:51:58 AM PDT by bunches (Irish people enjoy whimsical humor)
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