[WestSylvanian]

Right, and consider this. Here’s the Democrat line of attack if Thompson, God forbid, is the nominee:

“In 2003, when American soldiers headed to Iraq, Thompson headed for the exit and quit his Senate responsibilities before his term was even over. While Hillary was putting in long hours on the Senate floor, Thompson was putting in long hours on a movie set.”

“The Republicans in the Congress are in bed with Jack Abramoff and other lobbyists. Now they propose to put a professional lobbyist in the White House. We Democrats are the party of reform; we’ve passed landmark legislation to curb the corrupt practices of lobbyists. The Republicans want to return to the old days and their old ways. We’re not going to let them.”

Thompson has so much baggage he needs to hire a fleet of eighteen wheelers to haul it around. Add his questionable health and you have a recipe for a Republican defeat that the country cannot afford. Maybe in in some placid, peaceful era he’d be okay, but not now. As Lady Bird Johnson said of her husband’s decision not to run again, “He didn’t think he had any more 16 hour days in him.” How many 16 hour days does Thompson have in him? Not many from the look of him. People backing him are making a massive mistake.

[brothers4thID]

Wait just a minute, Thompson’s term was over in 2002. Hillary has NEVER put in long hours on the floor, or in committee. Thompson, on the other hand, was faithful in attendance of even minor hearings and insisted upon being kept up-to-date with the minutiae of a bill.

Any Democrat making comments about Abramoff better be careful, because their Senate Leader did quite a bit of dealing with him.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

That kind of sheer idiocy will only work on the terminally gullible (The Dem Base) and morons. I’ll let others decide which category of those two that you fall into.

[Tears of a Clown]

Uh, he has no more baggage than anyone else.

Certainly less than the other GOP frontrunners.

hahaha, and the “lazy” line. When you have one blog or article having their own little gossip session about supposed laziness, it becomes the only thing people can come up with to question fred’s chances(along with the lymphoma, which is in remission) This probably means the libs are scared. very scared.

[Pittsburgher]

You are so weak - FEAR THE FRED. Don’t dishonor Western PA.

[SuziQ]

“In 2003, when American soldiers headed to Iraq, Thompson headed for the exit and quit his Senate responsibilities before his term was even over. While Hillary was putting in long hours on the Senate floor, Thompson was putting in long hours on a movie set.”

ROTFL! Like Her Heinous working long hours in the Senate did ANYTHING to help our country in general or our soldiers in particular?