Here’s the secret:
Fred is REAL.
I wouldn’t call this a very positive piece on Thompson, from “long bus rides on a cushy campaign bus” to “his hand started shaking and he lost his place in Cape Coral” they are not painting inevitability of Fred very well fellas.
And what the grass roots is being fed are opinions stated earlier by another candidate while this candidate was “testing the waters”. He obviously also
“had his ear to the ground”. Duncan Hunter beat him to it on every issue. Now FDT is claiming the honors.
Flak is thickest over the target.
Ping!
Fred Thompson truly needs to be 100% conservative on all of the issues. Fred truly needs to be against the present campaign finance reform system still in place as well as have something very acceptable to conservatives to replace it with. He also has to successfully explain his absences from all of the GOP Presidential debates that have occurred since Fred’s official announcement that he’s running for the ‘08 Presidency. Fred truly shouldn’t lose many of the social conservative votes just because Fred has skipped several debates already, and this is already a possibility!
The fact is Fred has not connected with the press. That is not a bad thing. McCain was the press’s favorite Republican in 2000 but that did not cut the mustard with the Republicans voting in primaries. Now Rudy is the press’s favorite Republican including the MSM whores at the Fox News Channel. Fred does not have the insatiable willingness to please, and when he can’t please spin like a top that Guiliani or Romney has. Because Fred is not flapping his gums every waking minute of the day that is offered up as laziness by the media . The media would have us believe that the opinion polls that they control are the only polls that count. Well, maybe Fred understands the polls that count right now are called primaries and Fred trusts each voter to vote his own mind. I used to like sports but all the endless stupid hype that precedes the games really turns me off. And that hype is nothing compared to the way the stupid media covers politics before even one vote has been cast in a primary. Fred hasn’t been kissing any rings worn by MSM poohbahs, whether that matters will be determined when the real polling starts and real people vote.
"The Beltway" doesn't get it for a number of reasons: (1)Thompson didn't enter when they thought he should; (2)Thompson didn't confer with nor cultivate them first; (3)He's not "one of them," (doesn't live there, go to their parties, vacation where they do, etc.)
The Beltway crowd prefer to think of themselves as king-makers and Thompson's not played by their rules.
I say these things NOT because I'm a "Fred head" but I do find his candidacy interesting.
Amen to that!
And not just to the blue bits.
Rudy being a frontrunner is an embarrassment to the national republican party, the guy is Dem Lite.
So far I have been ruling OUT candidates, Rudy is OUt and McLame is OUT among the so-called frontrunners.
A friend sent this “Pick A Candidate” questionnaire. I would have included more questions and answer choices, but found it to be a pretty good questionnaire. You just have to pick the answer closest to your opinion on the various issues, and it ranks the candidates on how they agree with your answer choices. Don’t mind sharing I came out Hunter, Thompson on top. I do love Hunter, but believe Thompson has a better chance of winning against Hillary. We just have to see how things progress as we get closer to the election for the nomination. :)
http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460