I met Reagan Fred is no Reagan
Nice (apologist) piece for those who support Thompson. However, his energy level isn’t his only problem. Like the others, he, too, has been an imperfect conservative. Worst of all, people are having to find excuses for why Thompson seems half-dead. He’s no neo-Reagan. They used to comment on Reagan’s schedule, sharpness on every issue, rigor of his activity at his ranch. Even giving Thompson the advantage of the doubt, I didn’t think that he was that charismatic during the Sunday night debate. He had some good lines but it was easy to zone-out on him due to his slowness. He was on the verge of boring. It was like he wasn’t taking it that seriously. Vis-a-vis Hillary, he would look old and ineffectual. Even McCain, who is older, had more on the ball than Thompson. All in all, Thompson has been a big disappointment instead of the “winner” so many expected him to be. And...it’s showing up in his numbers and fund-raising.
Clinton was reportedly a hard worker.
Workaholics make lousy managers usually because of their compulsion to micromanage. Where I work production would skyrocket if the Chief would just get out of the way.
There are certainly legitimate criticisms of Fred but the whole “lazy, young wife, old n ugly, no fire belly” line is so incredibly lame it is laughable....yet that is where the bashers focus....they are stuck on stupid.
On the other hand, the legitimate criticisms are few and far between and don’t amount to a hill of beans. So maybe stuck on stupid is the only path for an anti-Fred....oh well....
I posted this last night and I will again. Attacks on Fred pull him and Reagan closer. He is very much a Reagan Conservative... the opposition and dims use the same attacks on Fred that they did Reagan. You so called Conservatives are so misguided... but many of you were during Reagan’s time too!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18329-2004Jun5.html
“There were other contradictions. Reagan, the only divorced man to serve as president, preached family values but was a distant figure to his four children and his grandchildren. He urged a religious revival yet rarely went to church. He lauded military heroism after spending World War II in the hometown comfort of a Hollywood studio making training films.
But Reagan sometimes exhibited lapses that undermined his Great Communicator image. Factual errors were commonplace at his infrequent White House news conferences. He seemed often to have a sketchy command of military matters and once left the impression that submarine-based nuclear missiles could be recalled in flight. He forgot the names of Cabinet officers, trusted aides and visiting dignitaries. In Brazil, he toasted the people of Bolivia. Reagan brushed off criticisms about his verbal missteps, which he said were blown out of proportion by the media. In any case, he rarely suffered politically for such mistakes”.
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