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.
Nothing wrong with Fred`s energy level.
Nothing wrong with Fred`s conservatism either.
And like Reagan, Fred supports federalism. He wants to resurrect Reagan’s EO#12612, making the federal government adhere to the Framers idea of limited government and states rights.
All this stuff about Fred being tired, lazy and boring, shows a level of desperation by those people who don’t support Fred`s campaign.
Fred`s a winner. Fred can beat Rooty and take down Hillary. Wait and see.
see the Kindergarten Brigade has show up again full of irrelevant and immature posts about how candidates look, no fire in their belly, or their wives are too young.
Nothing of substance, nothing about the issues, just the ramblings of 4 year olds performing below grade average.
People who have to post this way because either their candidate sees Fred or other conservatives as a danger, or they are here to divide and conquer.
What you have probably not noticed, is that by and large, Free Republic is populated with members who have mastered critical thinking, who are mature, and do perform at and above grade-level and therefore, for the most part, find your infantile posts humorous at best.
Given the quality of your posting skills and associated cognitive abilities, you may want to visit www.democraticeunderground.com just a few doors down. People of like character flaws frequent this site and actually feel fulfilled!
“And...it’s showing up in his numbers and fund-raising.”
Interesting that Thompson is the only one to go up in the Rasmussen national poll in the last 10 months. (These are weekly averages of daily polls.)
05/22/07 10/19/07
Thompson 14% 19
Guiliani 26% 25
Romney 15% 15
McCain 18% 13