Like it or not the religious right do have more sway in American politics than any other country so that is one anti which the MSM will pick on.
The other I was pointing out was that they make him look for grandfatherly than fatherly and that emphasis his age and gives the MSM another form of attack.
I am not anti Fred or politics or his family read my posts today and previous posts then you will see that I would not be anti Fred for the reasons you seem to think I am.
You said:
>>>>>I hope people do not think I knocking or am anti Thompson this is not the case .....
I took issue with this remark. Why? Obviously, you were knocking Fred. How? By telling us how the media will handle things. If you're that concerned that the media is giving the wrong impression of Fred, defend the man. Instead, you made remarks that gave the impression, you believed them. Contrary to your denials, which don't sound convincing.
snugs, I certainly wasn’t meaning to seem to attack you, hope it didn’t seem so. I was trying to respond to your points and hopefully did in a positive way, which was my intention.
There are a few ways his young family will be perceived, certainly some people will have less than positive reactions. But many will see a man who started a second family and respect him for it. Others won’t give it a second thought. I don’t think it’s an automatic negative at all.
I wanted to put straight the flat out lies that are circulating on FR (not you) and media about the indolent lymphoma too. Fred’s doctors find no medical reason to keep him from running or serving. Unless we are to believe that both Fred and his doctors are lying to the American public then these repeated allegations about his appearance and feigned concern have no more bearing in reality than the concern one would have over any candidates basic level of health.
What you may not realize since you aren’t following Fred threads much, are the absolute despicable, gutter attacks that detractors have leveled against Fred, Jeri and his children and health, his background, his family etc. As nasty, appalling and un-Christian posts as I’ve ever seen on FR in some cases. So some of the reaction here today is probably based on that, which isn’t to give that a total pass either, btw. Some Fredheads have gone onto other candidates threads with personal attacks, but I haven’t. Nor will I.
Fred with either make it or he won’t. However he’s consistent, conservative, not afraid to attack the left and name names. He is IMO, the best chance to beat Mrs. Bill Clinton. And the media is scared to death, which is very significant.
Feel free to check out Fred articles on the fredthompson keyword or his website at www.fred08.com.
blogsforthompson.com is another good Fred info site.
Regards, Prairie