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Thompson's scarlet 'L' (for "Lazy")
The Los Angeles Times ^ | November 12, 2007 | Michael Finnegan

Posted on 11/12/2007 2:58:25 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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If they didn't fear Fred, they wouldn't attack him so. Someone here on FR once wrote me: "The heaviest flack is directly over the target." Indeed. I'm betting his immigration and social security plans have Hillary, Rudy and Mitt scared spitless.
1 posted on 11/12/2007 2:58:26 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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I really do like what I've seen Fred promoting. He's saying the right thing and the people who want to hear it are getting the message. The media is doing IT'S BEST to bury him, and that is where Fred faces his greatest challenge. The liberal socialists don't have a candidate that can go toe to toe with Fred, but it's the liberal socialist media monopoly that Fred must run against that threatens him and all conservatives the most.
2 posted on 11/12/2007 3:25:54 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Ah! The LA Slimes! why this has to be an honest non-partisan article (do I really have to add sarc?)
3 posted on 11/12/2007 3:28:49 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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It isn’t the friendliest item but I’ve seen worse. You come away feeling Fred’s Fred. They can’t chip away at that.


4 posted on 11/12/2007 4:03:35 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Call me a pro-life zealot with a 1-track mind.)
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Hmmm...no mention whatsoever of the numerous recent endorsements Fred’s obtained from leading conservatives.

I’m sure the Slimes just forgot to include that.

/s


5 posted on 11/12/2007 4:06:54 AM PST by prairiebreeze (Fred '08 Because our troops DESERVE BETTER than Mrs. Bill Clinton.)
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"The flak is always the heaviest closest the target."
Boyd K. Packer
6 posted on 11/12/2007 4:40:44 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael Finnegan is a national political correspondent for The Los Angeles Times. He is based in their Washington D.C. Bureau.

Previously, he was a staff writer for The New York Daily News.

His older brother, William Finnegan, is a staff writer for The New Yorker.


7 posted on 11/12/2007 4:48:44 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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I just love the idea of having a US President named FRED.

It’s just so American cool..

That said, I truly believe that Fred Thompson is doing a decent job HIMSELF of burying himself by his own lacksidasical style.

At this point in the GOP vs the lib-media-national-Dem-supporters, I truly believe Republican/conservatives are hungry hungry for someone who will fight out loud for conservative causes and principals.

Fred is cool, but sometimes he just seems to drift off into Washington been-there done-that mode.


8 posted on 11/12/2007 5:20:30 AM PST by Edit35
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If they didn't fear Fred, they wouldn't attack him so. Someone here on FR once wrote me: "The heaviest flack is directly over the target."

If that's true, than judging by FR Ron Paul must be Eniwetok atoll.

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9 posted on 11/12/2007 6:18:51 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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The one thing to remember, after a year of the Rudy McRomney three ring circus, is that behind those polling ‘leads’ is the other half - that most voters aren’t all that committed to their candidates.

I’d sit back and lay low too, then go on a blitz when everybody’s expectations are low. I see Fred is starting to turn up the heat.


10 posted on 11/12/2007 6:19:12 AM PST by Free Vulcan (No prisoners. No mercy.)
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11 posted on 11/12/2007 9:14:06 AM PST by Politicalmom (Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
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If that's true, than judging by FR Ron Paul must be Eniwetok atoll.

Wrong island. On FR, Ron Paul is the Fresh Kills landfill. That's where the garbage is dumped.

12 posted on 11/12/2007 9:21:21 AM PST by dirtboy (Ron Paul - blame America first but still bill her for the shrimp)
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I like that “lazy as a Fox” man.


13 posted on 11/12/2007 9:52:48 AM PST by Bobbisox (ALL AMERICAN "LAZY " GRANDMA FREEPER, and a LOYAL and DEDICATED FredHEAD!)
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The only knock I have on Fred is he needs to get his message out despite the media. If he’s to govern effectively he needs to show he can do that.


14 posted on 11/12/2007 11:17:13 AM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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Fred vuses the radio better than anyone..ever. Even better than FDR. That’ll get him to about 30 million VOTERS on the cheap. He’ll need to turn some of the Hollywood crowd from Giuliani to get more TV coverage.


15 posted on 11/12/2007 12:05:43 PM PST by steve8714 (When full-out jihad hits Europe they'll all want dollars.)
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I will take the scarlet L, and believe it to be lazy like a fox. Fred is not lazy or slow, he is precise and effective with every speech. He is fighting his way through the MSM’s attempts to tag him with anything they can. WE THE PEOPLE will be making this decision, not the MSM.


16 posted on 11/12/2007 2:36:29 PM PST by Bobbisox (ALL AMERICAN "LAZY " GRANDMA FREEPER, and a LOYAL and DEDICATED FredHEAD!)
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Do we NEED a Type A President who is up all night? I mean, Bill Clinton hardly slept but I wouldn't say his extra frenetic office hours were all that productive.

Except for the cleaning woman who scours the sinks and the dry cleaning guy...

17 posted on 11/12/2007 2:39:16 PM PST by Yaelle
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He’s connecting with voters, not George Will or Dobson or any of the other members of the chattering class.

‘Lazy’, ‘No fire in the belly’, now ‘lackadaisical’, ‘laid back’....the liberal punditry will repeat these tags every week but it’s not working. Recent reports show that Fred Thompson is connecting at the grassroots level to folks that sure as Hell aren’t listening to the yapping mouths in the media.


18 posted on 11/12/2007 2:48:13 PM PST by Hostage (Fred Thompson will be President.)
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Ron Paul is an annoyance - not a threat. If it helps, though, I’ve noticed Hillary people are starting to spam the Internet too.


19 posted on 11/12/2007 3:33:50 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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However, the performance on Meet the Depressed last week was terrible and he came across as somewhat unsympathetic to pro lifers and even suggested that we want to put women in prison if they have abortions, which is not the case.


20 posted on 11/12/2007 4:27:46 PM PST by juliej
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