There are some die hard Duncan fans, and well there should be, optimism is good and he is the only other conservative.
I am disturbed however about your continued placing the blame for Hunters performance on Fred’s entry. If Duncan indeed is a strong candidate for this office we are choosing Fred’s actions should have no impact.
Fred stands in the way of nothing, because there is no proof that Hunter had the support Fred “stole” to begin with other than the actions of a few speculators at best.
I also find that it should be seen as somewhat insulting to say that Hunter cannot get/keep that support with out Fred's departure, because that is his job and his responsibility as a politician in an election.
So there is nothing for Fred to get out of the way of. He is still performing better than Hunter so until that changes, by efforts put out by Hunter himself, then there is no reason for Fred to step aside (there are many others past just this argument as well)
BTW come find me in one of the other threads, I not going to keep bumping your vanity, it's unseemly...
FR is the Conservative bastion of which I speak, and the current member poll shows Fred in the lead.
***At one time Hunter was winning the polls on FR before Fred came along.
I am disturbed however about your continued placing the blame for Hunters performance on Fred’s entry.
***As I stated in a previous post, it is not blame. We have already been through this: ***Well, if I was trying to blame Fred for Hunter’s woes, that would be the case. But there is no blame attached. Fred did what Fred wanted to do and he was certainly a viable candidate. But I am calling his viability into question. At this point in the race, that should not even be possible. 250 posts on this thread? If what I were saying were completely unfounded, there would be 10 posts, if any at all.
If Duncan indeed is a strong candidate for this office we are choosing Fred’s actions should have no impact.
***Fred had admittedly higher name recognition, which appears to carry a lot of weight. Unfortunately, name recognition is not the equivalent of a good campaigner, and if Intrade results say anything, they say that. Fred is a lousy campaigner.
Fred stands in the way of nothing, because there is no proof that Hunter had the support Fred “stole” to begin with other than the actions of a few speculators at best.
***The “proof” is the same level of evidence you cite above: polls here on FR. If Fred had not ever entered, the support would have coalesced around Hunter and the right would be in solid shape to take on tootyfruityrudy. Instead, we have Fred pathetically issuing this kind of stuff:
Thompson Argues Polls Will Change
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926425/posts?page=128#128
I also find that it should be seen as somewhat insulting to say that Hunter cannot get/keep that support with out Fred’s departure, because that is his job and his responsibility as a politician in an election.
***That part is true enough. So I no longer want to see the Fred supporters asking for Hunter to step aside, which is what we’ve seen.
So there is nothing for Fred to get out of the way of. He is still performing better than Hunter so until that changes, by efforts put out by Hunter himself, then there is no reason for Fred to step aside (there are many others past just this argument as well)
***When Fred was at 35% on Intrade, if Pissant had suggested that his numbers would drop down to 6% over a few weeks, he would have been laughed off. And if Pissant stuck to the point and said, “If that happens, how many of you will switch your support to Hunter?” he would have gotten very few honest responses because Freepers have so much trouble with hypotheticals. Well, it’s no longer a hypothetical and it is time for Fred supporters to consider giving their support to the rock-ribbed conservative in the race.
BTW come find me in one of the other threads, I not going to keep bumping your vanity, it’s unseemly...
***You just don’t like how this makes your candidate look. Now you’re hiding? How does that look? Are you proud of what this means for your candidate?