“I have to respectfully disagree. I find that Fred comes across as serious, thoughtful, confident and steady. In this day and age, 65 is still young.”
Therefore I must regretfully and respectfully disagree with you. I don’t get TV where I’m at, and I’m too cheap to pay for cable (haven’t watched TV since 2005). I was on an army post last night working out in the gym and they had the debates playing in the lobby as I came out. I was surprized that in a gym filled with hundreds of military personnel, none were out their watching the debate. So, I had time to watch some of it before going home. I had never seen any of the candidates recently except in still pictures which I figured weren’t accurate depictions.
My first impression when I saw Senator Thompson was to gasp. He looked not just old but emaciated. I’m sorry to say he is not a “vibrant” 65. He acted old also in the way he spoke, etc. Those were my impressions of his health and state of being. I guess I expected him to still look like the character he played in “Hunt for Red October.” I guess fifteen years and cancer can take a toll on a person. He reads much better than he sounds - but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
I also got to see McCain do a serious backside kicking on the Texas isolationist Ron Paul. That was fun to watch and well said. He gained points with me for that.
I finally got to see Huckabee that I had already decided to support, and was pleasantly surprised. He really is glib and funny. I liked the way he deflected the foolish “what would Jesus do” question they way it deserved to be. I had never heard or seen Huckabee before.
I had never seen Romney before and he immediately was irritating to me. He had that same condensending smile I have seen in the faces of those Mormon boys riding around on their bicycles with white shirts and ties - spreading a false version of Christianity. Plus, he was just too pretty. Kind of a GOP “Breck Girl” as rush says about his democratic counterpart.
Guiliani was as abrasive as I expected him to be. I didn’t get to hear much that the others had to say expect some of Ron Paul.
My goodness have I ever drifted off subject....
You got that part right.