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I think that a big part of Freds whole early campange problem has been his accent and delivery with a lot of throat clearing and such...live with it and know that a southern drawl is not a negative.....

I know quite a few people that were supporters of Thompson before he announced. They droned on endlessly about how Fred would energize the race and so on and so on. Maybe one of those folks is still a supporter of Fred. And we are Southerners. Fred's delivery has nothing to do with a Southern drawl. It has to do with the fact he's boring and recites the same tired nonsense of most of the other candidates. Bless his poor heart but he sounds like my 94 year old grandfather. A good man but nobody I'd leave alone running a nation.

It has to do with the fact he's boring and recites the same tired nonsense of most of the other candidates.

Either you or I must inhabit a whole 'nother universe, because I can't remember the last time I was as enthused about a candidate for President as I am about Fred Thompson. I certainly wasn't for either one of the Bushes, though I voted for both.

Probably, I'd have to go back to Ronald Reagan, whose photograph still hangs above my desk. I'd happily exchange it for one of President Thompson.

And here you are calling this most exciting man, brimming with solid conservative policy initiatives, boring. I think you must be tuned in to the twilight zone. I suggest that you ought to check in for a frequency adjustment.

Hate to tell you, but THompson’s demeanor and low key boring Grandfatherly way is the reason I love him. For crying out loud, this country has had enough of “energetic”, hyperkinetic leaders all out there polling and responding with ‘war rooms”.

I long for a good ole Reagan or Eisenhower. Someone who knows what the presidency is, who approaches it with gravity. Not as a contest to poll and win. But as a position of trust and grave importance.

Fred is a grown up and I like that.

recites the same tired nonsense of most of the other candidates.

The very fact that he repeats the same principles over and over are what is appealing. Fred is not changing anything for whomever is doing the interviewing or the crowd he is addressing. This is the reason he is the "consistent" conservative. Go, Fred, go!!!

billbears wrote: "Fred's delivery has nothing to do with a Southern drawl. It has to do with the fact he's boring and recites the same tired nonsense of most of the other candidates."

No, that NOT a fact, and you should be ashamed of yourself for presenting it as such.

The actual FACT is that Fred has been raising awareness of things that the other candidates have talked very little about.

Thompson has been the only one to make entitlement reform a KEY issue of his campaign. The other candidates don't have the stones to do this.

FDT is the only leading candidate to present a detailed immigration plan which takes federal funds away from sanctuary cities.

Fred's tax plan would open the door to the flat tax, which is doable, unlike the so-called "fair" tax, which will not get through even a Republican Congress, much less the Democrat-controlled houses that are ruled by Pelosi and Reid.

Thompson wants a million-man military to face the growing threats from the Islamofacists and the Chinese communists. He's the only top-tier candidate to present such a plan.

Look, if you have issues that you honestly disagree with FDT on, just present them. Don't lie through your teeth with vague, baseless accusations.