Posted on 01/05/2008 9:05:25 AM PST by pissant
That’s the because the others who believe the same as you would rather believe the MSM than Fred’s exact words. Its so much easier that way.
I understand the miracle preferences, but all those states are not WTA. They are partial delegate awards. It is not those that will win the nomination. it is the BIG states.
NY is WTA. That is a really ominous thing and it occurs Super Tuesday, which is only 1 month from today. Thompson would have to elevate to first tier BEFORE then to win that state from Guilliani, and it’s just not going to happen.
CA and IL are also Feb 5. They are proportional and enormous and they are not an obvious place for Thompson to be strong, regardless of mojo — but the overall point here is there is no time for a change of mojo and no money to pay for it. Super Tuesday is only 4 weeks from now. Michigan is next week and is really the first of the major contests, and Thompson won’t even compete there. South Carolina will be diluted on its own day by Nevada — and SC is NOT WTA. Only a handful of delegates can be won there.
This is a delegates numbers game. If you don’t compete in California, Illinois and NY, there is no way to get big numbers. Worse still, perhaps worst of all, Texas doesn’t vote until March, and it is NOT WTA. The power of Texas will be spread out among multiple players.
You can’t walk into a convention in 3rd or 4th or 5th place in delegate count and expect to be annointed. There is just no mechanism for persuading the top 2 to backstab their own people so a 2nd tier candidate can have the nomination. It is conceivable this might have happened in the distant past, but there is far too much money involved in the process now for that scenario to make any sense at all. People will not tolerate having their money stolen like that.
I already have. So have many others. And there have been entire threads on the subject, also linked here.
and on to Wyoming!
This would all be the biggest laugh if the stakes were not so high. What is disturbing is how many conservatives are willing to give up because of hit "articles" like this. She is just one of a long line who have been pronouncing Fred dead since he started. Despite that, he took 3rd in Iowa.
McCain is not dead and Rudy is not dead and neither is Fred Thompson. And he is our last best hope for a conservative win in this race, so now is the time to join him and support him against those who are determined to remove conservative influence from our government in this election.
No, Fred said that he didn't want the job. Then all of you Fredheads jumped in and accused me of cherry picking his statement.
I didn't lie. I have just been slandered by you. So what does that say about you?
If I remember correctly... I could almost feel the "cold shoulder," the 'other' group(s) gave us for supporting Duncan Hunter. And that is when they were not hinting we were some sort of 'moonbats,' and in several cases we were given the proper amount of ridiculing for wanting a man of quality. Such arrogance! :)
So, it is hard not to glee a little for being 'vindicated,' if that is the right word, that Fred Thomson was not the "mesiah" many thought he was... and I will stop here.
I assure everyone I am not a saint :) and dont' mind being mean with those I consider social-conservative enemies, but not with the people in FR.
I like Fred (he is the only frontrunner I heartily support) but his campaign is being run awfully. I guess it’s too late to bring new people on board but something needs to be done, IMO.
Context?
How about pure distortion.
Begone you base fellow!
So I think this has been and early search and destroy mission to avoid a Democrat loss down the line.
Just my opinion...
He did not and you've just lied again.
Politico has been caught blatantly lying once. The piece about Fred dropping out the day before the caucus has not been found true, so I doubt their honesty again. I wonder why otherwise reputable columnists pass rumors from known liars.
Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, huh?
And I thank you for that.
It is my right to believe what I want to believe and it is your right to believe in Fred.
At the end, I sincerely hope we don't have Obama or Hillary for President.
“When was Fred in fourth?”
Try reading the live thread - it’s still in breaking news, so you don’t even have to search.
—McCain just passed Fred for third. Still votes left to be counted.
—We got trouble in Rivercity, trouble with a capital T. Fred now in 4th place.
—With 78% reported, McCain 12,520(13.46%) to Fred 12,484(13.42%) at Link
Still very close but trending the wrong way.
—Unfortunately, Fred is only beating McCain by a little bit.
—78% Counted: Huckabee - 34% Romney - 25% McCain - 14% Thompson - 13% Paul - 10% Giuliani - 4% Hunter - 0%
Let's wait and see how he does...
Heck, pissant still has not answered my post 109 posted on 01/05/2008 11:36:29 AM CST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA), and all I ask was why would Fred (third) drop out and endorse Duncan (seventh) as pissanty suggested...
Agreed. But it was still a misallocation of assets by the campaign. And they didn't do a good job of managing expectations.
Not yet can we say “Goodbye Fred.”
We WILL be saying “Goodbye, Mitt”, however!
difference between real-time and virtual reality?
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