Let me paraphrase my previous post in this thread:
.....Thompson always had (for me) the aura of authority; a person above the fray; untarnished by the stain of “petty politicking”; almost larger than life (like Reagan), but last night’s performance brought [my image of] him down to the level of the common politician.
This really hurt my mental image of him.
I'm being honest. Have I given you a reason to believe that I am anything but?
Actually yes, and I said why in the post to which you replied. You said you were a "FAN" when you clearly are not in order to give your criticism of Fred an aura of concern. Now perhaps you were only exagerating your positive opinion of FT, but exagerations are not honest expressions of truth.
BTW I didn't say that you hid that you were a Huckabee supporter. The fact that you told the truth there does not take away from the fact that you exagerated your opinion of Fred.