I’m as disappointed with Thompson’s exit as everyone. I almost maxed out the amount I could contribute to the man. However, reality is reality. Fred wasn’t going to finish in the top 3 in Florida. He may have one a few on Super Tuesday but it was becoming pretty clear that Fred wasn’t going to secure the nomination under any scenario. Fred’s decision not keep asking for money when he no longer had a realistic chance is understandable. Fred was unwilling to stay on simply to feed his own ego, like Paul and Keys.
Instead of trashing the man, who at least gave conservatives a choice, you should be thanking him for sacrificing as much as he did and save your criticism for the sheep that dutifully did the media’s bidding and voted for McCain and Huckabee.
Maybe you missed my point, Vet.
My complaint wasn’t with what Senator Thompson did, it was a complaint about what he DIDN’T do: persevere.
You can take fair umbrage at my tone, maybe. Fair enough. But you can’t really take issue with my point.
In fact you make it yourself, indirectly, when you criticize “the sheep that dutifully did the media’s bidding and voted for McCain and Huckabee”. The point is that the sheep would not have been able to do that for much longer - maybe a week or ten days. Giuliani was already dying, Huckabee already dead, and McCain a bloated gasbag of foulness that was about to burst on its own. The field was about to clear out for Fred.
And Thompson didn’t give Conservatives a choice - at least not this conservative. My primary comes late.
Like you I was nearly maxed out - over $2,000 moved from my bank account to the Thompson campaign.
Frankly, I’d like it back.