Posted on 01/23/2008 4:54:05 AM PST by libstripper
Fred Thompson's campaign announced via e-mail Tuesday afternoon that Thompson had dropped out of the Republican presidential race. To which one might respond, "Fred Thompson had a presidential campaign?"
Thompson announced his candidacy on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" half an hour after, and 3,000 miles away from, the Republican presidential debate in Durham, N.H., last September 5. It was an act of hubris borne of the disconnection from everyday reality that Hollywood stardom often produces even within otherwise sensible people.
The Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary exist to give lesser-known and under-funded candidates a shot at winning their party's nomination. Thompson never realized that he was one of those candidates. He thought he could ride his mid-level celebrity over those pesky little states and alight in South Carolina with a known name, a familiar accent and the right ideas, and conservatives would fall over themselves for the chance to mark the little oval beside his name.
But Thompson was not that famous. As one Manchester, N.H. resident told another who pointed to Thompson and asked who he was, "That's the guy from 'Law & Order,' Fred Thomas."
To win conservative voters, you first must make them familiar with your name, your message and yourself. Thompson expressed no serious interest in doing any of that.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Bill Cinton, on the other hand, was a fine presidential candidate.
Title should read: Not Ready for Presidential Candidacy Primetime.
Gerald Ford became president without being a presidential candidate.
Agreed and IMO, that fact has lent credence to some of the attacks made against Fred over the last 5-1/2 months.
Fred we hardly knew ya!
Good article. He did a poor job out there, but considering how well he did, that says something about the man and his message.
OMG - I said that yesterday (or words to same effect).
“In December, he decided he might want to ride his bus across Iowa. He did. Didn’t see a whole lot of voters, by most accounts. But they saw his bus. Maybe that was enough for Fred.”
This parragraph is all you need to see to know she is lying. Fred worked his a$$ of in Iowa and got robbed of a stronger showing by the MSM.
“To win conservative voters, you first must make them familiar with your name, your message and yourself. Thompson expressed no serious interest in doing any of that.”
The real conservatives already knew Fred because they pro-actvely search out the truth on candidates and issues. There are very few “conservatives” in these pampered early states. Like most people, I’ve never met a presidential candidate and I don’t need to meet them, to know who the best candidate is. The information is there. It is our responsibility to actively search out the truth.
Which is why the Fredheads are so aimless now. We know the remaining candidates are a lost cause.
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