[TexasGunRunner]

I'm looking for insider information here, not just wild speculation (although that could be fun).

Is it in any way tied to the "McCain campaign insiders" who provided lies and misinformation to Vanity Fair for the hit piece on Sarah Palin?

Is this person or persons guilty of any other intra-party/conservative movement dirty tricks and shananigans?

I want to know because life is much safer when you know who you enemies are before they strike.

Thanks,

[US Navy Vet]

Uhh Fred. He NEVER ran a REAL campaign.

[Gene Eric]

Fred was my pick, but unfortunately Fred did not share my enthusiasm.

[SierraWasp]

Who cares anymore? Talk about somebody just “cutting and running” from running!!! Phhhhhhhht!!!

[fso301]

Who torpedoed Fred Thompson in Iowa?

Safe to say Fred.

[rvoitier]

This is wild speculation!

I don't know for sure but sounds like something Romney would do. He's vicious and power-mad behind that pretty-boy smile.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Fred was my guy. *sigh*

[lovecraft]

Yup Fred torpedoed Fred...

Nothing else to it...

[I see my hands]

Thompson: Purposeful disrupter.

[SE Mom]

It wasn’t the Democrats.

[Toespi]

His wife.

[okie01]

Who torpedoed Fred Thompson in Iowa?

Fred, more than anybody else. He seemed unwilling to make the effort.

So far as your rumor is concerned, the smart money was on the Romney campaign.

[ansel12]

We can only guess at this point but Romney was the likely suspect at the time and still is.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Romney and his loving sycophants both on the ground and in the media.

The media created the nonsense that he was lazy and wasn’t trying, when if you looked at his schedule, he was actually doing more than any of the others. Hell, he was doing more than McCain did in a lot of the GE campaign. The media meme about laziness stuck though. Even a lot of folks here bought into it, as you can see in the responses on this thread.

The Romney people were willing to do whatever they had to do to keep us divided enough for their guy to win. They saw Fred as a huge threat. They threw everything at the wall and the lazy thing is what stuck.

Tis a shame, but it’s all in the past now.

Queue Romney apologists in 3...2...1...

[Paperdoll]

As I recall FDT pulled out of the Presidential racd exactly three days after DLH did. Imagine that!

[svcw]

Speculation - same group that tried to destroy Gov Palin. (Not JM)

[McGruff]

Yes maybe Fred did get into the race too late but when do you start? 1, 2, 3, 4 years before the Iowa Caucus? Do you move to Iowa and praise the wonders of Ethanol for a year?

Once Fred did get into the race he spent every minute touring the state. As soon as that was over he got on the bus to South Carolina and spent every minute campaigning there. In the debates he questioned Global Warming while the others didn't until he spoke up. So spare me the lazy talking point. Try to think on your own.

If you want to fix something fix the way our candidate is selected. By the time you get to the Republican only primary states the MSM has already picked our candidate. If the RNC pulls the same crap next time they can stick their RINO where the sun don't shine. I'm writing in who I want. I voted for the biggest RINO of all. I won't again. Maybe I'll write in Fred if Palin isn't on the ballot.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Fwed is fixin’ to surge.

[MilspecRob]

Thompson did.

[DannyTN]

My first speculation would be Romney, his campaign torpoedoed Huckaby with false allegations after Huckaby won Iowa.

It would be consistent if they thought Fred was a formidable candidate to torpoedoe him with falsehoods as well.

[Alex Murphy]

"I am not consumed by personal ambition. I will not be devastated if I don't do it. I'm not particularly interested in running for president."

- Fred Thompson, 12/29/2007

...and the Iowa Caucus took place just five days later, on January 3, 2008.