Exactly. Hunter had far more political experience than that of the TV star who, btw, left congress to pursue his career with his Hollywood buddies.
Thompson was a good man. But if border security is as important as some pretend it to be now that they are supporting liberal Donald Trump, Hunter was by far the better choice. He wasn't a TV star, though.
Shoulda been Hunter/Thompson in 08. Might have even gotten a few stoner votes.
No, he wasn't a "TV star". And if by that you mean he had the same ability promote a following as the manager of a local Wal-Mart, you're right.
I tried to get on the Hunter bandwagon in 2008, but it just wasn't going anywhere. Zero. Zilch. The guy just had no traction whatsoever. I suppose that was my fault personally (and I'm waiting patiently to hear how it was), but it didn't take long for me to realize that I was in a group of about a hundred strong and the group wasn't growing and I decided what's the point and bailed, and went with Thompson for awhile, and then got very very very depressed as McCain gathered steam.
Ah yes, I remember 2008 well.
But when a candidate can't gather enough people to fill a poker room in Arizona Charlie's in Las Vegas, at some point you just have to admit "this candidate can't cut it".
It reminds me of Dennis Kucinich, also from 2008, who was asked by a debate moderator, "why do you think you have a chance to be president", and Kucinich said, "I have a chance if you vote for me"... which was a clever line (I thought) and true enough on it's face, but the fact is, if a candidate is going nowhere then a candidate is going nowhere and it kind of begs the question to blame the people who like his issues but aren't following him.
At a certain point it has to come FROM the candidate. It didn't come FROM Hunter, sorry to say. And I am sincere in my sorry. I did like the guy.