Me too. The problem is things started so early and until Fred announced it looked like we weren't going to have a viable conservative in the race. I remember back in 2000 when W. first announced and there were a bunch of Freepers who thought he was being given the nomination...and then the flack over 'Compassionate Conservative' but it was never as nasty as it was this time around.
So many here are agreeing with the MSM that Thompson got into the race “so late” but in actuality the others all started way too early. Thompson got into the race at the traditional time to do so.
I totally agree with you in regard to the level of nastiness here in comparison to 2000...and at that time I found the nastiness to b overboard, but it was tame in comparison to what I have been seeing for the past 6+ months.