Posted on 01/18/2008 8:44:16 AM PST by pissant
PROSPERITY, S.C. -- Fred Thompson called on Mike Huckabee to put a stop to push polling calls that misrepresent Thompson’s record.
“I find it ironic that this man would talk about cleaner politics and rising above the fray,” Thompson said, “while this is going on right under his nose.”
At an event in Prosperity today, a Thompson volunteer stood up during the audience questions portion and said a lot of people had received negative phone calls that “misrepresented your record.”
“Really?” Thompson asked, seeming genuinely surprised. “Could I ask you to raise your hand if you got a phone call like that?”
Roughly half the 75 people in attendance raised their hands.
“Good gracious,” Thompson said. “Who do they say is calling? Do they say anything good about any candidate?”
“Huckabee,” the audience responded.
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Good luck counterpunch. You are a loyal guy. Three most recent polls agree that Fred will be out of the race in less than 30 hours.
In this case, the pollsters.
The only question is how long Fred will stay in the race to ensure that his faction of southern pro-lifers doesn’t consolidate behind Huckabee.
As soon as Fred’s gone, those folks are going to Huck.
Plus National Right to Life will endorse someone else. And it ain’t gonna be McCain, who favors federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. And it ain’t gonna be Romney, who spent his entire career before running for prez promoting abortion on demand.
Just like Hillary was out of the race after New Hampshire.
Your loser is going down, and Fred is just the guy to take him out.
Fred ain’t going anywhree.
He’s already raised enough money to sustain him through Florida.
And his win tomorrow will bring in a whole lot more.
And it ain’t gonna be Rudy, for obvious reasons.
And it ain’t gonna be Duncan Hunter or Alan Keyes (good men that they are).
I guess someone talked.
T-29.5 hours till Fred leaves for the Bahamas
And if not will you leave Free Republic?
>>Huckabee has nothing to do with these calls. They are an independent campaign.<<
How do you know?
...waiting for an answer...
I’ve been here since 1999. I don’t think so.
Riii...ght! As Dr. Evil would say.
Fair question in return: if Thompson doesn’t win S.C., will counterpunch be leaving FR?
I don't think anyone should leave. Everyone should get behind the Mitt/Huck 50 state ticket! ;)
In a town of just roughly over 1000 people, there were 75 people there. Where did the event take place? Small diner? What was the occupancy for fire codes? Perspective is a good thing.
You are right. I was wrong.
I think Huckabee, who is taking money from these people, responded today by saying, "No...don't....stop.."
Any substantive analysis of polls versus primary results will show that they have been highly inaccurate. Picking the wrong candidate, plus having the real winner off by 10 points, is a problem.
I got one of these calls. Didn’t like it one bit.
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