Don't expect a slug to walk on salted sidewalks.

I guess there won't be any slugs near my house then.

But then again, the cold weather probably killed them off before teh salt ever could.

If not, we would have frozen piles of dead slugs all over the place.

Damnnnnn sounds like someone that doesn't want to be at a party but got drug into it anyways. I think Dick Cheney is the one who drug His lazy ass into running for President. I don't know why but He did.

Larry Mohr

What I don't understand is how Thompson consistently polls better than people who do twice the amount of campaigning he does. What is it that draws voters to claim they'd vote for him, and would they really?

"What is it that draws voters to claim they'd vote for him"

TV. They're familiar with him.

What I don't understand is how Thompson consistently polls better than people who do twice the amount of campaigning he does. What is it that draws voters to claim they'd vote for him, and would they really?

Posted by JOE at 2007-12-20 12:45 AM | Reply

Days of Thunder Law and Order and Many others that He has been on.

Larry Mohr

I don't know. I've heard people praise his ideology. I'm just wondering when we were ever supposed to have learned about it.

I think I have figured out why Fred Thompson is in the race. RONALD REAGAN. He is the Ronald Reagan of this time Period. The ONLY thing that makes sense.

Larry Mohr

What I don't understand is how Thompson consistently polls better than people who do twice the amount of campaigning he does. What is it that draws voters to claim they'd vote for him, and would they really?

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"What is it that draws voters to claim they'd vote for him"

TV. They're familiar with him.



TV, and perhaps low opinion of the other clowns on their team.

Wow, and this was going to be the man to save 2008 for the Gophers.

Nice article. It is a relfection of the media's focus on the things that do not matter. Never in the article is the 4 point plan Thompson has put forth. But why would anyone expect positive coverage unless they are Hillary or Obama. With Huckabey and Romney, every story is about religion, even though they both were excellent governers. And what have Hillary and Obama accomplished other that getting elected to the senate?

Mr Simon needs to be admonished with a pool cue. He has proven himself to be just another hack hiding behind his "press creditials".

Fred Thompson was strong in the last Iowa debate, but it was the first time I'd seen any evidence of life in the candidate. I think Democrats will end up owing this guy some thanks, because he's taken support and money from others for a campaign that's doomed by his own lack of interest in the job.

Conservatives were interested in Fred because he was perceived as being conservative. Now I don't hear much talk about him at all.

McCain was despised because he wasn't conservative. Now he seems to be almost all they talk about.

things that do not matter

A Presidential candidate that shuns retail politics seems like real news to me.

He's not running on 'campaigning' hard, he lest his ideas to the talking, hence why he is 3rd in the polls.

Zed: The neo-con GOPpers are freaking out because all their "dream" candidates turned out to be nighmares. Now they're staring at Huckleberry as their candidate. Mccain't, who I had written off, may end up as their desperation candidate of choice. I said way back before Huck even announced that the talibaptists would run the primaries and that would erase RudiG cause of his librul ways. They just needed a Jayzuzz Approved (TM) body.

Nice article. It is a relfection of the media's focus on the things that do not matter. Never in the article is the 4 point plan Thompson has put forth.

The campaign is a job interview. In a lot of cases it's a first impression meeting for the voters. EVERYTHING matters.

My father told me once of a job interview he had after college. The interview went great. The guy stood up, shook my father's hand and said:
"You're perfect for the job, I'd love to hire you, but you didn't wear a tie to the interview, sorry."


Sorry Slickster, that's reality. It's a job interview, and Thompson isn't acting like he wants the job.
If Thompson wants people to talk about his 4 point plan, then maybe he should walk around Iowa and tell people about it?

Hell of a story, Norm. Did your dad keep track of that image-obsessed boss and how his company turned out?

I think it was a company that merged with Archer Daniels Midland. I don't know about the boss, the company is doing pretty well I imagine.

I can't say I blame the guy. Who in this day and age would want to play the silly games politicians play to garner the vote of a mostly superficial and apathetic crowd toward non stop politics who likely won't show up at the polls anyway.


I still think his strategy might be to let all these other ducks quack/hang themselves out before dropping the hammer.

I don't ever remember 2 year presidential campaigns. People are burnt out on the crap.

Drop the hammer? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think somebody "dropped the hammer" on his balding pate.

What is it that draws voters to claim they'd vote for him"

TV. They're familiar with him.

Posted by Danforth at 2007


wrong....only thing "wronger" was larrys addition.....


after listening to him last night on cspan........he is my candidate of choice in this election.
am I happy about his campaign so far.....no, not completely but after listening to him last night answer questions and the last debate when every candidate there showed how scared they were of answering some questions EXCEPT FOR HIm.....that made up my mind.......
as someone else later said.......so if you cant stand up to the lady from iowa, how can you stand up to iran and putin and china?

he is the only republican candidate who has set out specific goals and plans for problems facing us and he HAS NEVER WAVERED On any of them.,
he has been prolife the whole time and the beliefs of some of his law clients have nothing to do with that.......
when he stops to think before he speaks, it is seen as being unprepared......and thats bullshit.

so you can explain it all away as his being on the tv but that just meanst that you either havent been listening or you dont agree with what you hear..

he is my candidate and hopefully the next president of the united states.

he is my candidate and hopefully the next president of the united states.
POSTED BY BUSHLOVERTWO

Ok but that wasn't the point of the article.

They talk about fire in the belly and I think that is what's missing with Thompson. He deliberately started his campaign very late and I'll wager it was he didn't want to deal with all the bullshit it requires. And not the fire hat part. Both Bush with the airman goggles and Dukakas have set the standard for no hats on Presidents of presidential aspirants.

Well he might be right in line with what you want in a president BL2 but without a strong DESIRE to do the little things. It's not going to happen.

I just took a trip over to Fred Thompson's web site and checked out his "plans." One in particular I found interesting was his Immigration Plan. Oh, he makes claims about increasing the number of border patrol agents, more deportations and even incarceration for illegal aliens. He says he wants to enforce the law but the closest he is willing to come to punishing the employers who illegally hire aliens is that he wants to deny them a tax deduction for the wages they pay out to illegals. No mention of enforcing the laws which are already on the books which have severe fines for employers, no talk of enforcing that...no, that would come too close to real effective action which is exactly the opposite of his desired result. He is just like the rest of the Republicans who like to use immigration as an issue but who have no intention of really every doing anything that would eliminate their access to cheap labor. Thompson is a bag of hot air and I'm glad his campaign is totally fizzling.

I understand the points just made but I dont think it matters.....well I know it doesnt matter to me.
there also is the matter of him not going after the job as if it were life or death to him by not getting it.
if you listen carefully, he does speak with passion, its just not in the typical political fashion and it is a detrement to his campaign, I would think without a doubt....maybe he can overcome that and people will hear what he has to say and not how he says it.

but I also understand how many of you can bring up these questions of intensity.

I mean....the BL2 endorsement carries a lot of weight and all and it was done with great care and thought because of that weight that it carries from sea to shining sea............ yuk yuk.......

The more one looks at campaign by Fred Thompson the more one gets a sense of his reluctance to run. A lot of talk has gone on about his "laconic" (read that "Lazy") campaign style, and his tendency to only really show enthusiasm for the process at the tonier night time functions where he can appear under the bright lights with a couple of drinks in him and after having just smoked an illegal cohiba. At those moments he tends to act like a real presidential contender. But it's all an act at the end of the day. Take his sorry, aged ass out into the daylight like in this story and the real Fred Thompson emerges. Grumpy, distainful, uninvolved in his own campaign to an almot laughable degree.

One begins to wonder how much of this campaign was Fred's idea and how much was that of his young ambitious wife. Apparently the idea of being First Floozy of the USA appeals to Jerri "Cans" Thompson more than being POTUS appeals to Fred.

Some guys'll do anything fer a blow-job.

Spud almost feels sorry fer Nixon's moleman now.

Almost.

Be Well.

PS: As ya do.
stage left.

"I mean....the BL2 endorsement carries a lot of weight"

Just ask Shelley Sekula-Gibbs.

if you listen carefully, he does speak with passion
-Bl2


LOL Low key passion, Now there's a winning combination!

If Thompson wants people to talk about his 4 point plan, then maybe he should walk around Iowa and tell people about it?
Why would I give a damn about what some retiree in Nowheresville Iowa thinks? So Thompsons walks down the street shaking some old guys hand in a coffee shop.

The author was mad because he was shut out of the interview. And Thompson doesn't want to play by the rules established by the media. So he does a hack job. What in the story is newsworthy? Where is the story labeled 'opinion'. Typical elitism from the "mainstream" media.

"Why would I give a damn about what some retiree in Nowheresville Iowa thinks? "

Because they vote, and are having a primary soon.

"Why would I give a damn about what some retiree in Nowheresville Iowa thinks? "

Because they vote, and are having a primary soon.
There vote simply fuels the media coverage, it has minimal relevance to the real voters. The caucus process is a media event that allows them(the media) to control who gets positive or negative coverage. Think back when Clinton was running and was pretty much out of the picture. His handlers begged and pressured for more coverage and face time. It worked.

he is the only republican candidate who has set out specific goals and plans for problems facing us and he HAS NEVER WAVERED

Sorry, mandatory naps times ain't exactly a globe leading policy, BLT. A Constitutional Amendment to make Tuesday Seniors Discount Day probably won't get too far, either. And Congress has no authority to send the National Guard to keep kids off your lawn.

I understand he wants to reduce his 4 point plan to a three point plan so he can rest up a bit more.

If Thompson really wanted to be in politics, he wouldn't have 'cut & run' for 'librull hollywood' following 9/11 when he would have been most needed.

I'm guessing Ole Tommy knew there were going to be some long hours ahead right after 9/11 and said "fuck that".

What I don't understand is how Thompson consistently polls better than people who do twice the amount of campaigning he does. What is it that draws voters to claim they'd vote for him, and would they really?

Posted by JOE at 2007-12-20 12:45 AM | Reply | Flag:

After watching Days Of Thunder, many rednecks still think he's the head of NASCAR.

YEEEEEE-Huh?

I mean....the BL2 endorsement carries a lot of weight"

Just ask Shelley Sekula-Gibbs.

Posted by Danforth at 2007-
its nice to be able to laugh at a funny line even at your own expense when its done with little apparent malice..

HEY HANS AND OTHERS>........can you read this.,,,
this is how you do it....

good one.......

What has Thompson done to show he has the energy and drive it takes to be POTUS? Much more energetic men than he have gone grey dealing with the pressure, stress and LONG hours being president requires. Funny thing is, imagine if this guy actually gets elected POTUS: lazy man on the campaign trail = lazy president. One can only imagine the number of taxpayer funded vacations Thompson will take. He'll probably put Bush the 2nd to shame.

thats not a sure thing....

maybe he will last longer than the others....
and here is, of course the old line about bush and vacation when we know good and well that when he is through "Clearing all that brush" on the ranch that he has meetings and calls and works in the house.
but keep underesitmating him....(see thread on budget passed).......
when you listen to him answer questions, you get very little runaround like you do many of the others...he is the only republican who has stepped out and given some plans about how to fix things when the others of both sides pontificate and LECTURE us.

he is the ONLY conservative running on either side.............his views on the issues tell us that, not his daily schedule.

What I don't understand is how Thompson consistently polls better than people who do twice the amount of campaigning he does. What is it that draws voters to claim they'd vote for him, and would they really?

Latest Iowa poll:
Mike Huckabee 28%
Mitt Romney 25%
Fred Thompson 10%
John McCain 9%
Rudy Giuliani 6%
Ron Paul 6%
Tom Tancredo 3%
Duncan Hunter 1%
Unsure 13%