Fred Thompson may drop out

[swag]

Source: Politico

DES MOINES, Iowa – Several Republican officials close to Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign said they expect the candidate will drop out of the race within days if he finishes poorly in Thursday’s Iowa caucus.

Thompson’s campaign, which last spring and summer was generating fevered anticipation in the media and with some Republican activists, has never ignited nationally, and there are no signs of a late spark happening here in Iowa, where even a third-place finish is far from assured.

This reality—combined with a fundraising drought—left well-connected friends and advisers of Thompson Wednesday evening predicting that he will pull the plug on hype and hope before the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary.

Thompson’s departure could shake up the race more than his continued presence. Friends and advisers said they have long considered it likely that if the lobbyist-actor is forced from the race he would endorse John McCain his former Senate colleague who lately has been staging a political revival in New Hampshire.


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[BeyondGeography]

1. And what a memorable run it was

[PhiBetaCretin1]

17. What a hoot!

Watching Law & Order tonight made me think of old Fred. He should have kept his day job!
:rofl: :woohoo:

[DCKit]

26. Did Fred play Sleepy or Dopey? n/t

[insanad]

53. Uhhhh, Could you please repeat the question?....

What will Jackie and Dunlap do on Red State Update without that hilarious drawing of the dozey Fred Thompson behind them? I love that Fred Thompson is a representative of the Republican Party... dull, stupid, slow, a bit hideous to look at, and so far out of touch with the rest of the world that he still thinks MC Hammer is the black music icon for the "darkies" of the world.

I've had cold sticky two day old oatmeal warmer and more interesting than this guy. With the writers strike it's a good thing the Republican party has their bevy of clowns to keep the comedy rolling or I'd be downright bored. I have a little nasty fantasy of all the religious wingnut Christian Rebug candidate wannabes all getting down to their skivvies, (Mitts would be truly disgusting because I've seen those mormon jammies and they're SKANKY and sloppy) and get into a ring and duke it out in a tag team sort of fest, smacking each other with the holy righteous chairs of Jesus and spitting scripture, flinging the feces of bigotted doctrine and just getting down and dirty. Boy Howdy, that would make a fun show.

[Joe Bacon]

22. Run? Hell, it wasn't even a POWER WALK!

Watching Thompson in the debate reminded me of Second City's Perry Como skit where Como was singing from a bed :evilgrin:

[boricua79]

29. think of the moment

1) The zombie look
2) The zombie look
3) oh, and don't forget, The Zombie Look.

I've seen more excitement from a corpse.

[JerseygirlCT]

39. LOL. nt

[Pirate Smile]

2. Maybe he should drop out before tomorrow night.

Great timing, Fred.

[swag]

3. Now how about a round of applause?

[Pirate Smile]

10. It seems like he is issuing a warning to anyone actually considering

voting for him - NO, don't do it!

[saltpoint]

20. LOL!

[LiberalFighter]

28. No no no!!! He should stay until the delegates vote at the National Convention.

[King Coal]

52. Won't he have to wake up first?

[eleny]

4. To become the Lazy Boy spokesperson

[grytpype]

5. One empty suit down, who will be next?

My guess is 9iu11iani will do poorly on Super Tuesday and and drop out to endorse McCain.

[grytpype]

9. Oh, and that endorsement will be really valuable...

:eyes:

[Wapsie B]

6. Gosh, and the Elks Club here was just plastered with Thompson signs the other day.

Say it ain't so Freddy! :cry:


:sarcasm:

[0007]

44. OMG!!

Now Fred Thompson playing Ronald Reagan

[saracat]

7. But how will we know he has dropped out?Who could tell he was running?

[saltpoint]

21. Exactly. It's going to be hard to tell the difference between when he was

running and when he isn't running.

[BigDDem]

61. That's pretty funny

perhaps his wife will wake him up and tell him the news.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Biggest political disappointment of the year. Everyone thought

he was going to be unstoppable last spring. Amazing. Sometimes things are as they appear--the rap was that he was old, tired, lazy and didn't really want to run, and that turned out to be no myth.

[Truth2Tell]

11. Fred who? n/t

[donheld]

71. Fred Mertz n/t

[aquart]

12. "If"?

[TransitJohn]

13. Hahahahaha

I remember the freepers all super jazzed about a Fred Thompson campaign....gee, they really have a keen sense of this politics business, don't they?

[swag]

15. First Condiliar, then Shagging-on-the-Public Dime Rudy, then Poor Old Man Thompson.

Great fads all, while they lasted.

[Historic NY]

14. Drop out, he never got kick started, Great White dope. n/t

[sasquatch]

16. What are the Vegas odds that he falls asleep during his resignation speech?

[hatrack]

36. Longer than the odds that WE fall asleep during the same speech!

:toast:

[TwilightGardener]

18. Oops, according to a post at Freepville he's NOT dropping out--

this was a dirty trick by another campaign. So...Huckabee or Romney?

[On the Road]

59. If It's a Political Dirty Trick,

it's a damn good one.

[LongTomH]

19. well, there go all my "Bedtime for Bonzo: the Sequel" jokes!

Life just ain't fair.


Just kidding! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[bluevoter4life]

23. I know its been stated in many different forms but....

Thompson's campaign was the biggest fucking joke of the 2008 cycle. How was one able to take him seriously when he thought there was still a Soviet Union. Your ship sailed a long time ago Freddy. All you're doing now is struggling to stay afloat. You're poll ratings were lower than your Law and Order gig.

[mwb970]

40. He never seemed like a possibility to me.

He looks tired, old, and grouchy. He speaks without energy and has no message. He has no major accomplishments outside of show business. He is known to be lazy. Richard Nixon called him "dumb as hell."

How exactly was this piece of nothing supposed to save the R's?

[DRoseDARs]

24. Well, at least he's dropping out instead of dropping dead, what with his whirlwind schedule...

...of naps.

Fred, just stick with acting: You don't COMPLETELY suck at that.

[DRoseDARs]

25. Oh, and of course the campaign stops...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2577862

[chelsea0011]

27. Leno is back. Maybe he can cross the picket lines and drop out the Tonight Show.

[C_U_L8R]

30. aw come on Fred

you're such an inspiration !

not.

[Canuckistanian]

31. Stay Fred, stay!

We're sorry about all the mean things we said about you.

America needs your strength and wis....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. unless he forgets.

what an exciting manly man of a campaign.

[BlueManDude]

33. Somewhere Margaret Carlson weeps.... nm

[onehandle]

34. "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now."

Stephanie Miller plays that Forrest Gump line from the movie whenever she talks about Thompson.

I cannot believe that I ever was worried about that buffoon running.

[progressoid]

35. Maybe he could get Boo Berry's endorsment.

That might help. :shrug:

[EnviroBat]

51. I miss the brothers Berry...

[npincus]

37. Buh-bye, Fred.

[Ikonoklast]

38. The local morgue that he borrowed that brown suit from

wanted it back, and 'Ol Fred just didn't want to bother getting another.

[tavalon]

41. Somebody better wake him up to tell him

[karlrschneider]

42. He ran out of Aqua Velva and cigars?

Aw, shucks...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

43. And in more good news

Law & Order premiered last night, and was a vast improvement over the old L&O when Thompson was on board. Many a critic noted that he was a factor in the declining ratings of the show, and no tears were shed on his departure.

[Politicub]

45. LOL - and he was the great GOP hope?!

:rofl:

His run did accomplish one thing - it makes me want to avoid L&O reruns that he's in. And I've been a fan of L&O for years! I wonder if anyone else has the same reaction?

[Javaman]

46. May drop out? since when was he relevant to begin with?

the guy is asleep most of the time.

I can't wait till it's official so the tool down my block can finally yank his stupid ass thompson sign from his front lawn.

good grief, some people are that stupid.

[LSK]

47. I bet HE cant wait

[pleah]

48. Who's Fred?

[pinniped]

49. !@#$, if he hangs in there he's got it for sure.

.

[EnviroBat]

50. I ask again... Who is this "Fred Thompson" fellow? n/t

[frogcycle]

54. The real story behind his chucking it

He never really wanted to do it. Jeri was behind it; she wanted to be first bimbo. She insisted he run; she was the campaign manager. Then she learned that when you marry an old fart for fame and fortune, there are tradeoffs. If you and he keep a low profile, then you can get a little on the side and his meager efforts every couple of months are adequate. But when he is in the public eye you can't fool around AND if you are pushing him to do shit he doesn't want to, he has no energy left over, so you are SOL. She decided that she wasn't getting good enough "vibes" about his chances.

:rofl:

[Tiberius]

55. All I keep thinking of is the SNL opening

... where Fred asks, "how bad do I want to be your president? On the scale of 1 through 10, about a 6"....


LOL

[Felix Mala]

56. First they'll have to wake him up to tell him he lost...

Then he can drop out. Too bad his campaign coincided with the writers strike. He had nothing to say.

[Arugula Latte]

57. Someone should hold a mirror up to his nose and mouth

to see if he's still breathing.

[sutz12]

58. If Fred Thompson fell down in a forest, would anybody hear? nt

[sandyj999]

60. Oh, I thought he already did. n/t

[BrotherBuzz]

62. I wonder if the writers strike actually torpedoed his campaign - no material

:rofl:

[BigDDem]

63. Memo to Fred: Back to Law and Order

at least you looked conscious on the show.

[truebrit71]

74. Nope...he's blown that gig too....

...!!!

[ryanmuegge]

64. It wasn't quite as easy as he thought it would be, I guess.

Maybe this means my neighbor won't mind if I kick the shit out of his Fred Thompson sign now.

[Ilsa]

67. Just a hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign on it. nt

[sentelle]

65. you mean he didn't drop out yet?

Sure seems like it.... I guess this was his way of adding ratings to Law and Order (due to the writers strike?)

[knowledgeispwr]

66. He was *in*?

:sarcasm:

[Tarc]

68. Ahaha, the kiss of death

Fred has been endorsed by RimJob;

http://fredfile.fred08.com/blog/2008/jim-robinson-endorses-fred-thompson/#comment-37761

:rofl:

[Ilsa]

69. He's running third in Iowa in tonight's caucus. About 15%. nt

[melody]

70. I'm stunned, I tell you, stunned!

I thought he was the Great Red Hope ... I thought he was the one who was going to save the party of Lincoln ...

No, actually, I've been calling him Half Dead Fred from the beginning, but why don't we let Knox Pooley (one of
Freddie's alter egos) have the last word ...

"It's never the noun, it's always the verb ... sell."

[Orsino]

72. He always does. Always.

Even when present, he's not.

[gmoney]

73. Lots of Fred 08 stickers around here it seems...

but he didn't stand a chance.