Is Fred Dead or Just Resting?

[Hepburn]

In early October I argued there was a disconnect between the way the pundits and voters viewed Fred Thompson's candidacy. Sitting here six weeks later, however, evidence continues to pour in that Thompson has completely underwhelmed the Republican electorate.

It seems like every other day a new poll comes out in a key early state showing Fred losing ground - sometimes significant ground. Indeed, if you take a look at groups that have conducted at least two surveys since early September (when Thompson officially entered the race and began campaigning) the trend lines are unmistakable:

Thompson is now running a distant fourth in Iowa, has almost dropped off the charts to sixth place in New Hampshire, is running in 3rd place in South Carolina about 4 points behind Romney and Giuliani, and has fallen well off the pace into 3rd in Florida.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20071120/cm_rcp/is_fred_dead_or_just_resting

Well, one Repig asshole down, a few more to go.....

[NYCGirl]

1. He's pining for the fjords. NT

[Birthmark]

5. Answer stealer!!

:) It was the first thing I thought, too.

[NYCGirl]

6. Took me a while to figure out how to spell fjord, though.

And I'm still not sure whether it's right!


:hi:

[Birthmark]

7. The key to Nordic spelling...

...if it looks funny, you got it right. :)

[MADem]

2. Freddie's deaaaaad....that's a-whut ah saaaaiid.....

Everybody's misused him
Ripped him up and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushin' dope for the man
A terrible blow
But that's how it goes
A freddie's on the corner now
If you wanna be a junkie, wow
Remember freddie's dead

[jefferson_dem]

3. He had no energy to begin with.

Given these shoddy numbers, they'll be wheeling him to a few events here and there and that's it.

[Tejanocrat]

4. Hollywood = doornail

[Basileus Basileon]

8. This is an ex-candidate.

[Hepburn]

10. IMO....you have the best....

...description yet! Ex-candidate! :applause:

[Clark2008]

9. He would have been No. 1 with a bullet until he said that

the anti-choice position shouldn't be part of the Republican platform.

That lost it for him.

Up until that time, I thought he'd be their nominee.

[melody]

11. I remember when I was leapt on and howled at for pointing out he was a non-starter

The man has tons of well-closeted skeletons and is, as my grandmother used to say, as dumb as an old grey mule (my apologies to elderly mules).

He would have to raise Ronald Reagan from the dead to get the nomination.