Fred Thompson is BORING

[MadBadger]

I'm watching him on Leno right now. What do people like so much about this guy? Where is the Charisma that I have been hearing about? The man is just boring as hell.

[Az]

1. He has a really really deep voice

And he has folksy anecdotes. Basically he's the daddy figure the GOP craves.

[KittyWampus]

3. And his longest stint in any one profession was Washington Lobbyist for S&L's

right before they bilked American taxpayers for lots of money.

Just getting that info out as much as possible :)

[zabet]

2. Booring!

Notice how he failed to mention his lobbying experience in Washington when talking about his career.
And the Freepers worship this boor!:yoiks:
:smoke:

[MadBadger]

4. I feel like Im watching Joe Lieberman

Thats how boring he is. He even looks extremely boring like Joe does.

[Czolgosz]

5. Other than Tweety, no one really likes him. He's just getting a bump because they HATE Rudy McRomney

[Journeyman]

6. Rudy McRomney. . . that's great! . . .

gotta remember that. . .

[Virginia Dare]

28. Rudy McRomney...

good one :thumbsup:

[tularetom]

7. Yeah but he has a "southern accent" and according to the "pundits"

that will make all the dumshits in the "heartland" vote for him.

Personally I think he looks like the Big Mouth Billy Bass some asshole gave me for a joke retirement gift a few years ago. And he talks like he's got gas and is ready to burp.

[TwilightGardener]

8. The Billy Bass--is that the mounted fish that sings when you walk by?

That's a pretty good comparison to Fred, but the Creature from the Black Lagoon is his twin.

[merh]

9. I think Fred is taller

http://www.3dimages.co.uk/gallery/d/665-2/Creature+exBLagoon.jpg

and more hunched over (and for the love of god, why didn't he unbutton his jacket before he sat down) :eyes:

[TwilightGardener]

10. Yep, that's the picture! Thank you! I didn't watch the interview, however--

couldn't stomach the Southern-Fried Shitbag visual/auditory assault of Fred and Toby Keith.

[merh]

13. Actually, my cable went on the fritz and I missed the majority of it

he is dull as dishwater and I hope the FredHeads cling to him like toilet paper clings to their butt cracks. They deserve each other.

The lady actress from the Gilmore Girls (I don't know her name, she plays the mom) came out after his segment and laughed and announced she was quitting show business and running for president. It was pretty funny. Well it was better than Fred :freak:

[TwilightGardener]

15. "Like toilet paper clings to their butt cracks"-- a visual I neither wanted nor deserved--thanks!

:rofl:

[merh]

17. I'm sorry, but that's what they remind me of, they are just ick on a stick.

You know that jerry garcia is turning over in his grave -- the FredHeads. I mean, how odd that the conservatives who have hated hippies for decades should choose to morph the name of the followers of the Grateful Dead and use it to name the loyal sheeple of the good old boy crept keeper. He's grateful he isn't dead.

[Virginia Dare]

29. I thought you were joking...

they actually call themselves "Fredheads"? :wtf:

[merh]

48. Yup, that's what they are calling themselves.

Do a google search, they even have a message board they just began.

Leno asked him about the Fredheads last night. x(

[tularetom]

12. Yeah it sang until my grandson somehow silenced it

You are correct Freddie is a dead ringer for the CFTBL.

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

14. I bought my dad a Billy Bass ripoff, then. I'll bet he "silenced" it too--

with a hammer.

[bunkerbuster1]

34. Which is to say, he's Karl Rove's Chosen One.

The naysayers will fall into line and claim he's a Great Communicator.

Only even less competent, more malleable and less capable of working without a script.

[BootinUp]

11. He's got the whole "good ole boy" thing down

pretty good.

I don't think everyone would agree with you that he is boring, he has stage presence.

[Zookeeper]

16. Not just boring, but creepy and gross....

I've never seen the appeal of the big-daddy type. (I thought Reagan was creepy, too, but not as creepy as Thompson.)

[melody]

18. Bingo

He's boring, he's not terribly bright, and he's about as electable as Scrooge McDuck.

[ComerPerro]

19. he is a no-talent hack of an actor who doesn't know jack shit about politics

therefore, he is the ideal Repig candidate

[opihimoimoi]

20. Therfore. if the Pigs run him, they gonna lose their asses.....IMHO of course...

[ComerPerro]

24. Reagan fit my description, and they won (especially re-election)

[Virginia Dare]

30. If they want to keep running Reagan, that's fine by me...

the fucker first won the Presidency almost 30 years ago, that's an eternity in political time, and any excuse to poke holes in the so-called "Reagan legacy", is a good thing.

In fact, I hope they resurrect Reagan's corpse on the stage during the Presidental debates like they have been in the Repuke primary debates, I'd like to see our candidate really smack them down hard on some of these revisionist lies they keep repeating.

[ComerPerro]

33. well, don't underestimate the power of an uncharasmatic moron telling powerful lies

[Virginia Dare]

40. Reagan DID have charisma and charm...

those were his strengths. I think Thompson has neither. He's just a so-so B-list actor who sucks up to the right people in the Republican power structure, that is where the Reagan comparison ends.

[ComerPerro]

41. Reagan's "charisma" was the PR image created for him, and the lies he told

[Virginia Dare]

44. Yes, I agree somewhat...

however I have read that some Democratic leaders and other adversaries have said that they actually personally liked the man, just hated his politics, so I think he did have some personability about him, at least in his early years.

I do agree with this, that much of his persona was media generated, which is what carried him through to the latter part of his Presidency, when as I said, his illness was beginning to take its toll, and he appeared to be befuddled much of the time, which of course he was.

On the other hand, Bush's so-called "charm" is a total media/PR fabrication based on lies.

[ComerPerro]

46. well, I think some might say the same thing about Thompson

I mean, I don't see that he has "it", but I wouldn't really have seen that about Reagan either. But if enough people do...

[BlueIris]

21. Okay, seriously--make out with me.

[Skittles]

22. he is what I imagine the Grim Reaper looks and sounds like

:puke:

[Philosoraptor]

23. I always thought he was a wood carving.

[Catchawave]

25. If Thompson runs, can we run this guy:

[merh]

27. OMG - let's put him on the ballot - I just love him.

What a grand idea!!! :woohoo:

*swoon*

[Virginia Dare]

31. And his wife is waaay prettier...n/t

[Catchawave]

42. I wish they'd bring back The West Wing

with the Santos Administration :loveya: I miss that show.

[merh]

50. Oh, that would be great.

Unfortunately, the networks seem to hate good programming, look how they cancelled Studio 60. :(

[MadBadger]

51. Or shows that do not do well in the ratings, and cost a lot.

Well hey, Sorkin is free now.

[Catchawave]

55. That means Aaron Sorkin is FREE now :)))))

:toast: We should start a movement, hell, nothing we do helps real world politics, may as well have our fantasy world back :loveya:

[MadBadger]

36. I'd Really much rather have this guy...

[shadowknows69]

26. ACTING!!!!

He's a movie star. Why do you hate America. Look what Reagan did for us.

Woah....Freeper possesion over. Sorry everyone.

[bunkerbuster1]

35. Reagan, at least, could ad lib.

Don't forget, in his early days, he'd receive a ticker tape with the basic box-score info from a game, and he'd re-create the baseball game in a live radio broadcast. I always found that rather remarkable, and it probably served him well as both an actor and a politician.

I doubt Fred's ever done anything so mentally demanding as that.

[Virginia Dare]

37. You're right, Reagan's quick wit came from his radio days mostly...

age and Alzheimer's definitely took their toll during the latter part of his Presidency. I don't think Thompson has that kind of charisma or wittiness, not by a long shot.

[Catchawave]

45. Ben Affleck was courted to run against George Allen

for Virginia Senator! Thank goodness Jim Webb threw his hat in the ring :D

[Virginia Dare]

49. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he eventually does run...

he's been all over the political talk shows of late.

[Homer Wells]

32. Because he is such a tough and relentless DA

on LAW AND ORDER. :sarcasm:

That show is one of the most popular series on television, (ever), and the ditto heads and sheep of this country think that the script he reads each week is REAL.

It's like ' O golly gee, look how he solves the cases on the show!! Wouldn't it be swell if he was our Prezdint, then he could solve all of our problems too!!"

Ronnie Reagan did a great job in the movies and the TV shows he was in too and look how well he turned out for us all!:sarcasm: again!!

Many Americans have a tenuous grasp on Reality, methinks.

:shrug:

[Virginia Dare]

38. Presidential races have turned into personality contests..

for the most part anyway. Media packaging is what it's all about. I know someone who wouldn't vote for Kerry because they thought his wife was bitchy. :wtf: People have no clue anymore, they just wait for the media to hold their hands and tell them what to think.

[MadBadger]

43. What would happen if we ran Sam Waterston against good ole Fred.

[Homer Wells]

47. Cool Idea!!!

That would be Fun!!

[bunkerbuster1]

54. Forget it. Sam's behind the "Give the Goopers a Head Start" movement

AKA "Unity 08"

http://www.unity08.com/


whose mission can be summed, roughly, as "Oh my stars, I'm about to get the VAPORS from all this partisan polarization!"

So, as their spokemodel, is Sam a delusional lunatic, or a paid-for hack? You decide!

[LSK]

39. did they talk about his 15 years as a LOBBYIST on Leno???

:D

[Hissyspit]

52. He'll still be dangerous. When it comes down to it, he is just another American fascist. n/t

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

53. Affleck/Damon 2008

Unbeatable Democratic ticket.