Fred Thompson: "The Other White Meat"

[maxrandb]

Sorry, but that was the first thing I thought about when I read this column by George Will in my local Sunday paper. I do love the man falling off the cliff analogy though.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/will/331852,CST-EDT-GEO08.article

"A man walking along the edge of a cliff slips and plummets toward jagged rocks and crashing surf, barely saving himself by clinging to the cliff's face. But the cliff is too steep to climb, so he shouts, ''Is anyone up there?'' A voice fills the sky -- God's voice -- saying: ''Have faith and pray. If you have sufficient faith and pray well, you can let go and land gently, unhurt, amid the rocks and surf.'' The man ponders this promise, then shouts: ''Is there anyone else up there?''
This is the ''Anyone else up there?'' phase of the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, which explains the political flavor du jour, Fred Thompson, the former senator from Tennessee. Conservatives are dissatisfied with the array of candidates. Of course, people usually want what they do not see, a candidate who is a combination of John Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln -- handsome, energetic and wise."

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Aren't we limited to one Republic "bad actor, Empty suit" per century?

Funny how the Republic Party is disappointed in the selection of crotchety old white guys that they have running, so they are forced to turn to their savior...an even "crotchety-er" old white guy.

I'm guessing that Bush may not be totally worthless...he may have brought about the complete destruction of the Republics.

[melody]

1. Here we go again

The Thompson threads.

Look, I know the point of this Thompson pimping is to bully, discourage and ground down the Democrats so they feel less encouraged and thus roll over, but they really need a more formidable opponent to use. LOL!

Wait till the masses get a look at his teenage wife with the boob job. Yeah, that'll go over real big.

[maxrandb]

2. My point exactly

it doesn't matter who they run. The Republican Brand Name is going the way of the Edsel.

He'll appeal to the 25 "percenters", but they've already OD'd on the Kool-Aid.

[TnDem]

3. Ok, please apologize when...

He carries the entire south and midwest...

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

4. The entire midwest?

You mean Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio? Not a chance! Look I know he may seem popular in West Banjopick, Tennessee, awww screw it why even bother. Here we are nineteen months from the general election and were totally screwn! Game over man! I'm not even going to bother! Why try, Fred Thompson is an unstoppable force! Don't take my word for it, his nephew Tn"Dem" has pretty much summed it all up. And he would know, in another thread he informed me he lives among "real Americans".

[melody]

5. LMAO! Exactly!

The poor people are grasping at straws, my friends. The keyboard commandos are so desperate
for a leader, they'll drag one off TV and try to dress him up, then parade them everywhere.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

14. I agree

however, you must remember anyone who doesn't think Fred Thompson shits ice cream is living in The BlueBubbleTM.

[TwilightGardener]

8. BWAH!--West Banjopick. FredTroll (TnDem), I thought I said

g'nite to you on that LAST FredThread. You've got a busy Trollday tomorrow, better get some shuteye.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

11. Why is this so difficult for many DUers to grasp?

We need to look closely at EVERY potential Republican candidate and clearly understand their strengths/weaknesses, who they will appeal to/who they won't, etc. Fred Phuckin Thompson is no different. And anyone who doesn't think Idiot America will vote another Republican actor into office is delusional (Ahnuld is a perfect example). Hell, I think they're idiotic enough to vote another Bush into office--quite likely Jeb as VP. I live in a blue area of a purple state and have already seen Thompson bumper stickers. I can only imagine how the wingnuts in states like TX, OK, UT, WY, ID, etc. (and all of the South) are salivating over him. None of the current crop seems unstoppable, but ignore him, and any candidate, at your peril. And if it turns out that it's Hillary v. Thompson, the Dems better have an especially massive GOTV effort, b/c the fundies will be out voting with a vengeance.

And as far as the younger wife - so what? They'll tone down the cleavage, stick her in Chanel, put her hair up in a chignon, and try to pass her off as Grace Kelly.

[melody]

13. And why is it so difficult for other DUers to understand we have pro-GOP trolls here

There's a difference between citing the strengths of a potential candidate and
singing their praises. What I've seen lately is fairly blatant Thompson pimping,
since the GOP candidates amount to FU, FU2, and FU-Wingnut. They aren't saying
"he has good rhetorical skills", they write in ardent declarations of how wondrous
he is. It's pitifully transparent. Most of the obvious Thompson Trolls I have set
on Ignore, but there are a few who've cropped up lately.

Let me put it this way -- she's a LOT younger than he is. She looks like his daughter.
You can stick her in whatever you like, but she still comes off as a trophy wife and
that is going to lose a large percentage of the conservative females right there.

[Bucky]

7. His "teenage wife with the boob job" is 48 years old.

She's younger than him, but nothing worse than Giuliani or Kucinich has done in the trophy wife department. And while the lady is... um... curvacious, I think the "girls" are real. She's "volumptious" but doesn't have that classic "canteloup halves glued to a fence plank" look of fading starlets who get late-career enhancements.

I don't think the Fred Thompson candidacy has legs, but if we're going to attack him (as we should) let's try and do so on real issues instead of that busybody gossip shit that Republicans used to excel at.

[TwilightGardener]

9. Nope--the knives are out for the bimb--I mean, wives--Fair game, baby!

[melody]

10. I was exaggerating to make a point

The public will see her as much younger and no, her breasts aren't real.

I'm rather amused that so many of the people "attacking" him seem to have such a high opinion
of him. They keep defending him as might a freeper. They will come up with the compulsory
"oh, I don't support him" or "I don't think he has a chance", but then extol his mighty virtues as
might a smitten teenager. lol

[sutz12]

6. "Aren't we limited to one Republic "bad actor, Empty suit" per century?"

Well, it is a new century.

:evilgrin:

[Bigmack]

12. One old fart in my breakfast group....

.... no rightwingnut by any means.... said the other day that the only candidate that appeals to him is Thompson. I asked him why, and he just said he seems like an honest guy.

Kinda like betting on a horse in a race because he's a pretty color!

My advice to the Dems... do some digging. I'm not asking for a "swiftboating", but people need to know all about this guy.