Comments on: Breaking: Tommy Thompson to form exploratory committee

By: No Runny Eggs » Blog Archive » The Cheddarsphere react to Tommy for Pres Part 1/2 continues

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:14:05 +0000

[...] Michelle Malkin (so she’s not a Cheddarhead; I grant special dispensation based on this week’s Vent) – Five letters for you–L.O.S.E.R. (damn, but that’s harsh, but what do you expect from someone who displays a bigger set of balls than Fox News) [...]

By: TOMMY WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT « Texas Hold ‘Em Blogger

TOMMY WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT « Texas Hold ‘Em Blogger — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:42:23 +0000

[...] And, as Ian at HotAir points out, he has another problem (via Michelle Malkin). Take last week’s statements by Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, who oversees the CDC, when news broke about the Florida man who had contracted the first case of inhalation anthrax in 25 years. [...]

By: steveegg

steveegg — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:30:45 +0000

True enough, so perhaps my (lame) attempt at humor will fall on its face. But he’s not a guy I see getting people enthusiastically behind him for president. thirteen28 on November 16, 2006 at 1:28 PM

The only place that Tommy is charismatic and inspirational is on the stump, and he wasn't on the stump at all since he was taken out of Wisconsin, so it's no surprise you said that. You are very correct on the lack of enthusiasm; I've done a roundup of the react from right side of the Cheddarsphere (the name up here for the portion of the blogosphere in Wisconsin), and it isn't pretty from those that voted for him up to 4 times (3 times here only because I was too young in 1986).

By: The American Mind / Not Tickled with Tommy

The American Mind / Not Tickled with Tommy — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:27:07 +0000

[...] The early reaction to Tommy Thompson’s possible Presidential run is negative. Michelle Malkin digs out a five-year old column blasting Tommy for his leadership (or lack thereof) during the anthrax attacks. [...]

By: thirteen28

thirteen28 — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:28:57 +0000

You’ve never been at a Tommy stump speech, have you? I have, and he actually is quite inspirational and charismatic on the campaign trail (especially if that trail has the requisite-for-Wisconsin bar on it).

steveegg on November 16, 2006 at 11:53 AM

True enough, so perhaps my (lame) attempt at humor will fall on its face. But he’s not a guy I see getting people enthusiastically behind him for president.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:53:23 +0000

Well, on the bright side, he’s as inspirational and charismatic as Steve Forbes was.

thirteen28 on November 16, 2006 at 10:27 AM

You’ve never been at a Tommy stump speech, have you? I have, and he actually is quite inspirational and charismatic on the campaign trail (especially if that trail has the requisite-for-Wisconsin bar on it).

By: Dread Pirate Roberts VI

Dread Pirate Roberts VI — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:47:02 +0000

Non-starter!

By: shooter

shooter — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:13:14 +0000

Tommy Thompson, Who the hell is he?

By: thirteen28

thirteen28 — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:27:56 +0000

Update (Michelle): Five letters for you–L.O.S.E.R.

Ok, so let me get this straight – you don’t like him, right?

Well, on the bright side, he’s as inspirational and charismatic as Steve Forbes was.

By: SouthernGent

SouthernGent — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:19:47 +0000

By the way, where is everyone tonight?

It’s Tommy Thompson….*YAWN*

By: retired

retired — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:28:28 +0000

this guy needs to disappear he was worthless and a fool in his job at Homeland security, he was a failure and a fraud..

By: purpleslog

purpleslog — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:33:18 +0000

“Haha, you know, if you guys had been smart, you would have convinced him to run against Herb Kohl in 2006.”.

He thought about it and passed.

Yep, he was a 4 term gov and a moderate.

The dems ran real loosers (Ed Garvey – Jeez – even most dems hate him) against for his re-elections, so it is no surprise he kept winning.

By: Patterico’s Pontifications » Tommy Thompson Considers Presidential Run

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:55:54 +0000

[...] Hot Air reports that Tommy Thompson is forming an exploratory committee to look at the possibility of a 2008 presidential candidacy. [...]

By: StuLongIsland

StuLongIsland — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:47:39 +0000

All these guys they ever have is government positions, where do they get all that money to run for office? How do I beocme rich like all those people running? Other people paying for all these people. I can see Bloomberg he got billions from a business he started, even if losing, he is using his own money to fill his fantasy. yet all these other people mostly what I have heard of them is that were on the government, state, city or federal payroll to become rich. I work for the federal gov’t and lucky to afford a train ticket to DC, not that pay is unfair or anything., Geez

By: thedecider

thedecider — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:41:49 +0000

Perhaps the ‘exploratory committee’ could also examine why he believes he has leadership qualities in scope of a position as prominent as the POTUS.

By the way, where is everyone tonight? In the threads I find interesting, there are only a couple dozen comments and it seems like everyone went to bed or something… Did we all get left behind?

RightWinged on November 15, 2006 at 10:49 PM

It’s been a long week RightWinged. With not much energizing news coming out of D.C.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:13:04 +0000

By the way, where is everyone tonight? In the threads I find interesting, there are only a couple dozen comments and it seems like everyone went to bed or something… Did we all get left behind?

RightWinged on November 15, 2006 at 10:49 PM

Call it the midweek hump.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:02:31 +0000

Michelle – That’s cold. True, but cold nonetheless. There’s plenty more from before his time in Washington to deep-six this as fast as his “run” in 2000 was deep-sixed.

One more reason Tommy doesn’t have a prayer of either President or VP – there’s enough video out there of Tommy, shall we say, less than sober, including one special one where he uttered the phrase those of us in southeast Wisconsin have come to regret, “Stick it to ‘em.” Not that I’m exactly suggesting anybody search YouTube for it, but I’m sure somebody has it up there.

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:59:31 +0000

http://www.vbulletin.com/

By: steveegg

steveegg — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:56:11 +0000

VB forum?

By: steveegg

steveegg — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:55:27 +0000

Normally, I let lightning deal with trolls, but in this case, I’ll make an exception. Don’t think that the “R”PW didn’t try, but even Tommy realized that Nobody’s Senator has too much money left from the sale of the family business (the now-defunct Kohl’s Food Stores and the rather-successful Kohl’s Department Stores) and too much goodwill from keeping the Milwaukee Bucks in town and buying UW a shiny new arena.

By: austinnelly

austinnelly — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:54:50 +0000

No. I think everyone has given up. Rumsfeld was given the Willem Dafoe in Platoon treatment; I’ve lost track of how many times Jorge Arbusto has given me the finger in the last week. Apparently the GOP has decided to pig pile onto my beliefs by appointing that flaming jacka$$ to Senate Minority leader…and now..please welcome the John Edwards of the GOP, presidential wannabe..uh…whathisface…got fired for sucking at his job and nobody noticed…Tommy…er..Macaca..oops..er Thompson. Michelle said it best…LOSER.

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:52:13 +0000

In the threads I find interesting, there are only a couple dozen comments and it seems like everyone went to bed or something…

It’d be a lot busier if AP would install a VB forum on the site. Come on, isn’t anyone with me here? I keep mentioning it :P I’ll cough up the cash for the license LOL

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:51:22 +0000

Well, he does have 2 more conservative accomplishments than I can think of for McCain, and arguably 1 more than Giuliani.

which cannot be overlooked. At this point, conservative republicans have to face the reality that there will not be a true conservative presidential candidate. Most likely that will be the VP, while the president will be more *cough*moderate*cough*.

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:49:21 +0000

Damn. his wikipedia entry is updated already. How fast are those people over there?

lorien1973 on November 15, 2006 at 10:29 PM

It’s user updated.

By the way, where is everyone tonight? In the threads I find interesting, there are only a couple dozen comments and it seems like everyone went to bed or something… Did we all get left behind?

By: Grebrook

Grebrook — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:45:31 +0000

Haha, you know, if you guys had been smart, you would have convinced him to run against Herb Kohl in 2006.

If you had done that, you might still control the senate. He was actually ahead in the early polling. Suckers.