Video: How Fred could have won the whole election in five seconds
posted at 8:29 pm on December 13, 2007 by Allahpundit
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And the funniest part is that if he had done what they say, it really would have helped him. So desperate are conservatives for leadership that Fred standing up to a woman who looks like the Platonic form of a librarian now qualifies as some semi-significant taking of a stand. If he had let those two birds of his fly the coop, who knows? We might be calling him Reaganesque this morning.
Maybe that’s the way Huck wins us back. At the next debate he should turn to Blitzer, raise all the fingers on his hand except the thumb and pinky, and tell him to “Read between the lines, Wolf.” 60%, overnight.
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Why do these two morons rate any publicity?
Gatordoug on December 13, 2007 at 8:31 PM
I guess it’s only “cool” when folksy Southerners talk back. Rudy and McCain? Nah…
Big S on December 13, 2007 at 8:33 PM
One of their best.
Ah, the Double Deuce.
see-dubya on December 13, 2007 at 8:36 PM
The Bush Legacy
Good Lt on December 13, 2007 at 8:37 PM
Who knows… I had to stop it 30 seconds in. Stupid.
MT on December 13, 2007 at 8:38 PM
Rudy and McCain talked back? When was that?
Jay on December 13, 2007 at 8:38 PM
I think they’re clever and funny.
JiangxiDad on December 13, 2007 at 8:39 PM
…a girl like her would be sitting at the back of the class writing poetry on cat stationary…
I thought the screen writers were still on strike? That was funny.
Zorro on December 13, 2007 at 8:41 PM
not another thread about Hillary.
JiangxiDad on December 13, 2007 at 8:46 PM
The “Librarian”: Candidates, a show of hands, please. Who thinks the price of gas is too high?
Fred: Hey, lady, here’s some gas you can have for free! (He farts very loudly.)
Now THAT would win him the election!
radjah shelduck on December 13, 2007 at 8:49 PM
Heh Got your tickets for the hand show?
sonnyspats1 on December 13, 2007 at 8:51 PM
That’s just it. About a year ago I was talking about Fred running…mostly because he struck me as the most “Reaganesque” candidate possible.
And the campaign shots I had in my head were of when Reagan took no crud from moderators, or the press…like when he said “I’m paying for this mike…”
Fred needs to put those people in their place more often. He’d be a shoe-in for the nomination.
JetBoy on December 13, 2007 at 8:52 PM
These guys are almost as funny as Larry the Cable Guy!
amish on December 13, 2007 at 8:54 PM
“But I was enjoying the crab dip……”
All the misery coming out of Washington, we need something to laugh at.
Wuptdo on December 13, 2007 at 8:56 PM
So this is the best the Clinton machine could put out?
It was probably easy to find these 2 guys in Little Rock.
AZCON on December 13, 2007 at 8:59 PM
Those guys crack me up. The funny bone is what it is.
I liked Beavis and Butthead, too.
I guess that makes me a moron, but I think some people have had a humor-ectomy.
silverfox on December 13, 2007 at 9:01 PM
Look it up. They’re both relatively legendary (especially Rudy) for their combativeness and sticking to their principles. Fred just picked an easy time to score some cheap points with “MSM” fearing yahoos in the Republican base. He had no idea where the question was going; for all he knew, the moderator was trying to identify differences between the candidates in order to foster debate. I’m guessing he just didn’t want to answer the question. He’s had a few “minutes” since the debate; has he bothered to give a real answer? No. His response wasn’t cool, it was gutless.
Big S on December 13, 2007 at 9:06 PM
FUNNY!
tlynch001 on December 13, 2007 at 9:09 PM
the moderator was trying to identify differences between the candidates in order to foster debate.
Did you even watch the debate? That women had no intention of “fostering debate.” She wanted 15 second answers to questions about some of the biggest issues in the country. She didnt even allow the candidates to respond to attacks by their rivals.
The ‘raise youre hands’ thing was just the final straw.
amish on December 13, 2007 at 9:10 PM
Fred needs to save that particular jesture for Akmadinnerjad (and maybe Big S).
AZCON on December 13, 2007 at 9:18 PM
amish on December 13, 2007 at 9:10 PM
Yeah, I watched the debate. Did you? In case you missed it during your lengthy Fredgasm:
1.) After Fred blew his lid, she specifically stated “we’re going to follow up on that…” in order to try to get the candidates to do the show of hands.
2.) She gave Rudy and McCain time to state their views
3. She then asked which of the candidates agreed or disagreed, and was met with more bickering (with the exception of Hunter, who tried to get his answer in but was cut off by the arguing.)
Fred acted like he wanted to expound on the subject, but hasn’t really said anything about it that I know of. It would be a great opportunity for leadership on the issue, but he’s remained silent on the subject since the debate. I can only conclude that he doesn’t feel that the question was worth answering (or was dangerous politically), and would rather bask in the fake “leadership” glow he has gotten as a result of his little temper tantrum in the face of a newspaper editor from Iowa.
Big S on December 13, 2007 at 9:23 PM
Fred responded by saying that since Mars is walming up, too, maybe the martians need to drive their SUVs and corporate jets a little less often.
Oh, its been warming up since the last Ice Age, so, scootch back a little from the beach and you’ll be fine till the next Ice Age comes along.
AZCON on December 13, 2007 at 9:28 PM
After reading that I need dramamine and need to place one foot on the foot to stablize the room.
Limerick on December 13, 2007 at 9:31 PM
To show just how stupid the debate questions are and to show just how the candidates, with the exception of Fred, either pander to the question or are afraid to answer an obvious stupid with a
frankFred honest answer.And they’re funny :D
Kini on December 13, 2007 at 9:31 PM
ooops…floor
Limerick on December 13, 2007 at 9:31 PM
Watch the debate video again. I’m not making it up. Thompson made no attempt to get into the discussion after throwing a fit about not getting his time. He just stood there.
Big S on December 13, 2007 at 9:33 PM
Heh.
techno_barbarian on December 13, 2007 at 9:36 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!! Too true. God I hate Larry the Cable Guy…
Bad Candy on December 13, 2007 at 9:43 PM
Big S:
After watching this video, I have just figured out what it is about your comments! I just have to read them in the same accent as these comedians.
RushBaby on December 13, 2007 at 9:45 PM
yeah, can you imagine a candidate with balls to put the MSM in their “collective” place.
How I dream of such a candidate. Too bad most if not all are suffering from MPH (my pussy hurts).
Perhaps Fred will kick it up several notches before it is too late.
Fred, WE WANT ACTION, DECISIVENESS AND TAX CUTS, not pussyfooting around questions, sound bites, tax increases and growth of government.
BobJones-77 on December 13, 2007 at 9:48 PM
I think Red State Update is hilarious!
Doogiesd on December 13, 2007 at 9:51 PM
“Poetry on cat stationary”
ROFLMAO!
TheBigOldDog on December 13, 2007 at 9:52 PM
Ok, that made me laugh!
“But I was enjoying the crab dip.”
CP on December 13, 2007 at 10:01 PM
Funniest thing all day.
Tzetzes on December 13, 2007 at 10:09 PM
That might explain why the piece was funny. The “writers” ARE on strike.
William
William2006 on December 13, 2007 at 10:20 PM
Cat stationary…..LOL
Classic.
The Ugly American on December 13, 2007 at 10:23 PM
If Fred wins, then these should be the guys to do the daily press briefings.
Helloyawl on December 13, 2007 at 10:26 PM
It was okay until the end,somebody needs to ressurect
“Walking Tall”,and put a comical political spin to it!
That might be worth watching,if done right.
canopfor on December 13, 2007 at 10:33 PM
If Fred wins,then these should be the guys to do the daily
press briefings.
Helloyawl on December 13,2007 at 10:26PM.
Helloyawl:That sounds like a brilliant idea,I can just
imagine Helen Thomas,after hearing the briefing,
she would be beside herself,trying to decifer what
they meant in the first minute.haha
canopfor on December 13, 2007 at 10:41 PM
When I saw her, I assumed that moderator chick had at least 3 cats.
SouthernGent on December 13, 2007 at 10:47 PM
What issue? It’s a goose chase designed to end with all of us living in a cave begging the government for hydrocarbons to burn to keep our kids warm. There is no issue. There is no consensus. There’s nothing but a lot of junk science and BS floating around. It’s kind of like bird flu. It infects otherwise innocent people.
HerrMorgenholz on December 13, 2007 at 11:00 PM
HAHAHAHAHA
Outstanding!
Dave Shay on December 13, 2007 at 11:39 PM
At that point the “Government” would be Al Gore, Micheal Moore, and their cronies in the left, and the “International” community of “World Leaders” including the “United Nations” elite and their so-called “scientists” who push this on the uneducated masses (the rest of us).
They would be living rich, in their well heated, comfortable homes, spewing pollution by the tons as they fly around the globe on their jaunts, all while preaching to us about how we have to sacrifice to save the planet.
While they live in their castles, the peasants will “eat cake.”
William
William2006 on December 13, 2007 at 11:39 PM
You can say that again!
Big S on December 13, 2007 at 11:46 PM
yup, my thoughts exactly, well except for the part about the Gorical can kiss my a$$. If he wants me to reduce my carbon foot print he first has to reduce his carbon foot print to the size he wants mine to be.
doriangrey on December 13, 2007 at 11:56 PM
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTQzYWY1MGM5NTkyZTM2YWVlMDMzMDlhMzQwNThhNDU=
3 seconds… search: Fred Thompson Global Warming…
some people don’t want to know the positions of the candidates… they just want to snipe….
Romeo13 on December 14, 2007 at 12:22 AM
Stuff like this is the reason the internet exists.
Mojave Mark on December 14, 2007 at 12:35 AM
Think Zardoz…..
TBinSTL on December 14, 2007 at 12:37 AM
You’ve also got his energy security policy from his website that hits on global warming. I guess it’s to much work for them to go straight to the source.
Gianni on December 14, 2007 at 3:04 AM
sorry, forgot the link
Gianni on December 14, 2007 at 3:05 AM
That was an assy thing to say. I’ve attended college. I’ve worked at a college for years. Academia is home to such unbridled hubris, not to mention blind ignorance, it’s almost unbearable to me. I say the educated masses are asses.
You assume the mantle of arrogance that William was being sarcastic about.
silverfox on December 14, 2007 at 4:39 AM
Because, unlike 98% of the multimillionaires in Hollywood, they are at least fairly funny.
thejackal on December 14, 2007 at 5:16 AM
Real people speaking what’s really on their minds.
These gentlemen show Rednecks can see through the minutia of political rhetoric and are able to make regular people see the irony in the process through “Good ol Boy” terms-that even Demoncrats can understand.
MSGTAS on December 14, 2007 at 9:25 AM
I must admit I thought that Fred should’ve given her “a show of hands”. So me and Dunlap are like two peas in a pod.
jdpaz on December 14, 2007 at 10:16 AM
Come on big S slow the spin down a little. Fred gave the lady what she deserved for presenting a pretty dumb format for debate and all the others seemed to like what he did. Rudy and McCain got their chance to answer but not the rest of the candidates. (including Thompson) When it falls into noisey chaos I blame the moderator as well as the candidates.
If fred didn’t get that question answered soon enough after the fact to suit your taste, so be it.
Ernest on December 14, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Easily their funniest one. The cat stationary line made me lol.
Side note, the lack of humor consistently shown by HA readers makes baby Mohammed cry.
CorinthianJest on December 14, 2007 at 11:14 AM
What has two middle fingers and doesn’t do hand shows? THIS GUY.
Mark Jaquith on December 14, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Their best since Brokeback Mountain (”As far as I’m concerned, it’s real tough to screw up a good western!”).
thejackal on December 14, 2007 at 3:34 PM
people don’t like jackie and dunlap?
say it isn’t so!
the Sheriff of Mousetown shall have his revenge.
JazzBass on December 16, 2007 at 11:06 AM
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