Rich Lowry at Fred event: “[H]e gave the impression … of wanting to be somewhere, anywhere else”
posted at 3:30 pm on December 31, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Not quite as brutal as this brutal TNR piece on Fred’s “death throes,” but the TNR story is easily dismissible by Fredheads as yet another left-wing media hit job on the Only Man Who Can Save America. Whereas Lowry’s piece … will be dismissed as a right-wing hit job by a guy who works for a magazine that’s already endorsed Mitt. Right? It can’t be that Fred’s simply weak on the stump. There must be an agenda at work here somewhere. Help me find it.
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Don’t Start Me!
TheSitRep on December 31, 2007 at 3:33 PM
You already did.
a capella on December 31, 2007 at 3:35 PM
Rich who?
db on December 31, 2007 at 3:35 PM
yawn.
Cuffy Meigs on December 31, 2007 at 3:36 PM
So Lowry can’t be trusted either anymore, huh?
Rich Lowry, you’ve been found … GUILTY, OF CRIMES AGAINST CONSERVATISM.
Allahpundit on December 31, 2007 at 3:36 PM
As stated in another thread, who, besides you, is saying this?
You are losing me on this point AP.
geckomon on December 31, 2007 at 3:37 PM
We just need to invite Mr. Lowry to a Fred Thread. Guy just needs some perspective.
/mind numbed
How’d I do?
RushBaby on December 31, 2007 at 3:38 PM
yeah, this is tiresome. Get some new material.
Cuffy Meigs on December 31, 2007 at 3:38 PM
Personally I’m tired of all the gung-ho campaigners who get the office and immeadiately start bending over the tax payers and the party faithfuls. I’ll vote for Fred if it’s a dam write-in vote. I seriosly doubt Roosevelt or Eisenhower or any of my other preferrred presidents of yester-year would be all that impressive on the stump as it is today. I think this is a valid assumption especially when you analyze all the other freaks from he11 that has so very much ‘desire’ & ‘belly-fire’ for the presidency. Rich acts like a homo half the time anyway. ;)
Griz on December 31, 2007 at 3:40 PM
Is it? Every Fred thread these days is good for 250 comments or so. If people are tired they have a funny way of showing it.
Allahpundit on December 31, 2007 at 3:40 PM
Can you find Waldo in this picture?
db on December 31, 2007 at 3:41 PM
Allahpundit stirs the pot. Ingredients come to a boil. Soup’s on!
RushBaby on December 31, 2007 at 3:42 PM
You know what? F the talking heads – all of them. I will vote my conscience, and what anyone else says hold no bearing whatsoever. I can make the decision for myself!
And right on, Griz…or should I say “write in”.
tickleddragon on December 31, 2007 at 3:42 PM
So this is a big wink. You’re fishing? Or shooting into a barrel?
geckomon on December 31, 2007 at 3:43 PM
Lowry. Editor of National Review, regularly appears on Fox News, wrote “Legacy, Paying the Price for the Clinton Years”.
Talking in a negative tone about Fred?
amerpundit on December 31, 2007 at 3:43 PM
Every Fred thread these days is good for 250 comments or so.
And AP’s Huckavellian traffic strategy is finally revealed!
Cuffy Meigs on December 31, 2007 at 3:44 PM
Little hint, Allah. The threads are that long because we respond, and then spend a good bit of time saying “amen” to each other on our continued thoughts of suport.
I love your posts. Keep it up, keep it up!
tickleddragon on December 31, 2007 at 3:44 PM
Nope, it is just part of the MSM cabal against true conservatism e.i. Fred.
That is all.
TheSitRep on December 31, 2007 at 3:45 PM
Although NR editors have endorsed Romney, it’s hardly unanimous. Peter Robinson, Jim Geraghty, Derb, Byron York…Robinson has a particular jones for Fred.
Then again, I watched Die Hard 2 over the weekend. Fred basically sat in the control tower for two hours with his thumb up his butt while John McClane did all the heavy lifting and blowing stuff up. Is this the guy we want handling the War on Terror?
sulla on December 31, 2007 at 3:45 PM
Cue flailing.
Vizzini on December 31, 2007 at 3:45 PM
If I were to support a candidate purely on the basis of his humor, enthusiasm and oration skills, I’d have gone for Al Sharpton in 2004 (or was it 2000?).
I want a serious f-ing candidate with good positions on the issues.
Go Fred!
flipflop on December 31, 2007 at 3:48 PM
Well as long as we are making our minds up by consulting fiction, it should be obvious that when Fred is CinC, he will just sit in the oval office and send Jack Bauer to do all the heavy lifting and blowing stuff up. Bonus: Fred! won’t age in front of our eyes!
RushBaby on December 31, 2007 at 3:49 PM
Rich Lowry is not to be trusted as an analyst AP. LOL.
BKennedy on December 31, 2007 at 3:49 PM
No Allahpundit and nobody is going to see it that way either. Your hyperbole is getting a bit snarky to say the least. It has nothing to do with his being trusted, just vested. Rich is saying what he thinks will advance his endorsed candidate.
It has become that time in the campaign where each candidate starts trying to knock out the other candidates of their own party. To quote the highlander movies…
. This is to be expected and I seriously doubt very many people will think less of Rich for doing what he believe will advance his chosen candidate.
That said however I also believe that most people will take what Rich says from this point out in exactly that context. He is stumping for a specific candidate and that means all the contenders are fair game and must be eliminated.
doriangrey on December 31, 2007 at 3:49 PM
When the Democrats lost their wits and booted Lieberman from their ticket, he ran anyway and won.
Vote Fred.
maverick muse on December 31, 2007 at 3:51 PM
Rich’s impression that he is weak on the stump, or that he “want’s to be somewhere else, doesn’t factor into my support for Fred. I’m not going to pick a candidate based in part on whether or not that candidate outwardly shows that he “likes” campaigning. Fred does have some problems, but they are far fewer in number than the other candidates (save Hunter). And just as the fire in Mitt’s, Huck’s, and Rudy’s belly doesn’t erase their problems, neither does Fred’s “lack” of fire exacerbate his problems.
Weight of Glory on December 31, 2007 at 3:51 PM
I think the agenda is relatively simple:
The mainstream media and the blogosphere have together – and following roughly the same cycle – gone through periods of utterly trashing each of the major conservative candidates over the last several months.
Huckabee was built up beyond belief to be torn down. Mitt was built up only to be skewered with his own words. Rudy was a fait accompli so they spent a month repeating the gay rights and gun-grabbing and social liberal memes.
And since they can’t seem to find anything on Fred, they seem to cling to “no fire in the belly.” They repeat it – with some bloggers’ help – over and over and over. With enough repetition, it becomes almost true. See-Dubya’s post covered it well enough, I think.
About the only ones to avoid this predictable cycle have been McCain and Paul. McCain for obvious reasons – he’s always been the MSM’s favorite token Republican – and Paul because he’s a harmless, interesting novelty act. He sells papers and ad space.
Meanwhile, Obama has been anointed King of All That is Good and Holy, Hillary/Billary may return us to the glory days of the 90s, and Edwards is a youthful firebrand ready to take on corporate America. With – as always – the great and powerful Goracle lurking in the wings.
The agenda seems pretty clear.
What I can’t figure out is why we have to keep repeating their talking points. Especially this one.
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 3:52 PM
There’s also the back and forth between the Fredheads still pulling for St. Frederick the Thompson and folks such as csdeven and myself who humbly remind the Fredheads that Fred is not the living avatar of conservatism, he’s a crappy campaigner generally, and he’s also not pure as the driven snow.
BKennedy on December 31, 2007 at 3:52 PM
It’s just business. Why should the MSM cash in on all the campaign ad sales, and the bloggers be left out in the cold? Everyone is just trying to make a buck. It’s the American way.
a capella on December 31, 2007 at 3:52 PM
TNR who is that? I thought they went out of business? well if not I guess the old adage holds true, if certain rags claim something, soon it will be found to be the exact opposite.
Kaptain Amerika on December 31, 2007 at 3:52 PM
I think AP is secretly rooting for Fred and keeps on slinging crap at him to get the Fredfolken fired up.
flipflop on December 31, 2007 at 3:53 PM
Can’t a guy take a dump without people questioning his patriotism?
pedestrian on December 31, 2007 at 3:53 PM
Yeah. That’s what I meant to say.
I’m with you. Especially this part:
I can make the decision for myself!
You can tell repeat whatever memes you want 1000 times, I’m still going to trust my own eyes and ears and heart.
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 3:54 PM
And many are learning just how to ignore your constant anti-Fred drumbeat. Glad you’re taking part, but you don’t necessarily add to the enjoyment of the threads. Allah was mentioning the LENGTH of the threads. And if anyone wants to take the last few as example, you guys had little or no bearing on the length.
Nice try tho. Glad to have you around, but you won’t affect me in my support.
tickleddragon on December 31, 2007 at 3:56 PM
I’m a current republican formerly of CT. I left just before the election there, but can say that the reason Lieberman won is that moderates and other republicans voted for him because there was no real alternative. The republican candidate was too much of an unknown.
Fred winning in the same manner will not happen because the circumstances are different.
But I respect your enthusiasm.
geckomon on December 31, 2007 at 3:57 PM
Haha. I laughed.
While NR did endorse Mitt, (the reason I assume people would dismiss RL’s view) I saw that much more as an anti-Huck move then an anti-Fred move.
Spirit of 1776 on December 31, 2007 at 3:58 PM
Allah, believe me, I dont mind that you post these at all. Its just part of the game, These analysis of Fred will continue and I expect them. Its politics and nothing more.
Its Lowery attacking anyone not named Romney. Heres his piece saying Huckabee is Richard Dean.
So I move on when Lowery writes an article.
broker1 on December 31, 2007 at 3:58 PM
Are you suggesting Fred can be booted off the Republican ticket and still win? Or am I misinterpreting your remark?
amerpundit on December 31, 2007 at 3:58 PM
Remember the Reagan debate with Mondale? Reagan’s age was the big agenda of the media, trying to use it against him. Remember his response?
If the “Fred’s tired” line is the best the critics can do then GO Fred!
Mojave Mark on December 31, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Compared to all the other more conservative candidates?
Non-sequiter, for the millionth time. We don’t want a campaigner, we want a leader and president.
Nobody is. Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington ended up having a relationship with his secretary. Highly unprofessional. Again, compared to the rest of the field, Thompson’s got less matters of conflict with his stated views and policy plans.
MadisonConservative on December 31, 2007 at 4:01 PM
Getting really tired…..not of the ‘hits’ on Fred, but of the ‘hits’ on Fredheads. Not all of us are BOTS.
I freely admit I’m a team kinda guy. I pick my team. I root for my team. I will stick with the team.
That said (roll eyes)…..I have freely said all along that he needs more umph. I am not sure if he is holding back because he plans are to watch the sharks eat each other, or if his business plan is simply flawed. He is dead center on all the issues (for me), but he can’t seem to get the crowd (meaning the media) on their feet. Look at the blogs, Fred has damn sure gotten to the bulk of us wee folk.
Along with THAT I won’t bag HA (or Allah) over it. HA is not a booster section. If I wanted that I’d go to another blog. HA is a roped off ring. Candidates, and commenters, enter at their own risk.
Besides, I have New Years dinner to start cooking and I don’t want to ruin the sauce.
Limerick on December 31, 2007 at 4:01 PM
With all due respect to the good people of Iowa; I also would rather be ’somewhere, anywhere’ else than some restaurant in Ames, Iowa, unless they had really good food and I was hungry.
But being there just to beg a few farmers and merchants for their votes? No thanks.
Fred not liking ‘the hustings’ is a positive thing as far as I’m concerned. The candidates that go around ‘glad handing’ strangers trying to get votes based on some sort of fake personality rather than ideas and ideals are the ones I don’t trust.
LegendHasIt on December 31, 2007 at 4:01 PM
You know, the truth is that whoever your guy is – he’s only truly dead in the water when the attacks stop.
When the media goes quiet on Fred, I’ll know its over.
When was the last time you saw a good hit piece on Duncan Hunter?
Hmmm. Maybe somebody should write one.
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:02 PM
I just wish the whole mantra of “the only man that can save America” would go away. Have no idea where that started, thats a Ron Paul monicker but now its attributed to Fred supporters.
Oh well…….
broker1 on December 31, 2007 at 4:02 PM
Running gag with a healthy portion of irony. Thanks for taking me seriously, though ;^)
db on December 31, 2007 at 4:03 PM
I respect your opinion of Fred, but it still does not prove the idea that fred supporters are nutroots.
I’m amused at your liberal use of “humbly remind.”
geckomon on December 31, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Again I dont mind posting these articles on here but Allah goes on to make our arguments for us. One is a left wing hit job, this will made by us as a right wing hit job cuz they already endorsed Mitt.
Of course thats going to our argument. God love ya Allah, you do so love to kick the hornets nest.
broker1 on December 31, 2007 at 4:06 PM
Heh. He also had no previous legislative experiance. He was also horrible with the Press (punched a few of them out!)Etc. etc.
Weight of Glory on December 31, 2007 at 4:07 PM
I saw Lowry covering for Hannity last week. He introduced Romney and it was a very awkward moment. Rich said something along the lines of “Full disclosure I’m the editor for a publication that endorsed you Mr Romney” and kinda laughed like he expected a thanks or something and Romney just kinda seemed to shrug it off with a “whatever” nod and a “yeah”.
It stuck in my mind, although maybe I’m making more if it than was there.
No conspiracy, this thread just made me think of it.
Dash on December 31, 2007 at 4:10 PM
Uh no MadisonConservative, we may not want a “campaigner” (whatever the hell that means) in a President, but you see in order for Fred to win the nomination to become “not a campaigner-in-chief” he actually has to convince anyone other than his fawning base he’s the man for the job.
He’s had ample opportunites to do this. He started out not only as the blogosphere’s favorite, but the favorite of every single media outlet and poll.
Then he rested on his laurels, and rested on his laurels, and rested on his laurels some more. Combine it with the idiotic entry decision to blow off New Hampshire to go on Jay Leno, his ever-shuffling staff at the beginning, lack of fundraising at a competitive level, and Fred is doing an abyssmal job doing what every nominee needs to do: Sell themselves as the next President of the United States.
I’m actually quire hoping that Fred will wake up from his endless slumber and get back in the freaking game, but quite frankly he never locked up his grassroots support, and even if he wasn’t late in the initial entry, he’s been lacksadaisacal about doing anything pro-active for his campaign.
BKennedy on December 31, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Well the piece says this as well.
Exit question: If TNR has endorsed Romney, what is Rich Lowery doing at his speaking engagements? To find something to change their endoresment?
broker1 on December 31, 2007 at 4:13 PM
I saw that too and remarked, “Awkward!” Lowry seemed a bit sheepish or starstruck when he said it. But I still like him.
geckomon on December 31, 2007 at 4:14 PM
Isn’t Rich Lowry a Mitt supporter?
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:17 PM
Getting really tired…..not of the ‘hits’ on Fred, but of the ‘hits’ on Fredheads. Not all of us are BOTS.
.
Bingo—that’s what I meant by tiresome. It’s AP’s prerogative to cover this campaign however he likes. Be as brutally honest about the candidates as possible: report their flipflops, cynical tactics, lazy performances—go for it. That’s why I read HA.
But essentially calling me an idiotic Ronulan in the context of your reporting does not fly, hence my pissiness. It’s old.
Cuffy Meigs on December 31, 2007 at 4:17 PM
I don’t get this opinion. His schedule is full. He is campaigning. How did you come up with this viewpoint?
geckomon on December 31, 2007 at 4:17 PM
If it helps ya’ll, Fred08.com website is now finally in the lead on number of hits and has been steadily climbing over the past several days.
http://tinyurl.com/yv39vz
Alexa.com traffic ranking.
Probably attributed to Fred08 fundraising efforts. Though Mike Huckabee took a big tumble over the last couple of weeks.
Kokonut on December 31, 2007 at 4:19 PM
Damnit!….If the sauce or the meatballs get ruined I’m billing HA.
Limerick on December 31, 2007 at 4:23 PM
You Fred heads out there, remember to go to Fred’s Iowa video on You Tube and put in a good comment for Fred. The Paulites are starting to spam it.
More importantly: vote for the video, make it a favorite of yours and then send the link to everyone you know.
Link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VblJq4j0_SE
Then go over to http://www.fred08.com and donate $100
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:24 PM
Lowry can spot lack of enthusiasm when he sees it — he looks at it in the mirror every day. Ever see him on Lehrer News Hour? Here’s a guy who’s rarely shown an once of conservative backbone on that show, wouldn’t know a rebuttal to Mark Shield’s liberal blather if it hit him upside the head like a wet trout and acts the whole time like “Where’s my check”.
Heed the Milquetoast Republican’s constructive criticism, Fred.
Dusty on December 31, 2007 at 4:27 PM
It’s just repetition of a meme.
I would love to somehow perform the following experiment:
Have two groups – one is a control group.
Both groups watch all of the debates, all of the speeches. They know all the facts about the candidates. They hear all the positions, all the statements.
But the control group does not hear ANY analysis. They read no blogs; they hear no cable news. Nothing. The control group has to reach their own conclusions.
In other words – they have to think for themselves.
Now ask both groups to critique the candidates.
In Fred’s case, I don’t think you’d find many – if any – people repeating this particularly tired meme.
In the other group – the blog readers and newswatchers – you’d hear it plenty.
I’m pretty sure you could get people to repeat just about anything, if enough commentators and blogs suggested it.
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:29 PM
@ Kokonut on December 31, 2007 at 4:19 PM
NICE try, you put in the wrong site for Ron Paul. Ron Paul obliterates the other candidates on Alexa ratings.
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fred08.com?site0=fred08.com&site1=www.ronpaul.com&site2=www.mittromney.com&site3=www.joinrudy2008.com&site4=www.mikehuckabee.com&y=r&z=3&h=300&w=610&range=3m&size=Medium
muyoso on December 31, 2007 at 4:34 PM
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fred08.com?site0=fred08.com&site1=www.ronpaul2008.com&site2=www.mittromney.com&site3=www.joinrudy2008.com&site4=www.mikehuckabee.com&y=r&z=3&h=300&w=610&range=3m&size=Medium
Sorry, gave the wrong link in the last post.
muyoso on December 31, 2007 at 4:36 PM
As a Moderate Democrat looking for another candidate, this Lowry guy may or may not be part of the WOLFPACK MEDIA doing another hit piece on Fred Thompson, however, most of us Moderates have felt the same way for quite a while. Having said that, Moderate Democrats CANNOT support ANY of The New Direction Democrats running for president. That is NOT an option. We settled on Romney, Hunter, and Tancredo…and Tencredo is no longer available. The Illegal Immigration Crisis IS the deciding issue in this race.
DfDeportation on December 31, 2007 at 4:36 PM
If it helps ya’ll, Fred08.com website is now finally in the lead on number of hits and has been steadily climbing over the past several days.
http://tinyurl.com/yv39vz
Alexa.com traffic ranking.
Probably attributed to Fred08 fundraising efforts. Though Mike Huckabee took a big tumble over the last couple of weeks.
Kokonut on December 31, 2007 at 4:19 PM
If you want to get depressed, look at this comparison
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:36 PM
Um … did you look at the link you provided?
According to YOUR link, Kokonut is right. As of sometime today, the Fred08 site topped Ron Paul.
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:37 PM
Lowry is for Mitt Romney. And yes, National Review has done a number of hit pieces on the other candidates lately.
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:37 PM
@ Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:37 PM
Look at my last post.
muyoso on December 31, 2007 at 4:38 PM
Ah. That’s more like it.
Now somebody tell me what the difference in the two charts is …?
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:38 PM
@Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:38 PM
One was using RP’s real website and the other wasn’t.
muyoso on December 31, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Ron Paul’s official site is http://www.ronpaul2008.com
For an accurate comparison, look here:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fred08.com?site0=fred08.com&site1=www.ronpaul2008.com%2F&site2=www.mittromney.com&site3=www.joinrudy2008.com&site4=www.mikehuckabee.com&y=r&z=3&h=300&w=610&range=3m&size=Medium
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Nevermind. I’m assuming RonPaul.com is not the official site and RonPaul2008 is?
I’d go check – but he has enough traffic. ;)
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:39 PM
@ Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Ronpaul.com is some stupid consulting firm.
muyoso on December 31, 2007 at 4:40 PM
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Fred is doing well when compared to everyone but Ron Paul (who owns the Internet this election).
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:40 PM
If Fred loses, its because he doesn’t have a blimp.
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:41 PM
Muyoso, the fact that video gamers and nerds love Ron Paul enough to flood his Internet site does not necessarily make him a great candidate for President of the United States and leader of the free world.
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:42 PM
@ bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:42 PM
I am not the one who brought up page views. I am voting for him because of what he stands for, and his stances on issues.
muyoso on December 31, 2007 at 4:43 PM
Ok. I stand corrected.
Fred08.com is in second…Paulie’s first on the Alexa.com traffic rank results.
Kokonut on December 31, 2007 at 4:46 PM
@ bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:42 PM
Also, dont get me wrong, I would LOVE to vote for Fred as well. But I have a thing about wanting my candidate to be excited about the idea of getting my vote, not just sitting back and existing. He has NOT impressed me so far.
muyoso on December 31, 2007 at 4:47 PM
Sigh.
I am now convinced that if the media started telling people Fred had a French accent … people would start commenting on his French accent.
I heard Ron Paul smells like elderberries.
Maybe I can start a meme.
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 4:50 PM
Lowry is for Mitt Romney. And yes, National Review has done a number of hit pieces on the other candidates lately.
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:37 PM
The past month, we have noticed a big push by the MSM to help OPEN BORDERS ZEALOTS John McCain and The Huckster. we noticed the attacks on Mormonism, by the Huckster and his supporters, AND by The New Direction Democrats. The New Direction Democratic attacks on Mormonism were EXTREMELY VICIOUS. Just an observation. As for Fred, he definitely be considered during the General Election if he is the nominee.
DfDeportation on December 31, 2007 at 4:51 PM
Check out American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, you might find a candidate over there.
FloatingRock on December 31, 2007 at 4:51 PM
Fred Thompson just has not given the impression that he’s ready to go to work as president. This is a HUGE job!
DfDeportation on December 31, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Ron Paul is unelectable. I see no reason to waste my vote on someone who can’t even control his own campaign. He is a nice old man, but that is about as far as I will go. He has said a number of things that have given aid and comfort to the enemy at a time of war.
Muyoso, you are a polite person, but many of your candidate’s positions are very troubling.
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Hmmm, I heard that too, I also heard that his supporters got the munchies and pimples and live in their moms basement and all of Ron Pauls contributions are coming from stolen CC numbers…
doriangrey on December 31, 2007 at 4:54 PM
Lowry continued in a post 3 minutes later:
Fred Thompson–Introvert? [Rich Lowry]
My experience yesterday, plus watching that video a while ago of Fred interacting with the firemen (which wasn’t nearly as bad as Roger Simon made it sound), has me thinking that Fred isn’t “lazy” as everyone says, but that he may be an introvert. An introvert can’t stand—and finds exhausting—random interactions with strangers, which is why so few introverts are politicians. Those that are either are anomalies or fiercely willful people whose ambition makes it possible from them to punch through their natural resistance to all the painful socializing a politician has to do. This is why Fred would want to do a different kind of campaign, one based on web videos and blogs and the like rather than the usual glad-handing on the stump. Just a theory, fwiw.
Cuffy Meigs on December 31, 2007 at 4:54 PM
@ FloatingRock on December 31, 2007 at 4:51 PM
Nah, I tend not to look at television shows as “experience” for someone I am going to be voting for. You however, well, to each their own….
muyoso on December 31, 2007 at 4:54 PM
Lately that has changed. His campaign has said he was busy before on position papers. Maybe that is true, but the other candidates were sucking the air out of the campaign at the time. Now he is very active so I will give him the benefit of the doubt and watch (my State’s election isn’t until Feb.) After all Iowa and NH combined only count for 11 delegates out of about 280 needed to win.
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:56 PM
Has Lowry sat down and talked with Fred?
bnelson44 on December 31, 2007 at 4:57 PM
Ah, sorry, I must have misunderstood. I thought you wanted a candidate that would dance around and put on a show to earn your vote.
FloatingRock on December 31, 2007 at 4:58 PM
DfDeportation on December 31, 2007 at 4:53 PM
I supposed you’d like to spend New Years on a bus in the middle of frickin Iowa. Yeah, that there is lazy. :)
tickleddragon on December 31, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Again, no offence to Iowans, in particular.
tickleddragon on December 31, 2007 at 5:01 PM
SECOND LOOK AT RYAN SEACREST!
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 5:02 PM
No, its supposed to a false meme.
Most of that stuff is true.
Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 5:03 PM
Fred’s “full schedule” is a recent phenomenon. I’m glad he’s tried to insert himself back in the race, but it’s probably too little, too late.
Fred has no money. He doesn’t have money because all his events and fundraisers have been blowouts. He can’t seem to generate buzz like Ron Paul, and he is not adept at managing a campaign even as well as McCain, nevermind Rudy or Romney.
BKennedy on December 31, 2007 at 5:04 PM
Has Lowry sat down and talked with Fred?
“Please relax, and tell me: how long have you had a fear of firemen? Mmmhmmm. And your mother, tell me about her. Yes. Yes. Look at these inkblots. When you see a fireman, raise your han—-{gaaaack, strangling noises}”
Cuffy Meigs on December 31, 2007 at 5:06 PM
Allah, regardless of who you support, if you are trying to come across as a jerk then you are succeeding. Being controversial or trying to stimulate conversation is all fine and well. Apparently doing so in a constructive manner requires a bit more talent that you can muster. Your comments put your credibility in doubt. Not sure if that matters to you.
Happy New Year.
Weber48IDA on December 31, 2007 at 5:07 PM
amerpundit on December 31, 2007 at 3:58 PM
My gist is that a voter who decides on Fred should vote for Fred because he wants Fred, despite what others tell him he can have or can’t have according to the dictates of media.
Lieberman successfully re-ran for his same office and won. Naturally, it is inspiring to realize that given the will to persevere, he did not lose.
Media reports of Fred in the grave are meant to dampen spirits and do influence weak minds who just want to be a winner, no matter what the prize is.
That someone said they’d write in Fred Thompson makes more sense than voting for either Mitt/Huck spin-twins.
I do not think it right to kick a man doing what is best because his platform is not extravagantly expensive enough to be worthy of a fickle trust. Too many cameras have eyes bigger than their stomaches on this campaign trail.
maverick muse on December 31, 2007 at 5:07 PM
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VOTE FRED!
BECAUSE ALL THE KIDS IN SCHOOL
WHO PUT THEIR HANDS UP
DIDN’T REALLY KNOW THE ANSWER.
lobosan5 on December 31, 2007 at 5:15 PM
Well dang it that makes it really tough. Cant saying anything untruthful like what a brilliant politician he is or his Paultards will agree and have a Paultardgasim and break the interwebs.
doriangrey on December 31, 2007 at 5:21 PM
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