Fredhead poll Update: A decision coming Tuesday?
posted at 5:18 pm on January 20, 2008 by Bryan
Patrick Ruffini is running the poll, which asks two questions.
#1. If Fred drops out of the race, who will you support?
#2. If Fred drops out and endorses McCain, what impact will that have on your vote?
Before you Fredheads yell at me about this poll, consider that Fred declared that South Carolina was his stand state and he finished third there. Also consider that at some point, people have to start dropping out of the GOP race, and Fred and Huckabee are probably the most likely major candidates to drop out at this point. Huckabee because South Carolina gave him a loss on what amounted to home turf, and Fred because the evidence of Fredmentum is, sadly, scant. Reality’s teeth are getting sharper by the day.
If I had my druthers, Fred would stay in, we would go to a brokered convention and Fred would end up on the ticket. But my druthers don’t seem to be accounting for much these days.
Update: Carl Cameron says there may be a decision coming Tuesday.
As we have previously reported Fred Thomspon is in Tennessee visiting his 90 plus year old mother who is recovering from an illness
There will be no decisions today as Thompson mulls whether to carry on his bid for the presidency but he is expected to say something definitive tomorrow, probably first thing in the morning.
While no one in the campaign will be surprised if he withdraws they have no idea which way he will go and they do have some money if he should decide to continue.
Blowback
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I’m not sayin she’s dumb by any means, but the rackage…words cannot describe.
She just doesn’t get politics I think.
TheGoblinKing on January 20, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Yes! A Fred SURGE would be fantastic!
RushBaby on January 20, 2008 at 11:28 PM
So you didn’t choose her for her mind…
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Looks like Fred has made quite an impression himself….
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:29 PM
That is Mr. Internal Server Error.
I heard he’s a RINO.
MadisonConservative on January 20, 2008 at 11:29 PM
The only thing wrong with ‘Rollerball’ (the 1975 version) was that there wasn’t enough of the game.
countywolf on January 20, 2008 at 11:30 PM
“Did we give up after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? – Hell NO!”
Maybe, just maybe we shouldn’t give up now either.
But the reality is: This looks like the election of 1976 and we all know how that ended up. The articles from back then called Reagan lazy and a Ford plant.
Wow. History repeats itself again.
Dorvillian on January 20, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Gentlemen don’t talk.
But yeah, we tear it up.
MadisonConservative on January 20, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Untrue for multiple reasons.
Economics is not everything, though that idea was very popular in Karl Marx’s philosophy. And there is no real equivalence between the Bible and the Quran in terms of promoting violence. And why do you think terrorism is not relevant to promoting violence based on religion, when it’s the primary threat of violence we’re having to deal with? And if terrorism is not linked to poverty, that undercuts the whole argument that the real difference is not religion, but being poor and uneducated.
theregoestheneighborhood on January 20, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Ahhh, they have the MOST sex, not the BEST.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:30 PM
It’s pretty impressive when X’s still can say nice things about these men. It doesn’t happen that often. Not that it has ANYTHING to do with why I want him to be prez.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:31 PM
#1 Romney, or maybe Giuliani if he’s still in the race.
#2 None, I still won’t vote for an Oath-Breaker for dogcatcher, much less president. I don’t like Fred enough to change that position.
gekkobear on January 20, 2008 at 11:31 PM
@ MadisonConservative on January 20, 2008 at 11:29 PM
He seems pretty conservative to me. Damn, a quick read over his site and he has me wanting to vote for him, where the hell was THIS guy?
SECOND LOOK AT THE GUY NO-ONE KNEW WAS RUNNING!!
http://www.cox2008.com/cox/issues/
muyoso on January 20, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Fred’s dead! Nail the coffin shut!
HaraldHardrada on January 20, 2008 at 11:33 PM
ha!
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:33 PM
I was thinking that, after losing in South Carolina in 2000, a lot of voters said, “We didn’t pick McCain last time. It’s his turn now.”
You don’t think that was it?
theregoestheneighborhood on January 20, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Honestly, no sir.
I listened intently to the local AM conservative-talker for the 2 weeks coming up to the nomination, and if that was it, it wasn’t reflected in the callers. If anything I thought it was Hucks win by a nose…but the people that were picking McCain at least outwardly were justifying it by saying it was the war and his military cred that was swinging their choice.
But again, maybe it was just the people here in Columbia. We’re the biggest city, but Greenville-Spartanburg is almost the same size. Then there’s Myrtle Beach and the coast, Charleston and Hilton Head/Beaufort. Maybe it was different out there?
TheGoblinKing on January 20, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Yo, Fredfolk…do y’all hear that buzzing noise?
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Limerick walks up to the juke-box…..punches in B4….and out comes the voice of?…………
Fred!Salsa
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Running around Iowa talking to old people.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:34 PM
ha, ha, malan89 sex comment immortalized at the TOP of page 7!
RushBaby on January 20, 2008 at 11:35 PM
The people that call in to conservative talk radio don’t pick the Republican nomination. If they did, we would have President Limbaugh, Vice President Hannity.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:35 PM
@ theregoestheneighborhood on January 20, 2008 at 11:30 PM
It takes a mixture of all of those elements. But you dont find very well off societies promoting terrorism now do you? Its because its an economic reason why terrorism is allowed to exist.
muyoso on January 20, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Here’s the credentials of your new favorite presidential candidate, John Cox:
John currently sits on the board of the USO and FireWorks for Kids Foundation.
Boy…. you kids sure know how to pick’em!
Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:36 PM
@ malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Was he on the ballot? Never saw his name before tonight.
muyoso on January 20, 2008 at 11:36 PM
I agree. Terrorism and economic despair seem to be directly related.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:37 PM
@ Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:36 PM
I LOVE THIS GUY. Fireworks for kids, so we know he isnt a limp wrister.
muyoso on January 20, 2008 at 11:37 PM
.•:*¨˚¨*:•.♫ ♪ ♫.•:*¨˚¨*:•..•:*¨˚¨*:•.♫ ♪ ♫.•:*¨˚¨*:•.♫ ♪ ♫.•:*¨˚¨*:•.♫ ♪ ♫.•:*¨˚¨*:•.
That’s me dancing
RushBaby on January 20, 2008 at 11:38 PM
I was honestly asking who the hell he was.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:38 PM
…that and teaching your kids murderous hatred afrom birth on up…
-Wastealnd Man.
WastelandMan on January 20, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Boom-chaka-laka-laka!
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:38 PM
That may have something to do with it….
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Fireworks for kids?
God bless America!
CABE on January 20, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Can I change the music?? Salsa doesn’t seem quite appropriate.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Just spreading the good cheer…..
Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:40 PM
why, no.
RushBaby on January 20, 2008 at 11:40 PM
fireworks don’t kill people…it’s the matches.
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:40 PM
At this point, so is Huckabee. 12% of the non-evangelical vote?
Write the political obituary.
Slublog on January 20, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Didn’t think so.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:40 PM
FireWorks For Kids
Because you don’t use most of your fingers anyways.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Fireworks for Kids?
werent we just talking about Palistine????
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on January 20, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Ha! No…I’m joking of course…she’s a real good friend to the family. Only peson we trust to babysit for our 2 year old boy, and he loooooooooooves him some Aunt Boobies. She jokes about her ‘girls’ as much as anyone though. She looks like the spitting image of Judy Nails from the Guitar Hero games, except with red hair instead of pink. She’s a very successful paralegal, great at what she does.
Just not politics apparently.
TheGoblinKing on January 20, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Ahhh. FireWorks for Kids is the charity arm of the Chicago Fire MLS soccer team.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Actually I believe the subject was Fredfolk and what Fredfolk believe what Fredfolk will believe if Fredhizself says ‘X’.
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:43 PM
I swear, if this John Cox guy is head of the “Assault Rifles for Teenagers Association”, I may be having confusing and awkward dreams tonight.
muyoso on January 20, 2008 at 11:43 PM
That’s why I can’t turn away; this eternal optimism. By optimism I mean FredFolkFest.
geckomon on January 20, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Because it’s just casually assumed that people in this thread even know what Guitar Hero is…
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Romney / Cox ’08
CABE on January 20, 2008 at 11:45 PM
That’s why you’re welcome, Hon. There is no reason to be negative.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:45 PM
More brilliance from your new favorite true conservative candidate for president.
Spread the word!
This is a grassroots ReVoLution! Share the word with 9 people.
Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Or the “Toxic Glue for Preschoolers Foundation”.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Fred’s dead! Nail the coffin shut!
HaraldHardrada on January 20, 2008 at 11:33 PM
McShame…you’re next!
Don’t think for a second that you can win a primary in which democrats are not allowed to vote!
HaraldHardrada on January 20, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Looks more and more like I will be sitting out my first election since I became voting age. Pretty sad, as I normally would vote on the Republican side if for no other reason than it is a vote against a Dem. But this time? Show me the difference, and I might reconsider.
MalkinFan on January 20, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Well, I, for one, KNOW what it is…but have never seen it. Nor do I want to. Not my cuppa. (Spirit, you there?)
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:46 PM
I would love to pay a 35% sales tax in addition to my income taxes….
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Geckomon!
*cordially shows geckomon into ballroom for Fred!Party!*
RushBaby on January 20, 2008 at 11:46 PM
I also know what it is, but wouldn’t go around assuming other people do….I just thought it was a bit strange.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:47 PM
They don’t?
geckomon on January 20, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Limerick punches in B-5, C-7, and D-9 twice!
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:47 PM
HaraldHadrada, you sucker, come to the rescue, help John Cox for president!
Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Keep on this way and you’re gonna find yourself with a set of keys!
RushBaby on January 20, 2008 at 11:48 PM
MB4 on January 20, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Well, malan89, HA has done threads on Guitar Hero in the past. That’s how I know about it. I’m personally interested in adventure games, myself. Zelda, Ratchet&Clank, etc.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:49 PM
From Wikipedia on John H. Cox:
That’s actually pretty funny. I still don’t know who the hell this dude is.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Just google it: “Guitar Hero”
Yep… know all there is to know about.
Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Don’t like the sound of “Prgressive Conservative”. Sounds like an oxymoron…hosted by one.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:50 PM
In period minuet attire – did you create a dream RushBaby?
Entelechy on January 20, 2008 at 11:51 PM
a progressive conservative? wtf?
CABE on January 20, 2008 at 11:51 PM
sounds like the type to call the coppers on the Fredfolk party downstairs.
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:52 PM
HaraldHadrada, you
suckergenius, come to the rescue, help John Cox for president!Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Sorry Richard Dean, I’m supporting Mike Huckabee for president!
But I agree with the fair tax though..
HaraldHardrada on January 20, 2008 at 11:52 PM
There was a one split second blip on a FNC trailer when he dropped out…. I remember it.. I have photographic memory.
Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Then we must do away with them forthwith.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:53 PM
First time I heard about it was from my grandson, right around Christmas. Are we talking about the same thing?
RushBaby on January 20, 2008 at 11:53 PM
I already called Uncle Guido.
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Yes, RB…it would be the same thing as you’re thinkin’.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:54 PM
May you be right Slublog, oh may you!
Entelechy on January 20, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Carmine has been called as well.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Yeah, the video game. A song plays and you hit plastic buttons on a fake guitar. The future of music education.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Wait a second. Salsa in minuet attire? Holy moly, barkeep cut me off!
RushBaby on January 20, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Cross cultural buzz.
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:56 PM
What a loser you are choosing to jump off Fred’s bandwagon and now Huckabee’s. Don’t you embarrass yourself by now?
Or are you like a snake.. tough slippery skin?
Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:56 PM
I take it you guys don’t want the closet goth girl picking the music, right?
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Fred needed to wake up from his long restful nap about 6 months ago.
Now, it’s down to … a glass of warm milk and bedtime.
In any case, he did what he was supposed to do: supply a favor (I was going to say “a reach-around”) to his (very very) old buddy, Wackjob McCain.
And to think that I (like thousands of other conservatives) wasted $300 on that Perry Como wannabe…
Bleeah!
TexasJew on January 20, 2008 at 11:57 PM
A goth Fred Thompson supporter? I need to see this.
malan89 on January 20, 2008 at 11:57 PM
CLOSET goth, malan89. And yes, I do indeed exist.
tickleddragon on January 20, 2008 at 11:58 PM
malan…let me introduce you to my daughter…stone cold black nail, polish bomb the planet, pride of my life…
Limerick on January 20, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Like I said. Don’t know anything about something? Just google it. Welcome to the age of information. Instant wisdom.
Mcguyver on January 20, 2008 at 11:59 PM
It’s not so bad. It’s karaoke without the cheesy love songs. (though i do love me some cheesy love songs now and again)
geckomon on January 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Ya Know…???
With the RP and the Frequency of Posts there just needs to be a HA Chat room. like an IRC one or sumpin…
I would personally vote for Second Life LOL
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on January 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Sunday night HA Fredfolk. Who else is up? JohnMcC?
Limerick on January 21, 2008 at 12:02 AM
I thought most Fred supporters were these kinds of folks.
malan89 on January 21, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Well it went so far off topic with the religious stuff…why not turn it around and make it positive and fun?
tickleddragon on January 21, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Google, instant knowledge. Ask HA friends, instant wisdom.
RushBaby on January 21, 2008 at 12:03 AM
There does need to be a chat room.
malan89 on January 21, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Um…so all conservatives are old people.
And by the way, you have no idea how old I am, right?
tickleddragon on January 21, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Moi. Watching this thread and watching The First 48 on A&E.
fourstringfuror on January 21, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Does it matter?
Limerick on January 21, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Considering that I support the only republican with a shot of defeating the Hildebeast and you guys are dancing around a corpse….a phantom…Who’s the loser now?
Face it….. Fred’s only job was to take out the true conservative,Mike Huckabee,for his CFR buddy Juan McAmnesty!
HaraldHardrada on January 21, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Fred! aint dead, he is just stoking the fire.
Super Thompson Tuesday Baby!
Fred!
infidel on January 21, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Too much sex is overrated. Besides, the non-Fredheads here, either multi-task, or fall into the same category.
Sorry, Limerick didn’t change the music fast enough :)
Entelechy on January 21, 2008 at 12:06 AM
yeah first 48 on here too
and hitting the refresh button ever now and then
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on January 21, 2008 at 12:06 AM
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