Republican Convention III

For all of you suffering from insomnia, I present Fred Thompson.

His jokes are fell flat, let me tell you. However, he spent much time talking about McCain's experiences as a POW:

Campaign Notes.

While I was freezing half to death outside and in the building where I work, Fred Thompson found himself being frozen out of the race for the White House altogether.

About a year ago, I was nervous about his run, but it was clear from his appearances he didn't want the job.

Who the hell could blame him?

Television is an easier gig.
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More Campaign Notes.

Well, so much for the Great Hollywood Hope.

Campaign Notes.

Since Fred doesn't really give a shit about running for president, it can be safely assumed we shouldn't, either.
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I agree with the mention of a comparison with RFK, having remembered him way back in 1968.
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Campaign Notes.

Is Fred Thompson dead in the water?

After a big splash of an entry, he's fizzled.
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Although he will never be president anyway, Obama claims he's some kind of education reformer by revealing a $18-billion education plan.

It is the usual ignorance spouted off by people with no real knowledge of education.
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Campaign Notes.

Jeri Thompson is scared to death of embarrassing her husband, when in fact it is her husband who should be scared of embarrassing his wife.
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Campaign Notes.

Evidently Fred Thompson didn't do worth a damn last night in the debates.

He doesn't look good, either. He looks sick.

More about the debate I missed.
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Campaign Notes.

Fred Thompson didn't do so bad in the fundraising race last quarter. He was just behind Mitt and Rudy.
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Hillary Clinton vows to keep politics away from science although that would be next to impossible.
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Obama, although all but out of the game, still insists he is going to surprise Clinton in Iowa.

I suspect Edwards will surprise them all since he has spent little money as of yet and is still in a statistical dead heat.
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Since we all know, but some of us refuse to admit, Bill Clinton is actually running for a third term but is putting his wife out there to front for him, he sees himself taking a major role in shoring up the U.S.'s tarnished reputation abroad.

He'll be calling ALL of the shots, especially on foreign policy, assuming he can fool enough people into thinking it is his wife's idea of running for president and not his and can actually get back into the White House again.

The guy cannot get on with his life and enjoy his retirement from public life. He's like an Elvis and feeds on the attention. It's time for him and his old lady to hang it up and let somebody else try to clean up the mess our dictator and his puppetmaster have made over the past several years.

More Campaign Notes.

Has Thompson turned out to be a bust as a candidate?

I am referring to Fred, not his wife.
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Campaign Notes.

Famed theocrat James Dobson simply isn't impressed with Fred Thompson and refuses to support him.

That might be good news for the former senator.
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Campaign Notes.

What the hell?
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Nevada may move its caucus date earlier, perhaps as early as next week, if it has to.

I exaggerate, but just a tad.
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Campaign Notes.

A washed-up mayor tries to turn the heat on a washed-up actor.
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The Audacity of Hype learned the art of Chicago politics honestly, whatever that means.
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Campaign Notes.

For cryin' out loud, Obama doesn't have any chance at all.

The media continues to keep up with this Clinton/Obama shit. This isn't going to last at all.
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Better dead than Fred as the washed-up actor veers so far to the right, he's ready to keel over.

Speaking of Thompson, Iowa autograph seekers got to size him up.
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Campaign Notes.

I missed tonight's Republican debate on Fox, and even if I had remembered, I wouldn't have been able to see it. My dish service has a lot of trouble picking up FNC.

I suppose it will be on C-SPAN and if so, I will try and tape it.

Fred Thompson pulled an Obama and didn't show up, for he had better things to do.
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Media Darling

Fred Thompson is now getting a little bit of scrutiny from the mainstream media.

There's still a very good chance he is going to wind up being the nominee of the Republican Party, and, if he is, he will have a very good chance of getting the White House by hook or by crook.

It depends on who we field, and I fear we are going to get our collective ass handed to us again.

Presidential Notes.

Can this presidential campaign be saved?

Fred Thompson should be seen as a threat not only to Republican candidates, but also to the Democrats.

Presidential Notes II.

Fred Thompson edges closer to a formal bid.

As has been pointed out in many places, Republicans will scream and bitch about Hollywood, but when it comes to candidates, they love the Hollywood types.
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Presidential Notes.

A Carson City coffee shop is a popular hangout for presidential candidates.
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The only stretch is the notion Obama could actually win the election.

There's no way he could carry a single state John Kerry didn't win or have stolen from him.

It's impossible.
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Is Fred Thompson rehearsing for his biggest role yet, or is it just a teaser to keep his name "out there" in the public?
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Presidential Notes IV.

Will he or won't he? Only Fred Thompson's hairdresser knows for sure--if he had any hair to dress.
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Presidential Notes.

I think this author underestimates Fred Thompson.

He's just as bad as any right-winger; that's why the right wants him to run so much.
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