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Someone Please Splain It To Me
Posted by tgirsch

So just exactly what is with this hard-on that conservatives seem to have for Fred Thompson, anyway? I certainly understand their frustration with the current GOP field of candidates, but what’s so effing great about Thompson? I mean, if you’re so impressed by vacuous folksy-yet-arrogant rhetoric, why not just eliminate the middleman and nominate Dr. Phil?

July 18th, 2007 Politics | 6 comments

6 Comments »

  1. SayUncle writes:

    He hearkens back to a day when republicans weren’t idiots. You know, small .gov, responsibility, etc. You know, back when they were cool.

    Comment 7/18/2007

  2. tgirsch writes:

    But does he really? Does his record as Senator actually back that up? I suspect (without knowing) that his appeal to such people is almost purely superficial.

    And, really, if that’s what they’re after in a candidate, why not Ron Paul? (Because Ron Paul can’t win, which brings us back to the original question: what does Thompson bring to the table, other than wider name recognition, that Paul doesn’t?)

    Comment 7/18/2007

  3. Buckeyefan writes:

    Scarey that voters in the GOP can be swayed by an actor to think he is a good ol’ boy when he is a DC insider having been a lawyer, lobbyist, and Senator in DC and now his two sons are lobbyist in DC.

    Think the Republicans have some voters that refuse to see Thompson for what he is — the Nixon mole turned lobbyist and an ineffectual Senator except for co-authoring CFR which he now skirts by not reporting.

    Not the experience needed to be President IMO.

    Comment 7/18/2007

  4. Tim writes:

    And a related question. Why isn’t Huckabee leading the polls. He’s charismatic, a southern governor, has impeccable religious right credentials denies evolution, talks the anti-tax game well, and says the right words for the GOP base on Iraq. He looks like a GOP candidate from central casting and yet he’s still way back in the second tier behind a bunch of guys getting beaten by none of the above. What’s with that?

    Comment 7/19/2007

  5. Big U writes:

    Tim > Maybe Republicans aren’t the narrow-minded racist religious bigots that the left makes them out to be. :-)

    Comment 7/20/2007

  6. Lean Left writes:

    […] Via TPM Fred! Thompson has dropped out of the GOP race. Does this surprise anyone? I’ve blogged about this before, but I just don’t get what it is that anyone ever saw in Thompson, other than maybe that he simply wasn’t 9iu11ani, McCain, or Romney. […]

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