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Fred Thompson: Stalking Horse?

1/11/08, 12:29 pm EST

Fred Thompson and John McCain are buddies, hell, Thompson was a lazy man’s McCain in the Senate, signing on to campaign finance reform among others of McCain’s pet projects.

And after last night’s wonderful performance, in which he offered a devastating 90 second critique of Mike Huckabee’s big government idealism and liberal foreign policy…

… I’m truly wondering if the sole purpose of his candidacy right now is — and maybe always was — to run interference for McCain in the South.

Seriously, if you’re polling 9 percent. Why go after the guy in second at 18 percent and leave untouched the front-runner at 25 percent?


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Mike Huckabee | 1/11/2008, 1:55 pm EST

Because you D-bag, McCain is not a threat to Thompson in the South, Huckabee is.

BillBobo | 1/11/2008, 2:06 pm EST

You clear the field of others who play to your strength (fundamentalist conservatives) by knocking out the Huckster flip-fl…er, Romney, and THEN go after McLame and Goombah-liani.

markustee | 1/11/2008, 2:32 pm EST

Agreed with the previous, d-bag. Thompson’s base is with the conservatives, not with the left wing loonies like you and your buddy McCain. He needs to go after Huckabee – McCain will ultimately self-destruct anyway.

ray | 1/11/2008, 2:49 pm EST

Hucks the only Republican id vote for.

Dallas | 1/11/2008, 2:53 pm EST

Tim-
How about something that’s not the distracting horse race of bad presidential choices? Such as the Iranian boat thing, or, even bigger, Kucinich saying that he wants a recount in New Hampshire. That, to me, should interest everybody around here. The same crooked F@#*s that propelled Bush into the White House are doing the same for Hillary. Or, at least, it seems like it.

David Anderson | 1/11/2008, 3:02 pm EST

Fred Thompson almost looked ashamed as he was reading his prepared putdown of Mike Huckabee. There was no heart in what he said. It was just another set of lines.

However, I did see a compassionate look on Mike’s face during the diatribe because he recognized that it just was a case of a drowning man trying to pull somebody else under with him.

Jim Gonzales | 1/11/2008, 3:06 pm EST

Did you see McCains performance? It was horrible.

McCain lost in South Carolina last time and he’ll lose again.

People who favor Mike Huckabee just aren’t informed on him and his liberal track record.

Once they find out the truth they’ll be voting for Fred Thompson.

FRED2008 | 1/11/2008, 3:56 pm EST

Fred will win SC, and will smoke em on Super Tuesday. He will be the GOP nominee. McCain won’t be forgiven for his amnesty bill, and Huck is being exposed for his liberal past.

CD | 1/11/2008, 3:58 pm EST

Here’s a thought, a McCain Thompson Ticket.

TP | 1/11/2008, 5:37 pm EST

It is refreshing to see Fred step up. He is bar far the most appropriate choice for President.

TP | 1/11/2008, 5:37 pm EST

It is refreshing to see Fred step up. He is bar far the most appropriate choice for President.

TP | 1/11/2008, 5:37 pm EST

It is refreshing to see Fred step up. He is bar far the most appropriate choice for President.

adub0121 | 1/11/2008, 8:03 pm EST

Going to have to agree with TP, Thompson is the best choice for conservative leadership in our nation and he will win SC and hopefully many more states after that.

Raoul Duke | 1/12/2008, 12:16 am EST

Thompson did not “step up” so to speak. Though his uncharacteristic chiding of Huckabee was refreshing (and brought some much needed attention towards Huck’s Poor Man’s Reagan-style of politics), it offered little insight to the man himself. His shambling performance did help garner him the attentions of the Misinformed- the grotesque bevy of beefeating Red Staters that make up the audience of Fox News. This man is consistently lackluster and bungled yet another debate. I suppose the media has an ulterior motive.
If you’re still voting Republican, actually vote Republican. Those saying Paul lost the debate clearly didn’t see the same debate that I did.

Chris Langis MAINE | 1/12/2008, 10:33 am EST

FRED will be the frontrunner after the south carolina prinarys.
Why do you listen to polls, these polls are the mainsteam medias way of conrolling U.S. politics, the night before the 04 election the AP poll showed John Kerry Winning by 16 points, I will never forget that. LIARS!!!

Eastwood | 1/12/2008, 1:44 pm EST

Polls, and exit polls in particular, are a FAR more accurate way of finding voter preference than actual votes are, especially when actual votes are counted by hackable machines as is the case in the U.S.

The reason the media reported Kerry being up 16 points is that he really WAS up 16 points. Kerry won the election in ‘04 but as we saw in Florida ‘00, winning the election does not necessarily mean you’ll be president.

Hillary seems to have proven herself competent enough to steal an election. If she wins the nomination I hope she’ll put that knowledge to good use against the conservatives in November.

Our election process is a complete sham. What’s the point in voting if it’s never going to count?

ray | 1/16/2008, 8:13 pm EST

Fred, will never be the front runner. i doubt He wins South Carolina, i think Huck will Mc cain will be competitive in a 3 man race. Fred did betterlatley but no front runner. The competative primary race is good and a great test for the candidates.

Scott Brady | 1/22/2008, 8:12 pm EST

“Why go after the guy in second at 18 percent and leave untouched the front-runner at 25 percent?”

Gosh, I don’t know? Out of principle?

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