FRED THOMPSON HAS DROPED OUT! CNBC JUST ANNOUNCED IT

The draft thing idea sounds a little extreme. Just say this continued war will bankrupt america and DO NOT USE THE WORD EMPIRE. I think paul makes a huge mistake using the word empire. If he would just say these wars are bankrupting america and that we cannot help anyone if america is in the financial toilet.

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I am not a psychic or clairvoyant, but I knew - the moment that Fred "Flubber" Thompson announced his candidacy - that it would only be a matter of time before he hit the wall.

Back then I suggested he would better serve the United States if he learned to play the banjo and sing "Zip-a-dee Doo-dah." I hope he does this - or re-start Hee-Haw and star in it. I bet Flubber has lots of folksy stories he could tell, sitting in a rockin' chair on a front porch in Tennessee. Or maybe he could mosey down to the fishin' hole and catch himself a catfish. These are all admirable pursuits for Flubber, but not running for the presidency.

Seems like a decent sort, but just way, way out of his league.
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He was better as an actor anyway.

now lets do everything we can to attract those supporters to our candidate.

CPAforRP

According to F Frank Luntz he was the clear winner. Goes to show you how much F Frank Luntz's 'focus' group is worth.

In the infamous words of Matt Foley.....JACK SQUAT!!

He was one of the people that would buy a company, slice and dice it for a profit and then resell the stripped hull. He never actually ran a business, and in fact, when he was governor, his state performed well below national average.

Oops... This was meant as a reply to below where he asked about Romney's background.

Thompson was my 2nd choice after Ron Paul, a distant second I swear!
There's no way Lieberman and Mccain teamed together will get anything. They could do fine in a general election but talk radio would team up to anhilate that idea before the nomination. I think it was Deutchsbanc or someother large financial firm with Deutch in the name that stated if the if the economy goes extremely south then Ron Paul could get the nomination and win. Does anyone know Romney's so called business expierence? Whenever I hear him talk about the economy he sounds as clueless as guiliani or mccain. How is that he has 200 million dollars of wealth?
Can someone clear that up with me? I'm startin to think his parents' clout is what got him high positions in corporations. He's another bush it seems.

First. If someone is really hardcore like wanting to bomb Iran they will be tough to convince. There are alot of republicans that don't want another Veitnam and are more into this war for prides sake. They can be reasoned with I think. Use this approach.

First we acheived everything we wanted in Iraq. We verified there were no weapons, and we got rid of Saddam. Ron Paul want to take not only those troops but all of our troops home from places like Japan and Germany where they don't help us at all.

So now we will have over 1/2 million troops at home rested and ready. They will be available for border, coast, and port security. If we are attacked and there is a state that can be held responsible and Congress actually declares war then Ron Paul will have the largest Army rested and ready. Right now Iran doesn't see us as much of a thread because we are bogged down in Iraq. If we get out of their backyard it will calm then down and also having all those troops available will shut them up. It's a win win.

You know if I were a southerner sitting out on the front porch drinking my mint Jullep, Thompson would be my man. He's actually pretty funny, nice enough, personable....however a strong looking leader he is not.
I can see going out fishing with Thompson out of all the candidates, but that's about it. He didn't really have any platform except "I'm an easy going conservative southerner..if ya like me, vote for me"

Once Huckabee joins Thompson and goes bye bye....the republicans have a problem. Who is the most socially conservative candidate on issues like the constitution and abortion?

Romney? No. Giuliani? No. McCain? No. All moderates and flipfloppy on issues. That only leaves one man: Ron Paul.

And his withdrawal story on MSNBC's website makes mention of the other GOP candidates, but nothing about Dr. Paul. Nothing about his candidacy. Nothing about his raising nearly $2 million this week. Nothing at all, as if he did not even exist.

I'm beginning to believe that once Dr. Paul is elected President we'll never hear about him again. He'll continue to be a non-entity.

This type of reporting makes me sick. No wonder people have never heard of him. I'm going to hundreds of houses this weekend to leave literature and that might be some potential voters' first exposure to Dr. Paul.

We cannot depend upon the "old stream news media" to inform people. We must do it ourselves. Let's rededicate our efforts. Let's spread the word. Let the Revolution continue.

soooo... thompson is out! giuliani's people are having to work for free and he's finished 6th or last in 5 of the 6 primaries, only beating RP once, by 1%... and ol' huckabee (media darling) = http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080122/ap_on_el_pr/huckabee_money

False!!! MANY Fred supporters had Ron Paul as their #2; they just chose Fred Thompson because they thought he was a more electable small federal government conservative.

Many FT supporters will go to Ron Paul. Fred Thompson was highly critical of the other top tier for their terrible records, and these criticisms are true and they don't go away now that he is out.