Now just endorse McCain and get it over with, Fred. Let's move on to Florida.

Did Fred even know he was running for President?

I want to see Grandpa Fred hook up with old man McCain later on.

McCain/Thompson 08!
"The Drooling Old Man" ticket.

Darn, I was rooting for another actor with alzhiemers to get in the White House.

This sets up an ideal Romney-Thompson ticket. Romney, with his business and government expertise and his rescue of the Olympics plus Thompson as veep, being from a southern state, highly recognizable, dignified, effective speaker and obviously photogenic will make for a strong ticket. This may have been Thompson's plan all along. If so, it's a tremendous one.

Shows how much he cares for the country right? So much for taking care of thows terrorists. Oh well, he was prolly gay anyway. I wonder how many of his supporters have the guts to now vote for Ron Paul.

Yes,endorse McCain!

I'm sure their TROPHY wives will get along great!!!

I thought Thompson politics were closest to capturing the Reagan's coalition of votes. So even that is not working for the Republicans. Those remaining are all flawed. Guiliani will be the next to go. hang in there Ron Paul.

Yes... endorse some one to unify the party.... TOO MANY RUNNING IN DIFERENT DIRECTIONS only scatters the base!

Please endorse that Democrat McCain. I can't wait to see him campaign with Teddy, Russ and the rest of his liberal Democrat friends.

Grandpa Fred wasn't even interested in campaigning for himself, why, in the name of all that's holy would he campaign for someone else (McCain)?, or even 'hold the other Conservatives feet to the fire'?

I just don't see that happening.

He's already curled up by the fire watching Matlock re-runs.

Frank, you suck!

Like Curtis Mayfield said,
Freddy's Dead!

Now he can go back to napping. What a waste of his supporters' time and money and our attention! I'm truly disgusted with the size of his ego and his obvious disregard for the American voter. Thompson the actor was accumstomed to being told where to stand and what to say. When it came time for him to made those decisions and demonstrate substance rather than "a TV character," he was found wanting.

now endorse MITT full support

Sorry Jeff, but I know a few Thompson supporters and they are anti-McCain.

Romney will pick up the Thompson supporters by and large.

Now he can go back to "Law and Order". Instead of pretending he cares about it like the rest of the republicans.

Out of curiosity, what is your political affiliation? I mean that with no sarcasm and expect a straight answer. I forget the name of the fairness in media law that was never enacted, but journalists should be made to divulge their voting records when they are writing about a political campaign and are in a position to sway public opinion. My humble opinion.

C'mon Fred - send your troops and supports to work for Ron Paul!

Great, now I hope he returns quickly to his day job at Law and Order.

Put Jack McCoy back as the main prosecuter and get rid of the young pup now in the role. His Blackberry is making me nervous!

Actually I found his relaxed style refreshing compared to some of the mouthbreathers running for the office.

Sorry, Dave, but Thompson was one of the few sitting republican senators that endorsed McCain in 2000. I'll bet he goes back to that well.

And for the record I'd take Cindy McCain or Jeri Thompson over Hillary Clinton or both loaves of Monica Lewinsky anyday.

Thompson will never support a pro-abortionist like Mitt Romney. What's this fiction you're all spouting about how he "saved" the Olympics while we're at it? I hope you're all aware of the major IOC reforms that came out of the scandals of the Salt Lake Olympics. You do realize what Mitt "saved" them with, don't you? That's right, bribes. And now he's trying to bribe his way into office.

Seriously, a strong ticket will be Romney/Thompson. Romney has the money, energy, and economic experience. Thompson can help energize the South and help the GOP play in CA and TN.

Hey Frank, you're a genuine donkey... specifically the part where the tail is located.

While you're trying to figure out why take a good look at the RINO's who are left in this race;

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Get a real thought in realizing who just left this race.

Posted by: Jeff | January 22, 2008 4:36 PM

Jeff,

Grandpa Fred's supporters are probably to tired to support Old Man McCain.

I'm guessing that most of the Grandpa Fred supporters are probably more interested in going to bed early today so they can catch the early bird special at Denny's tommorow.

I doubt that they're interested in supporting another drooling old man:
http://www.zazzle.com/mccain_is_bush_s_poodle_button-145560363583173418

I loved the brilliant Dorothy Parker remark in the lead of the article. My own thought was "if Fred Thompson falls in the forest...does he make a sound?"

Why would Thompson endorse McCain?! This whole time Thompson was trying to appeal to the clear conservative Republican base. McCain is hardly that. McCain has time and again proven himself to be a guy who coservatives could not trust to be on their side. I don't think Thompson would be too happy supporting and endorsing McCain's amnesty thing either.
Thompson also didn't seem too thrilled about Huckabee's record either. Thompson was right; Huckabee is a blame America first kind of guy. I remember from one of the earlier debates Huckabee saying, refering to Iraq war, "I believe when you break something, you buy it."
The real clear endorsment for Thompson is Mitt Romney. Romney is against McCain's amnesty bill, cutting taxes, relief for the middle class, becoming energy independant, is a socail conservative, is pro-life, has a health plan, and economic strategy. These are all things I think Thompson would be happy to stand for.

Hmmm wonder what he will do with all the $$$ he raised. Save it for a different campaign, appoint his wife treasurer and her salary eats it up? What sort of a man will he be with other people's money. I think that's a good indicator if he would have been a good president.

That would be a great ticket, Larry. Romney would try to bribe the economy back to health like he did in Utah and Fred would sleep through all four years of it.

Word is from Fred's aides that he's not going to endorse anyone. That, to me, is a tacit endorsement of Mitt Romney. Fred stuck around just long enough, backed by the Rush Limbaughs of the world, to cost Huckabee South Carolina and kill Huck's campaign. With Huck out of the picture, this now becomes essentially a two-man race: McCain vs. Romney. And with the "conservative" wing soon to be united behind Romney, McCain is about to go down. That's not smack talk; makes no difference to me if Romney or McCain win. But you can bet most of Thompson's support will swing to Romney. So by not endorsing McCain, Thompson allows his support to go where it would naturally (to the lone remaining "conservative" in the race, Romney) and still allow Thompson to not directly stab McCain in the back. He satisfies both the establishment that talked up his campaign and his friend.

In a Republican party where everybody seems to have divergent opinions, it is sometimes hard to stand back and appreciate the similarities, not only between the candidates, but between a candidate and his party's platform. For many Republicans, and most true conservatives, this cycle has been a dissapointing, if not alarming one. It comes on the heels of two terms of expansionist foreign adventurism, deficit spending, wasteful government programs, gross federal mismanagement, and repeated scandal. That the very nature of conservatism has become a prime issue to Republicans is indicative of the fractures in the party and its electorate.

If you take away the names and the (R)'s and the rhetoric and look, side-by-side at the records of the Republican candidates, some trends become apparent. The majority of Republicans seeking nomination do not set any sort of conservative standard in their projects or voting record. Some could even be classified objectively as liberal! Mass amnesty for illegal immigrants? No Child Left Behind? Raising taxes 47 percent? One called Barry Goldwater an "incompetent, confused, and sometimes idiotic man." The list goes on, but the party will not, if candidates think that a hawkish foreign policy and some lipservice to small government are the only credentials necessary for success.

The Ron Paul community has always had a bit of a soft spot for Fred Thompson. He isn't taken to cackling at ideas of small government, he isn't keen on snap judgements, and he cares about the core of the Republican party. When our candidate was excluded from a Fox Debate, Fred brought up many of the same issues that Ron may have raised. While it is a competition, we always felt glad that at least somebody else understood the principles of conservatism, and the important thing was that the message was being heard. But now Fred Thompson has left us, after rough showings in states that wear their philosophy on their sleeves until it comes time to actually vote. This is disheartening, because the future of our party and of the very word 'conservative,' we feel, has now been winnowed down to one last candidate... Ron Paul.

We need a coalition of thinkers, of people who can look past the rhetoric, see beyond the posturing. We need conservatives in mind and spirit. This is our party, and it is a confused one. But we must never confuse our principles, and in that refusal, we can light the way to victory and a restoration of real values in government.

Will you join us?

Fred Thompson on the issues:
http://www.fred08.com/Pri...
Ron Paul on the issues: http://www.ronpaul2008.co...

Oops Jeff, your ignorance is showing...Having served as a volunteer with the SLC Winter Games, I witnessed first-hand how Mitt Romney completely turned those games around. It was an absolute mess before he got there. Within a few weeks he cleaned house and provided clear direction for the whole team. He demonstrated true leadership and a knack for quickly assessing a situation and providing effective guidance. Name something that McCain has managed, besides that he managed to do nothing about illegal immigration in his own state for the past 25 years.

I likes fred Thompson, even alto I dont live in USA but i figured since he had a real scots name ,he is the best Iam from Scotland so all the Best to great guy sincerely maryc Mcnabb ( maiden name Noble)

"DUH DUH-DUH DUH DUH QUITS"

YEA, ANOTHER GOP HECKLE SMEKLE QUITS MOUTHBREATHING HOW MUCH HE LOVES AND WILL UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION. WHEN ALL HIS EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TO THWART THE CONSTITUTION WHILE GEORGE BUSH AND DICK CHENEY CIRCUMVENTED EVERY LAW THAT WAS A LAW.

MR. HOMELAND SECURITY FRED THOMPSON WAS THE ARCHITECT WITH MR. INDEPENDENT JOE LIEBERMAN OF THE "SECRETARY"

THE ONE ENTITY THAT IF THEY COULD CONSOLIDATE ALL BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT UNTO HIM, YOU.

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO NOW BILLIONS AND BILLIONS SIT NOT SPENT BECAUSE THERE IS NO MARSHALL LAW IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA, JUST A PHONY ACHIEVEMENT ON THE BORDER. SKYWATCH, A GIULIANI BIOMETRIC SURVEILLANCE TATOO ON YOUR LEFT FOREARM.

BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF NO BID CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT A CONSTITUTIONAL COUP THAT FAILED.

SO NA NA NA NA, HEY HEY HEY, GOOD BYE.

SAVE THE LIVER!

Looks like today's McCain talking points are: Romney, Olympics, Utah, and bribes. Thanks Jeffy.

I don't know why he was even running. You get in the game late and you think more people will vote you??? Fred doesn't even remember what things he's sign. It makes you wonder if he knew he was running for President.

ROMNEY/THOMPSON IN '08 might just be the ticket to beat either Hillary or Obama hands down and save our Nation and the Republican Party !

Romney would try to bribe the economy back to health like he did in Utah and Fred would sleep through all four years of it.

Posted by: Jeff | January 22, 2008 4:59 PM

Finally,an honest Republican!!!!!

Bad grammar:

"Thompson had hoped to win the votes of the parties conservative base,..."

It's "party's"

Fred's supporters should think hard about Rudy. Fred actually supported Rudy's tax-cut plan in the SC debate and they both have similar ideas about keeping America safe by remaining on offense. I think a Giuliani/Thompson ticket could be a Home-run, balanced ideologically and regionally. Thompson would surely round out Rudy's social criteria. And Rudy's is the only one who understood what Fred meant about keeping America Strong!

Vote Rudy 2008!!

I don't have any talking points. I was just reacting to other posters' comments about how he "saved" the Olympics. Someone needs to consult Juan Antonio Samaraun (sp?) about that "save," that's all.

Mitt is the best person for the job remaining. Jeff, clearly stretching on your conspiracy theories today arentcha? The bribes is the very reason that the Olympics were being torn apart. Mitt came in and cleaned things up and made them a tremendous success. Thompson was a good candidate on subject matter but just didn't have the gumption until the last little bit to get that message out clearly. Many of those that I have seen on different blogs that were following Thompson have mentioned how they thought a Romney/Thompson or a Thompson/Romney ticket would be great. This leads me to believe that many of them thought that Thompson and Romney were close in terms of issues and conservatism and that they will now be swayed to vote for Romney.

McCain cannot get the backing of the conservative base. He has taken way too many stances that go in complete contrast to the conservative line of thinking. He has won states merely because of the independant vote and has lost the conservative vote each time.

Huckabee's do as I say and not as everybody on my staff does mentality is getting old. Sicking his attack dogs (Rollins and Norris and his push poll supporters) on Romney and McCain and then trying to play it off as "well they sometimes need to be reigned in" or "they have their own opinion" while standing hip to hip with these guys is too Clintonesque for my liking.

I will admit that Romney has FLIPED, not flip-flopped on the issue of abortion, as have I. He has fully disclosed it. He also has always been personaly pro-life, as have I been. Do we want somebody like McCain that once he discovers a decision/stance may have been wrong sticks to his guns regardless of the situation. Maverick does not always come off on the right side of the equation and should be willing to admit those faults and correct them.

Romney has tremendous experience that would help him work in turning around the flat economy and he won't have skeletons in his closet for the Clinton machine to try to attack, unless you count the dog on the station wagon a front page news bulletin that is deserving of more than toilet paper.

Thompson will not endorse a candidate any by all accounts Fred supporters will sway towards Romney. I was willing to get behind either one of them so now I am happy to throw my full support behind Romney.

GO MITT!!!!!!

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I commend Mr. Thompson for having been a candidate, thereby submitting to intense character scrutiny. It takes a lot of fortitude to offer yourself as a candidate today.
Would any of our founding fathers be a hero today if they had been scrutinized by today's pundits and podcasters?

After reading that Fred Thompson dropped out of the race I felt I heard a collective sigh from Ms. Zuckman and the Oliphant Man, relieved that they can cover something of more interest, like a pile of scrap metal rusting... or failing that, maybe Ron Paul's "Original Boys in the 'hoods" Candidacy..

David N. Herd had it right.
Giuliani is toast.
Ron Paul might actually get the coverage he deserves.

Gee, I thought for sure he would keep on 'fighting'....or something.

These are all things I think Thompson would be happy to stand for.

Posted by: ann | January 22, 2008 4:57 PM

And that pretty much says it all.

Mr. Thompson is simply a blank slate upon which conservatives, lacking any substantive alternative, can project all their hopes and dreams.

Freddy is everything to everybody.

Oh wait, actually he's just a lazy Hollywood actor with a basset hound Southern drawl, whose main campaign theme appeared to be that he actually wasn't all that interested in the job.

While I can see how it may be refreshing to have a politician with interests outside of simply being president, it would seem to me that the toughest and most important position in the world would be best served by someone with focus and a fire in their belly, rather than the lackadaisical "what me worry" approach favored by Mr. Thompson.

I'm thrilled, now he can get back to what he does best, kicking butt on Law and Order...!!

The Dinosaur Age is now officially over...

Frank, didn't your brother JESSE meet an untimely end as well?