A reason why I’m not voting for Fred Thompson in ‘08.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/11/08/
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Watch the video to get the full effect of my first impression.
Fred Thompson: “And the governor of Massachusetts apparently has spent 20 million dollars of his own personal fortune. And apparently a good chunk of that in South Carolina. And all I’ve got to say is governor, you can’t buy South Carolina, you can’t even rent South Carolina.”
(Smiling) Romney’s response: “If you want to get strong in these early states. You’ve got to show up, you’ve got to work hard.”
I’m somewhat confused as to what Thompson is implying in his little head bobbing outburst. Is he trying to say that it was wrong for Romney to try to educate the people of South Carolina as to what his goals and beliefs are as a candidate for president? The only thing that I saw in this video was a loss in control on Thompsons part. If he’s going to get that angry about Mitt Romney spending some of his own cash on T.V. commercials, then I don’t even want to see him in the white house when someone slaps a tabloid on his oval office desk that shows him and Brittney Spears together with the heading “oops, Thompson Did it again!”.
Okay, that was a little random and unnecessary. But the point I’m trying to make is that this guy is a bomb waiting to go off. That little tid bit of video was the first real impression I got of Thompson, and enough to make me not want to vote for him. As with all of the candidates though, I’ll give him a fair chance and review him thoroughly before making my decision on who to vote for.
Oh yeah, what’s Thompson planning to do with all of his tv ads? Make people feel good about themselves? They definitely can’t be to support his campaign. That would be “buying” or possibly even “renting” voters. Right on his home page: http://www.fred08.com/index.aspx I see 5 ads! And they call Romney a “Flip-Flopper”.
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