Fred on (yawn) the campaign trail talks about doing it "his way."
Details are at this article.
Try to stay awake. It's only one page.
Sing it, Frank: "I did it muyyyyyyyyyy wayyyyyyyy ....."
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Showing posts with label FDT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FDT. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Fred Flunked.
Fred can thank Mitt for setting him up for his best line of the non-debate. Otherwise, Fred flunked.
Fred will best serve (and be served) by an afternoon keynote slot at the Republican Convention.
Maybe by then he'll be able to shake the rust from the rhetoric.
And he can use a script.
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Fred will best serve (and be served) by an afternoon keynote slot at the Republican Convention.
Maybe by then he'll be able to shake the rust from the rhetoric.
And he can use a script.
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Fred's Bobble-Head Ad
This is embarrassing.
No REAL friend of Fred's would allow him to humiliate himself like this.
The man is not healthy. His hair (regardless of age) is reminiscent of post-chemo treatment .... His facial contortions are distracting. This is NOT the image or countenance of a man who is capable of campaigning or "running" for the Presidency of the United States.
He may be a good man, but he is not THE man we need as President.
Godspeed, Fred Thompson.
You seem like a nice enough guy, but someone has mis-led you in your aspirations.
Go home, enjoy your kids, spend time with the wife and your mom. Go back to TV; visit the talk show circuit where the applause will be warm. Maybe the next President will appoint you to an advisory committee .... Don't embarrass yourself by running, Fred.
This is the last time I'll compliment you if you continue.
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No REAL friend of Fred's would allow him to humiliate himself like this.
The man is not healthy. His hair (regardless of age) is reminiscent of post-chemo treatment .... His facial contortions are distracting. This is NOT the image or countenance of a man who is capable of campaigning or "running" for the Presidency of the United States.
He may be a good man, but he is not THE man we need as President.
Godspeed, Fred Thompson.
You seem like a nice enough guy, but someone has mis-led you in your aspirations.
Go home, enjoy your kids, spend time with the wife and your mom. Go back to TV; visit the talk show circuit where the applause will be warm. Maybe the next President will appoint you to an advisory committee .... Don't embarrass yourself by running, Fred.
This is the last time I'll compliment you if you continue.
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Monday, September 3, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Meet Fred's New (non)Campaign Mgr --
-- As introduced by someone who knows him ....
A must read by Debbie Schlussel.
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He hasn't yet entered the Presidential race, and yet Fred Thompson,
yesterday, showed us why he's the scariest Republican Presidential candidate.
And maybe the scariest of both parties.Don't believe Thompson's claim that he understands the Islamist jihadist threat to America. His announcement, yesterday, of his choice of Spencer Abraham as campaign manager, told us everything we need to know.
Although Abraham, of Lebanese descent, is a Maronite Christian, he is a
career water carrier for Islamists of the most extremist stripe and made that
the cornerstone of his failed, one-term Senate career and equally lousy tenure
as Energy Secretary.
A must read by Debbie Schlussel.
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Fred May be a Pilgram, But He's Not John Wayne
Gull posted this one on Fred a short while back. It has as even more significance now:
Read on ....
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It occurred to me last night (I read the press release rather than watching
CSpan), that Fred Thompson is setting himself up as America's 21st Century John
Wayne. Folksy. Articulate. Down-home homie for traditionalists. An aging
old-west cowboy hero, capable of leading the charge -- maybe not from the saddle
of a mighty steed, but at least from the back of a borrowed pick-up. Replete
with conservative themes dealing with everything from ethics, family, fair-play,
less government, yada yada yada.
Keep that image, Fred. America needs
it.
But this man of commendable carriage and the mesmerizing voice
(think Garrison Keillor, James Earl Jones, Paul Harvey, Will Rogers) would be
mincemeat on the political stage against Shrillary.
Read on ....
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Monday, July 23, 2007
Fred's Son: In his Father's Footsteps
From Dick Norris reports:
What did Fred Thompson's son, Daniel, do to earn the more than $170,000 that his firm, Daniel Thompson Associates, was paid from his father's federal political action committee, the Fred D. Thompson PAC?
The records suggest he did next to nothing.
The elder Thompson, an undeclared presidential candidate, left the Senate at the start of 2003. He started The Fred D. Thompson PAC with $378,601 transferred from his senatorial campaign committee.
It's perfectly legal for a former public official to roll leftover campaign funds over to a PAC and use that money to support candidates. Yet very little of these funds actually went to candidates - the bulk of the money was paid to Daniel Thompson.
Daniel Thompson did not reply to efforts to contact him.
From the month the PAC started (April 2003), Daniel Thompson Associates began drawing a monthly retainer of $4,000 for "management consultant services.
"In its first election cycle, the PAC made a total of only $18,000 in contributions to federal candidates and about $8,000 in contributions to Republican committees and non-federal candidates. So, the fund spent about 7 percent of its assets on candidates and elections in its first two years - and about 25 percent on Thompson's son.The next cycle (2005-2006), the fund gave $21,200 to federal candidates and about $27,500 to non-federal candidates and party committees - and $84,000 to Daniel Thompson's firm.To date, the PAC has paid $176,000 to the son's firm, $46,000 for federal races, $35,000 in other political donations and $62,700 to charity. The senator's son, in other words, accounts for more than half the outlays.PAC funds can be used to hire relatives.
In 2001, the Federal Election Commission ruled that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. could use federal campaign funds to hire his wife as his campaign manager. But Mrs. Jackson was experienced in running campaigns and raising funds and had worked on a congressional staff. It clearly wasn't a no-show job.The FEC ruled that a campaign could hire a family member "at market value for bona fide campaign services."
But it's hard to find any evidence of bona fide work done by Daniel Thompson Associates for his father's PAC.
Presumably, Fred Thompson made the decision about what money would go to candidates - especially since many of them were his former colleagues.
Maybe Daniel Thompson wrote the 20 checks a year that the PAC mailed out. How much time or skill could that take? Not $85,000 a year worth.
The PAC appears to have had no office, no phone and no employees other than Daniel Thompson. Minor amounts went for spot telephone and Internet bills, and for an accountant.
And the PAC did no real fund-raising.
In its four years, it raised just $700 - two contributions from former Fred Thompson associates.
All other income appears to have been interest payments.The fund did pay a nearly $7,000 to Aristotle Publishing, a company that licenses software for Internet fund-raising, including a $1,000 licensing fee in the fund's last days several months ago. The initial fees were for "conversion, training, and support."
Interestingly enough, Daniel Thompson is now a professional fund-raiser for Lawson Associates in Nashville. According to the firm's Web site, he consults with clients all over the country to raise funds for non-profit groups in their capital and endowment campaigns.
Too bad he couldn't help Dad raise money, too.
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What did Fred Thompson's son, Daniel, do to earn the more than $170,000 that his firm, Daniel Thompson Associates, was paid from his father's federal political action committee, the Fred D. Thompson PAC?
The records suggest he did next to nothing.
The elder Thompson, an undeclared presidential candidate, left the Senate at the start of 2003. He started The Fred D. Thompson PAC with $378,601 transferred from his senatorial campaign committee.
It's perfectly legal for a former public official to roll leftover campaign funds over to a PAC and use that money to support candidates. Yet very little of these funds actually went to candidates - the bulk of the money was paid to Daniel Thompson.
Daniel Thompson did not reply to efforts to contact him.
From the month the PAC started (April 2003), Daniel Thompson Associates began drawing a monthly retainer of $4,000 for "management consultant services.
"In its first election cycle, the PAC made a total of only $18,000 in contributions to federal candidates and about $8,000 in contributions to Republican committees and non-federal candidates. So, the fund spent about 7 percent of its assets on candidates and elections in its first two years - and about 25 percent on Thompson's son.The next cycle (2005-2006), the fund gave $21,200 to federal candidates and about $27,500 to non-federal candidates and party committees - and $84,000 to Daniel Thompson's firm.To date, the PAC has paid $176,000 to the son's firm, $46,000 for federal races, $35,000 in other political donations and $62,700 to charity. The senator's son, in other words, accounts for more than half the outlays.PAC funds can be used to hire relatives.
In 2001, the Federal Election Commission ruled that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. could use federal campaign funds to hire his wife as his campaign manager. But Mrs. Jackson was experienced in running campaigns and raising funds and had worked on a congressional staff. It clearly wasn't a no-show job.The FEC ruled that a campaign could hire a family member "at market value for bona fide campaign services."
But it's hard to find any evidence of bona fide work done by Daniel Thompson Associates for his father's PAC.
Presumably, Fred Thompson made the decision about what money would go to candidates - especially since many of them were his former colleagues.
Maybe Daniel Thompson wrote the 20 checks a year that the PAC mailed out. How much time or skill could that take? Not $85,000 a year worth.
The PAC appears to have had no office, no phone and no employees other than Daniel Thompson. Minor amounts went for spot telephone and Internet bills, and for an accountant.
And the PAC did no real fund-raising.
In its four years, it raised just $700 - two contributions from former Fred Thompson associates.
All other income appears to have been interest payments.The fund did pay a nearly $7,000 to Aristotle Publishing, a company that licenses software for Internet fund-raising, including a $1,000 licensing fee in the fund's last days several months ago. The initial fees were for "conversion, training, and support."
Interestingly enough, Daniel Thompson is now a professional fund-raiser for Lawson Associates in Nashville. According to the firm's Web site, he consults with clients all over the country to raise funds for non-profit groups in their capital and endowment campaigns.
Too bad he couldn't help Dad raise money, too.
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
The Sum of All His Parts?
Fred Thompson: Former Senator, lawyer, lobbyist, actor, consultant; current sorta-kinda-maybe candidate for the Presidency of the United States with a far-right following comparable to a pack of hounds baying at a treed possum.
We're gonna watch to see how FT's parts "fit" and frame the man who can't yet decide to decide ....
Our first factor of contention: If Fred D. Thompson were to become the Republican nominee in 2008, his losing percentage will exceed that of Bob Dole who ran against the "other" Clinton in 1996.
We're gonna watch to see how FT's parts "fit" and frame the man who can't yet decide to decide ....
Our first factor of contention: If Fred D. Thompson were to become the Republican nominee in 2008, his losing percentage will exceed that of Bob Dole who ran against the "other" Clinton in 1996.
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