Fred's (Thompson) In -- Finally

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and Lauren Appelbaum
After three months of "testing the waters" and testing the patience of some Republican supporters, Fred Dalton Thompson will seek his party's nomination.

This afternoon in a conference call with invited supporters and participants, Thompson political director Randy Enwright explained the next steps for the "Friends of Fred Thompson Committee." The 65-year-old former Tennessee senator also joined the call briefly to confirm his intention to run for president.

Taking a page from the Hillary Clinton playbook, the formal announcement will debut on a webcast on Thursday, September 6. It will be followed by a swing through key states: Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. And it will conclude with a "Welcome Home" in Lawrenceburg, TN on the 15th.

Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/30/340564.aspx

[Joanne98]

1. Fred Thompson is to LAZY to be President!

[nxylas]

5. Didn't stop * or Reagan n/t

[Xenotime]

29. You are two lazy to spell correctly

[slackmaster]

38. I'd rather have a President who does nothing than one who starts wars and tears up the Constitution

:shrug:

[Superman Returns]

2. yawn

:boring:

[calimary]

26. No kidding. Cue the Grumpy Old Man again.

And his pretend prop - that red pickup truck.

[truebrit71]

3. That's great news!!! It means I don't have to watch his sour face on L&O anymore!!!

YEAY!!!

[aquart]

9. Legally, how does this affect L&O reruns?

Because there are billions of 'em.

[truebrit71]

16. I think the long and short of it means nothing...

...the idea of "equal time" was tossed around a while back, but I believe the answer came down to "tough shit"...

[SharonRB]

4. It's the wrong Tennessean to announce, as far as I'm concerned

Come on, Al. It's your turn now!

[wildhorses]

7. yeah. the battle of the tenneeseans. bring it on, al

:applause:

[jamesinca]

10. check out my post in the CA forum

it is quite exciting I think, maybe it is just me. Draft Gore is coming to Fresno!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=141x28220

[R_M]

18. I know, I know.....

:-(

[NoAmericanTaliban]

6. Like most warmongers - he somehow avoided military duty & has been divorced

He does like to dress up in military uniforms & pretend he served. Just another multi-marriages repuke hypocrite. Maybe he will create a 3-way split so the GOP will not have a clear winner.

[BlueStater]

8. Another GOP debate is being held on September 5

Doesn't Freddy-boy realize what a coward this makes him look like, waiting until the day after to announce his candiacy?

Probably not. He isn't that smart.

[rich1107]

11. Sock Puppet

What I want to know who his controllers are.

[high density]

12. Oh and it's media orgasm time

Wheeeeee

[nxylas]

21. Freeper orgasm too, I expect

In a way, I hope DA Arthur Branch get the Republican nomination...and then does as well at the ballot box as Racing Stripes* did at the box office. It would show the world once and for all that the Freeper tendency is a busted flush, and doesn't represent America.

*=flop kids movie in which Thompson played a horse.

[Dulcinea]

32. "I'm not a candidate, but I play one on TV."

How many boneheads think he really is the Manhattan DA? Gotta wonder.

[brentspeak]

13. Just your average, all-American, salt-of-the-earth...corporate lobbyist

[Auggie]

14. Seems like odd timing before a major holiday

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. All hail the Jowls of Fury!

[R_M]

17. Chris Matthews "boyfriend" enters Presidential race.

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

19. Fred Thompson is the new Bob Dole

looks like him, acts like him and has as little to offer the country.

[JCMach1]

41. Exactly... I just hope he doesn't refer to himself in the thrid person like bob

[cd3dem]

48. after the election, he can do Viagra commercials like Bob

"I didn't win the election battle, but I am winning the erection battle"

http://celebrity.rightpundits.com/?p=1099

[Gen. Jack D. Ripper]

20. If Fred "Foghorn Leghorn" Thompson is elected president

I'm moving to another GALAXY.

[Penndems]

24. He won't be elected

The last thing this country needs is another drunk in the White House.

[ryanmuegge]

35. LOL.

[moondust]

22. Oh good! He's so decisive!

And knows just what he wants to do!

:sarcasm:

[onehandle]

23. Loser.

Another GOP Loser.

2008 is ours.

[IDemo]

25. I have been assured by a co-worker that he will win in a slam dunk

but this guy also laughs at global warming and thinks nuking the entire Mid East would be a good idea.

[Catchawave]

27. Olbermann sez.....

"Couldn't he just mail it in?" :rofl:

Repeated at midnight, EST.

[MidwestTransplant]

28. He's going nowhere fast.

The Freepers will be deeply saddened as they see him as Reagan.

[sofa king]

42. I see him as Reagan, too.

The difference is that I see Reagan as a slack, dim-witted, hateful, corrupt disaster.

Nevertheless I'll bet the Freepers and I agree on something else, too: I'll trade Reagan for this simpleton we have now any day of the week.

[Mojambo]

30. Total lightweight. n/t

[legin]

31. british bookie prices for president

Hilary Clinton evens
Fred Thompson 100/30
Rudolph Giuliani 4/1
Barack Obama 9/2
Mitt Romney 9/1
John Edwards 10/1
Al Gore 12/1
Michael Bloomberg 18/1

....(and others)

from ladbrokes site (specials)

[Eurobabe]

33. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

:boring:

He's going nowhere.

[Vinca]

34. Jenny Backus was on CNN a little while ago and described it perfectly.

She said it's like waiting and waiting and waiting for that special guy to ask you to the prom and when he finally gets around to it you don't really care anymore.

[mitchum]

45. Or "Waiting For Godoughboy"

[KamaAina]

36. Nooooooooooooooooo!

What's gonna happen to Mom's Law & Order reruns?! Oh, the humanity!

[Hersheygirl]

44. Don't worry,

TNT plans on running them. NBC will not.

[Charlie Brown]

37. means he'll have to start taking part in the debates and straw polls

his balloon may deflate fairly quickly once conservatives begin to see how stiff and boring the guy is in a political setting.

[stressfulreality]

39. Fred Thompson = New World Order, CFR, etc.. 1984 material here n/t

[struggle4progress]

40. Couldn't be bothered to attend Brownie's confirmation hearing even though ..

he was on the Senate Governmental Affairs committee

Nice work, Fredo ...

[spanone]

43. Y A W N

[napi21]

46. As much as I think the net is very influential in campaigns, doing your

initial announcement on the net seems pretty stupid to me, especially if your voting base is rural fundie land. My guess is the majority of Pub base supporters spend very little time on the net.

Who's running his "campaign" now anyway? I know there have already been a number of resignations and firings, and whoever the new consultant is doesn't appear to brilliant to me!

[SOS]

47. Thompson will get the Repub nomination

Luckily for us, Hillary will flip many red states.
There are no forseeable problems.