Fred fucking THOMPSON? They're joking, right?

[Redstone]

They really think that jowly old blowhard could be elected President of the USA? Spare me.

Let's hope that they, and he, are serious. That would be fun to watch.

Redstone

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Two words

Ronald Reagan, (Three if I added teh Wilson)

[hedgehog]

3. Ever since the morning I wpoke up and Nixon had been elected,

I have never doubted the ability of the Amercan electoral system to select any person.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. True, but democracy is dead

it died on December 12, 2000

It really will not matter who is elected.. we are an Empire now. Ask the Romans what happend to their Republic

I am in a foul mood tonight

;-)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

38. yes you are

maybe you should skip ahead to that last chapter. :P

:hug:

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. Maybe I should

but the point is I reached that conclusion BEFORE I opened the book. Was driving to the bookstore to get some books for hubby and decided to finally get Gore's book.

It was one of those, seating at the red light, bag of briks falls on head, THUD!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

44. then I suggest sturdy head protection while reading the book

The first one I had was when he was explaining the brain's activity while watching tv vs. reading. It made so much sense.
My boys are now REQUIRED to read for at least 50% of the time they watch TV per day.


I ain't gonna raise no dummies. :P

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. LOL

it is funny, over the last few years my tv viewing has gone down significantly

These days the food channel (did I mention I hate cooking) when I need to put my brain on non thinking mode, K. Oberman, the Daily Show and the Corbet Report

I was shocked, my total TV viewing time is about three hours on a bad day, far less otherwise...

But, I spend way too much time on the web

:-)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

46. I still have the tv on in the background a lot

it's a hard habit to break. :(

at least I'm only facing it for a couple of hours per day. :)

[MADem]

9. Two more--Moxie and Spunk!!!

Have you seen his brand new childbride wife? She looks like his triple-E stripper-granddaughter!!!!

Those twins of hers will certainly make the campaign season...dare I say...'interesting!' Maybe her Barbara Walters interview will include a tour of her Barbie doll collection!!!
:rofl:

[Redstone]

12. Two frightening words, right there indeed.

Redstone

[WinkyDink]

37. Precisely. "You can't go broke underestimating...."

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Uh...GWBush...?

Be careful what you wish for

[BootinUp]

7. yep. n/t

[Double T]

4. rethugs will elect and reelect anyone that still has a pulse..............

brain activity is NOT required.

[wildhorses]

5. sorry, redstone this is not a joke.

i wish it were.

[libnnc]

8. Tweety thinks he smells hawt

:puke:

[Redstone]

11. Oh, and wasn't THAT clip a riot? The scent of a MANLY man, yes?

Redstone

[Canuckistanian]

27. He shore smells purdy

I wonder if he can squeal like a pig....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Of course they're not joking. They're Republicans.

Just about everything/everybody they take seriously, we (quite reasonably) regard as jokes.

There's George Bush, of course.
And Duncan Hunter.
And Mitt Romney.
And Tom Tancredo.
And Tom Delay.
And Cornyn, Coburn, Santorum, and Ted "Tubes" Stevens (:rofl:)

Everything they do is funny, in a really horrible way.

[EstimatedProphet]

17. Yeah, funny like genocide is funny.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Exactly my point. In a really horrible way.

[EstimatedProphet]

51. Right. Agreeing with you.

I realize now that it may not have been clear.

[Redstone]

19. If we couldn't laugh, we'd have to cry, wouldn't we? It would indeed be funny if

it weren't so pathetic (and real).

Redstone

[babylonsister]

13. That's how lame they are; there's no one better. nt

[sellitman]

14. I bet you felt the same way about Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I know I did.

I couldn't believe even Californians could vote en-mass for that Nazis turd.

Boy was I wrong.

So ...no nothing would surprise me anymore. Not even Fred

[graywarrior]

15. He's like a log of dead wood.

[Richard Steele]

16. Folks laughed when they ran that simpleton from "Bedtime For Bonzo".

Is that still funny now?

Seriously, it's his lack of ANYTHING that could be his strength.

B*sh has made REALITY so damn crappy that a lot of folks
will be happy to cast a vote for some FANTASY. And who personifies
that better than an ACTOR with zero political substance?

[Mojambo]

18. If the media is prepared to give him a free ride like they did W, he'll get in there easy. n/t

[old guy]

26. Right !!

As I have said before the media is the greatest threat to our country because they will not present the truth!

[MuseRider]

20. George fucking BUSH? They're joking, right?

I said that very thing. Bite your tongue Redstone. I thought I was being cute and look where we ended up!

Edit to add a word

[Redstone]

29. Tongue duly bitten. You are right.

Redstone

[TwilightGardener]

21. After 8 years of the Chimperator, one would think the GOP powers-that-be would

at least TRY to seem humbled and contrite, and offer a genuinely qualified, reasonable, substantial, non-RW-nutcase candidate this time around to make up for all of the sins committed. Instead, we simply get a better-spoken GWB--no matter which assclown they nominate. All the same.

[hibbing]

36. Hi neighbor

Nice comment, good points. Where in the state are you?

Peace

[TwilightGardener]

39. Howdy! I'm in rural southeast NE. Whereabouts are you?

[hibbing]

41. n

Hey there, I'm in Lincoln. I guess I need to join so I can use some of the other features and bug GrayWarrior with some pms.

[AX10]

22. "Fucking Fred Turd Thompson" or "Monsterous Mitt Rancid Romney"?

[RB TexLa]

24. Pat Brown had a similar thought in 1966

[Clark2008]

25. Red, I hate to tell you this, but it's no joke.

If talk radio is any indication, people in the heartland are positively orgasmic over his decision to run. I hear it daily. x(

[Redstone]

28. Oh, shit. I forgot my rule: Never underestimate the stupidity of the American public

as a group.

I think we're in trouble. Again.

Redstone

[Clark2008]

32. I've been saying that for two weeks now.

When hubby heard he looked at me and said, "Shit. Better start practicing saying, 'President Thompson.'"

He's probably right.

:puke:

[NashVegas]

30. What? You Don't Want This as a Future First Lady?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Is she a mermaid?

[NashVegas]

35. Yes

Imported straight from Denmark.

[Frank Cannon]

50. Here's his ex-girlfriend, singer Lorrie Morgan

I'm gonna go way out on a limb here and guess that Fred is what some would call a "tit man".

[janx]

59. That's a safe assumption,

yes. :rofl:

Have these pics shown up in the media? I haven't watched television for months.

[LibDemAlways]

60. How ironic for the "family values" party to run an old

geezer with Hollywood connections and a trophy wife. When Reagan divorced Jane Wyman, at leasts he replaced her with someone from his generation. This is ludicrous. In that get-up Mrs. Thompson looks like she's headed to lingerie night at the Playboy mansion.

[bunkerbuster1]

62. No, but I sure want it in a Gooper Presidential aspirant

We will have a great deal of fun with the "trophy wife with the boob-job" meme if Ol' Smelly gets the nod.

[NashVegas]

64. It Kind of Reminds Me of Tito Puente and His Niece

Except she was accomplished.

[hibbing]

33. mr. charismatic and he "looks presidential", wth??

I find it odd in some ways that this guy is getting pimped so much by the msm, and some are thinking he has all these great qualities. Whatever, always have to keep the telegenic(?) factors in mind, Romney has much more of that imho, but gosh what an idiot. How did the state of Massachusetts of all states ever elect him?

peace

[avrdream]

34. Down here in Australia in today's paper there is an article

about Thompson running and they REAAALLLY emphasize how similar he is to Reagan and how that is what is what Republican voters are looking for right now etc. etc. etc. It was a very supportive article.

The same paper, The Australian, also had a chapter from Carl Bernstein's book about Hillary. It seemed pretty obsessed about Bill's sex life.

Pitiful IMO.

[Horse with no Name]

40. repubicans are simple minded folk

Fred Thompson played a Law and Order kind of guy on the teevee and that is what will stick with them--it's hard for some of them (think that they supported Bush) to distinguish the reality from the fiction.

[StrongFRONT22]

48. yeah they sure are

yup

[AlCzervik]

42. he has novelty value for the gop primary voters, the bloom will wear off the rose

eventually.

[madrchsod]

47. ronny reagen

[Frank Cannon]

49. Let our joke media work on him. Fred'll be hawter than Brad Pitt.

Tweety just the other night was fap fap fapping over "how good Thompson smelled". I shit you not.

[DemBones DemBones]

55. You know, I think Tweety is gay and doesn't know it.

Straight men just don't gush over other men like he does. Not in my experience, at least. The way he talked about the socks stuffed in Bush's jumpsuit, for example, saying women would like that. I'm a woman and I thought he looked like he was wearing a diaper. Not sexy at all. Now he's talking about how good Fred smells?

He also gushed over Gore's concession speech and, IIRC, it was the "what a manly guy" bit again.

[Lars39]

52. Liz Cheney is working on his campaign,

so yes, they are serious about Fred.

[DemBones DemBones]

57. Bad sign. Dick for VP again??? nt

[Lars39]

58. He wins, Liz is "power behind the throne", with daddy's help.

Continuity of "government". argh.

[Xenotime]

53. They are bringing him in so * can continue to run things...

He will control Fred like a puppet.

[KansDem]

54. Mental institution, Redstone...?

...Might be something you ought to think about.

;)

[Jade Fox]

56. He would be a joke if the roster of GOP potential candidates.....

wasn't so freaking bad. Thompson looks good only because they are all shooting themselves in the foot daily.

I agree with Chimpsaresmarter: Right now Thompson is a novelty. It remains to be seen how he fares in a real campaign. I've heard Thompson is a bit of a lazy primadonna. Not great qualifications for a run for President.

[many a good man]

61. Americans aren't stupid

Just extremely gullible.

[bunkerbuster1]

63. Fool me once, shame on... um...

Seriously, I don't dig some of the defeatism I'm hearing here. We on the left have learned a few things since the 1980 election, haven't we?