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2008-01-22 Home Front: Politix

Fred drops out of the race, does not endorse anyone else

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Posted by lotp 2008-01-22 14:26|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Goddamnit.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-01-22 14:37|| 2008-01-22 14:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Not yet, anyway.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-01-22 14:47|| 2008-01-22 14:47|| Front Page Top

#3 My man Rudy better get his ass in gear or he's gonna be next.

Posted by tu3031 2008-01-22 15:01|| 2008-01-22 15:01|| Front Page Top

#4 whimper

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-22 15:31|| 2008-01-22 15:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Apologies to the moderators for my double-posting on this subject.

Anyway. That's it. We're f*cked.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-01-22 15:46|| 2008-01-22 15:46|| Front Page Top

#6 There are still some rumblings about a Veep slot. Not that Fred is jumping up and down publicly saying "pick me for Veep!"

Posted by eLarson 2008-01-22 16:00|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2008-01-22 16:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, fellow Fredheads, time to pick the best of the remaining availables and do what we can do to advance the ball. Fred will be back again, in some fashion (Heritage Foundation? Cabinet slot?), standing up for the cause. In the meantime, get engaged, stay engaged, work to win hearts and minds.

Posted by Mike 2008-01-22 16:12|| 2008-01-22 16:12|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm still gonna vote for anyone that running against Clinton.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2008-01-22 16:13|| 2008-01-22 16:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Further evidence that the best man for the job doesn't always get nominated/elected.

I was on the Fred bandwagon before the wagon was built. Fred is far and away the best man for the job. The more of his position papers that I read the more convinced I was that he is the man for the job. Nobody else came close.

Having stated Fred is the best man for the job, I must add he did not run a "great campaign". For this he has to take responsiblity. And he will because he is a man of integrity. And no...I don't believe that because he ran a lousy campaign would mean that he would have run a lousy administration. Thems be apples and oranges.

Here's what I'm hoping for: The eventual nominee - whoever he may be - will BEG/PLEAD with Thompson to be his running mate. At which point in time Fred will rise again to serve his country.

With that last thought in mind, I'll now say three Hail Mary's and three Our Fathers plus one Act of Contrition on behalf of my country.

Posted by MarkZ 2008-01-22 16:32|| 2008-01-22 16:32|| Front Page Top

#10 By listening to his speech after the SC vote, you could tell he was done. He never really started, was the trouble. Nothing left now but the chaff. Sounds like both Rudi & the Huckster are out of money. Romney never runs out of money. Then we have the very emblem of RINO's everywhere, McClain. This is sad for the Republican Party. It, essentially, has been done in. McCain would be a nightmare. Fat Ted would call him and tell him what was going to go down. Miss Facelift would probably take a bridle whip to him. Romney is redux of GW. He probably can lose to Barry if he tries. We need a third party for sure, but not Bloomie. We need Perot. What has happened to him ? Has he been embalmed ? Dead men make more noise than he has for the last ten years.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-01-22 16:47|| 2008-01-22 16:47|| Front Page Top

#11 I dunno .... Romney might do better than people think.

But we'll see.

I'd have to hold my nose and suppress my gag response to vote for McCain. If it's Obama I would do so, if it's Hillary I'll think about moving to the wilds of Idaho or something ....

Posted by lotp 2008-01-22 17:04|| 2008-01-22 17:04|| Front Page Top

#12 So now we have a bunch of guys I can see voting for (and a couple I'd actively vote against) rather than a candidate I want to vote for.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-01-22 17:09|| 2008-01-22 17:09|| Front Page Top

#13 Comment by Orrin Judd:

He deserves great credit for running such a weighty campaign in terms of ideas and proposals. But he, unfortunately, demonstrates once again that if you want to make a serious run you have to make a full-on commitment to the race years in advance. He happens to be too normal to do that. So, in effect, the qualities that would have made him a good president--mental balance, seriousness, placid temperament--left him unqualified to be the nominee of a major party. There's no shame in that and there ought to be few regrets.

Posted by Mike 2008-01-22 22:12|| 2008-01-22 22:12|| Front Page Top

#14 Jim Geraghty @ National Review: "Fred should have punched more hippies."

Well, you can never punch too many hippies.

Posted by Mike 2008-01-22 22:40|| 2008-01-22 22:40|| Front Page Top

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