Thursday, September 06, 2007

Fred Gets Trashed by Rightwingers, but Announces on Leno Anyway


After months of teasing, Fred Thompson seemed tired last night when he finally and matter-of-factly said the words: "I'm running for president of the United States."

Jay Leno was too polite to yawn at the anticlimactic moment, but Michelle Malkin didn't have that problem when she responded: "Well, yeah. It’s about time."

Fred was not exactly Leno's most exciting guest; I started falling asleep while he was talking about how he's doing in a few months what everybody else takes years and years to do, blah, blah, blah. How many more times is he going to say that? (Transcript)

While Fred was cracking jokes on the Tonight Show, Republicans were seriously trashing him.

Fergus Cullen, the chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party warned that New Hampshire voters are less than pleased with the candidate who skipped their debate in order to sit around and trade jokes with Jay Leno.

At the debate, Cullen trashed Thompson some more. Moderator Brit Hume got his digs in by asking the candidates if Fred was smart to stay away from the debate. John McCain suggested that it was past Fred's bedtime. Rudy Giuliani reminded us of Fred's famed laziness by talking about all the hard work it takes to run for the presidency.

Back on the Tonight Show, Frederick of Hollywood looked nervous and his remarks were flat, according to the rightwing blogger at Riehl World View.

Meanwhile, Fred's friends over at the Washington Times charged that Fred Thompson "set a mark for obstinateness during his eight years in the senate" - Frederick of Hollywood was "the lone dissenter on more votes . . than any other Republican during that time."

The conservative paper stuck it into Fred deeper yet by repeatedly pointing out that Fred Thompson can claim precious few legislative accomplishments.

Were they trying to say that Fred is lazy?

Watch his video at Fredo8, and tell me what the heck is going on with the head bobbing?

[Photo: A demonstrator dressed as a duck carries a sign noting the absence of former U.S. Senator and likely Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson (R-TN), before a debate among the other Republican presidential candidates, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire September 5, 2007. REUTERS/Brian Snyder]
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