Thompson abandons his White House bid

[dragonrider]

Fred Thompson dropped out today. He came in third in South Carolina, and if a Southern conservative can't make it in South Carolina, he can't make it anywhere.

I guess he can go back to sleep now --- if he ever truly woke up in the first place. Nighty-nite Fred! Sweet dreams!

dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on 01-22-2008. Thompson abandons his White House bid Fred Thompson dropped out today. He came in third in South Carolina, and if a Southern conservative can't make it in South Carolina, he can't make it anywhere. I guess he can go back to sleep now --- if he ever truly woke up in the first place. Nighty-nite Fred! Sweet dreams! Rating: 5

[8182KSKUSH]

:jointsmile:

so im just curious why do you dislike ron paul so much?
dont tell me you support mccain, please no.

I espescially dislike Paul just because I feel, (just my opinion) he is just as much a political stooge as anyone else. I really really think he is just letting people think whatever they want to about where he stands on "certian" issues and he isn't trying real hard to confirm or deny his stance. He lets people think that he will legalize marijuana, however I haven't seen anything from him directly that supports this? Even on his own website, he has lots of papers that he has written on lots of subjects, but nothing specifically related to legalization, why? And why does everybody say that he advocates it, yet you can't find anything on his national website? This means that he does not have the courage of his own convictions, or he is a fraud. Both lend themselves to make a bullshit candidate. One more thing, in the last debate, I believe he said in responses to illegal immigration, "The law is the law and Federal law should be enforced period."
So he feels that way about just illegal immigration? :wtf: I would love to see some video of him talking about marijuana, not a video of some other people talking about it with him or about him. Even a paper that he wrote would be great! I actually like some of the points that he does make, but he is too flaky to be our president. For instance in the last debate when he got all in a tussy about how "bush is ready to attack at the drop of a hat and all these candidates up on the stage are just looking for a reason to attack Iran?"
Then the moderator says "um everyone said they supported the decsion not to attack those boats"
Ron Paul, "um um huh what o I didn't hear"
It's because he doesn't listen and only hears what he wants to hear. I would pick him over a dem any day of the week though.:thumbsup:

For your other question, no, I do not support any of the Republican nominees, they are all flawed in major ways for me personally and I am disappointed in my party.

As for Ron Paul, it just seems silly to me that people support him because they think he himself will do something about marijuana, when in fact he could do little to nothing about it even if he really did want to, which I don't believe as true. I am open to learning though, and ask again, please provide some links or something that has him talking about his specific position and what he would do as president with regard to Federal Marijuana laws. :thumbsup:

[Psycho4Bud]

Who knows...he may still be in the running for a V.P. job.

In the statement, Thompson did not say whether he would endorse any of his former rivals. He was one of a handful of members of Congress who supported Arizona Sen. John McCain in 2000 in his unsuccessful race against George W. Bush for the party nomination.
Fred Thompson quits presidential race - Yahoo! News

Have a good one!:s4:

[killerweed420]

I always thought the only reason he ran was to stick a little extra cash in his pocket. He never seemed to be seriously running.

[Innominate]

I'm surprised he decided to go on this far. He never really seemed interested in the first place.

I'm hoping Giuliani will be the next to step down.

[angry nomad]

That reminds me of a saying we sailors have about storms: Long in coming, long will last, quick in coming, soon to pass. Guiliani is probably next.

[GrinS]

It really was a matter of time, the media was still giving him coverage over Paul even though Paul was pulling at least 10x more support.

[angry nomad]

It really was a matter of time, the media was still giving him coverage over Paul even though Paul was pulling at least 10x more support.

Good point.

[Psycho4Bud]

It really was a matter of time, the media was still giving him coverage over Paul even though Paul was pulling at least 10x more support.

Last I saw, Thompson had 5 delegates to Ron Pauls "0".

1. Romney (59)
2. Huckabee (40)
3. McCain (36)
4. Thompson (5)
2008 Primary Tracker - Los Angeles Times

Have a good one!:s4:

[angry nomad]

Last I saw, Thompson had 5 delegates to Ron Pauls "0".

1. Romney (59)
2. Huckabee (40)
3. McCain (36)
4. Thompson (5)
2008 Primary Tracker - Los Angeles Times

Have a good one!:s4:

Thompson had five, to Ron Paul's four. Click on "details."