Bad sign for Fred?
By Ann Marie Curling | September 22, 2007 - 5:57 pm - Posted in Mitt Romney, Analysis, Commentary, and Editorials, New Media, 2008, Michigan, F. Thompson, Lazy
I always love when a reporter makes a pun out of a story, and this one is no exception.
From Nolan Finley of The Detroit News
Bad sign for Fred?
One sign that former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson is lagging in campaign organization: No signs.
Yard signs are as plentiful on Mackinac Island this weekend as are lilacs in the spring. Signs shouting Mitt, McCain and Rudy are everywhere. Signs touting internet curiousity Ron Paul start showing up along I-75 miles before you get to Mackinaw City. Even the obscure Duncan Hunter has respectable signage.
But I’ve yet to see a Thompson yard sign. I did see a Thompson bumper sticker pasted on the broad back of a beefy young Republican, but couldn’t tell whether he put it there himself or was the victim of a prankster.
Thompson, in a brief roundable with Michigan reporters, said he isn’t worried about his late start.
“I don’t know why I have to worry about catching up when most of the polls have me already ahead,” he said.
Thompson notes that while the other candidates have maxed out their donations from key supporters, he still has plenty of fundraising room left.
Asked whether he prefers politics to television, Thompson said:
“Law and Order was fun, but I learned early on that anything they pay you for eventually turns out to be work, I didn’t see any point spending a whole lot more time reading other people’s scripts.”
This last quote just dumbfounds me, especially this part, “but I learned early on that anything they pay you for eventually turns out to be work”. Acting is a far cry from being President of the United States, and if he thinks that acting is work he’s has a rude awakening coming to him should he become President of the United States. Once again, just another “sign” of laziness from this candidate.
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