The 'Lazy' Candidate

New York Times:

At his second campaign stop of the day on Friday, just after 2 p.m., Fred D. Thompson was deep into a riff on the benefits of high-quality American health care.

"It's allowing us to live healthier lives and to live longer," Mr. Thompson, a former Republican senator from Tennessee, said at a Jaycee park here. "That's good news. But we have more retired folks. I hope to become one of them one of these days."

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Comments

[wmbear]

08:50 PM on 09/16/2007

WHAT'S THAT IN THOMPSON'S MOUTH?...

Looks more like a turd than a cigar....

[Trittydi]

07:59 PM on 09/16/2007

I want to know where that cigar has been . . . .
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[wars4profit]

07:31 PM on 09/16/2007

When I saw the photo with the cigar in his mouth I thought it was Sen. Craig.

[anangryamerican]

07:20 PM on 09/16/2007

AND he REALLY looks like a pedophile!!!

[anangryamerican]

07:19 PM on 09/16/2007

Lazy AND SICK,,,and THIS is the Rethug answer to all the US problems??? They are sick in the head!

[MissLouise]

07:18 PM on 09/16/2007

Is it me, or does Fred just seem a little baffled and bewildered by all this "running for President" stuff? Like he was all set to retire like any 65 year old man, but his gold-digger young wifey wasn't about to let him head off into the sunset without her shot at glory as First Lady? I think either the campaign or his bride will be the death of him. He's just going through the motions with as little energy and brain-power expenditure as possible.

[JohnKemp]

07:31 PM on 09/16/2007

Golddigger?

Hell, Thompson's wife is a neophyte at gold-digging.

Want to see a pro gold-digger?

John Kerry has set a gold-digging standard which may never be surpassed.

I mena Kerry is the "Barry Bonds" of gold-digging.

[jasondeluxe]

08:04 PM on 09/16/2007

Kerry was a United States senator for 15 years when he met his current wife you stupid childish twat.

[Gary47]

07:07 PM on 09/16/2007

He's not working almost as much as george. A shoo-in for the nomination.

[white mende man]

06:59 PM on 09/16/2007

You Go Fred! They are just jealous that you can sit on your ass and still be up in the polls. Hell! leave the petty small stuff to your staff to sweat over them, store up that energy so you can call for the bombing of all our enemies, real and imagined... darnshitfart what ever happened to a kinder and gentler world

[BWonka]

06:48 PM on 09/16/2007

LOL - as if Near-Dead Fred has anything to say. So far he has spewed a few ReTHUGlican talking points but nothing original and certainly nothing useful.

[MikeMidCity]

06:05 PM on 09/16/2007

Heck old Fred is just taking a cue from Bush's vacations.

[raker]

05:57 PM on 09/16/2007

If Thompson's elected, imagine the bouquet in the oval office - Aqua Velva, cigar smoke, theatrical makeup, and old man smell. At least it will overwhelm the urine smell left by L'il Bush.

[tkk]

05:25 PM on 09/16/2007

Too busy with his other acting gigs, I guess.

[Naithom]

05:08 PM on 09/16/2007

I wonder if anyone was attempting to make a statement when they used that particular picture. Groucho Marx was right when he said that sometimes a cigar IS just a cigar, but in the mouth of a GOP, right now, it does remind one of recent piccadillos..

[jasondeluxe]

04:57 PM on 09/16/2007

Republicans would stand a better chance in 08 running Mayor mcCheese than the current laughingstock crowd they have now.

There "top tier" candidates:

An admitted, practicing transvestite who let his city get attacked.

Some east coast cult weirdo who thinks he can have 30 wives, that Jesus came to settle America and he's going to jupiter when he dies.

A fat, bald, ugly dead guy who married his someone younger than his daughter.

Leave it to republican losers to find a batch of candidates that makes a male cheerleader look qualified.

[clumberfeet]

04:51 PM on 09/16/2007

Saving his energy for the Inauguration parade in the dead of winter 2009.