Fred Thompson Gives Up In New Hampshire

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First Posted: 12-11-07 12:23 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:45 AM

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Fred Thompson has decided to abandon the Granite State, and will campaign in Iowa full-time until the January 3 caucuses.

The former Tennessee senator is planning to begin a bus tour of the Hawkeye State next week that will run through the end of the year, with a brief break for the Christmas holiday, campaign spokesman Jeff Sadosky tells CNN.

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Fred Thompson has decided to abandon the Granite State, and will campaign in Iowa full-time until the January 3 caucuses. The former Tennessee senator is planning to begin a bus tour of the Hawkeye ...
Fred Thompson has decided to abandon the Granite State, and will campaign in Iowa full-time until the January 3 caucuses. The former Tennessee senator is planning to begin a bus tour of the Hawkeye ...
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- Dandy12 I'm a Fan of Dandy12 2 fans permalink

sugarmoes hit the nail on the head! Go back home with your hot looking wife and get the hell out of Dodge. Fred could use a good workout instead of an exercise in futility or conducting an idiotic side show!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:45 PM on 12/11/2007
- Rockwell I'm a Fan of Rockwell 66 fans permalink
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Bless him. It's just so much work campaigning in two tiny little states at once.

Goodness. What happens if he gets the nomination. He'll have to run a nation-wide campaign. So much work!

Of course, the job he says he wants is to run the world. So the fact that Iowa and New Hampshire are too much for him might be a factor in some voter's minds.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:43 PM on 12/11/2007
- sugarmoes I'm a Fan of sugarmoes 19 fans permalink
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he should just give up the whole thing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:38 PM on 12/11/2007
- Liberal2 I'm a Fan of Liberal2 43 fans permalink

OTOH, would Thompson be better for the nation than Huckaboob? Instead of Grandpa, we may get Torquemada.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:36 PM on 12/11/2007
- CARTERJ I'm a Fan of CARTERJ 5 fans permalink

Fred, we harly knew you. And not a moment too soon.

Sounds like he's not really interested in the job of representing the whole country, doesn't it? He needs a nap.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:33 PM on 12/11/2007

All the candidates should give up in NH, Ron Paul is going to win, hands down. They may as well spend their waning campaign funds in other states; they'll need it to combat next week's LiberTea Party money bomb for Ron Paul's campaign coffers.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:30 PM on 12/11/2007
- Grannysue I'm a Fan of Grannysue 135 fans permalink
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You mean he's actually running?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:27 PM on 12/11/2007

There is one of two scenarios going on here.

1. Fred Thompson is really running for VP. He's not really attacked anyone, and is playing it very safe.

2. Fred's hoping to be (or been promised to be) the nominee at an old fashioned brokered convention. There's no real clear front runner, and Rudy and Romney are battering each other to death. Huckabee's too out there to be electable (I hope).

I'm betting on number 1.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:25 PM on 12/11/2007
- Blutus I'm a Fan of Blutus 11 fans permalink

And I thought this guy was going
to be the Republican nominee.

No more lottery tickets for me!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:13 PM on 12/11/2007
- SeaOats I'm a Fan of SeaOats 2 fans permalink

Soon, the headline will be "Thompson gives up."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:00 PM on 12/11/2007

wow - and he worked so goddam hard to win it. the guy's obviously presidential material.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:58 PM on 12/11/2007

The jet lag -- all one hour from central to eastern -- was just too much for the old geezer.

Politics aside, can't we rule out candidates who will be fossils in nine years -- IF NOT ALREADY?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:57 PM on 12/11/2007
- studlyguy I'm a Fan of studlyguy 11 fans permalink

didn't even know he was still running ,

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:51 PM on 12/11/2007
- Qbear I'm a Fan of Qbear 51 fans permalink

Thompson in a Santa beard and his trophy wife nude pulling a sleigh won't win one more Iowa delegate at this late date...Fred that ship sailed...to Huckabee.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:49 PM on 12/11/2007
- Qbear I'm a Fan of Qbear 51 fans permalink

"Running" for office...is too much exercise for po' OLD Fred the fizzler.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:46 PM on 12/11/2007
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