He's still my second choice, head and shoulders above the other republican candidates.

By the way, the question was posed by the moderator, Charles Gibson, and was not something that the candidtates would have done themselves. They all fell into the trap instead of talking about how they ALL have HUGE differences with ALL the democratic candidates.

Alan Keyes would not have fallen into that trap, thus he was excluded from the event. They never asked the democratic candidates what their differences are from Romney or McCain or Gulianni.

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

Thompson is definatly a man of few words. His thoughts are very powerful with just a few of those words. I like his take on the media but I am afraid that most people get most if not all of their news and ideas from that same media. Making them mad might not be the best of plans.

I would consider voting for Fred just for the entertainment value of watching him spend four years slapping around the drooling half-wits in the MSM.

Good for Fred! He may not win the nomination, but he's growing in my esteem as a plain spoken man who will not suffer media fools gladly.  As for les femmes du media Weir and Stephanopoulos, they ought to wear short skirts, lipstick and mascara if they want to act like such whores. Let's show a little candor, girls.

Column inches and air time! For the reporters of the press and TVs talking heads, exposure equals higher salaries and more power.  Still celebrating their role in the Vietnam War defeat they have been humiliated by their failure to take down George Bush and are trying to again become kingmakers. That Fred pretty much refuses to spend time discussing the minutia of the campaign, preferring instead to discuss the serious and important issues that a president will be expected to face, rankles them to no end. Hilarys laugh, Edwards hairdo, Romneys religion, those are the subjects the media wants to discuss, not the important issues that this country faces. No wonder the public rates the media somewhere lower than whale poop!

I thought liberals didn't like anyone with a swagger (Re: GWB).

-PJ

"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07 

This is just one reason why I support Fred so much, he will never be accused of groveling at the feet of the media.

How can you not love this guy? 

Rush Limbaugh stated that of the top 5 Republicans running for the presidency, only one was a true conservative. http://www.fred08.com/ 

Ok, I will admit that up until now I had chosen to simply support Thompson with my vote alone.  I have never been a big fan of throwing money at politicians. 

But then I saw the Fox on-air interview with Thompson just now.  The original pundit who posted the link advertised it as "Thompson getting ornerier" and called this and another video "Fred porn for the heads".  All I can say is that opinion by that pundit/blogger was definitely colored by an obsession with another candidate that Thompson makes look like a panderer.

So this video interview is killer and was enough to make me cough up some dough for Thompson to continue.  Do what you will, but I figure I can now claim this fall if we are stuck with a losing candidate like McCain, Huckabee or Romney that I did what I could to avoid that outcome.

Oh the funny part of all this to me is that I was at one time a Democrat about 25 years ago, then I switched to Independent.  I don't support the Republican Party because they have too many in the leadership who have no idea what Conservative means.  So I laugh because here I find myself giving money to a candidate from a party to which I wouldn't give money.

"The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure." - A. Einstein

And I'm happy to voice my support for Fred!  I want to watch him open a can of whoop-a$$ on the stupid schmucks of MSM.

The main reason the press, both liberal and fox, are trying to minimize Fred is because he won't play thier game, like when his delayed announcement came to pass he dissed a worthless debate and instead went on Leno and reached around 10 times the audience. Now he is trying to prove that the pundits, who are only interested in the horse race, are not only a irrevealant but in these dangerous times should be completely ignored. I do not know whether or not his style of campaigning can suceed, I only hope it can. It would bring real substance back into the electorial process.

Espousing change just for the sake of change is dangerous twaddle.  It's too bad so many voters seem to fall for this sort of empty rhetoric.

I am hoping against hope that Fred will come through.  But with the MSM dead set against him, I'm discouraged.  Hell, even Drudge, ostensibly a conservative, rarely links to anything about him.