16 Responses to “Thompson Drops Out”

1. Charlie Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm

   Too bad–he’s the real deal, and the others aren’t even close. Apparently Fred had a fatal fault–he was too presidential.

2. Cranky Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 pm

   Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.

   -P.J. O’Rourke

3. michele Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 4:38 pm

   I’m just not excited about anybody.

4. Brian Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 6:44 pm

   Sending out a 3 line “thanks for playing” quit-o-gram e-mail is about the biggest punk bitch move I have seen in a while.

   Huckabee was mortally wounded from South Carolina and left broke. McCain would never score as high in Florida. Giuliani is nowhere. Romney is eh. Only a handful of delegates have been claimed on the way to getting the 1,100 needed.

   When you think of all the people who donated their time and money trying to help him get his campaign off the ground to be sent the political equivalent of a Dear John Letter.

   If I can paraphrase Marsellus Wallace:

   “Leave town. Tonight. Right now.”

   “And when you’re gone, stay gone. You’ve lost your Tennessee privileges. Deal?

   Fred’s dead to me, baby. Fred’ dead.

5. Maassive Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 7:05 pm

   So…. You need a new dark horse candidate?

   Well, you’re in luck. In Arizona, there are several dozen candidates to choose from due to a strange provision in the state’s election law. To get on the primary ballot, you only needed to file an application.

   If you visit ProjectWhiteHouse08.com, you can read (and watch!) the policies of all the dark-horse candidates, from the eye-patch-wearing Republican Sean “CF” Murphy to the ultra-lib, trash-talking, conceptual-artist Democrat Libby “Doctress Neutopia” Hubbard.

   And all of them are competing in a “reality journalism” experiment for the Tucson Weekly’s endorsement.

   Tomorrow night’s the official Project White House debate, which you can watch online through ProjectWhiteHouse08.com

   Stop on by!

6. See-Dubya Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 7:20 pm

   Oh, I’m excited about President Hillary, all right.

7. Brian Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 8:01 pm

   I realize the powers-that-be are all sending candies and flowers to as many ex-Thompson supporters they can.

   Hoping to nab some easy voter poon on the rebound. But I think I’m going to play hard to get.

   I’ll vote for Ron Paul before I’ll vote for Romney and I believe my feelings about Ron Paul have been well established.

8. Preston Taylor Holmes Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 8:51 pm

   I knew it was a pipedream.

   Oh well, if you’re going to turn the country over to liberals, they might as well be Dim-O-Cracks instead of liberal Republicans like suckabee and McSuck.

   What a shit pie.

9. Swamp Rabbit Says:
   January 22nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

   As I’ve said before, I’ll have no one to vote for come election day. On the bright side, prez Hill-Obama, will be a single term flash in the pan. Buy ammo while you still can.

10. Vinnie Says:
    January 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    You can always write in your favorite Insufferable Prick.

    Vinnie for President!

    Teh campane startz nowz!!!!

    Where’s my blimp, dammit!!!!!

    

11. Cranky Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 7:28 am

    I dunno, isn’t Romney the best of the worst? Can’t we hold our noses and pull the lever for the square-jawed ruggedly businesslike man that is Mitt Romney?

    OTOH, I’d rather elect the first real Black president than vote for Huckabee.

12. Laurie Kendrick Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 10:12 am

    Gee, I rather liked Fred…his politics; his Southern charm and the fact that he, like Reagan was a communicator extraordinaire.

    Romney? Oh HELL NO!!!

    McCain? No.

    Huckabee? Nope, not him.

    I guess Rudy is the least of all Republican evils for me. But even that’s stretching it.

    I liked the Rudy from seven years ago…the during and post 9/11 Rudy; years before I started hearing about some of his more douche bag qualities.

    I don’t know. In my opinion, Fred’s departure leaves a void and therefore it’s now slim pickins in the field of Republican choices.

    Frankly, I don’t like my options.

    Best,
    LK

13. Chuck Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am

    I agree with Cranky’s post “I dunno, isn’t Romney the best of the worst?”

    As cynical as it may sound, I don’t remember when I actually voted FOR someone.

    I agree that the current gaggle of supposed Republican candidates really blows. But, can you think of any that you would prefer Hillary or Obama over??

14. Nigel Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    You can always write in your favorite Insufferable Prick.

    Vinnie for President!

    Vinnie, don’t you remember that we nominated Smantix to lead our ticket…and then the bastard up and disappeared on us?

    Which of course necessitates another Prick Party convention this year. Have we decided on Omaha as the site?

    Vinnie, I think you’ll be the front-runner should you choose to run…just don’t pull that Smantix/Thompson crap and abandon us…

15. Brian Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    The difference is Smantix got nominated when he went to the bathroom and found out later on. Thompson got nominated before he went to the bathroom and climbed out the window.

16. RHJunior Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    Why is it that every time I back a candidate his balls disappear? Thompson could have, at the least, held out till the primaries were done and the final nomination was made. Just out of courtesy to those who supported him.
    Just for the sake of argument.

    The Democrats are unfit to be elected dog catcher and the Republicans are incapable of producing a candidate with a spine. Canned food, shotguns, and fake IDs all around, people.