Fred Thomspson: Last Best Hope for the GOP?

May 28, 2007 23:52 pm

by Jeff Emanuel · 57 comments

That’s what Tim Echols said in an Athens Banner-Herald column a couple days ago. He also had this to say:

As trivial as this may sound, Thompson is balding, and bald candidates have struggled in attaining the oval office since Dwight D. Eisenhower. You think I am joking. Maybe he can compensate for this unfortunate factor and choose a vice presidential candidate with a lot of hair. Imagine a Thompson/Romney ticket and how that might play. Using the hair theory, the GOP dare not put Giuliani on the ticket with him, and McCain is not much better.

You know who has great hair? Echols’ — and his homeschoolers’ — favorite, Ralph Reed.

I think I’d rather be bald and be ignored by some folks. What do you think?

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GOPeach May 29, 2007 at 7:19 pm

What about Ventura? He did okay bald.

RJL May 29, 2007 at 8:23 pm

Advantage, Indy.

debbie0040 May 29, 2007 at 8:35 pm

Sorry I posted links twice, but the first posting did not show up for a while. I waited ten minutes and I thought it did not go through.

I post links so you can read what interests you. No need to post long diatribes to get the point across. Read it for yourself. We are all pretty busy, so I just give you the meat and you can digest it yourself.

Oh. Rugby fan, I bow to you, you were the all seeing and powerful wizard that correctly predicted the Lt. Governor’s race. :)

debbie0040 May 29, 2007 at 9:12 pm

Fred Thompson is not fading out. Pat Quigley and I carried the “Draft Fred Thompson” banner in the Dacula Parade yesterday. The response from the crowd was quite unexpected. People would applaud and say go Fred or give us a thumbs up.

People would ask when Fred would enter the race. Some wanted to know where to buy the Draft Fred t-shirts about 8 of us had on.

Keep in mind these were not die hard GOP activists, they were everyday GOP voters and Fred received that enthusiastic response.

We did hear one shout of Giuliani for President.

GOP Girl May 30, 2007 at 9:15 am
rugby_fan May 30, 2007 at 10:06 am

I don’t recall ever making a prediction in that race.

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