Fred Thompson Flops In New Hampshire

3:30 pm EST June 30th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Who knew Hollywood actor Fred Thompson would be so quick to fall on his face?

“I plan on seeing a whole lot more of you,” Thompson told about 200 New Hampshire Republicans who paid $50 each to hear him — and to benefit state Republican legislators.

He’d better, because many present came away decidedly under-whelmed.

“It was short,” said Richard Heitmiller of Nashua. “He’s got a nice voice. But there was nothing there. He’s for apple pie and motherhood. He’s going to have to say what he’s for.”

Heitmiller said he hadn’t made up his mind about whom to support — way too early — and had come to learn more about this man he’d heard about but never seen.

“People want to get to know him. He hasn’t been here, and he gives a nine-minute speech,” he said dismissively. As Thompson exited, people started making their way to the doors midway through a reception.

“I told my wife we’d get home by 8. We’ll get home a lot earlier than that,” Heitmiller said.

“He looks good onstage, but I don’t know if he has the gravitas,” said Kathleen Williamson, a conservative Roman Catholic from North Weare. “It seems like he’s trying to win over conservatives, but I’m still not sure he has the credentials. I’m worried he’s trying to get by on his celebrity.”

If I was casting a movie about a gruff conservative president with a bit part, I might cast Fred Thompson, but even in an age as superficial as ours you need more than a role on Law & Order to be president. Even Ronald Reagan brought more to the table than his IMDB credits.

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11 Responses to “Fred Thompson Flops In New Hampshire”

  1. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    June 30, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    Watch it, the Republicans here will think you’re scared of Fred Thompson running and beating the Democrats.

    Personally, I don’t think he has what it takes to separate himself from the pack. What does he have that none of the other Republican candidates have? Without being able to answer that question, I don’t see how he could win.

  2. Nick says:
    June 30, 2007 at 4:25 pm

    Dude this is one report from a McClatchy news. Wait untill some more credible reporting takes place. If they are anything like the McClatchy reporters at the Sacramento Bee (I remember their Reagan coverage), Thompson could be winning the Electoral college by 450 and these guys would still be reporting he is a looser.

  3. Oliver Willis says:
    June 30, 2007 at 4:30 pm

    Yes because clearly McClatchy just made up what those people said because the vast left wing syndicate told them to.

  4. SaveFarris says:
    June 30, 2007 at 6:50 pm

    “He’s got a nice voice. But there was nothing there. He’s for apple pie and motherhood. He’s going to have to say what he’s for.”

    That sentence could just as easily describe a few members of the field of Democratics running. (Well, except for the motherhood bit. Gotta stay beholden to the choicers…)

  5. Nimrod Gently says:
    June 30, 2007 at 7:14 pm

    Not the frontrunners, though, which is the difference. Even Hilary seems to have some policies.

  6. Frank says:
    June 30, 2007 at 7:49 pm

    I wonder if NHS will cover butt rearrangements?

  7. NH says:
    June 30, 2007 at 9:04 pm

    NH is going to be won by Ron Paul.
    He already has the most supporters anywhere, regardless of what you read.

    ronpaul2008.com

  8. Duder says:
    June 30, 2007 at 9:56 pm

    I think FThomp is a dumbass actor too. But it’s early. Way early. The dumbass doesn’t need to say anything of substance in late June the year before the election. Let’s not get carried away here.

  9. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    July 1, 2007 at 5:43 am

    “NH is going to be won by Ron Paul.
    He already has the most supporters anywhere, regardless of what you read.”

    What will happen with NH primaries come and go and Ron Paul gets single digit support?

    I’m worried about you guys. Seriously. You are so caught up in a myth that you will be destroyed when it fails to come true. It’s a doomsday cult, and those tend to end badly.

  10. test says:
    July 2, 2007 at 10:26 am

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Frankenberry

    Fred Frankenberry Thompson

    test test test

  11. merlallen says:
    July 3, 2007 at 5:59 am

    Now, be fair OW, Hollywood Fred said that if elected he will “do things”, he’s just too lazy to figure out what they are.