So after work tonight I check the links coming to the blog and see a few coming from Hot Air from this post by Allah. The post is about a article in the NYT’s that basically says Fred isn’t lazy, he just doesn’t like people:
The traditional town-hall-like meetings — where
candidates are peppered by dozens of questions from voters, often for
more than an hour — are not for Mr. Thompson. Nor is other aggressive
retail campaigning.Instead, he holds sessions billed by the campaign as chances to
“meet Fred,” often little more than photo opportunities, with the
staging not especially well choreographed. And even those are
relatively few, with a typical week instead dominated by fund-raisers
that are closed to the press and the general public alike…Mr. Thompson’s performance at the debate capped a weeklong period in which he held only one retail campaign event:
a “meet Fred” rally last Saturday in a small room at the back of Sticky
Fingers, a barbecue restaurant in Summerville, S.C. There was no music
or food. There were not even chairs, and so some 100 voters there to
see him had to stand for three hours before he arrived.After brief remarks in which he cited the broad conservative
principles that he said guided him, he took just a half-dozen
questions. The appearance lasted less than 30 minutes, and he left
without mingling with customers elsewhere in the restaurant…When the Republican candidates gathered in Orlando, Fla., for the
state party’s convention, Mr. Thompson’s rivals all gave impassioned
and detailed speeches that lasted nearly a half-hour each. He spoke for four minutes.Among those in the crowd was Linda Hoffman, 47, who wore stickers
for all the candidates on her blazer, a reflection of her indecision.
“I was really kind of shocked,” Ms. Hoffman said right after hearing
Mr. Thompson. “We were all hoping he would say something we could get
behind, but there was nothing.”
Which is quite curious seeing as how I just posted on his appearance down here in Orange County yesterday in which he spoke for 25+ minutes then spent about 20 minutes down in the crowd, surrounded by fans, signing autographs, taking pictures, and talking to people. He wasn’t in a rush and actually backtracked to shake hands with people who missed him the first time.
Curious how that happens with the NYT’s huh?
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Three Words New York Times bias liberal rag reports anything without checking the facts ??? I saw him in Los Gatos CA Fred and Jeri both shook my hand and talked to me as long as I wanted their attention. Curt we can see by your video and pictures that the NYT got it wrong again !
Thanks again !!!
I had no problem getting Fred to stop and answer a question as he came for a meet and greet at a local sandwich shop here. Though I do dislike these restaurant drop-ins. They are always overcrowded and only by being a pushy SOB did I get up front to ask my question and take my pictures in the parking lot.
The MSM has been out to get him since the day it became likely he’d run. First it was the LA time hit pieces, then Jeri the trophy wife, then the sea of laziness all over the place, campaign in trouble thus pointing to incompetence, the bad DA stuff, and now this. They will focus on anything except his ideas. He does provide an opening for them by refusing to pander and by having a laconic communication style. I expect the final pre-primary push from the MSM to promote Huckabee. He is godsend for the MSM as he has a lot of appeal in two of the early states, he speaks well, but poses no threat in the general election, and even if he wins it’s like having an anti-abortion Hillary for practical purposes.
I do think at this point something needs to be done to cement Fred’s chances. Fred does well in terms of showcasing his personality in ALL the one-one-one (or with Jeri) talking heads interviews. Various right-leaning talk show hosts have some animosity towards him for various reasons, but they will still talk to him if he wants to. Why not make sure that every single night there’s a Fred interview on O’Reilly, Glen Beck, wherever with Fred disproving the meme that he is “anti-social”? If Fred were to constantly hammer these two points: (a) I have the most comprehensive and least flawed set of conservative ideas of anyone running, and with the longest pedigree and (b) all these people who have dissed me in the past relate to me as if I was their best buddy when they finally get to meet me, I don’t see how he can lose.