Thompson: "I Need to Come in Second"
(CBS)
AMES, IOWA -- Saying he plans to make no changes to his campaign, Fred Thompson asserted today that he needs a strong finish in Iowa caucuses. “I need to come in second,” he said. “We’re going to continue to see a lot of people between now and then.”
To finish second in Iowa, Thompson has a lot of ground to make up. While Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are both polling in the 27 to 28 percent range, Thompson is neck and neck with John McCain at around 11 percent. When asked if he would stay in the race if he finished third, he said “I’m not going to talk about things like that.”
He did talk about the consistency of his presidential run. “Let the political world swirl around me and let everyone run their attack ads and spend their money and spin their wheels and all that,” he said. “But I’m going to be the same. It’s worked for me pretty well in my career, being Fred, and I’m going to continue to be Fred.”
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The housing report, which was weaker than economists had expected, also bolstered the case for more Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2008. Earlier this week, the S&P/Case-Shiller index showed a record decline in U.S. home prices in October.
This is what''s happening to YOUR house. All the ''money'' and ''equity'' you thought you had saved - eliminated! The equity through falling house prices - and the money because we are DEBASING OUR CURRENCY. That low fed rate you''re reading about gets created by printing money and lending it to people. With more money, the money YOU have is worth LESS. So your money is worth less and your property is worth less - where can you turn to keep ahead of inflation? I think you BETTER turn to Dr. Paul. He''s the ONLY one running that has a HOPE of being able to deal with this.
What do you know about honor?
Thompson will surge late
Also go kill yourself
Ron Paul voted to impeach. He is the only small government conservative in this race.
Do I have to actually list the incredible things he has stubbornly and defiantly done to us and against us sometomes just for spite??
I think Fred has memory loss already, sorry Fred but a 95 old guy doesnt have the energy to run the country. Maybe you meant coming in 2nd from the bottom.
Unless Fred his scripts in his hands, he is just a big Rambler talking in circles. I''ve never walked away from a speech he gave understanding what he just said.
All the conservatives who first supported him initally should demand immediately he drop out before Iowa. Otherwise all he will do is dilute the votes needed for another candidate with similiar values to go on to win.
If those individuals do not demand Fred to drop out before Iowa, it goes to show they dont have honor, it shows they would rather have the American voters lose than lose their own honor. No one will ever trust them in the future unless they act quick to demand Fred to pull the plug and drop out immediately.
But let''s face it - someone must really have it in for him. FOX news is going full-bore after him. Their misrepresentations are as fake as a 1960''s typewriter with proportional Microsoft fonts.
It''s very telling that you never hear criticism of his positions - his enemies want us to dismiss him before we get to know him. The question of the day is: Is there time to get the truth out?