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19.11.2007
'I'm Not Not Supporting Him'

A hilarious CQ article on GOP House representatives who are kicking themselves for having endorsed Fred Thompson:

“I think he’s kind of done a belly flop,” said an estranged Thompson backer who indicated he will not pull his public support before the “Super Tuesday” primaries. “We’ll just wait till after Feb. 5 because I think he’s going to get beat.”...

“He seems to be perpetuating [the rumor that he's not campaigning hard enough] instead of defeating it,” another dissatisfied Thompson backer said. “I can’t see me bailing on him, but there’s some frustration.” ...

“I’ve kind of pulled back. I’m not not supporting him, but I’m not doing anything,” said a third lawmaker.

With friends like these...

(Via TPM)

--Christopher Orr

Posted: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:34 PM with 13 comment(s)

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adaglas said:

Fred Fever - Catch It!

November 19, 2007 4:52 PM

bsdespain said:

Fred's campaign has all the aspects of a flu. It spreads quickly, makes you very sleepy and achy and then everyone is over it.

November 19, 2007 5:17 PM

adaglas said:

Ha! Good call, bsdespain.  I smell a new TNR contest - which infectious disease does each candidate most remind you of?  

November 19, 2007 5:44 PM

bsdespain said:

OMG that would be a great contest! Here's one - Guilani is like rabies. You get angry rapid and start biting people.

November 19, 2007 5:50 PM

bsdespain said:

Actually I was going to write a post comparing Hilary to head cold but then I remembered that I actually post under my real name here and feared the Clinton backlash.

November 19, 2007 5:54 PM

adaglas said:

Richardson: Bubonic plague.  At one time it would have been considered very serious, but now you just find yourself thinking, "What the hell?  This is still AROUND?"

November 19, 2007 9:17 PM

boneill said:

Mitt Romney isn't really a disease, but he is akin to the head-spike Phineas Gage got.  His entire personality changed, and he was unrecognizable.  

Impressively, though- didn't mess with the hair.

November 19, 2007 10:00 PM

emigdio said:

Edwards is like going on an MSG bender. Great while you're in the act...but half an hour after you leave you ask yourself, dang, did I really just eat or did I imagine that?

November 20, 2007 2:16 AM

kyrreholm said:

Tom Tancredo would be syphilis...that was always the textbook explanation for when European monarchs needed padded cells. Anything else that makes you certifiable would also work though.

November 20, 2007 4:53 AM

teplukhin2you said:

bone ill, on a roll.

November 20, 2007 9:20 AM

thejauntyboulevardier said:

Fred "Millie Vanilli" Thompson will end up in single digits and lost amid the Dawn of the Dead second tier of Romero-ish zombie white dudes in the GOP field.  

What a hideous joke this Thompson has been....

November 20, 2007 10:16 AM

adaglas said:

Ron Paul could be bird flu - no one's really sure where it came from, but God help us if it spreads to the general population.

November 20, 2007 10:17 AM

austinexpat said:

From a friend: "Hillary is chicken pox.  You don't want to get it, but eventually you will.  And the longer you wait, the worse it's going to be."

November 20, 2007 12:36 PM