Hi Fred. Bye Fred.

[S Z]

Thompson Drops Out of Presidential Race
by FOXNews.com
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Fred Thompson dropped his presidential bid Tuesday, after the former Tennessee senator and actor finished third in the South Carolina primary and was unable to score a victory in any of the early primaries or caucuses.

“Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people,” Thompson said in a statement.

The GOP candidate has begun calling friends, family members and supporters to tell them his campaign is over. He left Nashville Tuesday afternoon for McLean, Va., where he is expected to make the announcement about his campaign as early as Tuesday night.

Aides said Thompson sent an e-mail Monday saying he was still undecided about whether to stay in the race, but with no plans to campaign in Florida, which holds its primary Jan. 29, or to participate in a Republican debate Thursday, staffers expected him to withdraw.

FOX News’ Carl Cameron contributed to this report.

http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/...sidential-bid/

Bye Fred, we hardly knew ye.

So, with your favoured candidate out of the race, who will you be supporting for the Republican nomination?

[jmervyn]

Bye Fred, we hardly knew ye.

Bwm... hmspp... Whatt? Oh, I'm sorry, I must have dozed off. Something simply narcolepsy-inspiring about this particular candidacy.

So, with your favoured candidate out of the race, who will you be supporting for the Republican nomination?

The only one who I still find both potentially electable and generally more conservative is Romney. Hunter's got more cred, but nobody knows who the heck he is.

Romney's not boasting about his being the only one actually having management or business acumen, so he's already not playing to his strong suit.

EDIT - Ron Paul would be fun, if we all wanted to take a vacation from reality. He makes a lot of sense until you start listening to him.

[Road Ratt]

Hi Fred. Bye Fred.

That sums it up pretty well, he waded into the race late made very few waves and then sunk out of site. I heard more talk about other rep. candidates far more than I did Fred, so it's not surprising that he's dropping out.

[Amra]

I think he would have done a good job but I don't think his heart was in it.

I wonder if he is going to support McCain now.

[ModeratelyConfused]

Now if only Huckabee will do the same...

[TakeMyCrabs]

EDIT - Ron Paul would be fun, if we all wanted to take a vacation from reality. He makes a lot of sense until you start listening to him.

On Domestic issues, economic issues, or foreign policy?

I'm guessing foreign policy in which case he has the same stance as Bush before 9/11... (Islamofascism was still around before then...)

[TakeMyCrabs]

I wonder if he is going to support McCain now.

According to NYT article, he's not going to endorse anyone.

And I can understand him. There's no truly "modern republican" candidate:

Strong on national defense, social conservatism, pro-gun, low taxes, etc.

Most have 2 out of three...

[AeroJonesy]

And I can understand him. There's no truly "modern republican" candidate:

Strong on national defense, social conservatism, pro-gun, low taxes, etc.

Most have 2 out of three...

I see four. Five if you count the etcetera. But you're right that there is no one like that. :(

[SaroDarksbane]

As long as Huckabee doesn't win the nomination, I'll be a happy person.

[Sir EvilFreeSmeg]

Damn, all that work wasted. Crap.