Thompson sounds more lethargic and out-of-touch than he did in 2008, if that’s even possible.

Someone needs to remind The Huck, McCain and Thompson that 2008 primary is 4yrs old and move on. 

Somebody needs to tell Fred he has a bit of cocoa on his upper lip!

“And if they did, he should name the names.”
Actually, I believe Huckabee; he was the 2008 Santorum, & the RNC always makes sure to let those guys know they’re welcome to compete so long as they actually don’t get up too much momentum & interfere with the establishment plan to have the thing for all practical purpose end, like always, by Super Tuesday. 

Keep in mind that ol’ Fred goes back to the days of Nixon; now re-read this part:

“He went on to say that neither McCain and he, nor their people, ever spoke about Thomson remaining in the race, or even spoke at all between the Iowa Caucuses and the 2008 South Carolina primary.” 

That’s a blast from the past, an old-timey non-denial denial straight out the Nixon administration. Look at what ol’ Fred does NOT say: he does NOT say that NO ONE ever spoke to him, or to his people, about remaining in the race.  

The folks who take care of those little talks are in the RNC. We see them show up every once in a while on camera: folks like Charlie Black. 

There, I said it: I named a name, & by far the most likely candidate to be named for carrying exactly this sort of message: Charlie Black. 

But you’ll never hear Huckabee use that name in this context. He values his paycheck & his career & his life too much.

I remember when Thompson was the savior of the GOP and the flavor of the week until he actually ran and opened his mouth just like Rick Perry and a lot of the GOP clown hopefulls this time around.

John McCain also said the same thing on Megyn Kelly’s show yesterday, saying there is no truth in what Huckabee is saying, even going so far as to say that Huck should stick to his Fox show. Note that he said this while ON Fox News!

Is Fred Thompson still alive?

Why would Huck lie?  What would he gain now?  What would it prove?  Politics is full of half truths,  no turths.  The American people have been lied to so much that most of us don’t believe hardly anything that any politicial says,  at least I don’t.  Sad state of affairs, ain’t it?

Exactly: Thompson 2008 = Perry 2012.   

Rachel Maddow laid all this out last night with pictures of faces on sticks (tho she took it from a column by Dave Weigel, who was on her show to confirm it.).   

The Fuppet News concept pervades the Republican party. Roger Ailes organized all of this while he was working in the Nixon White House. The central ideas are:  

1. avoid anything approaching the brokered convention of 1964 & the subsequent fiasco in the general election that year;   
2. the GOP establishment picks the winner in advance, & then assign roles:   - the Winner (Reagan, Bush 1.0, Dole, Jack Kemp but he got sick so Bush 2.0, McCain, & now Romney);   - the Contender (Bush 1.0, Dole, Kemp, McCain, Romney, & now Perry but he’s too useless at it, so Gingrich;   - the Sop to the religious right (Robertson, no need with Bush 2.0, Huckabee, & now Santorum); the Useful Icon (Thompson, & now Gingrich in a unique double role);   - the Up & Comer, who can be either the Contender if he’s young enough & performed his role well enough (so Bush 1.0, Dole, Kemp, but the loss of Kemp left a hole here in 2000, Romney, & now Huntsman’s the closest, but he hasn’t really performed well enough to ensure himself the Winner’s role in 2016);   - the outspoken or comic relief colored guy (Alan Keyes more than once – not a lot of selection available, & now Cain);   - the woman (often an unfilled position since the available pool has been shallow & often fails to maintain enough allure, & this time was to be Palin but Bachmann was there already);   3. keep all the above from the rubes but maintaining the illusion of a contest until Super Tuesday, then shut ‘er down to start the Big Noise Machine blowing (which means the GOP primary contest starts earlier & earlier each cycle – why else do you think they came up with this endless debate format?)

“ON Fox New!” Well, YEAH – where else does a role player post a message to satisfy Roger Ailes? The Sunday Morning With Your Republican Party shows are all for impressing the pre-churchy oldsters they’re Still Relevant, not for hanging out intraparty laundry. Time was you could leave this job to Bill Buckley, but with him buried & George F**king Will conflicted (& marginalized anyway by Party Leader Limbaugh), Fuppet News is the go-to address for telling folks like Huckabee & Gingrich to STFU about the man behind the curtain. 

Speaking of “role players”, it’s really causing the GOP-Luntz-Ailes types to scramble this cycle, AGAIN, without being able to call on Bush the Younger to play the part of the Grand Old Man. Instead, the Winner has to get endorsed by Grand Nearly Dead Man Bush the Elder & Not-so-Grand getoffmylawn McCain – & McCain is most likely the only one near fit enough to show up in Tampa.

Meanwhile, the Dems have no problems trotting out everyone all the way back to McGovern – who’ll be NINETY in July. All six of them will be up there grinning away. It’s actually an advantage, especially with independents – lends the impressions of legacy & reliability. McCain can’t even provide a ‘military’ boost, since both McGovern & Kemp were war heroes & Carter was a Naval officer. All 3 major armed services covered? Check.

And looking a LOT more lively than in 2008. Run, Fred, run – your party needs you!

Huckabee lost in 2008 and didn’t make the cut in 2012. 

I once saw him host Hannity and I could not understand what he was saying…I was laughing because he sounded retarded !!!