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That good ole boy stuff will work OK for a while down in Cracker Hollow or Pigfoot Creek, but sooner or later you're gonna have to face crowds that don't fall for that charade.

Adios, Fred. The fat lady is about to start singing.

I am a southerner, and can say that Fred Thompson is about as southern as Rudi Gulliani is.

He might have been born in the south, but he left the south a long time ago. Neither candidate should appeal to the conservative southern voter.

Ron Paul is the real leader in this race.

I didn't realize the "South" was comprised of the only citizenry of value in the US – the way the GOP hopefuls mouth off about the rest of us is infuriating. The only values I see on display on a regular basis from the "South" are ignorance, intolerance, and hatred. I know there must be some decent people there, but unfortunately they are not the people who speak out. If Fred Thompson is the best this country has to offer, then people, we are in BIG TROUBLE.

I hope he sticks around awhile. Anytime I either see or hear him, I laugh uncontrollably. This has many
health benefits...

Why is Thopmson even running? He's a late comer with just another carbon copy GOP agenda. No way would I vote for this guy.

Poor Fred.

Can't wait till he comes up to the Northeast to campaign. Probably say something like, "I played a NY lawyer on Law and Order. It's good to be in a place that when I talk, people understand what I'm saying."

As the late Texas Govenror Ann Richards woul dhave said, "stick a fork in him, he's done." His is a dog-and-pony show that never should have hit the road.

Right-wing Intelligentsia? In South Carolina? I wasn't aware of ANY intellegencia in South Carolina, 'cept for those boys that work on the NASCAR hot-rods...

Thompson's Southern-style will appeal to the right-wing intelligentsia in South Carolina.

That would be the same intelligentsia that bought into the Bushbots attacks on John McCain in 2000.

South Carolina is a place he can used his canned "good ole boy" sayings, after driving up in that truck he leased to "prove" he is a good ole boy, and the folks will fall for it.

I was born in the South, and live in the South... I am happy to say, I am much to smart to fall for this Thompson Trickery.

Sadly, I don't think many of my neighbors are.

Not sure if that is a good thing. "It's good to be in a place that when I talk, people understand what I'm saying." Sure sounds like a divider if I ever heard of one.

Fred's wife asked him to run for president. He's very busy preaning and hoping his baritone voice will provide sufficient carisma to get votes. He appears hawkish, yet never served in the military. His grasp of national and international facts and issues is very weak, yet he professes to have a "plan." He is a typical flip-flopper on right wing hot-button issues. When he ran for the Senate in 1994, Thompson was routinely described as a supporter of abortion rights. A 1994 story in the Memphis Commercial Appeal described Thompson and his Democratic opponent as "basically pro-choice on abortion." Fred, who the heck are you anyway? Go ahead and dilute the neo-con votes, it's good for the democrats!