I got a little scared at the opening question with the 10 second pause, thinking he choked, but then he recovered and went on to be the most intelligent voice on the panel.
Also: if Mitt Romney is sparing some of his ’charming jokes’ at your expense at the end, then you know your playing with the Big Dogs, and Romney thinks so, too. |
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My very non-political wife and sisters-in-law were at my house yesterday while the news was on.
They all said that he "looked really old."
They didn’t have any comments about the other candidates. |
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He reminded me of someone playing ball control after having established a lead at the end of the game.
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Bithead
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He reminded me more of someone entering the game for the first time in the second half of a game in the middle of the season, while all the other players are already in mid-season form.
Fred warmed up by the end of the debate, though. |
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Will Franklin
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On a scale of 1-10, He was about a 6. |
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Jimmy the Dhimmi
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I thought Fred did pretty well, but could have been smoother in his delivery at times. Give him a B or B+ on substance. |
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kalthalior
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Competent, but not "wow". He really was loosening up by the end of it. Given that the audience of it is roughly the number of people you can pack into the average Hooters, the fact that he didn’t give any ammunition to dog him with for the next two months makes it a win. This could only hurt him, not help him, and it didn’t hurt. |
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Phelps
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I caught a few minutes of the debate. Watched Fred give one answer, on the question of jobs and free trade. He gave the usual Republican spiel on the matter, but he also looked tired, had bags under his eyes, seemed slightly uncomfortable, and spoke in a somewhat atypical for him wonkish way.
He needs to give Fred Thompson answers, like, "We’re always losing and gaining jobs. Trade is part of that. That’s why America and Americans need to be mobile, agile, and when other countries aren’t playing fair with us, hostile, at least until they get our point. Jack Kennedy famously said that a rising tide lifts all boats, and that’s what America has always been about, and so those of us in government have to get out of the way and let Americans, entrepreneurs and workers, make the economy move. And they can’t do that if we’re taking the dollars out of their pockets that they need to do things, or if we make it, with our excessive regulations, too costly for them to do anything at all. So, free trade isn’t the problem. The problem is excessive taxation, excessive regulation, and excessive butting in where government doesn’t belong. If we don’t stop doing all that, stop killing the goose that lays the golden egg, we’ll go right to hell in a handbasket." |
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Martin McPhillips
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