Are you ready for Fred 2012?
posted at 4:49 pm on September 1, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Not that he thinks Maverick’s going down in November, but … it never hurts to be prepared.
I’m faint with anticipation at the thought of a grassroots death match between Fred, Jindal, and Palin, with the four-year running knife fight between Mitt and Huck serving as subplot.
posted at 4:49 pm on September 1, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Not that he thinks Maverick’s going down in November, but … it never hurts to be prepared.
I’m faint with anticipation at the thought of a grassroots death match between Fred, Jindal, and Palin, with the four-year running knife fight between Mitt and Huck serving as subplot.
In an interview Thursday, Thompson acknowledged the mistakes of his campaign and conceded that his refusal to play the game the way it’s been played for years cost him. “I’ve gone my own way–sometimes to my own detriment,” Thompson says. “I discounted and underestimated the rulebook–Mitt and the Huck were raising money, forming PACs…” he says, his voice trailing off…
Now, in conjunction with the Republican National Convention next week in Minnesota, he is launching FredPac, a political action committee devoted to electing conservatives committed to “first principles.” And he is working on a book that sounds a lot like the kind of book a would-be presidential candidate might write. “I’m going to be talking about my views,” he said in an interview Thursday. “And it is going to be partly autobiographical–kind of an only-in-America story.”
So what’s the bottom line? “Where does all of that lead me–in terms of my country, my family, where we need to go?” he asks. Then he answers his own question. “Some of it will depend, of course, on who wins the election.”
Now, in conjunction with the Republican National Convention next week in Minnesota, he is launching FredPac, a political action committee devoted to electing conservatives committed to “first principles.” And he is working on a book that sounds a lot like the kind of book a would-be presidential candidate might write. “I’m going to be talking about my views,” he said in an interview Thursday. “And it is going to be partly autobiographical–kind of an only-in-America story.”
So what’s the bottom line? “Where does all of that lead me–in terms of my country, my family, where we need to go?” he asks. Then he answers his own question. “Some of it will depend, of course, on who wins the election.”
