Fred is tired. Read this NY Times story here.Since Thursday morning, when the tour began, Mr. Thompson has made no more than three campaign stops a day, with long stretches in between. In recent spins through Iowa, he kept a similarly relaxed schedule. Mitt Romney, by comparison, often does six town-hall-style forums a day when in Iowa.
But once off the bus, Mr. Thompson has shown occasional signs of discomfort. In a speech here on Friday, he sweated profusely under the afternoon sun, breathed heavily and, while struggling over a question, asked no one in particular if his microphone was on. (It was.)
Some audience members, in a crowd that easily reached into the hundreds, winced as Mr. Thompson sweated through the question-and-answer session.
“I’m surprised they didn’t pull him out of there,” said John Chambers of nearby Punta Gorda, after the speech ended. Suzanne Miranda, who watched the event from a lawn chair, said, “I felt bad for him.”
We've been saying for months that stamina is required for this job. Fred's failing the application process.
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I'd like to know your views on it.
People are in love with guy! I can't figure out why.
He didn't even answer her question about personal retirement accounts. Or at least those at BlogsforFred edited that part out.
He rambled for a minute or so about the burden to fall on younger workers, but had no solution. He only said we need a good economy before the segment ended. Not a lot of original ideas, Fred.
I think people support him primarily because they can more closely identify with his background (geographic and religious). He also is widely known and legend has it that he's been consistently conservative. The truth will be learned over the next short while.
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