Fred participated in the last Republican debate…and then he disappeared. He had some things planned, but scrapped them due to the ever vague “scheduling conflicts,” which brings me to another point: Why not just say you are going to be somewhere else? If someone asks you to be here, and you are already committed to being somewhere else, just say, “I’d like to, but I already said I’d be here at that time.” It’s more specific, and it let’s people know where you are going to be. Plus, it doesn’t sound as phony.
Anyway, where’s Fred:
Thompson was supposed to visit a fundraising breakfast for Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta on Friday. But on Thursday afternoon, Guinta’s campaign e-mailed guests to let them know it wasn’t happening. The note cited “scheduling conflicts for the senator.â€
Thompson is scheduled to surface on Monday for a Fox News Channel interview, and evening remarks to the Conservative Party of New York.
Thompson has been to New Hampshire just once since he formally entered the race in September, and that was for a two-day trip that included visits to a chili cook-off, three bars and a rally. The New Hampshire Union Leader, the state’s largest newspaper, said in an editorial last week that Thompson’s pledge to campaign here often hasn’t proved true.
Fred was drafted into this campaign and it seems his heart just isn’t in it. He needs to kick it into gear if he wants to make any kind of waves in this campaign. So far, most pundits are describing his campaign in one word: dud.
