Down Home with Fred
There is a lot about Fred Thompson’s social policy which I am not wild about. But I am loving his campaign and I am hoping he surprises people coming out of Iowa.
In a sense this is artificially hokey. They could have ironed the American flag and a professional actor can look at both cameras. No matter; Fred is going back to a world before spin and media consultants. He has his goofy little URL floating over his head, the bags under his eyes are his own.
Does it play in Des Moines? I don’t know. But I bet, after a month on a bus in Iowa Fred has a pretty good idea of what he is up to. And this little YouTube video is up at Instapundit and The Corner where Peter Robinson writes:
This is reminiscent of Reagan’s talk to the people of North Carolina in 1976. Simple, straightforward, modest production values—just the candidate in front of an American flag and an Iowa flag—but (to use the word again) compelling. Reagan’s 1976 talk enabled him to recover after a string of primary defeats, winning in North Carolina, then going on to come within a handful of delegates of wresting the nomination from Ford. Will Thompson’s talk move voters in Iowa? Does his campaign have the money to get it on the air? Throughout the state? Or even in a few of the most important markets? Beats me. But we have here a serious man, making a serious case—and doing so in the context of a campaign that has otherwise descended into mere caterwauling. the corner
Fred it taking the voters seriously, I wonder if they will return the compliment.
Written by jay on December 31st, 2007 with
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