FEC Complaint on Fred Thompson

A liberal activist today lodged a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., contending that Thompson's "testing the waters" committee has long since surpassed that designation and that he, for all intents and purposes, is a candidate for president.

This is not without precedent. Previous pre-candidates who tried the "testing the waters" committee -- including Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., Rev. Pat Robertson, and Rev. Al Sharpton -- invited FEC scrutiny.

The rule is pretty simple. If you spend more than $5,000 on campaign activities, you're a candidate, whether or not you've officially declared. The question is what constitutes "testing the waters" activity, and what constitutes "candidate" activity.


http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2007/08/is-fred-thompso.html

 

Fred waited too long. Buh-bye.

Candidate or no.

 

"Washington outsider" or not, this immense douche has an oiliness factor and patina of bullshit that are the equal of any beltway lifer.

 

And who would want to use an oily douche, never mind the patina.

 

Time to do some more pro-choice lobbying, Fred.

 

Fred looks soooo old... not that there is anything wrong with that (well maybe there is).

 

I like his comment that (paraphrasing) you shouldn't "confuse the lawyer with the man", or something like that.

So, you're saying that for the right price you can put your morals and personal beliefs aside? OK.

 

Fred Thompson: living proof that powerful ex-senators with young hottie wives have a raging sense of entitlement that must be doused (that goes for you too, George Mitchell).

 

As I've said before, Fred Thompson will never be a serious candidate for president.

 

Like him or not, Thompson will be a contender as long as he doesn't flub the debates. There's not a lot of top-notch competition out there. His rather undistinguished Senate record will be fodder for the other candidates to rip into, but he doesn't carry the baggage that some of the others have.

 

He won't have the stomach for it, won't have the work ethic for it and won't have the ambition for it.

This whole "waiting to declare" thing is genuine cold feet, methinks.

 

This faux-macho patrician assclown gets me so irritable, I mix my metaphors like I'm making a very complicated paella.