Trophy husband quits

In this race some horses are not yet drawn the attention of the betters.

The lion's share of his energy went into invoking the memory of Ronald Reagan. I'm not sure if he knows he died.

Gala
If you wish to enjoy the real, decent democracy
seek your residenence elsewhere but not in USA.
Democracy is a foriegn word and liberty statue as well
We the non americans are well informed about liberty and democracy.
Rama

Oh yeah . . . Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong . . . ain't no flies on that boy!

What kind of shiboleth in the name of DEMOCRACY
you the innocent couch potatoes wish to realise your never fulfilled AMERICAN DREAMS
Forget about the banal MLK who was shot dead at the prime of age.

I'm not sure what F. Thompson has to do with a real, decent democracy. He's a nit-wit actor with a conservative political agenda and a low energy level.

And, I am going to reserve comment for the time being, because I haven't a clue as to where you are coming from.

Gala
I am as ill/well informed as other humanbeing around the world.
here is my cut and paste
Republican Fred Thompson, the actor-politician who attracted more attention as a potential presidential candidate than as a real one, quit the race for the White House on Tuesday after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.

"Today, I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort," the former Tennessee senator said in a brief statement.

Thompson's fate was sealed last Saturday in the South Carolina primary, when he finished third in a state that he had said he needed to win.

In the statement, Thompson did not say whether he would endorse any of his former rivals. He was one of a handful of members of Congress who supported Arizona Sen. John McCain in 2000 in his unsuccessful race against George W. Bush for the party nomination.

Thompson, best known as the gruff district attorney on NBC's "Law & Order," placed third in Iowa and South Carolina, two states seemingly in line with his right-leaning pitch and laid-back style, and fared even worse in the four other states that have held contests thus far. Money already tight, he ran out of it altogether as the losses piled up.

Thompson, 65, exits the most wide open Republican race in half a century; three candidates each having won in the six states that have voted.

In Florida, McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are battling for the lead ahead of its Jan. 29 primary, while former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee evaluates his next steps amid money troubles.

In an interview Tuesday, Huckabee suggested he would have beaten McCain in South Carolina if Thompson had dropped out earlier.

"The votes that he took essentially were votes that I would have most likely had, according to the exit polls and every other analysis," Huckabee said on MSNBC.

Despite initial impressions that Thompson could garner strong conservative support, it never materialized. He never won backing from more than one in five conservatives in any of the earliest primaries and caucuses, including the 19 percent who exit polls for The Associated Press and television networks showed supported him in South Carolina. His showings were similarly weak with white born-again and evangelical Christians.

Many of us feel that way Gala. Rama just cuts and pastes his way around the internet with the hope that something he finds will actually be appropriate to the conversation. At first I thought it was a language problem, but I can't even be sure of that any more.

Thanks Green Witch-- it's his tone that's off-putting. Who likes to be lectured, let alone by someone so sanctimonious?

If clearing throats equaled votes, the Great Right Hope would still be in there.

My language is this
Decency
Decorum
Decipline
and non-commerical or hypocracy.
I respect those who abide by the decent behaviour and i care not about my faulty English

Fred Thompson ?!?!?!?

To hell with that idiot! Don't let the door hit you on the way out as$hole.