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I just read on Flopping Aces<\/a> that Fred Thompson is out of the Republican race. He was the only candidate I could get excited about up until now, well besides Duncan Hunter, who didn’t have much of a chance anyway. So, for the remaining few candidates, my support is up for grabs. Wow me!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looking for moral support, I find JammieWearingFool<\/a> and SeeDubya<\/a> say; “Thanks for running, Fred”. Liberty Pundit<\/a> is “all in” for Mitt. Michele Malkin<\/a> quotes fred;<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll repeat what Fred said<\/a> in South Carolina after his disappointing showing:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6we need to deserve to lead. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what this is all about. Deserving to lead\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll always stand strong. Stand strong.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Anchoress, my rock, calls Fred the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153flirt who would not put out<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Earlier today she’d taken we Republicans to the woodshed<\/a>;<\/p>\n …too many \u00e2\u20ac\u0153faithful GOP voters\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are having a hell of a time dealing with the fact that the party has not manufactured a candidate pure enough, perfect enough and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Reaganish\u00e2\u20ac\u009d enough to suit them, so they may just sit out what will arguably be the most important election of this era.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n RedState has Suggested Fred Goodbye Remarks<\/a>;<\/p>\n My fellow candidates are all men. Not good men, I say, cause most of them aren’t. In fact, most of them just can’t handle it if you asked them to get into a fight. They whine and complain about personal attacks, they flip and they flop like retarded carp, or they check to see if they broke a nail. I have never seen such a bunch of pansies strutting about pretending to be leaders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Warner Todd Huston at Stop the ACLU<\/a>;<\/p>\n Fred Thompson was the last chance we will see for a very long time for a president that is a traditional, conservative, principled American presidential candidate. We will see from this point on candidates who are far more socialist than conservative with their base ideological philosophy. Sure they will pretend at being conservative, but they will not be and their records will prove it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n William Teach at Pirates Cove wonders along with me; My question is, who to support now<\/a>? Thus Spake Ortner<\/a> at The Sniper; Well, this is an appropriate finish to one of my worst weeks of all time.<\/p>\n Spree at Wake up, America<\/a>;<\/p>\n This is disappointing for those of us that thought he was the best conservative candidate, but not completely surprising because he is also a realist and the reality is things just didn’t spark for him and this was the classiest move for him to make.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Bookworm at Bookworm Room<\/a>;<\/p>\n His folksy charm passed me by entirely, and while I agreed with his stand on issues and his thoughtful take on myriad important subjects, I found him a dull, ponderous speaker \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which would have been death on the national campaign trail, especially if he was facing Obama, the man annointed as the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153powerful orator\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (although I find him dull and and vapid).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Don Surber<\/a> writes “Fred was the most conservative in the bunch. He didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make it. That tells me that maybe Republicans don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want another Reagan. Maybe it is Eisenhower time.”<\/p>\n AllahPundit<\/a>; So I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m chalking it up to disorganization.<\/p>\n Sweetness and Light<\/a>; What a disappointment in so many ways.<\/p>\n