- THIS WAS THE THOMPSON WE THOUGHT WOULD RUN.
- GLAD HE FINALLY SHOWED UP!
- AWESOME.
- A GREAT SPEECH ABOUT JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN.
- GREAT!
- READ IT.
- DOWNLOAD IT; WATCH IT.
- HE WAS GOOD.
- HE MADE A DIRECT APPEAL TO INDEPENDENTS AND DEMOCRATS.
- AND HE DID SAY EXPLICITLY THAT OBAMA IS NOT READY TO LEAD.
- GOOD GOING JOE! AS HE SAID - AND IT'S A BADGE OF HONOR - HE'S MICHAEL MOORE'S LEAST FAVORITE DEMOCRAT.
- I SAW THAT BABARA BUSH SEEMED ESPECIALLY RAPT BY JOE,
- AND AS SOON AS THE SPEECH WAS OVER RUSHED OVER TO HADASSAH LIEBERMAN, JOE'S WIFE, AND GAVE HER A BIG KISS ANS A HUG.
*******UPDATE: I AGREE WITH THE NYTIMES' HIGHLIGHTS OF FRED'S SPEECH (THIS WAS POSTED AS A LIVE-BLOG SO IT'S BACKWARDS):
More Thompson | 10:37 p.m. In one of the biggest lines of the night, Mr. Thompson says,AWESOME.
“We need a president who doesn’t think the protection of the unborn is above his pay grade.”
He was referring to Mr. Obama’s answer at the Saddleback Church a few weeks ago, when he was asked when life begins and he replied that this was above his pay grade. (Mr. McCain answered instantly: “At the moment of conception.”)
Hanoi | 10:28 p.m. Mr. Thompson recounts the grim details of Mr. McCain’s captivity in Hanoi as only an actor can, bringing new life to that story.
“This is the kind of character that civilizations since the beginning of history have sought in their leaders,” he says.
Mr. McCain has been to Iraq eight times, Mr. Thompson says, “seeking truth, not publicity.”
When the war was going badly, Mr. McCain stood up and called for more troops, he says, “and now we’re winning.”
The crowd is chanting “USA!!” as it was earlier this evening.
Now back to the red meat.
Mr. Thompson slams Mr. Obama, though not by name, referring to his speech in Berlin as “a Tel-e-prompter speech designed to appeal to America’s critics abroad.”
And he says, again without a name, that Mr. Obama is “the most liberal, inexperienced nominee ever to run for president.”
Needless to say, the crowd is roaring.
More Praise for Palin | 10:23 p.m.
Also, Mr. Thompson says, she has run a municipality and a state and is “the only nominee in the history of either party who knows how to properly field-wrestle a moose — with the possible exception of Teddy Roosevelt.”
He casts her as a fellow reformer with Mr. McCain, also advancing the campaign’s story line that a maverick presidential nominee has picked a maverick running mate.
When they get to Washington, Mr. Thompson says, “they won’t care how much the alligators get irritated, they’re going to drain that swamp.”
Thompson Serves Up Red Meat | 10:20 p.m.
Mr. Thompson is here to deliver the cudgel to critics of Sarah Palin, and to the media:
“What a breath of fresh air Gov. Sarah Palin is!” he declares. “She’s from a small town with small-town values, but apparently that’s not good enough for some of the folks out there now attacking her family. Washington pundits and media big shots are in a frenzy,” he says, because she has actually governed rather than just talk on the Sunday talk shows and hit the Washington cocktail circuit.”
(This is clearly a talking point for the McCain camp — we heard nearly the same line from Laura Ingraham, the talk-show host, this afternoon.)
Mr. Thompson says Ms. Palin’s selection “has got the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic. And no wonder. She’s a courageous, successful reformer who’s not afraid to take on the establishment. Sound like anybody else we know?”
The crowd is loving the red meat.
NOTE: AS PUNDITARIAN POINTED OUT TO ME, AT THE DEMOCRAT CONVENTION THEY CHANTED "OBAMA, OBAMA, OBAMA!", BUT AT THE GOP CONVENTION THEY CHANT "USA, USA. USA!"
THAT SAYS EVERYTHING.
NRO:
Thompson on McCain's TIme as a POW [Ramesh Ponnuru]
He makes it sound almost as impressive as turning down a Wall Street job.
AND:
Ouch [Rich Lowry]
[THOMPSON:] It's pretty clear there are two questions we will never have to ask ourselves, "Who is this man?" and "Can we trust this man with the Presidency?"
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