August 23, 2007

THOMPSON: Not So Foxy

The Corner's Kathryn Jean Lopez quotes from Fox's Steve Brown's report on Fred Thompson's VFW speech: "[Thompson] seemed to struggle at times delivering his speech ... seemed unfamiliar with the applause lines in his own speech." K-Lo comments: "Yikes!"

MyDD's Todd Beeton sees a pattern: "First came Carl Cameron's report that made a point of observing, somewhat contemptuously, that Thompson wore Gucci loafers to the Iowa state fair. Then Cameron reported that Thompson was the only candidate to get around the state fair in a golf cart, evoking the image not of a golfer as much as someone zipping around his retirement community. Now we have Fox News reporting on Thompson's appearance at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention yesterday."

Thompson's problems are not relegated to Fox News. Influence Peddlar notes some striking similar comments made on some righty blogs are all questioning Thompson's health. Ace of Spades advises: "The four bloggers upon whose blogs these comments appear should check the IPs on the off, off, off chance the IP can be linked to a specific campaign."

Posted by Conn Carroll at August 23, 2007 12:55 PM