Posted by
The Old Whig on Monday, July 09, 2007 9:27:22 PM
I wrote several days ago (
Why Fred Thompson?) that Fred Thompson's candidacy is an excuse for some folks to vote for him over Mitt Romney. And it appears that someone at the
Kicking over my traces blog agrees with me.
So far Fred has not campaigned on a platform of policies he wants to implement. There is no statement you can point to and say, "This is Fred's position on that issue." He is a candidate without substance. It makes me very curious as to why he is getting all the attention, and why his supporters are up in arms over the
straw poll that Romney won. Do they expect people to vote for a great, down-home kind of guy who campaigns solely on political platitudes?
I can't help but think that a lot of Fred's support is a protest of Romney's religion. I also can't help but wonder if Fred is banking on exactly that.