Thompson considers drilling the Everglades

Thompson considers drilling the Everglades
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POSTED: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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With 27 electoral votes and an evenly divided electorate, Florida is generally considered one of those states that presidential candidates are desperate to impress. On the other hand, Fred Thompson, for reasons that remain unclear, seems anxious to make a bad impression.

It started in a couple of months ago, when Thompson alluded to Cuban refugees entering South Florida possibly being dangerous. “I don’t imagine they’re coming here to bring greetings from Castro,” Thompson said. “We’re living in the era of the suitcase bomb.” Suggesting that a key GOP constituency in South Florida might be terrorists didn’t go over well.

Yesterday, Thompson, in Florida’s capital for some meetings, was asked about his willingness to drill for oil in the Everglades.

“Gosh, no one has told me that there’s any major reserves in the Everglades, but maybe that’s one of the things I need to learn while I’m down here,” Thompson said after talking over state issues with Gov. Charlie Crist.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: :rofl::rofl:

wipe the floor with his dumb ass. Debates would be a hoot

I told myself that they had put an insincere idiot up against an intelligent and qualified man and that george didn't have a chance.

Bitter lesson. Way too confident. Payback for thinking logic and obvious qualities and experience counted.

Introductory lesson into dis-reality.

I remember reading an article with astrological predictions that said Gore was the choice, but that he might not end up in the WH. I scoffed.

than anything else that is happening down here. Floridians are far more worried about offshore drilling screwing up the beaches.

Fred is OK with South Florida. Those guys would vote for Hitler as long as he was on the Republican ticket, it really doesn't matter how much you mis-speak or inavdertantly insult them. Just as long as you aren't the party of JFK.