Thompson Campaign Says No to Huckabee Debate Challenge
September 11, 2007
The Brody File has been told by Fred Thompson's campaign that he will NOT debate Mike Huckabee one on one. Huckabee had issued the debate challenge last week. Here's what Thompson's Communication Director Todd Harris just told me:
“We have the greatest respect for Gov. Huckabee and respect his desire to elevate the discourse in this campaign. But there are nine people running for the GOP nomination and an arbitrary pairing of just two of them does a disservice to the voters. We will push hard for Lincoln-Douglas style debates once we get into the General Election, when there are only two candidates running.”
To be fair to Thompson, when he said ON The Tonight Show that he backed Newt Gingrich’s debate plan, that plan was for the General Election, not the primaries. You can read about the Gingrich plan here.
You can read more about Mike Huckabee’s challenge to Thompson here.
I will say to Huckabee’s credit he is the only candidate so far that has officially endorsed Gingrich’s debate plan, though Thompson sounds like he’s ok with it too.
Everybody talks about how Thompson will be a thorn in the side of Romney. It looks to me like Huckabee will be a thorn in the side of Thompson. All of them want to be the social conservative guy.
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ReplyDelete"Everybody talks about how Thompson will be a thorn in the side of Romney. It looks to me like Huckabee will be a thorn in the side of Thompson. All of them want to be the social conservative guy."
ReplyDeleteAmen!!!!!
Sorry to say but Fred Thompson is a coward. I bet that he will never participate in a debate.Big missed opportunity for him. Huge gain for Huckabee. Thanks for posting this story!
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Fred Thompson just blinked.
ReplyDelete"Oh, I didn't REALLY want a debate. I just thought it would sound good on tv."
Thompson doesn't have the backbone to actually live up to what he claimed he wanted: a real debate.
ReplyDeleteI make no apology for what I am about to say, because it needs to be said: Fred Thompson seems very slow, lazy, inarticulate, and quite frankly, apathetic. If this is the guy our party nominates, I will seriously question the intellectual capacity of our party. "Law & Order?" Who gives a crap! He's a decent actor, but a bad candidate. That's what I believe!!
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Fred is pretending like he was only referring to the General Election, but the evidence says otherwise.
ReplyDeleteCheck it out: Fred Flip-Flops on Lincoln-Douglas Debate
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