Grandpa Fred still, er, putting them to sleep

post from Daily Kos on 20 October 2007 01:17:32 PM. © Daily Kos

Yup. He's still awful. Not even the fundie right, desperate for a real candidate to counteract the surging Giuliani, can warm up to him.

Thompson's tendency to look down and read his remarks provided the audience with some of the most prolonged views of the top of a bald politician's head in recent history. When you feel compelled to use an index card for lines like, 'We must have good laws. We must do our best to stop bad laws,' you have been spending too much of your life filming 30-second bits of dialogue.

And..

[Thompson] spoke with his chin often buried in his chest, his voice largely monotone, and he cleared his throat or coughed repeatedly, prompting some to wonder if he might be ill.

"He didn't look good," said Ronald Sell, 63, a musician from New York City.

Mr. Sell said he initially had high hopes for Mr. Thompson but left disappointed and wondering why as an actor, Mr. Thompson did not "at least have his lines memorized."

"If he was the candidate, we'd be in trouble," Mr. Sell said.

Yeah, they'd be in trouble. But he'd be comedy gold.