Fredzel Rides into the Sunset

Submitted by redmondkr on Tue, 2008/01/22 - 2:35pm.

CNN is displaying a Breaking News banner. They confirm that Ole Fred has thrown in the towel.

From KNS



Andy Axel's picture
Frednertia!!! _______________

Frednertia!!!

____________________________

With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.

Brian A.'s picture
Alas

Whose aftershave is Chris Matthews going to sniff now?

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

Don't you mean embalming

Don't you mean embalming fluid?

Damn. Just when I was

Damn. Just when I was getting to like Sam Waterston in that role.

captainkona's picture
All together!

Bam ba de da.....

Happy trails...to you. Until we meet again....


"The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open."

Fred is gone, so will any remaining clout after Feb 5

Freddy should have bailed out prior to the initiation of early voting in Tennessee as his name will appear on the ballot and he will have votes to be recorded and tabulated, putting him dead last in the primary in the State of Tennessee. A sad eulogy to what was once one of the most charismatic and enthusiastic political figures in the state. It's one thing to pull the plug prior to your home state's primary, it's another thing to bail after votes have been cast for you. Punditry would deem the death shot to fail to carry your home state in the primary, but the result in these circumstances is essentially the same. Fred is gone, probably never to saddle up the red truck again, destined to a life of Law and Order cameo appearances wondering what might have been if he had jumped in the race when his supporters told him to.

R. Neal's picture
Freddy should have bailed

Freddy should have bailed out prior to the initiation of early voting in Tennessee as his name will appear on the ballot and he will have votes to be recorded and tabulated, putting him dead last in the primary in the State of Tennessee.

That's a good point. Everybody who ran out to vote early for Fred to catch the early wave just wasted their vote.

Carole Borges's picture
I still think it was all Jeri's idea...

He never seemed really into it, until he was getting out of it...

R. Neal's picture
He never seemed really into

He never seemed really into it, until he was getting out of it...

Yeah, if he'd been giving that speech he gave in SC all along, he might still be in it.

I agree it smacked of Jeri's doings

and from all indications Howard Baker was hustling behind the scenes only to see how irrelevant he and Big Fred are to the Republican political movements across the country. In my opinion, Howard Baker never assisted measurably in a politcal campaign which was successful and he's got nowhere to peddle political influence like he once did when he was on Ronald Reagan's speed dial, Walter Annenburg's rolodex, and the Carlyle Group's list of approved counsel.

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