Why Thompson Said "Yes" To A Cancelled Debate

Yesterday, I wrote about the debates ex-Sen. Fred Thompson has decided to attended. One of them, per the campaign, was scheduled for October 14 and sponsored by ABC News and WMUR.

Turns out that ABC News cancelled that debate a while ago, preferring to focus on others -- possibly because the GOP candidates were slow in accepting invitations.

"ABC News hosted the August debates moderated by George Stephanopoulos and will host January debates moderated by Charles Gibson," ABC's Andrea Jones e-mails. "At this point, the Thompson campaign has not called to officially accept any of the debates we are hosting this cycle."

Thompson's spokesman, Todd Harris, said today that ABC News never announced that the debate had been cancelled. He said that if ABC reinstated the October 14 debate, Thompson would be happy to participate.

Comments

Todd Harris has figured out what voters already know. Fred Thompson could not cheat his way into a favorable profile of Myers-Briggs. Todd should use some of his big time political consultant skills to call the major organizations offering debates to prove that he is not as incompetent as Fredagogue.

Posted by jimrob | September 18, 2007 3:42 PM

Fred is in another dimension of political badness.

His poll numbers are beyond me.

Real conservatives should be disgusted.

Posted by Jerry Blue | September 18, 2007 5:18 PM

Fred is not only lazy but he also has no clue about most of the policy issues. No wonder he is afraid to debate and is bombing everywhere.

Posted by Randy | September 18, 2007 6:25 PM

Fred Thompson is not campaigning for POTUS, he is riding around the country in his big bus waiting for his coronation.

Posted by Liz | September 18, 2007 6:44 PM

Fred Thompson confirmed for a cancelled debate because he doesn't want to debate. This is simply a ploy. He along with Rudy, Mitt and John have refused the PBS debate moderated by Tavis Smiley. Even Michael Steele has come out and told them to "Put up or shut up." How much more foolish can Fred Thompson make the Republicans look. They waited for this?

Posted by RealB.G. | September 19, 2007 12:04 AM

Hey RealB. G.

I had a debate in my basement last week and Michael Steele would not come. He didn't even respond to my invitation.

What is it with these candidates thinking they cannot attend each of the 47,000 debates scheduled between now and January?

Posted by Liz | September 19, 2007 9:51 AM