Underwhelming? Fred Thompson's first TV ad

[DeepModem Mom]

Run time: 00:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0C_5ud4HA   Posted on YouTube: September 05, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 06, 2007 By DU Member: DeepModem Mom Views on DU: 2646

 

[Colobo]

1. The guy looks sick.

[JDPriestly]

3. And scared.

He is trying to act "home folks." It will work for those who score high on the scale of authoritarianism. It will fail for everyone else. He is a big loser. Worse than Bush II.

[iaviate1]

16. Somebody tell him not to hunch over. n/t

[JDPriestly]

37. You mean, hunch over as in what Bush does all the time.

Is that hunching over body language saying "I know I'm not the real thing and I know everything I say is a lie, and I apologize, but the Devil makes me do it and, yeah, I feel creepy ashamed, but I have this uncontrollable, deviant drive to say it anyway"?

[Az]

2. Wow

Bad idea starting out the ad with a pic of Fred when he looked a bit better. He really looks sullen and sunken compared to that pic in the vid.

[tularetom]

4. I'd be afraid to support him even if I agreed with him

Dude looks like he's gonna croak before the election.

BTW, I checked and I'm one year older than Freddie. I'm pretty ugly but I look a lot better than THAT.

[Superman Returns]

5. Is it me?

Security, Unity Prosperity, what is this, 1984?

[southpaw]

31. He'd like for us to think so...

As if the puke candidates weren't humping Reagan's corpse hard enough already...


BTW... don't you think Fred looks like an older, balder Gene Simmons?

[seriousstan]

6. It said 18k views after 13 hours. I logged in and voted down and there were 25K views.

[Gretchen]

7. threat??

Sam Brownback, Hunter, Tancredo, move-over- there is a a bigger loser in the GOP race!

[Hulk]

8. This old fart needs a pitchfork and a bloodhound at his feet....

This is a laughable event. freddie come lately is a joke. Watch how many times they catch the dumb ass snoring between speeches. Honest to God, if this is the best the repugs can do, it isn't worth a general election. Just let the Democratic Convention give us our next president and Vice President, and save the country a few million for election costs.

[thereismore]

9. You'd think the guy has no acting skills the way he jerks his head. He is toast. nt

[Jade Fox]

40. That's exactly what I thought....

That head jerking made him look like he was trying too hard.

[Quixote1818]

10. What is with the constant head bobbing?

:wtf: :thumbsdown:

[MADem]

12. Early onset of Parkinsons, maybe? nt

[shayes51]

30. I wondered that, too.

[Seabiscuit]

33. Looks like a Reagan mannerism ... yawn ..

The intonation in his voice and his physical head bobbing at the end of the sentences are a subtle reminder of Reagan to the Reagan "God" believers. Overall, he makes me want to :boring: :boring:

[MADem]

11. Make up!!!! Make UP!!!!! The drunken shar pei looks like a cadaver... nt

[EnricoFermi]

13. Max Headroom?

[bluestateguy]

14. Wow. That was Reaganesque. It changed my life.

nt

[bleever]

15. The Great Communicator

he ain't.

If he told me to apply Head-On directly to my forehead, I wouldn't be sure if that was really what I should do.

[Conscious Confucius]

17. Hey kids, it's the star from Law and Order

No, not Sam Waterston.
No, not Jerry Orbach.
No, not Chris Noth.
No, not even that guy from The Deer Hunter.

It's Fred Thompson. Judging by that video, are we sure that Thompson didn't die instead of Orbach? With all due respect, of course....

to Jerry Orbach.

[saracat]

18. Wow! That was really bad.And this guy should know how to use a camera. Wow!

[Frank Cannon]

19. What in the hell happened to him? He looks horrible.

I'm seriously wondering if the guy's not sick or something.

[0007]

20. What a sick looking bag of gas. Thompson makes the word insipid

appear favorable.

[greenman3610]

21. reminds me of Bob Dole's cadaver imititation

[moose65]

22. Ugh... he looks terrible!

Most actors in their 60s really don't look their age. But wow, HE sure does! He looks "weird", I can't put my finger on it, but something is definitely "off." He seems uncomfortable in front of the camera, too. Do ya think he's trying to act the part of a folksy grandfather, just like Dubya acts the role of a cowboy? Hmmm..

[Auggie]

28. And that was a terrible commericial too.

I was worried about this stooge. No more.

[underpants]

23. He almost went horizontal there twice

Was he actually bending over to talk to "the people"?

AS stated above he looks horrible.

[triguy46]

24. When he says "unity" he means....

more of the 'your either for me or agin' me.' We've had 8 years of that shit, Fred. You're gonna have to quit listening to repugs.

[YOY]

25. What's up with his head? It's bobbing and weaving like Mohammed Ali on speed

Looks like Mr. Turtle after 10 Jolt Colas!

[LeahMira]

26. What's with the grimace

after each sentence. Looks like he has gas!

[Sander]

27. He looks like he just lost a lot of weight

When someone his (and my) age loses a significant amount of weight, the haggard lines creep in. My guess? He has recently lost a lot of weight. The question is, why? Did he lose it to prepare for the grueling race ahead or because of a serious underlying health issue?

[DeepModem Mom]

35. My guess is he "shaped up" before the race. But you're right --

sometimes then an older person doesn't look so good. Welcome to DU, Sander!!!

[hurricaneric]

29. Wow!

Terrible make-up job and that jabbing out of his neck and head was disturbing. I don't think he stands a chance for the Repub. nom.

What I can't believe is the audacity the guy has actually thinking he's qualified to be our president. I guess that could go for a number of the other candidates too.

[0007]

32. Will the real Mr. Goodhead stand up! n/t

[LibDemAlways]

34. If that's the best the repukes can do, I say great.

I think any of our candidates would look damn good beside a sick old gasbag Hollywood hack who bears a striking resemblance to the creature from the black lagoon. Bring him on.

[berner59]

36. bobble head doll...

Heads moves WAY too much... He does look too old and kind of sick...doubt he'll win the nomination...

[UrbScotty]

38. SeXXXy!

:evilgrin:

[greblc]

39. ZZZZZZZZZZZ..... zzzzzzz. ZZZZZ......

[Jade Fox]

41. The truth is Thompson's always been a bad, one-note actor.....

Reagan was Oscar-bait compared to him.

Thompson has one thing going for him as an actor--a great voice. But if this video is any evidence, the voice will definitely not be enough.