But Do You Want To Have A Beer With The Guy?
Published by BG on Monday, September 10, 2007 at 6:45 AM.Ugh.
Fred Thompson is just like you | Salon News
Fred Thompson is just like you | Salon News
After Thompson finished up in Mason City, I fell into conversation with Dean Davidson, a Republican business consultant from Minneapolis, who had stopped by during a visit to Iowa to see some family. "I get so tired of the people who say they know the answers to everything," he told me, explaining the Thompson appeal. "When he talks about working on the factory floor, dirt under your fingernails, and how his parents taught him to achieve something, that's me." After an event in Des Moines, a third voter, Jim Deeds, explained the magic this way. "He's the real deal," he said. "He's not Ronald Reagan, but he's a close second."
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