Update: My deepest apologies. I have had sporadic internet access and convention responsibilities. Here is the interview.
Liz Mair and I interviewed Fred Thompson after his speech. The speech is coming up.
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9 Comments
sampo · July 7, 2007 at 4:20 PM
video needs volume 🙁
sampo · July 7, 2007 at 5:12 PM
I cant hear sound
sampo · July 7, 2007 at 5:14 PM
test?
starwise · July 7, 2007 at 7:43 PM
Hello,
I’d like to hear this interview, but there’s no sound. I’ve got the volume all the way up, both on my computer and on the video screen, and there’s nothing audible.
Please advise .. thank you, starwise
Random Numbers · July 7, 2007 at 11:44 PM
There is no sound to this video. Pleas fix. I’d really like to hear what he said.
Random Numbers · July 8, 2007 at 3:15 AM
I liked this brief hallway interview. It seems Thompson is not as bad as his detractors claim when speaking off the cuff.
eye · July 9, 2007 at 11:03 AM
I thought he did quite well.
It is very hard to overstate the amount of energy there was for him.
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[…] Our buddy Soren Dayton caught up with FDT at the recent Young Republican Convention for a brief but illuminating interview. […]
eyeon08.com » Thoughts on Young Republican convention · July 9, 2007 at 11:00 AM
[…] In general, Thompson’s strategy seems right now to be the empty vessel. To connect with the party faithful . It felt like he was "one of us." He wasn’t pushing issues or policy positions. In the very brief interview with me and Liz Mair, he again spoke in principles, not specifics. But they were principles that we could rally around. […]
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