of honor in america, but being insulted from anyone being dumb as hell, not a good way to head into your first debate on the campaign trail. once he did get in, the campaign suffered from a lack of get up and go. >> i appreciate very much your being here today and listening to me. and give my thoughts. first of all, can i have a round of applause? >> when you have to ask for the round of applause, even if you do it in an endearing i'm a large person with a deep voice kind of way, there is something wrong with you as a moving candidate. with everything from his stumped speech speaking style to getting in the race really late to his very light campaign schedule, mr. thompson fell quickly from the guy who was going to win, the guy winning in the polls when it started to the guy who's being openly derided as lazy once he got into the race. the new york times reporting on the thompson campaign -- on the thompson campaign stop in iowa