Then he smokes a cigar, enjoys two fingers of a fine single malt, and goes home to his mansion and bangs his hot wife.
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I voted for him in the IL primary. Of course, it was a futile gesture by that point… I was more intrigued by pulling a Dem ballot and selecting in their races, but not enough folks running as D in my county to be worth it.
I know. I tried roofies, hypnosis and finally tears, but tits always win in the end.
But…but…Thompson was found to be unacceptable to Blue Blood Republicans and their sippin’ buddies in the NYT. As was Ronald Reagan, as I recall, so much so they saddled him with GHWB to keep an eye on him.
Fred! would’ve mopped floor with BHO if he’d been allowed.
Couldn’t happen, serr8d.
The attractive feature of Thompson, to me, has always been his flat declaration that it wasn’t all that important to him — that he didn’t need to be President as a personal achievement. This is a violation of the Nixonian “fire in the belly” requirement, and means that Fred! will never be a Presidential candidate of any seriousness.
If we lived in Days of Yore, when candidates were chosen by Party leadership in smoke-filled rooms, drafting Thompson would be one Hell of an attractive alternative, even for the Beltway Mob — he has, after all, served in office before, and has a damned attractive public persona. But you have to be insane to put up with the nonsense incident upon seeking office these days, and Fred! is far too sane to subject himself to it voluntarily.
Regards,
Ric
If I were Fred Thompson and my life included relaxing in the mansion’s study, smoking a cigar and sipping single-malt scotch (probably aged 15 or more) while contemplating new and interesting ways to bang my much younger hot wife, I’d probably be too distracted to organize an effective Presidential campaign as well.
Since he has started hawking reverse mortgages on late night TV commercials, I have begun to question his commitment to any kind of political future.
Thompson seems like John Connolly did; a well-spoken, senior party leader, oozing gravitas, but always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
It takes a great deal of “fire in the belly”, along with a lot of money & personal charisma, plus great timing and bit of luck to be POTUS in the media age.
Fred just didn’t seem to want it bad enough.
Thompson couldn’t have made the grade because he’s a rich Republican.
Which is, as everyone knows, loads more evil than being a rich Democrat.
What you describe, Ric, is obviously the inverse of the Clinton Principle: Getting Back to Doing the Work of the American People™.
Because, you know, those fools who constructed the place were such blithering imbeciles that we need constant tinkering. Of course we bought it.
There’s nothing wrong with the original system of tens of millions of free, individual mangers bound by principle and mutual respect that a good 24/7 corrupting effort can’t repair.
Despicable.
Our esteemed host asked:
No, you aren’t. Fred Thompson simply wasn’t willing to work hard enough at his campaign to ever have won, and his so-called campaign staff wasn’t either.
Reagan’s ’68 run was just as half-assed Dana.
Fred would have been a hell of a president.
In the old bull, young bull parable…Fred is always the old bull.
Naptime in America.
#10 simply echoes my #4, except as pejorative.
Anyone who would put up with the c*p larded on candidates is insane. Since everyone elected must be a candidate first, it follows that our entire Government is staffed by the insane. Note that many got tipped over the edge by the pressure, but the crack had to be there to start with.
Regards,
Ric
Hush, meya.
Er, golfing vacations in America. And elsewhere.
It could have been Fred. The perfect candidate, unless your too stupid to recognize it.
There is another waiting in the wings–if you are not too stupid to recognize it.
I suppose we’ll see, in 2012.
Ironically, Fred is one hell of a lot closer to what the Founders thought politicians should be.
“What could have been, America. Am I right?”
Darn skippy, Outlaw!!!
“…means that Fred! will never be a Presidential candidate of any seriousness.”
but it also means that he is free to drop some heavy duty ordinance and more importantly; redirect friendly fire when circumstances dictate.
I’m with Jeff–Fred would have been a good President. He campaigned every day until the nomination was lost, posted policy papers, and talked policy.
He was preempted by the press receiving the “no motivation” memo (what did JournoList have to say?), just as Palin was preempted by the “ditzy extremist” memo.
I’m disappointed to see so many of the commenters here repeating the meme. In this case, they’ve forgotten to resist the media manipulation.