I love the “Thompson doesn’t have the fire in the belly, so he shouldn’t run” argument.
I am of the opinion that those who aggressively seek power are almost always unworthy to yield it.
As for the “fire in the belly” argument: There was one man who had no desire to be president. In fact, many wanted to make him king of America, but he would have none of that. He relented and served as president ONLY out of a sense of duty. Nor did he want to serve a second term, but finally relented. He refused to serve a third term and went home, which is where he would have preferred to have been the whole time. This, of course, was George Washington.
Another was so lazy and unserious that he would meet heads of state at the White House dressed in pajamas and bedroom slippers. He also abandoned the practice of delivering the state of the union message - instead he wrote it out and sent it to Congress to be read by someone else. Another crappy president who would not meet areafiftyone’s criteria - Thomas Jefferson.
If those men were alive and running today, it would be amusing to see how they would be savaged and by whom.
The only question remains is, how will the “lazy” and “looks like hell” talking points be sold here tomorrow?
Only time will tell.
Those mentioned were not living in these perilous times.
The Presidency now has to be taken very seriously, to much at stake like threats of nuclear wars and possible annihilation of the human race. I definitely want my president to take the job seriously and have the stamina to be able to work.