FredHead naysayers ping! :-)
They also said Reagan was lazy.
As opposed to a certain candidate who spent most of his second term giving speeches and taking credit for the work of others?
How much stock can one put in an article written by someone who consults for the Duncan Hunter campaign.
I want him to run, but if I was him, I would not. Who wants the headaches. The media makes you evil, the pay is horrible (President Bush is the first to make 400,000. Before him it was 250,000). He makes 100,000 an episode on Law and Order, you really have to be careful with the perks (eyes everywhere). To me there are other ways to support the country. But whatever you decide Fred, I am behind you.
Reagan was accused of being lazy. Carter, on the other hand, used to micromanage everything.
Who was the better President?
"C'mon Fred. If you ran for president, you'd actually have to get out there and campaign for Pete's sake. And...and there goes the cushy acting gig. And...and being president would definitly mean a cut in pay. And think of this, Fred: this is really going to cut back on all those lazy, leasurely days kicking back with the wife. Now, ask yourself, Fred: is running for president, much less being president, worth giving that up?"
LOL! If they're going to do hit pieces, they have to do better than this. And what's really funny is the pretense that this is "from Fred Thompson's perspective." Obviously it isn't his point of view, because obviously he is seriously considering running, and I would imagine that he has considered what it is going to take for him to run for and possibly be president. Otherwise he has no business doing either
Translation: We are afraid that with just a little effort Fred will beat the pants off of all those who are running around like heads with their chickens cut off.
I get the feeling that Fred is the kind of guy that looks for efficient ways to do the same amount work that other folks do with twice the effort.
Reagan took naps. So what?
It may very well be true that Fred does not work nearly as hard as most other politicians. I don’t know know.
However, overworking is just as ungodly as underworking.
Many of today’s A-type personalities, executives, power brokers, and politicians made it to where they are by abandoning time for God, worship, rest, and family.
The reason many do this is they have a sense of depending on themselves to make their way in the world and provide for their own needs. I have suffered from this in the past, and am slowing learning how to get out of that way of thinking. It is meaning far less income in the short term, but much more happiness and peaceful living.
By resting, what we are doing is telling God we rely on him, we obey him, and trust that he will supply our needs, even if there is pressing work to do.
I’m not saying that one can never work on rest day (pick yours, Sunday or Saturday). Sometimes life doesn’t allow that. But habitually working evenings and weekends, just to live up to a slightly higher lifestyle, is wrong.
Today’s work “ethic” is unhealthy and ungodly. It centers around making money.
Fred Thompson’s work ethic may very well be healthy and pleasing to God. I don’t know much about him, but It comforts me to know that he does not work himself to death.
Well, and doubting this guy represents the thinking of Duncan Hunter (he simply felt ethically compelled to note he works for their campaign), Fred without working hard is beating the pants of Hunter, who I presume is working HIS butt off in the way presidential candidates are supposed to do.
It doesn’t seem to be doing Duncan Hunter much good — the “betting pool” poll shows that Cheney and Hagel are both doing better than Duncan is.
I don’t know what the answer is, but Duncan does well in a few straw polls, but not in fundraising, not much in getting his name on the news, and not effectively in getting pundits and news organizations to acknowledge his existance.
Not sure why Reagan ran and not sure why Thompson is considering the run, maybe it is because they actually love this country and really want to make it better.
I realize that is a novel idea but it is just a thought.
Please, feel free to check my posting history, I’ve been saying for MONTHS that Fred should run, but that he should wait to announce until the dust has settled and the cannibals have eaten themselves clean for a while.
It is 8 MONTHS - (Yes, I am shouting) - 8 MONTHS until the first primary. All this early announcement momentum grabbing and shifting get in soon so I can book some interviews and people can learn my name junk is just that - junk.
Astounding - the man doesn’t see any point in going door to door in Iowa before the thaw - and that makes him lazy? Senator T is smart enough to know that as soon as he announces he becomes the front runner. And as soon as he becomes the front runner then every media outlet, every Democrat (was that redundant?), and every nutjob moonbat who froths at the mouth for Ron Paul or Pat Buchanan is going to start taking shots at him. Why stand in the firing line for 8 months when you can organize, prepare, and come out swinging for 4 months. The campaign isn;t even in full swing yet and the conservative critics are already trying to toss mud at him. Disgusting.
The advisers say Thompson, who plays District Attorney Arthur Branch on NBC’s “Law & Order,” is researching ways to use technology — including the Web, videoconferences and teleconferences — to harness the enthusiasm for his candidacy among grass-roots bloggers and activists. The campaign also would rely on large events, such as those that have in part supplanted country-store campaigning for some in the Democratic field.”
I find this interesting as it means that he is looking for a way to bypass much of the “Drive by Media”. The “slogging through the snow” routine is mostly for the sake of getting media attention, as you really can not meet a very significant portion of the voters this way. It is obvious that Fred recognizes the fact that the days of the MSM media dominating a campaign are near an end and is looking to pioneer a new approach. The author of this piece is totally missing the picture. Of course, given the fact that he represents another candidate, that is not surprising.
The guy is spending time thinking, writing, meeting with key people and giving select speeches and media interviews.
Frankly, I think some of the other candidates should spend a little more time thinking and writing about their ideas. That would help them develop more consistent philosophies and solid positions, instead of running around after the latest polled ideas like 6-year-old soccer players.
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.
I'm not a liberal who wants or expects 'my' president to 'work harder than he has ever worked' to perfect my life and everything in it.
I expect a president to leave me alone and uphold the Constitution--which leaves a helluva lot of time for golf and cocktail parties!
I want a president who works less coming up with BS to tax me to pay for.
Is this the kind of BS we can expect from Hunter's 'campaign'? Who are they trying to appeal to?