[stylin19a]

man, are you tough !
Newt folded...McCain folded ...Frist folded...Lott folded... and they were savvy,long time politicians.

Thompson was a babe in the woods at the time.

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stylin19a wrote: man, are you tough ! Newt folded...McCain folded ...Frist folded...Lott folded... and they were savvy,long time politicians. Thompson was a babe in the woods at the time.

A babe in the woods!?

He was co-chief consel for the Senate Watergate committee.

If he wasn't politically tempered there he wouldn't be hardened anywhere.

The man had a chance to prove himself and he failed.

He is telegenic, articulate, charismatic… and a weak reed.