Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 08/27/2007 2:11:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican Fred Thompson sidestepped questions Monday about the departure of yet another high-level aide to his presidential campaign-in-waiting.
Linda Rozett, a longtime U.S. Chamber of Commerce official, is gone from the former Tennessee senator's committee to "test the waters" of a presidential bid after spending the last several weeks as communications director.
"I don't know what the story is," said Thompson, who was asked about the departure while campaigning at the Minnesota state fair. "I don't know what to say about it except that she's a wonderful lady."
Rozett's departure was disclosed in an e-mail to staffers from campaign manager Bill Lacy.
"It is my duty to let you know that Linda Rozett is no longer with our committee," Lacy wrote. "I will have to make a lot of tough decisions to make our venture successful and this was one of them. Linda is a talented, professional and gracious lady who will be missed. But in the limited amount of time we have I feel it critical to have a communications point person with significant campaign experience."
The all-but-declared candidate collected about $1.5 million less than the $5 million backers had hoped to bring in during June, his first fundraising month. In July, Thompson sidelined his campaign-manager-in-waiting, Tom Collamore, and watched a few other aides follow him out the door amid consternation inside the operation about the active role of Thompson's wife, Jeri.
On Monday, Thompson posed for pictures, spoke briefly with reporters and sampled the food at the Minnesota state fair.
Questioned about the resignation of Alberto Gonzales, Thompson said the attorney general's enemies were piling on and he didn't think Gonzales did anything wrong. But Thompson said Gonzales didn't handle the situation very well.
"It was mishandled," Thompson said. "He doesn't have a monopoly on that in Washington."
Thompson smiled broadly when he was introduced as an "all-but-declared GOP presidential candidate" while interviewed live at the WCCO-AM radio booth by Eleanor Mondale, daughter of former vice president Walter Mondale.
"I think it's pretty clear the direction I'm headed in," said Thompson, who plans to announce his official candidacy next month.
He was capping his visit to Minnesota with a $1,000-per person fundraiser.
I’m listening to Fred right now on the local FM talker.
Host is a guy named Jason Lewis.
Jason will be hosting for Rush on Thursday and Friday, this week.......Tune in!!
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Sorry to disappoint. There isn't much in the article to comment on. Fred's communications director left, doesn't seem to be that big a deal. No big news on the Gonzales comment. Was at a fundraiser, glad to see Fred is raising dough. We would need to know if Fred was wearing Gucci's. ;-)
Fred was just asked how Clinton could come into office and have his AG fire all of the federal prosecutors with no trouble and Bush’s AG got rid of a handfull and it was criminal.
Fred said......They looked into Janet Reno’s heart and saw that it was pure.....
He’s funny, too!!!
‘”I think it’s pretty clear the direction I’m headed in,” said Thompson, who plans to announce his official candidacy next month.’
Hope so, those shoes are nice and very comfortable I hear. Smart investment, good shoes...
Wow, that sure was a tough statement about the Dims, lol!
I’ll bet they are scared now!
Here he is with Eleanor Mondale:
No one affiliated with WCCO radio would ever vote for Fred. Took some stones to go on there live.
It seems like that's the main reason for posting many of the "Fred Threads'.
It's getting old.
It sounds more like she was let go. That’s the way the ball bounces in politics and otherwise though.
Watch for the MSM to make a big deal of her depature though and try to read sinister stuff into it.
Betcha Brit Hume has it as his lead story today. Well, maybe after the Gonzales resignation piece.
Its a tough call.
I can’t wait for September 5th so I can start bundling $1 million for Fred! President George W. Bush called his big donors and bundlers “Rangers” so I wonder what FDT will call them (if anything)?
Fred, please say you stayed away from the place Larry Craig was in June </sarcasm>
If you're gonna run, then start RUNNING, dammit!
I'm honestly starting to get tired of Fred.
My dad used to have a saying. It had to do with choosing one of two alternatives. One of them was "get off the pot."
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