PING!!
Posted on 10/11/2007 2:52:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Here's my anonymously sourced, second-hand Fred Thompson story that confirms the conventional wisdom. Takes place at a dinner in Washington last winter. Thompson is sitting next to a Hollywood insider who asks him, Why weren't you interested in being president of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)? Look, Thompson says. Dick Wolf (creator of "Law and Order") pays me a lot of money to work two days a week. Why would I work for less money and work six days a week? Okay, says the insider, I get that. Then a few weeks later comes the news that Thompson wants to be president of the United States.
I wouldn't share that story if I hadn't just spent three days with Thompson on the campaign trail in Iowa, during which I gathered enough evidence with my own eyes and ears to conclude that what the anecdote suggests - Thompson is lazy, he doesn't lust for the presidency - could very well be true. I saw how he enters a room (tentatively), how he addresses a crowd (dispassionately), how he interacts with voters one-on-one (reluctantly). You hear about politicians who draw energy from the people around them. I would say of Thompson that he sucks energy out, and then lets it dissipate.
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But to conclude therefore that Thompson won't be a factor in the Republican primary race would be a foolish - maybe even grave - mistake.(continued)
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I spoke with Mr. Whitford at a Fred event last week. He’s not a political expert by any means. He had never heard of FreeRepublic.
I did get a laugh out of him quoting Tad “a tad too”Devine.
I wouldn’t mind a President who spent four days a week exclusively on internal and external security and then took three days off.
Please spare me a “busy” President who spends seven days a week trying to figure out how to take away my liberties.
Fred Thompson is going to be the surprise candidate who is going to leave the MSM dead in their tracks!
PING!!
I remember President Jimmy Carter micromanaging EVERYTHING, down to the scheduling of the White House tennis courts! He was the WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER. so whatever the opposite of him is, is my choice....
Churchill took naps. Nothing wrong with that.
“It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?” ~ Ronald Reagan
EXACTLY my reaction to President Ronald Reagan, at the one live speech I attended.
Like other liberal writers, he confuses, or pretends to confuse, laziness with common sense. And the same with Fred’s speaking style. It’s plain, direct, honest, and to my mind exactly what I want to hear, not some two-bit orator pretending to emote at me like Al Gore or Jean Kerri.
Liberals are so far out of it, they don’t even recognize it when someone behaves like a normal person.
“Please spare me a “busy” President who spends seven days a week trying to figure out how to take away my liberties”
We have a winner!!
If this is the best we can do, we have a big problem.
LOL!
Please suggest an alternative.
I wholeheartedly agree with Williams.
You like ‘em slick like Mitt or fast talkin like Rooty? Or are just going to let hitlery slip right on in???
- Erwin Rommel
I worked for both Presidents Carter and Reagan. Unbelievable difference in the two: Mr. Carter was in way over his head, Mr. Reagan made it look easy, like a tv show.
That's supposed to show he's lazy? To me, it shows he's smart.
Good! His staff should be selling the "he doesn't really want the job, but feels it's his duty, like George Washington did" theme. Voters would love the change.
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