You missed a lot then. I guess you only hear what you want to hear. It was a rather lengthy discussion
MR. RUSSERT: You’ve lost a considerable lot of weight. Is it health-related?
MR. THOMPSON: Coming from you, I consider that compliment, Tim, but no, no, it’s not health-related. I, you know, we had a diet around our house that was imposed a while back and, basically, you know, if it tastes real good, don’t eat it, you know. But I was encouraged by, by my wife and other people in the health field, you know, to, to watch my cholesterol, to watch my weight, to exercise more. I exercise on a regular basis, and I eat better than I ever have and....
MR. RUSSERT: But you were—you have been diagnosed with lymphoma.
MR. THOMPSON: Yes.
MR. RUSSERT: And you said the other day you were going to have some tests probably in October. Did you have your tests?
MR. THOMPSON: Yes. I had—I had tests in September, actually...
MR. RUSSERT: And?
MR. THOMPSON: ...as I recall.
MR. RUSSERT: The results?
MR. THOMPSON: Hundred--100 percent free and clear. Some people in the news media asked for that. I sent it to them. I didn’t make a public announcement, but I had all the tests. The doctor put out a statement I’m in good shape. And in all fairness, you know, I get a lot of conversation about this, and it’s totally legitimate. The American people have a right to know. I have a right to know, and so does my family. But, you know, I’m, I’m—there are a couple of other guys running for president, too, who’ve also had to deal...
MR. RUSSERT: John McCain, Rudy Giuliani...
MR. THOMPSON: Well, you know, I’m not looking...
MR. RUSSERT: Will you release—will you release all your health records?
MR. THOMPSON: I will release, you know, I—whatever the common practice is. I mean, I have to go back and, and, and look and see what other people have done and what’s appropriate. But, but, but this is the, the only situation, of course, that, that is in, in, in, you know, anything like cancer category in my, in my life and I’m the one who put it out. I put my doctor out there to answer all the questions, and I’ll continue, when appropriate, to, to answer any questions anybody’s got. It’s a fair, it’s, it’s a fair subject. I’m, I’m fortunate in that I, like my other colleagues on the campaign trail, I assume, I’ve got the kind that you can, you can deal with. There’s 30-something different kinds of lymphoma, and I’ve supposedly got one of the better kinds. And, you know, I fully expect to live long enough to pass away from something else. So, you know, nobody knows and, you know, the Lord has shown me that he doesn’t take people in sequence, necessarily, so you never know. But all I can do is put the facts out there, and, you know, I feel better physically than I ever have.
MR. RUSSERT: Senator Fred Thompson, we’re out of time. Thank you for joining us.
Thank You for the transcript, I did miss this part, and I appreciate it. I do think that obviously the MSM is holding this back for some reason. What reason I don’t know, but if Fred did release all of his test results in Sept or Oct I didn’t see it, did you?
The only mention I found on google was back in April, in which his doctor says that it is incurable, and likely to return.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/11/thompson.cancer/index.html
If you can find any more recent remarks from his doctors let me know. This tells me that either the MSM isn’t interested in the info he supposedly sent out in Sept, or they have decidecided (like so many other good news items)that they aren’t going to report anything but bad news.