Thompson does not want the presidency in the Hillary power mad sense. Instead, he IS running (and making the necessary sacrifices) for the presidency precisely because he believes that in the capacity of POTUS, he can "do things only a pesident can do" and ensure this Nations course more closely resembles the course set forward and bound by the pricipals of our founding fathers. (e.g. constructionist Judges)
So parsing and ignoring the full body of Thompson's comments over his campaign to prop up a manufactured negative poisens the politic process.
People are just sick and tired of these painfully transparent dirty tricks.