[John123]

You're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. If you post falsehoods, expect them to be corrected.

No, Fred said that he didn't want the job. Then all of you Fredheads jumped in and accused me of cherry picking his statement.

I didn't lie. I have just been slandered by you. So what does that say about you?

[Petronski]

No, Fred said that he didn't want the job.

He did not and you've just lied again.

[NittanyLion]

No, Fred said that he didn't want the job.

Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, huh?

[codercpc]

Like it or not, and obviously the average Freeper doesn't like it, the slam on Thompson for some time has been that he didn't want it badly enough. So he did make a mistake even alluding to that in his answer.

It may be the presentation of the MSM on what he said, but the average voter will not be looking for the entire quote to see if it is "cherry picked" or not. That is one thing that Fred fails at miserably - the sound bite.

It would be wonderful if Freepers could go out and knock on every individual door in America to tell them that Freds words were misconstrued, but let's face it, it ain't going to happen. So when he says things like he doesn't really want the job, even though he meant that he didn't want to campaign for the job, those things stick. Just like when he said last week in Iowa that he was going to come in second, and raised two fingers to indicate that, it doesn't matter that later on that wasn't what he meant. He said it, and it sticks. Most people do not spend hours on the internet looking for the real context of a quote. They hear the quote, and move on.

I agree with you, that whether it was what he meant or not, he gave the impression, again rightly or wrongly through the media that he really didn't "want" the job.