Are you serious? Sure he did! He said that he wasn't particularly interested in becoming the POTUS at the townhall meetings in Iowa last week.
You need to do some serious googling...
ANd you need to do some serious READING. That quote was taken entirely out of context. Try reading Fred’s words before believing what that MSM is telling you.
Lies.
Thompson says he’s interested in serving, not running for president
The Altoona Herald ^ | December 29, 2007 | William Theobald
Burlington, Ia. — Fred Thompson said today he does not much like the modern form of presidential campaigning and that he “will not be devastated” if he doesn’t win the election. “I’m not particularly interested in running for president,” Thompson said, but rather he feels called to serve his country. “I don’t know if you have a desire to be president,” Burlington attorney Todd Chelf told Thompson during a question-and-answer session raising an issue that has dogged his campaign. “I am not consumed by personal ambition,” Thompson responded. “I’m offering myself up.” Given the volatile state of the world, the...
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Statement from the man who asked the question:
“I wanted to know does this man want to be my President? I got the last question in.
The answer was exactly what I hope it would. It was a great answer. At points during the answer I was ashamed I had asked the question. I knew the answer. Do I really want to support a candidate who lives to be President? Is that type of candidate really interested in serving the nation or serving his own self-interest?
Sen. Thompson positioned himself as willing to serve, not for an enlarged ego, but out of a deep desire to serve his nation. He has desire to make our nation better for his children and grandchildren. Far from a slick Branson like presentation, he presented himself as a dedicated patriot willing to serve if we, the American people, were willing to have him do so. He refuses to be a President under false pretenses. He is not leading us into a shotgun relationship. He understands that under the founder’s concept of the social contract, both parties must be fully aware of the terms of the contract when entering into the agreement. If the American people do not want him to be President, he is not going to trick us into agreeing to him. As I said, the answer was refreshing. It was a great answer.
I read the entire transcript and he said a heck of a lot more that that 10 second sound byte.
For Your Reading Pleasure:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945742/posts
Did you see the thread with the response from the person who asked the question? I'll try to find a link to it.
A few words of Fred's answer, deliberately (IMHO) quoted out of context by the MSM and various anti-Fred FReepers, don't reflect what he was really saying.
What Fred Thompson said was ...
" Asked directly if he would like the job of president, Mr. Thompson said, “I’ve never craved the job of president, but I want to do some things that only a president can do, so the answer is yes.” "
It was said on the Jay Leno Show around June 11th of this year.