That history reminds me of the piss poor jobs both Bush Presidents did in setting up a successor. Quayle was such an idiot he didn’t have a prayer. Cheney may have been functionally a good VP, but was physically a risky bet as President. Horrible judgment on the part of both father and son.
McCallum got blamed for all of the Thompson excesses. He spent a couple of terms carrying water for Thompson’s excesses. Thompson ran off to DC to be the HUD Secty, but that is not the job he wanted. He wanted to be Transportation and was miffed when Bush appointed someone else. Then, when it was time to offer his resignation at the transition between 1st and 2nd terms he was surprised when Bush took it. He took out his hurt feelings on McCallum when McCallum needed him.
Thompson also had an clownish brother (tavern owner who was always in trouble with the law for illegal gambling) who filed for Governor as 3rd party. Tommy refused to endorse McCallum claiming that he was still trying to decide.
I lost all respect for Thompson during his “opus” speech from HUD. He proclaimed that “he didn’t know why the terrorists hadn’t attacked our water supplies because it would be so easy.”
Thanks, Tommy. (sarc/off)