I won’t. I’ll write in Thompson.
Sorry.
And you'll be the fool. Sorry.
Don't you have any understanding of who you are voting for when you vote for a president?
You ARE NOT voting for the candidate per se - be it Thompson, McCain, Obama - or ANYbody.
When you vote for a presidential candidate, you are REALLY voting for a "slate of electors" who are pledged to vote for that candidate, and NOT for the candidate himself. Have you heard of something called "The Electoral College"? Better read up on how it works!
So, if Fred Thompson abandons his candidacy, and has no electors, you are voting for, essentially NO ONE. Your ballot probably won't even be recorded as a legitimate vote (yes, I know in YOUR mind, you think you voted for Thompson). It will in all likelihood be ignored and register nowhere on the final tally of votes cast.
The only way you could legitimately cast a write-in vote for Fred (or anyone else) would be to write in all the names of a slate of electors pledged to support him.
But writing in "Fred Thompson" on the ballot accomplishes nothing - it won't even be counted.
By the way, this applies ONLY to presidential elections. You could write in for any OTHER election that way. But it doesn't work that way when you're voting for president.
All you "write-in my candidate for prez" kooks better find out how the system works. You'd do just as well to not vote at all.
- John
(by the way, Mr. Thompson would be my first choice, but if he doesn't make it, I'll consider choice #2, and etc.)