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Posted on 11/29/2006 7:36:36 AM PST by areafiftyone
Sources close to outgoing Maj. Leader Bill Frist tell the Hotline that Frist has decided not to run for President.
He will make a formal announcement this afternoon, the sources said.
Frist made the decision in recent days after consulting family, friends and advisers.
He's a has been.
YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Worst senate leader in a generation - no one would vote for him.
He never had a chance. No spine at all. He did help rid the senate of Daschle......and we thank him for that.
Hardly surprising......the guy is a total zero.....his announcement should be that he is finally admitting it. He stands for nothing.
Presidentially?
I agree.
But if he plays his card right, there'll be Tennessee's governors race in four years. It'll be an open seat then.
Four years is a long time but if he keeps himself visible, he'd stand a chance.
He's a never was.
There must be a lot of RINOs crying about now...
Good.
Good
Frist was not very popular according to presidential polls. No great loss for RINOS!
I think it was the only thing he could do. You could have gotten his supporters in a phone booth. His tenure as the Senate Majority Leader confirmed that he was weak, and that he didn't have the leadership skills to lead the nation. He made NotaLott look like Daniel Webster by comparison.
You mean his wife won't be Frist Lady?......
;-) cute!
He made NotaLott look like Everett Dirksen by comparison.
Smart decision.
Good choice on his part.
Regards, Ivan
Now we just have to reject the drive-by-media's choice of McCain vigorously.
Good man. great doctor...terrible politician.
Dear Frist,
Thanks for being a p*ssywhipped leader of the senate that squandered one of our best opportunities we have ever had.
Good decision for him. One of the things he did right.
If a Mormon were to win, we'd have First Ladies...
No surprise there. He has zero chance of winning and would draw very little support in the primaries. I agree that he is a has been.
> the guy is a total zero.....his announcement should be that he is finally admitting it. He stands for nothing <
You're wrong. He's a very decent person, a great humanitarian, a committed Christian and an excellent heart surgeon.
But a great political leader? No way, at least not yet.
[Governor of Tennessee? Could be interesting!]
He was the perfect politician. That's his problem..........
A lot of Frist bashing. I agree it was wise of him not to run for President. He has no national constituency or issue to rally support so he would have been wasting time and money.
However, before we call him a RINO and other silly things we should remember that it was Bill Frist who came out a very successful medical practice in 1994 and beat the disaster that was Jim Sasser. A Carter Democrat who was a bumbling big government weak on national defense dolt. Frist rid the state and the nation of that hack sending him packing for China. It was Frist that helped recruit and campaign for the candidates who took the U.S. Senate back in 2002 he also rid us of Puff Daschle.
We should thank him for his service.
"Good man. great doctor...terrible politician."
This Tennessean agrees. And I voted to send him to Washington D.C.
Then again, the only democratic senator elected in all that time was Kennedy in 1960. I keep telling folks that 2 Senators in 88 years is the entire catalogue of people going straight from congress to the White House but they don't believe me. There will not be a President Hillary, Obama, or McCain.
Odds are on a Governor. George Bush Sr, who was running as an incumbent VP is the only non Governor to win election since Richard Nixon.
1st, 2nd,3rd,4th..........
As another FReeper put it, when he speaks he sounds like he's telling some woman she has cancer.
How many mayors have been elected?
Thank goodness.
Actually, the joke I have heard is that you have McCain, Guiliani, Newt, and Romney. Romney, the mormon, is the only one in the crowd with just one wife. The other trivia thing is that there has been a Bush or a Dole on every ticket since 1976 on the GOP side. Will 2008 be the first time in over 20 years without one? VP candidate Jeb perhaps?
1976 Ford-DOLE
1980 Reagan-BUSH
1984 Reagan-BUSH
1988 BUSH-Quayle
1992 BUSH-Quayle
1996 DOLE-Kemp
2000 BUSH-Cheney
2004 BUSH-Cheney
8 elections in a row now.
Yes, he has the personality of a cold bedpan. Must be the doctor thing.
I agree. He's a very nice man and a good doctor. I think he realized he just didn't have the support he needed to run. Governor would be good for him.
Who cares? It's not like he was going anywhere anyway.
That said, while he was only a so-so Maj. Leader and a poor Presidential Candidate, I still think he's a decent guy. Whatever R is elected next should appoint him Surgen General.
whet a tragedy.
a meaningless Bozo, not running for President
IMHO, the REAL reason is that he doesn't want to drawn attention to the deal his family just pulled off, selling their hospital corporation. Frist himself made more than $100 million, and the press would dissect it...
God I hope not! I heard the buzz about Cheney stepping down - its all over the blogs but nothing about Frist. I like Frist but not for VP.
He's a limp noodle....a weenie
Great news! This significantly improves GOP chances in the 08 elections.
He is a fine Doctor.
I don't think it's so much that he's a RINO, I think it's that he's a heart surgeon and lacks the killer instinct that is required to be a majority leader. He'd make a fine governor though and would make Tennessee proud.
I hope he consulted the several faxes I sent him indicating his wimpy ways precluded him from real consideration.
Oh thank god!
Don't ever get caught between a congressman and a camera!
However, before we call him a RINO and other silly things we should remember that it was Bill Frist who came out a very successful medical practice in 1994 and beat the disaster that was Jim Sasser. A Carter Democrat who was a bumbling big government weak on national defense dolt. Frist rid the state and the nation of that hack sending him packing for China. It was Frist that helped recruit and campaign for the candidates who took the U.S. Senate back in 2002 he also rid us of Puff Daschle.
We should thank him for his service.
Agreed. He'd be a poor candidate, but he's a good man, and deserves our thanks.
I mean, I admit he wasn't great, but can anybody here name a Senate Leader we have EVER liked? The reason is our expectations are totally unrealistic. Did we like Lott? Dole? I mean, look at DU, they hated Dashle almost as much as we did, and for a lot of the same reasons.
Bottom line, their job is essentially hurding cats. Not a job that lends it's self to getting much thanks.
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