Posted on 08/15/2007 9:11:32 PM PDT by Politicalmom
When Fred Thompson makes his long-delayed entrance into the Republican presidential race, he will not tiptoe quietly. Instead, he will try to shake up the establishment candidates of both parties by depicting a nation in peril from fiscal and security threats -- and prescribing tough cures that he says others shrink from offering.
In a two-hour conversation over coffee at a restaurant near his Virginia headquarters, the former senator from Tennessee said that when he joins the battle next month, he "will take some risks that others are not willing to take, in terms of forcing a dialogue on our entitlement situation, our military situation and what it's going to cost" to ensure the nation's future.
After spending most of the past few years on TV's "Law and Order," and starting a new family, with two children under 4, the 65-year-old lawyer says he finds himself motivated for the first time to seek the White House.
"There's no reason for me to run just to be president," he said. "I don't desire the emoluments of the office. I don't want to live a lie and clever my way to the nomination or election. But if you can put your ideas out there -- different, more far-reaching ideas -- that is worth doing."
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D’oh!
Fred isn’t delaying anything. All the other candidates have PC— “Premature Campaignitis”!! :-)
Heh heh heh. I think you got everything. :)
Excellent...
premature articulation “;^)
No, the man wants to win. Rice won't help him, she'll hurt him a LOT.
Romney as Veep would be a good political choice (though not my first choice - I really don't want him a heartbeat away), with Rudy or John Bolton as a prospective Secretary of State. Duncan Hunter as SecDef would be extremely refreshing. Oh, and just to make the wingnuts go berserk, Fred can name Tom Tancredo as head of ICE.
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