Let me see if I can remember all the reasons why we’re not supposed to support Fred Thompson for president… according to politicos across the political spectrum.
He’s too old (64)
He has cancer
He lacks political experience, or, he’s a Washington insider
He’s been both bachelor and family man, twice
He’s too conservative, or, not conservative enough
He likes pretty women, though not the same way Bill Clinton does
He’s too tough on abortion, but not tough enough for some
He’s a national security hawk, or, maybe a globalist dove
He’s a political nobody, or, a respected member of the Council on Foreign Relations
He was a Washington lobbyist, though by all accounts, an underpaid one
He’s just a TV prosecutor, or, a real prosecutor who often plays himself on TV
He was a Watergate Nixon insider, or, he was a leading Watergate prosecutor
Nixon thought he was a dunce, until the dunce forced Nixon to resign the Oval Office
He seems to imply that nobody knows the real Fred.
That may be the real question to be answered.
Clearly, as the writer points out quite well, the pundits don’t agree on who or what Fred Thompson is.
That could be because Fred has yet to announce his official platform, though indicators are not so hard to find.
It could also be because pundits are doing what pundits do, they are trying to frame Fred as they wish voters to see Fred, for benefit of their chosen candidates.
Fred will define Fred soon enough, I’m sure...
Until then, it’s all political rhetoric of no real value to anyone but the campaigns struggling to stay alive.
McCain just quit! and he had more money and more support than Hunter and Paul combined...
A long list of others will soon follow...
No, he's implying that the people who fear Thompson have no qualms about making contradictory claims, in their desperate search for any mud that will "stick".
You forgot “it’s rumoured he’s lazy”. That’s an important one.
That may be the real question to be answered.
I think what he's implying is that Fred opponents will always try to find some nonsense to use to attack Fred. If it's not one thing they can try to pin on him, then it'll be the opposite. Something has gotta work....
Which, of course, shows the desperation of the people who know Fred thrashes their chosen candidate.