I read that Newsweek article that you posted yesterday, for me the real value in the article was the long description of his youth and his pre politics life.
I’m a southerner, I know southerners and their “laid back” style, any one that thinks that Fred Thompson doesn’t have an internal, success drive as big as anyone in the race, is making a mistake.
I suggest that people that are trying to look into the inner man read that article, and they will see that Thompson’s good old boy style, hides a record of a man that seems to get what he wants, no matter what new challenge he decides to take on, and he makes it look like he just fell in to it, ( which is a very typically southern thing, “never let them see you sweat”).
Exactly. The Newsweek article hit the nail on the head, describing his early years, putting himself through college, working numerous jobs, young father of two. That Southern charm and laid back manner conceal a dynamo. Great cover, too. Fred, leaning back, arms crossed..., headline: ‘Lazy like a Fox’. If I were Romney or Rudy, I’d start thinking VP.
I suggest that people that are trying to look into the inner man read that article, and they will see that Thompson’s good old boy style, hides a record of a man that seems to get what he wants, no matter what new challenge he decides to take on, and he makes it look like he just fell in to it, ( which is a very typically southern thing, “never let them see you sweat”).
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Very astute post, ansel. I think Fred has been seriously underestimated by some, which is really not a bad thing.