Run, Fred, Run

[The_Elucidator]

March 24, 2007
Run, Fred, Run

By Robert Novak (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/author/robert_novak/)


Close friends of Fred Thompson say his wife Jeri is urging him to take the plunge later this year and run for the Republican presidential nomination.
The former senator from Tennessee and current actor on "Law & Order," in private conversation, makes it clear that he is seriously interested in launching a candidacy that has attracted extraordinary attention over the last two weeks. However, he does not plan to announce his candidacy in the immediate future.

The major rap against Thompson is that he was not a hard worker during his eight years in the Senate. His friends respond that this is an easily correctable error and that the same complaint was made about Ronald Reagan before he ran for president.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/run_fred_run.html

The emphasis highlighted in red is huge...usually it's the family that keeps folks out of the race. With her 100% support, I'm feeling very good about him throwing his hat in the ring!

[noncom]

The emphasis highlighted in red is huge...usually it's the family that keeps folks out of the race. With her 100% support, I'm feeling very good about him throwing his hat in the ring!
There has never been a great man without a great woman to back him up.

Just an idle thought: if, Heaven forbid, Fred Tompson's wife became ill and expected to become completely incapable of caring for herself; and if Fred Thompson then decided to ignore her problems and keep going with the campaign; is it safe to assume that the liberal media would praise him for his "bravery" and "compassion" the same way they did John Edwards?

[The_Elucidator]

There has never been a great man without a great woman to back him up.

Just an idle thought: if, Heaven forbid, Fred Tompson's wife became ill and expected to become completely incapable of caring for herself; and if Fred Thompson then decided to ignore her problems and keep going with the campaign; is it safe to assume that the liberal media would praise him for his "bravery" and "compassion" the same way they did John Edwards?

Nope, he would be labeled a partisan hack that was putting his own selfish ambition above that of his family.

[dPrasse]

Awesome !! He'll have to be a good hubby and listen to his wife !! :D