“Now it can be told” - Fred Thompson wants the VP spot
- Posted by Beth on January 22nd, 2008 filed in 2008 election, Candidates, Fred Thompson, General, Politics
Carl Cameron hinted at it the other day, but now he says it’s a fact.
I reported first that he was eyeing a White House bid. At the time several insiders told me OFF THE RECORD that it was largely a trial ballon to gauge his popularity and float his name as a possible vice presidential nominee. I was sworn to silence.
Those insiders have now lifted the conditions on our conversations. From March to August of 07 through postponed announcement days, staff changes, firings, resignations and general disarray the Thompson camp was stunned by the incredibly positive response and didn’t really know how to manage it. The trial balloon soared mighty high and he found himself being dragged into a race that he was not even sure how to run.
That explains a lot, anyway.
He has not said who he will endorse. He is friends with John McCain. But if he doesn’t throw his support behind anyone …it makes it easier to be picked by everyone.
Exactly.
As I said in the comments here when the question was raised, “what do we do now?” (as so many have asked)…
Well, I know this much: Fred Dalton Thompson isn’t gonna sit home on election day. Fred wouldn’t vote for a liberal, either. I’d say if you don’t know who to support now, let someone like Fred convince you to vote for his guy, I guess.
Just so you know, though…it will probably be John McCain. He was his 2000 Presidential campaign co-chairman, after all. I’d consider that a pretty good endorsement, even if it was eight years ago (although that’s not my reason for switching to McCain). Fred never really came out swinging against McCain or Romney, though, so you never know. Maybe he’ll wait until a nominee is chosen to endorse someone.
We shall see soon enough. Maybe after Super Tuesday?
Anonymous,Somewhere,MI says:
If there is a just and merciful God in the universe he won’t endorse Romney.
Incidently, for any of you out there that are bored, open a couple browsers and Google image:
1)Mitt Romney
2)Frank Langella Dracula
Am I the only one who sees some vexing similarities? Count Romnula perhaps?
Beth says:
HAHAHAHA!!!
Beth says:
Guy Smiley?
TC says:
Well… At least Thompson on the ticket makes the others - spare Huckabee-nijad - fairly palatable.
Now that Fred! is out, I’m falling back to Rudy. But Rudy isn’t going to make it past Super Tuesday.
It will likely be McPain and Guy Smiley with Ron Paul playing the persistent ankle biter.
raz0r says:
I’m voting for Walter.