Thompson Should Just Quit
File this under things you shouldn’t say when running for President.
Trying to encourage his studio to hurry up so an interview could start, Carl Cameron of Fox News said into his microphone: “The next president of the United States has a schedule to keep.” Standing beside him, a deadpan Mr Thompson interjected: “And so do I.”
If you ask me, Fred Thompson already has one knock against him. He’s an actor. Not that most of our Presidents haven’t been decent actors, because they have, but he’s a honest to goodness, getting paid for it actor. Yes, so was Reagan. Thompson doesn’t have the same charisma as Reagan did though. When you add that bit to the fact that statements like the above one make him sound less than confident in his candidacy, I just don’t think that he’ll garner the votes necessary to compete.
Any true competitor must go into the contest believing that they can win. If Thompson truly doesn’t think he can, then he shouldn’t be there.