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afchic · 06-06-2007, 10:03

There is an article Newsweek is running today saying that Fred Thompson's record in the Senate shows that he is too lazy to be the President of the United States. An experpt from the article:

"The criticism seems fed by Thompson's time in the Senate, where he maintained a less rigorous schedule than his colleagues and was known to duck out of late-night debates. Of the 90 bills he introduced during his eight years in the Senate, only four became law.

Thompson has never denied being irritated with the pace of Senate life and cited it as one of the reasons he opted out of a 2002 re-election bid. "I don't like spending 14- and 16-hour days voting on 'sense of the Senate' resolutions on irrelevant matters," he said in 1998. "There are some important things we really need to get on with—and on a daily basis, it's very frustrating."

Why can't more politicians be like this? I currently work in Legislative Affairs for a COCOM, and spend quite a bit of time up on the Hill with my boss, and have met a lot of Congressmen and Senators. Many of them you can tell that they honestly care about what they are doing up there, but there are just as many that it is easy to see they are in it for themselves.

If Fred Thompson runs he has my vote. He is not pandering to anyone. He says what he believes, and lets the chips fall where they may. He doesn't change his response based on the constituent asking the question.

06-06-2007, 10:03	#73
afchic Area Commander Join Date: May 2007 Location: IL Posts: 1,644	Fred Thompson Too Lazy to Be President??? There is an article Newsweek is running today saying that Fred Thompson's record in the Senate shows that he is too lazy to be the President of the United States. An experpt from the article: "The criticism seems fed by Thompson's time in the Senate, where he maintained a less rigorous schedule than his colleagues and was known to duck out of late-night debates. Of the 90 bills he introduced during his eight years in the Senate, only four became law. Thompson has never denied being irritated with the pace of Senate life and cited it as one of the reasons he opted out of a 2002 re-election bid. "I don't like spending 14- and 16-hour days voting on 'sense of the Senate' resolutions on irrelevant matters," he said in 1998. "There are some important things we really need to get on with—and on a daily basis, it's very frustrating." Why can't more politicians be like this? I currently work in Legislative Affairs for a COCOM, and spend quite a bit of time up on the Hill with my boss, and have met a lot of Congressmen and Senators. Many of them you can tell that they honestly care about what they are doing up there, but there are just as many that it is easy to see they are in it for themselves. If Fred Thompson runs he has my vote. He is not pandering to anyone. He says what he believes, and lets the chips fall where they may. He doesn't change his response based on the constituent asking the question.
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