John Dickerson at Slate has this story.When Fred Thompson campaigned for John McCain during the 2000 election, he argued that McCain's five years as a prisoner of war and nearly two decades in the Senate had prepared him for the presidency. George Bush's term and a half as governor couldn't match it. Now Thompson is running with even less executive experience than George Bush and, not surprisingly, he's less specific on what makes a man qualified to be president.
His case is compared to Obama's.
Thompson makes a similar case, relying on the common man "heartland values" of his Tennessee upbringing ("I'm just like you," he tells audiences). This comes with a heavy dose of assertion. When "the strong winds blow," voters will know that he'll do the right thing not so much because he's been tested, but because he says so. He'll follow the principles of limited government, a strong national defense, and individual freedom that he's believed in all his life.
Fred just hasn't done much. Rick Brookhiser said the following:
Fred Thompson came to the offices of National Review some years when he was still in the Senate. I liked him fine. He has done nothing, anywhere, ever. The Hubble Telescope could not find what he has done, because he has not done it.
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