Posted by
sweiserwendel on Monday, July 30, 2007 6:51:48 PM
Fred Thompson's been running into money problems. Here's an interesting defense from his camp:
“There has been some criticism that the testing-the-waters committee is not such a testing-the-waters committee and that he’s running some sort of campaign,” said a Thompson adviser.
“He’s raising enough to test the waters, not run a full-fledged presidential campaign. He’s not a candidate.”
The adviser said the figure was enough for Thompson to hire some staff, do some travel and work on his policy initiatives. [from Politico]
Hmm, guess it all depends on what your definition of the word 'candidate' is. And as for "running some sort of campaign" -- Thompson's not doing that, is he? After all, all of us ordinary folk spend our money on hiring staff, taking relevant trips, and working on our policies ... And I guess those daily pictures in the paper and online of him shaking hands and wearing various hats appear because, well, because he's not a candidate and isn't running a campaign
Anyone who approves word-pretzels like these when he's still "not a candidate" cannot be guaranteed to talk straight when in office. Note he still hasn't come up with an honorable answer on the lobbying issue.
What a difference from, for example, Rudy Giuliani. You may not like his answers to your questions. But you will get answers, not syrupy-voiced doubletalk. Didn't we have enough of that?