Fred Thompson Lazy; Whatever
A little humor for the weekend here.
Tip to California Yankee who has Fred’s original quote to the accusation of being lazy.
THOMPSON: Well — no, it’s OK. Let me answer that.
I was a father at the age of 17 and a husband at the age of 17. I got started working in a factory. I borrowed and worked my way through. My folks did what they could to help. They were country folks — came in off the farm.
I was able to be an assistant U.S. attorney when I was 28, prosecuting most of the major federal crimes in middle Tennessee — most of the major ones.
THOMPSON: Howard Baker selected me to go to Washington and be his counsel on the Watergate Committee at the age of 30.
I came back, took on a corrupt state administration, and won against them. I went to the United States Senate, got elected twice by 20 points in a state that Bill Clinton carried twice.
Condoleezza Rice called upon me to head up an international security advisory board to advise her on international security matters. President Bush called me to help shepherd Chief Justice — now-Chief Justice John Roberts’ nomination through the Judiciary Committee.
If a man can do all that and be lazy, I recommend it to everybody.
Eh, while were on the Fred Thompson topic,
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Posted by Jay on October 27, 2007 3:25 pm
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