Reading and listening to tributes I have come to a realization, running for President requires a level of drive that I know I do not have, and wonder if we should trust anyone with that level of drive.
By all accounts, Fred Thompson, a Tennessee Republican Senator, was a decent human being who believed in good government. He ran for President in 2008 and fairly rapidly left the race with doubts about his drive to be a candidate.
His obituary cites that race as one where no matter what ever other qualities he had, doubts about that drive caused his failure as a candidate.
C'est la vie Fred, I loved you in Law & Order, respect your work on the Watergate Committee and salute you for being a decent human being.
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