Matt Taibbi picked up a golden nugget quote from former Senator Fred Thompson at a recent campaign event while covering the race for Rolling Stone.
“Senator!” the reporter calls out. “What’s harder, playing the president or being the president?”
It is a shitty New Hampshire day; as Thompson stands on the street in a blue polo shirt, cold rain splashes visibly off his bald head. There are times when the candidate’s eyes go blank and you almost see a big sign in his brain screaming, “Line! Line!” Finally, he glances back at the reporter and grumbles, “Well, neither of ‘em are that hard.”
I turn to the TV guy, not sure of what I’d just heard.
“Did he just say . . . ?”
“Yeah,” the guy says, dumbfounded. “He just said being president isn’t that hard.” [emphasis added]
George W. Bush: Dad I can’t think…dammit this president job is hard!
Presidentin’ ain’t easy.
(Hat tip: Noah, The November Blog)
3 Responses to “Presidentin’ Ain’t Easy, But Don’t Tell FDT”
Someone please start keeping a list of the weird things Thompson says. …. there seems to be a new one everyday.
I’m keeping a list. It’s called my blog.
Something to say?
As GWB has more than shown, being President is genuinely not that hard. It’s being a GOOD President that’s tough. It doesn’t surprise me Thompson isn’t shooting for any goal so lofty as that.
Left by The Sleep Thief
September 25, 2007 at 4:47pm