“I’m not particularly interested in running for president.”

Several outlets are pouncing on this Fred Thompson quote.  The comment is from a visit to a firehouse, and here it is with a little context (thanks to the Campaign Spot blog at National Review Online):

I approach it from the standpoint of a deal… Of kind of a marriage. You know, if one side of the marriage has to be really talked into the marriage, you know, it’s probably not going to be a very good deal for either one of them. But if you mutually think that this is a good thing — in this case, if you think this is a good thing for the country, the you have the opportunity to do some wonderful things together. I’m offering myself up. I’m saying that if I have the background, the capability and the concern to do this and I’m doing this for the right reasons… but I’m not particularly interested in running for president, but I think I’d make a good president. Nowadays, the process has become much more important than I think it used to be.

I don’t know if they ever asked George Washington a question like this. I don’t know if they ever asked Dwight D. Eisenhower a question like this. Nowadays it’s all about fire in the belly. I’m not sure that in the world we live in today, it’s a terribly good thing for a president to have too much fire in his belly.

I have what I believe are substantial and legitimate concerns about the prospect of a Thompson presidency.  However, it certainly is difficult to dislike the guy personally.

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