The man who wouldn’t ask how high

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Criticism of Fred T. as lacking fire in belly, etc.

is put forth by the court jesters who know their brand of foolishness could not get an audience in a Thompson presidency.

says private-citizen letter-writer in Tennessean.

Yes.  He could revolutionize media coverage.  Imagine a president willing to say that’s a dumb question.  It’s not easy.

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Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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  1. No one seems to remember that George Washington didn’t really want to be president, either. He did it out of a sense of duty, not a greed for power. Same difference now.

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