Fred won’t do it.

My guess is, the slot for Fred is already decided, but won’t be announced until after McCain wins.

Fred? unless you want to lose 57 states in Nov… Just saying…

I’ll see your 57 states and raise you one “inhalator”

not so much for the Hunt For Red October thing as for the unspeakably BRUTAL bitch-slapping he would provide Joe Biden in a VP debate.

Ugly. Just ugly.

an absolute thrashing.

Come on people “Grumpy Old Men” ticket is a winner. I can see the SNL skits now…

Just think picking Hutchison from Texas would be a brillant move. All the tenuous Hillary supporters would rather support Hutchison than Obama. I believe their (women) support Hillary more for the fact she is a woman than a Democrat. By picking Hutchison, Mc Cain picks up a huge block of women voters and locks in Texas and the South.

Despite that he’s said he doesn’t want the job and his name hasn’t been mentioned as a possible Vice President for months, he’s too close of a friend of John McCain to not have the idea flirted with.

If McCain is going to go with gravitas, there’s no one better than FDT.

The way I see our presidential time line playing out:

2008- McCain

2012- Fred

2016- Fred

2020- Jindal

2024- Jindal (and by this point a super majority in congress and 8/9 on the bench)

…partially because it would allow him to be more “Fred-like” (there is no better term) and less polished than if he were actually President.

I noticed something about your post, though: are you saying that a one-term pledge would be good? Because I say not.

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I don’t get the “Grumpy old men” meme however. Leave that to the Democrats…Why can’t we say a a wisdom and experience ticket to contrast with the 1/2 Senate term upstart?

I’m afraid McCain could do a darn site worse than Fred..and I think Fred would bring him more good will from Conservatives than Mitt.

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

I understand he has said no to this. And yes, I think he would be a great SC judge, however, the greatest impact he can have is via the White House.

If he could find it in himself to go along with the VP nomination he should be in an excellent position to go after the top slot. In that position I know he would excel and the country would be be much better off for it too.

I can only hope and pray…

A Fred slap down of Biden though would be better than a no hand shows moment. And that was cause for real excitement.

I would love to have a real conservative VP with enough experience…someone to get excited about again…someone who is an all around conservative instead of just one-sided…i.e. America’s mayor, CEO, pastor, etc…we face a number of issue on both the international and domestic front…we need someone who can lead on all fronts