“Bob Dole Says Thompson Will Benefit From McCain’s Lost ‘Buzz’”
Former Presidential candidate shares his thoughts on some of the GOP candidates for the 2008 election.
On John McCain:
“My heart has always been with my good friend John McCain,” said Dole, former Senate majority leader and Republican presidential nominee. “But it’s just not happening, the buzz is gone.”
Thompson, an actor and former Tennessee senator, is somebody people would like to “have around the living room,” and that will help him pick up McCain’s supporters, Dole said.
On Fred Thompson:
On Thompson, Dole said Americans might be ready for an “easy-going” candidate.
While critics say Thompson is “too easy-going, doesn’t have fire in the belly,” the “Law and Order” actor has “kind of a nice, laid back, easy-going approach,” Dole said. “I’m not so certain people want to hear somebody scream and shout.”
On Newt Gingrich:
Dole took issue with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who said earlier this week that the Republican presidential candidates were “a bunch of pygmies.”
“I totally disagree with Newt Gingrich,” Dole said. “I don’t know how he has set himself up as the spokesman for the world, but to say we have got a bunch of pygmies, of course unless he gets in, then there is one that is not a pygmy.”
Read the article: Bloomberg – 7/27/2007
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