Fred will NOT be a VP pick if

[David Swanson]

I have been doing some thinking regarding Fred as a potential VP for whoever wins the GOP nomination, and I think I have the formula.

Fred will NOT be a VP pick if Obama get's the Democrat nod. Here's why: I can't bring myself to say his name so I will use 'x' to indicate our nominee....
If x get's the GOP nomination he will have to pick a black man or woman as his VP choice. He will have NO choice. Every time candidate x has something to say about Obama, the left, and the media will scream 'racism', regardless if it's true or not. So the only way candidate x can counter that is by picking a black VP.

If Hillary was to get the Dem nomination, then candidate x could ask someone like Fred to be VP. However, I think this won't happen because Obama will probably win the nomination.

[Downer]

I'll say the name of Colin Powell; Retired General. Moderate Republican. Great mind and dignified. Black. That is a banner name if I've seen one. Stars align with that name and career.

[tnpi]

I thought Colin Powell would have made a great choice. I thought so several years ago too and planned on a Schwarzkopf and Powell ticket together. (wait, here comes a streisand song- Memories..light the corners of my mind.) Man those were good times.

[Downer]

Tnpi, not that I'd still vote McCain, even with Powell as VP cnadidate. John had a promising speech at CPAC, but I don't see those words as honest, in light of his past. He has much convincing to do with me.

[Orv]

Fred may or may not be a VP selection but has apparently come out with a statement today backing McCain.

Fred Thompson, the one-time Republican presidential candidate, endorsed Sen. John McCain Friday, calling on the party to "close ranks" behind the presumed nominee.

"This is no longer about past preferences or differences. It is about what is best for our country and for me that means that Republican should close ranks behind John McCain," Thompson said in a statement reported by the Associated Press.

blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/08/fred_thompson_backs_mccain.html

[Downer]

That just don't smell right.

[lshaw]

I've tried forming words for here but I'm bamboozled right now. I'm still trying to find a "real" statement from Fred, not a "he said" statement. No MSNBS, FOX, CNN, Tennessee or Va papers have it.

[David Swanson]

Well this hit me like a ton of bricks!

If Fred is really backing McCain this can only mean one thing... McCain is going to offer him the VP slot.

The problem I have with this is... I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Before I comment on it one way or the other, I think I will sleep on it.

[nana2lily]

I think the statement was simple enough. He could have come out arm in arm with McCain and really hurt us, but he just made a basic statement that for the good of the country we have to back the presumptive nominee. I feel he would have backed Mitt if it had been him.

[Maggie in Indiana]

Fred's statement was not an endorsement.He said we should close ranks behind the assumed nominee. His distain for Huckabee was made quite clear and I believe that he refrained from bashing McCain too harshly because of just this reason we are facing now. He believes as I do that since McCain can work so closely with the dems he can also be convinced to work against them. He carries some sway with the dems,right? Why not use that influence the opposite direction and for what the Party as a whole wants to achive? Fred said he support the nominee of the GOP. I am voting for Fred in the Primary for my voice to be heard for a true conservative. But in the general I will support the nominee.