Tommy Thompson for Rethug VP?

[elfin]

I had forgotten all about him -- and I am from Wisconsin.

Perfect timing to get his name in the news with some good PR, soak an organization to pay him big bucks and fly him around in a private jet schmoozinig and making more connections.

Washington - Nearly a year after dropping out of the presidential race, Tommy Thompson is turning his attention to worms.Thompson, the former Wisconsin governor who later served as the country's top health official, has teamed up with a nonprofit health organization to fight hookworm, whipworm and other tropical diseases that affect 1 billion of the world's poorest people.
He says this type of "medical diplomacy" could help build support for the United States among some of the most unstable countries.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=773513