"Thompson Campaign Loses Another Staffer"

[in_cog_ni_to]

Thompson Campaign Loses Another Staffer
By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press Writer

12 minutes ago

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican Fred Thompson sidestepped questions Monday about the departure of yet another high-level aide to his presidential campaign-in-waiting.

Linda Rozett, a longtime U.S. Chamber of Commerce official, is gone from the former Tennessee senator's committee to "test the waters" of a presidential bid after spending the last several weeks as communications director.

"I don't know what the story is," said Thompson, who was asked about the departure while campaigning at the Minnesota state fair. "I don't know what to say about it except that she's a wonderful lady."

Rozett's departure was disclosed in an e-mail to staffers from campaign manager Bill Lacy.

"It is my duty to let you know that Linda Rozett is no longer with our committee," Lacy wrote. "I will have to make a lot of tough decisions to make our venture successful and this was one of them. Linda is a talented, professional and gracious lady who will be missed. But in the limited amount of time we have I feel it critical to have a communications point person with significant campaign experience."<snip>

http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2007/08/27/748960.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. He isn't even an official candidate & they are still jumping ship!

[eleny]

2. "I don't know what the story is"

:rofl: He's ripe to be appointed the next Attorney General. :rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

3. Maybe the old fart just "doesn't recall" that she worked for him!

[eleny]

4. Poor old Fred the floor mop

[More Than A Feeling]

5. Hot damn, does Fred Thompson suck!

His campaign is dying faster than John McCain's!

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. LOL! I know. He won't have a staff left by the time he gets around to announcing he's running!

:rofl:

[More Than A Feeling]

9. I have a feeling we are going to be laughing at this Republican

field for a long time to come. The cherry on the top would be if Newt Gingrich got in and tried to play the "white knight" role. The hilarity would never cease.

[kenny blankenship]

6. Is he shedding polyps again?

[Mabus]

8. I heard she got creeped out by Tweety following Fred around and sniffing him

Okay, I didn't really hear it. I made it up.

[supernova]

10. I can't shake the impression

that perhaps it's his wife who is more interested in him running than he is. As has been noted, he's something of a slacker and running for the Presidency seems like overreaching for him. Perhaps he's doing it to impress/keep her happy?

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Very possible. From what I understand, the man is as lazy as they come.

It very well could be little miss I-wear-negligees-to-political-dinners Thompson who is really the driving force here.

[SoCalDem]

12. I think Ole Fred's just out raising money

I'm not so sure he'll even run..

[Ioo]

13. Sounds like she was fired - "I will have to make a lot of tough decisions to..."

"I will have to make a lot of tough decisions to make our venture successful and this was one of them."

Sounds like she was fired by Lacy... why else would "I" have to make a "tough decisions", someone leaving on their own is not a "tough decisions"