Fred Thompson on Your World…
Presidential candidate Fred Thompson appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto this afternoon in an exclusive interview. Transcript highlight follows…
CAVUTO: So if Rudy Giuliani gets the nomination, you would actively work on his behalf?
THOMPSON: Well, I don’t like to think in terms of losing. I don’t want it to sound the wrong way. But I’m about the only guy, I guess, in the so-called top tier that’s never lost an election. And…
CAVUTO: That’s not what I asked.
THOMPSON: … I don’t like to think about that.
CAVUTO: You could definitely support if it came to that.
THOMPSON: Yes.CAVUTO: All right. Mitt Romney — if it came to that.
THOMPSON: Yes. Any of them.
CAVUTO: Could you be a running mate for either of them?
THOMPSON: No.
CAVUTO: Really?
THOMPSON: No. I mean, I’m not interested in that position. It’s no reflection on them.Any Republican who’s running will be better than the Democrats who are running because of philosophy. I mean, they have a philosophy of higher taxes, more government, more caretaker-ism, less responsibility and more regulation.
And this will drive our economy into a second-rate economy and make our nation a less safe nation. And I could not ever support that.
I thought it was a great interview and everyone I know seems to have missed it. Cavuto threw is some fairly tough questions and Thompson didn’t miss a beat. He’s a lot smarter than people give him credit for and if you paid attention, he made that clear.
bigred, I hope you saw it!
Comment by Sarah — October 15, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
I hate how they use the Fox News Alert this way. It distracts from the interview.
Comment by jmkaib — October 15, 2007 @ 10:13 pm
FT even poked fun at the alert…
Comment by Sarah — October 15, 2007 @ 10:31 pm
Dammit. I missed it. Anyone got a link? Johnny Dollar?
Comment by bigred — October 15, 2007 @ 11:34 pm
bigred, FNC has some of the video on the Your World page
http://www.foxnews.com/yourworld/index.html
Comment by Sarah — October 16, 2007 @ 12:10 am
Honestly, it amazes me just how good of graphics Fox Business appears to have by comparison to FNC in many respects, and for that matter, it’s amazing how much room seems to exist on the FBN screen for information and shots vs. the 50 feet fonts and half-wasted screens we get with FNC.
Comment by Chris (clind) — October 16, 2007 @ 12:17 am
It was a fabulous interview!
Comment by Olivia — October 16, 2007 @ 2:40 pm