{"id":3263,"date":"2007-09-03T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/thompson-getting-ready-for-his.html"},"modified":"2007-09-03T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-03T15:02:00","slug":"thompson-getting-ready-for-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/thompson-getting-ready-for-his.html","title":{"rendered":"Thompson getting ready for his run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guess he’ll put to rest those rumors that he’s sickly<\/a> and lazy if he hits the ground running<\/a> (literally \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

HE IS running for president ” literally. Every day Fred Thompson rises at dawn and hits the gym to get himself into shape for the White House race, according to a close confidant.
\n“He’s really prepping himself physically and mentally for the campaign. It’s like Bruce Spring-steen getting ready for the big tour,” the source added.
\nThe fitness drive is part of Thompson’s attempt to inject energy into his 2008 presidential bid, which he will launch formally on Thursday.
\nAt 6ft 5in in his gym shoes, the former senator for Tennessee and star of the television series Law & Order is not short on stature, but he has been putting aside time for a personal trainer and is said to be “svelte and in tremendous shape”.
\nA battle bus is ready to roll with the slogan “Security, Unity and Prosperity”, taking him to five states. He will appear on the Jay Leno Show, where Arnold Schwarzenegger launched his campaign for California governor.
\nHe had better get cracking, Republicans warn. Ari Fleischer, former press secretary to President George W Bush, said: “From the moment that Thompson declares, he has about a one-week window for people to say he’s for real or not. If people get a let-down feeling after his announcement, because he got in so late, it will be harder for him to recover.”
\n[…]
\nSpeculation mounted that Thompson, 65 ” who has suffered from lymphoma, a form of cancer, which is in remission ” was in poor health. He was losing weight, it was noted. But he was in reality turning into a lean campaigning machine, according to friends. “He knows the race is going to be physically gruelling and he is all psyched up,” one said. “It’s look at you, man!”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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