Frist Says Job Bad Spot to Seek Presidency

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Frist Says Job Bad Spot to Seek Presidency

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By NANCY ZUCKERBROD, The Associated Press
Mar 29, 2006 8:57 PM (31 mins ago)

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says his high-profile job is a "terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible" post for seeking the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

Making it clear that a White House bid is all but certain, Frist said in an interview with The Associated Press that remaining in the Senate would make a presidential run impossible. Frist plans to step down when his second term ends this year.

"I know the perch not to even consider," he said. "That would be, for me, the United States Senate or being majority leader." Asked if trying to run a campaign from such a position would be difficult, he replied: "Terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible."

One of possibly a dozen Republicans interested in the GOP nomination, Frist said in the interview late Tuesday that once out of the Senate, "you'll see, as you do now, the real Bill Frist but unencumbered by having responsibilities of leading this body, which results in negotiated positions."

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http://www.examiner.com/Politics-a62325~Frist_Says_Job_Bad_Spot_to_Seek_Presidency.html

Job? Here's the real problem:

Senate Bracket
Don't let his cool demeanor fool you, Bill Frist is a serious competitor whose killer instincts were honed during his early days in medical school, when he repeatedly adopted cats from local animal shelters, pretended to give them homes, and then used them to practice his surgical skills. But there's no question that despite the ice water in his veins, Frist has repeatedly choked when it counted as Senate Majority Leader. He failed to get the job done for Bush on the Dubai Ports World deal; he failed to pass asbestos reform after declaring it to be the Senate's "top priority"; he couldn't block the extension of the Patriot Act, open up ANWR to drilling, or get Harriet Miers confirmed; and his efforts to ensure he could limit debate on judicial nominations were thwarted by members of his own party. Of course, his recent failure to focus on his long game may be because he's distracted by the ballooning investigation into his recent sale of $10 to $30 million of HCA stock--a sale of stock that he didn't know he had to prevent a conflict of interest he previously said didn't exist.

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[muntrv]

1. Actually,

your videotape diagnosis of Terri Schiavo is a bad spot for you to run.

[Skittles]

2. Skittles says Frist is a f***ing asshole

what a sanctimonious prick

[frylock]

3. sounds like a great slogan to run his 2008 bid on..

Bill Frist -- Terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible.

[KamaAina]

4. KamaAina Says Frist Bad Man to Seek Presidency

Meow!

[OneTwentyoNine]

5. WTF,look at that pic....Looking toward Gawd for guidance??

Brother...those RW assclowns always shoot for the "look at me,I'm religious so vote for me OK?" type of shot.

Pathetic.....

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Dole in '96 vs. Frist now

Senator Robert Dole, then Senate Majority Leader, apparently came to the same conclusion in 1996 and resigned from the Senate in order to run for President.

I was disappointed in Dole's move. For all his faults, Dole was a good majority leader. His job was to get members of both parties to work together to get legislation through the Senate.

In light of that, the sooner Frist resigns to focus on his presidential aspirations, the better.

[Eurobabe]

7. He's toasted before he even begins

See ya cat killer!

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. Last sitting Senator to win Presidency was JFK

I think they are something like 0-42 since then (including Senators who failed to get nomination).