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Not that he had much of a chance to get elected. Might have been a VP candidate though but I suspect he would be a drain on the Rep Presidential candidate.
The scary part is this man is going back to the medical profession with a record of video diagnosis - Terri Schiavo??
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The scary part is this man is going back to the medical profession with a record of video diagnosis - Terri Schiavo??
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Frist announces he won't seek presidency
Updated 11/29/2006 12:00 PM ET
By Bill Theobald, Gannett News Service
WASHINGTON ? Sen. Bill Frist, Republican majority leader from Tennessee, announced this morning that he will not be running for president in 2008.
ON DEADLINE: Read his statement, comment on decision and '08 playing field
"In the Bible, God tells us for everything there is a season, and for me, for now, this season of being an elected official has come to a close. I do not intend to run for president in 2008," Frist said in a statement released by his office.
The announcement comes after Frist spent several years laying the groundwork for a presidential bid. Frist had spent much of the past two years visiting key presidential states, including Iowa, creating a field operation and raising money for national, state and local candidates in these states.
Frist said he and his wife, Karyn, "will take a sabbatical from public life. At this point a return to private life will allow me to return to my professional roots as a healer and to refocus my creative energies on innovative solutions to seemingly insurmountable challenges Americans face," Frist said.
The statement makes unclear Frist's plans for the future.
"Karyn and I will seek the best opportunity to serve," Frist said. "I may eventually return to what I've done for most of my adult life, heal through medicine and health.
"In the short term, I will resume my regular medical mission trips as a doctor around the world to serve those in poverty, in famine, and in civil war. I will continue to be a strong voice to fix what is broken in our health care system and to address the issues of clean water and public health globally. We will stay actively engaged in policy issues affecting the lives of Americans."
Frist, who retires this year after two six-year terms, struggled at times as majority leader to move legislation through the complex political processes of the Senate.
He took a further blow when Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate in the November election.