A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's a great experience. If you get a chance to run for president, do it.
If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any of those things. It's not my plan. My plan is to be a good chairman of the House Budget Committee and fight for the fiscal sanity of this nation.
If you can make a movie, make one. If you can sing a song, sing it. If you can write a play, write it. If you want to run for office, run. But do something to make this world a better place.
How can you run for president if you don't know the job description?
Society leaders have urged me to seek the presidency.
Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder.
There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.
There needs to be a planned series of speeches, interviews, etc., over the next two or three months by administration officials and other public figures talking about President Ford, what he is trying to do and what he has accomplished.
I'm not going to run for president. No way, no how.
We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate.