Ewww! First Clinton and now Thompson, could you guys come up with better metaphors cause you’re grossing me out:

Republican Fred Thompson says if he can be a presidential horse for conservatives to ride in the campaign, “All I’ve got to say is saddle me up.”
Thompson was touring Iowa by bus rather than on horseback Tuesday, saying he’s got the potential to come on fast in the final days before the state’s Jan. 3 caucuses.
Thompson, who has occasionally been labeled a less-than-energetic campaigner, spoke with enthusiasm to about 30 people at a town hall in Manchester while his blue campaign bus, emblazoned with a huge picture of his head and shoulders, waited outside.
“We’re taking it now to where it needs to be,” Thompson told his audience. “This is where it starts. This is where we are. this is where we’re going to be. … We’re going to make sure we meet everybody we can possibly meet.”