At the very end of the second Republican presidential debate in which he participated, on Oct. 21, 2007, the questioner asked him about the accusations that he is lazy. Thompson described a life and career that included teenage father, factory worker, federal prosecutor at age 28, Watergate counsel at 30, U.S. senator, "proud father of five," etc. "If a man can do all that and be lazy, I recommend it to everybody."
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