The long wait is almost over. Or is that the long national nightmare? Probably the latter, but whatever. Anyway, the big news of the day is that Fred Thompson has announced that he will be auditioning for the role of fellow actor Ronald Reagan in the movie sequel, "Republicans Screw Up the Country, Part Duhhhhh." Or something like that. What's most hilarious about Fred Thompson running for President is that he left the Senate because he was too bored there (like George Allen) and didn't like working hard (yeah, it's rough working 3 days a week and getting several months a year of vacation). In fact, as New York Magazine reports, "as a bachelor senator, Thompson developed a reputation for being lazy-for spending more time chasing skirts around the capital than crafting legislation." But now, he's remarried, "has declared himself to be ardently pro-life and adamantly anti-gun control, and he's one of the louder proponents of the notion that George W. Bush should (must) pardon Scooter Libby."
Sounds great, huh? On the bright side, I guess Thompson can't be any worse than the torure happy, bomb'em-all-to-hell, Falwell fundamentalist, immigrant bashing, global-warming-denying, send-women-back-to-the-back-alleys Republican field we've got now. Oh joy; happy days are here again!
Just another epublican waiting to steal billions
The most revered Republican of our lifetimes was an actor -- and now they are desperate to nominate another one. What does that tell you about Republicans?
Underneath the Hollywood facade, it will be interesting to see what comes about his "skirt-chasing" past. Republicans have gotten so much mileage out of Clinton's indiscretions that it is high time for the public to learn about the antics of such exemplars of family values as Thompson, Gingrich and Giuliani. Bring it on!