Fred Thompson is running for President. Good, because it's high time the glitz and glamor of showbiz and the gravity and importance of government finally meet.
What to say about the man? Has there ever been such a blank slate of a person in real life? That is undoubtedly why he is being talked up among conservatives as positively as he is: at least, unlike the other three major candidates, they can project their aspirations onto him, and since he's not an official candidate, he doesn't have to answer the tough questions on immigration and whatnot. Genius. Maybe John McCain should consider not running for President. I know I wish Hillary Clinton would.
Ultimately, Fred Thompson is exactly the kind of empty suit that Democrats are often accused of being. He's a dull, lazy hulk of a man with less than a decade of political experience under his belt. He has no ideas or demonstrable worldview. He is frequently referred to as "Reaganesque", presumably because he is an actor. The thing about it is that Reagan had actually been a governor and actually had ideas, neither of which is true for Thompson. Furthermore, Thompson is evidence of how pathetic the G. O. P. has gotten--instead of caring about competence, now they just care about "toughness", regardless whether or not that toughness is actually authentic. It's the only reason Giuliani has a shot--really, his overheated military rhetoric is beginning to scare me--is Mussolini his idol? Too bad that his act will be eaten up by independent-voting saps all around the country because he's pro-choice. But he'll make us safe! Just like Bush did! Even Hillary Clinton agrees!
Oh, but Freddie's folksy! And he's got the voice! And he's a good campaigner! Please. This guy is trouble for the GOP. He doesn't seem to want to campaign at all--he just wants to release videos and have people blog on his website. Unless he's got some sort of brilliant strategy for using the web as it's never used before, I can guarantee you that his website sounds exactly like all the other candidates' will be like. Which is to say, it won't stand out.
Has anyone ever even heard of flavor of the month?
Looking on the bright side, it will remove the experience issue from the table should he and Obama win their parties' respective nominations, and that issue usually helps Republicans. It just scares me that he could potentially win. I would hope that people have had their fill on intellectually lazy clods in the White House who will just do whatever their advisers tell them to do.
