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October 11, 2007

QotD: Fred Thompson

I'm not sure what kind of reviews zombie candidate Fred Thompson is getting for his performance, but I'll tell you the one thing I like about him: He always has an expression on his face like he just walked out of the most-godawful state fair porta-potty on the hottest day of summer. If Dick Cheney's sneer is a smug, cowardly, Draco Malfoy turn of the lip, Thompson's is full-blown, immersive revulsion and barely constrained contempt for all that he can see, hear, taste, and smell.

So I like that about him. Everything else, not so much.

Nick Gillespie, "The President's Name Is Missing...", Hit and Run, 2007-10-11

Posted by Nicholas at October 11, 2007 12:08 PM
Comments
Oh, I dunno... I like his voice a lot. :) And, while I really dislike just about all of of his politics that I've ever heard him express, I think he's probably an ethical man, which is more than you can say about most of the current crop of Republicans. (Ah, for straight-shooters like Ev Dirksen and Barry Goldwater--even if you hated their politics, you had to respect the men for having chaaracter.) Posted by: John Hedtke at October 18, 2007 01:04 PM
As I don't watch TV much, I wasn't aware of him as being a TV personality. The candidate I'd prefer is still such a huge longshot that even in parallel universes he's not leading the race: Ron Paul. Posted by: Nicholas at October 18, 2007 01:11 PM


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