Lights, Camera . . . Candidacy?

OpinionJournal.com ^ | March 17, 2007 | John Fund

[gpapa]

Fred Thompson is shaking up the GOP presidential field. And he's not even running yet.

BY JOHN FUND
Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT

NEW YORK--"Expect her to recount every moment of her ordeal," the savvy district attorney mused to his deputy. "There won't be a dry eye in the jury."

"That's a take!" says a director of the hit NBC series "Law and Order." With that, Fred Thompson, the former U.S. senator from Tennessee who has played "strict constructionist" prosecutor Arthur Branch for the past four years, walks back with me to his dressing room to talk about a new role he might soon be undertaking: surprise Republican presidential candidate.

[JRandomFreeper]

since you are unable to donate the $500 million needed to win the primary,

If I withhold my 2 pence (and my folk), there won't be 500M(US). Stew on that, before you piss off someone with money in their pocket, and no candidate worthy on deck...

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

You asked for a pop-up, not a GOP pop-up.....

/johnny

[D-fendr]

I'd prefer Fred, but I don't know if it's just because I so unprefer the others.

[JRandomFreeper]

FR has NOTHING at all to "do" in the scheme of things; no power whatsoever

Ok... So.... Why do you post so upset? We don't run the world. We're (mostly) not masters of the universe... So why are you so strident?

/johnny

[M. Thatcher]

forcing a liberal on us.

Good grief.

The constant conspiracy crap on this forum is bizarre.

[jmc813]

Is there a candidate you actually like?

[JRandomFreeper]

The constant conspiracy crap on this forum is bizarre

No, it is not. It's a free republic. Where each citizen gets his say. Even if he's koo-koo in the brain-pan. That's the way of it. I can argue with him, I can love or hate him, but he gets his say if he follows the rules.

Welcome to a Free republic..

/johnny

[RockinRight]

She watches the All-Rudy Channel.

[M. Thatcher]

Yeah, ace. Free Republic, where I get to say the conspiracy crap is bizarre.

[JRandomFreeper]

Yepper, ace, that's what you get to say...Perzactly.

And I'm up for dancing at any hour, for health or practice or drill. Or as a second...

/johnny

[Mojave]

[M. Thatcher]

And, by the way, thanks for the "welcome," newbie.

;^)

[Mojave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IrE6FMpai8

[JRandomFreeper]

I was hoping for a recourse to seconds, where I could sleep until I was awakend and killed. That's what seconds are for..

/johnny

[M. Thatcher]

Hooo-kay.

[AlaskaErik]

Giuliani, McCain and Romney will not get my vote. I'll vote third party if one of those three become the nominee. Thompson I can live with.

[AlaskaErik]

I hadn't even thought that far ahead yet, but Watts would certainly be an excellent choice for VP.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

You'll notice how Thompson has the Rudy supporters in a blind panic.

Funny that. Nobody seriously expects McCain to actually win the nomination, Romney has milqeutoast support, but Rudy backers fly into open rage when Fred's name comes up...

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Is there a candidate you actually like?

My bet, given the stridency of his/her posts: Her Heinousness...

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

You calling John a "newbie"?! Let's get the record straight ace. John has probably been here as long as you or I. Condescencion doesn't fit you right, Old-timer...