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big deal. Thompson has zero executive experience.

I'm OK with acknowledging that "celebrity" is part of Rudy's political persona. Just don't tell me its not also equally true for Thompson. If he weren't a popular character actor, he wouldn't be under consideration.

[mkjessup]

I'm OK with acknowledging that "celebrity" is part of Rudy's political persona. Just don't tell me its not also equally true for Thompson. If he weren't a popular character actor, he wouldn't be under consideration.

It's a bit more than that, Thompson won Al Gore's old seat in the Senate, a seat that had been safely in 'Rat hands for many a year, Thompson knows the political ropes and he has none of the many negatives that your boy Rudy brings to the national stage.