Posted on 03/24/2008 11:16:46 AM PDT by pissant
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
After a failed run for president, Fred Thompson is getting back to pretending to be commander in chief.
Hollywood's high-powered William Morris Agency announced this week that it has signed the actor/politician, signaling a return to the screen for the former senator from Tennessee.
Thompson most recently appeared as grizzled district attorney Arthur Branch on Law & Order and has played authority figures in the films "The Hunt For Red October," "Die Hard II" and "In the Line of Fire."
Thompson dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Jan. 22.
(Excerpt) Read more at accesshollywood.com ...
He had sent out a letter a few weeks back, thanking everyone, but vauge on what he would do next. Though it sounded like he meat to do something political.
this is where Thompson’s heart was all along. He only ran for office for his party and his country.
I find this vaguely irritating.
Resume?
Any word on which agency Obama’s signing with?
As opposed to pretending to be a Presidential Candidate.
“His brain has not only been washed, as they say... It has been dry cleaned.”
More likely a remake of “Night of the Living Dead Candidate.”
I hope he gets back to at least doing substitute work for Paul Harvey
on the radio.
Mr. Harvey is getting along in years and Fred would sure be a good
replacement when Harvey hangs up his microphone.
*sigh*
very sad
what a waste
If he could have pretended to be a real candidate, he might have done something......oh, well, easy come easy go.
well, the presidential run boosted his profile.
Could lead to more roles.
A potentially heated thread. I expect the Mittens and Hunterites to chime in and sneer at Fred for draining votes and resources away from them.
I've never watched Law & Order so I haven't seen him on network t.v. I do think he is a great actor on the big screen though.
Saw Thompson as I was watching the first part of The Hunt for Red October last night on Spike TV; he a very good actor.
Naw, the Hunter-Fred wars are over. Both sides lost.
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