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This is a fantastically silly argument but at the end of a long week when the big question was "Do you accept David Petraeus as your personal Lord and Savior?" it's worth revisiting. Victims of national tragedies only have credibility as it extends to the issues surrounding those tragedies. The 9/11 Widows were taken seriously and gifted with loving press coverage only when they were discussing 9/11 and security matters—when they lobbied for a 9/11 Commission, for example. When some of them endorsed John Kerry, the gloves came off. The same went for Cindy Sheehan: Saintly when she was asking to meet with George W. Bush and end the war, credibility shot once she morphed into a Hugo Chavez-hugging rent-a-activist. The Terri Schiavo thing wasn't exactly a national tragedy (one person died), but her birth family haven't had much success extending their activism beyond "save our daughter" to "end euthanasia now!"
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But first, I know some of us watch tv now and then and I confess to having watched the Fred show a time or two and CSI. So I ask this rhetorical question: Who would have done right by Terri knowing the overwhelming facts in the case already? Would it be Fred Thompson in Law and Order or Bill Petersen in CSI? I am not suggesting the CSI star run for President, but just may represent a view of the murder I could swallow.
Back to topic at hand...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fred Thompson spent years acting on NBC's evening drama "Law & Order," but is he ready for presidential prime time?
The former Tennessee senator, who had several months to prepare for a White House bid, entered the race 10 days ago and the early reviews have been less than glowing. Some Republicans have panned his performance as he's stumbled over a few questions right out of the gate.
We know the rest...
Analysis: Spotlight Harsh on Thompson
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