Posted by
skep41 on Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:43:52 AM
So Fred Thompson made his big announcement last night. Mary Kay Hamm
on Townhall talked about the color scheme of the set he was on. I guess
that says it all. There is no there there. He's like Cunegonde in
'Candide', by the time he's ready to say yes he's too old and ugly for
it to matter. This country should be sick of posers trying to emote
their way into the presidency. The Dems have the worst batch but only a
few of the Repubs have any gravity or accomplishment. Giuliani
foremost, but McCain has a long, solid record (a liberal one but its
there); even Duncan Hunter has stood up for his principles in a
rational way, as has Tancredo (although neither of these two has much
of a record of accomplishment or leadership); the rest are a bunch of
schleppers, posing and preening and pandering. We cant gamble on an
unknown against the Clintons.
Anyway, since Thompson has a TV candidacy I reviewed him like a TV critic:
If we're going to play TV critic games (and we might as well with a
candidate with no administrative or substantial political experience
like this one) than lets act like a casting director after an audition.
"Hmmm. Style's ok but he's too ugly." If I want a liberal pretending to
be conservative I would cast KenDoll Mitt Romney for the role of
'exciting new face on a presidential candidate'. Fred looks like an old
frog. I keep thinking of 'Oh Brother Where Art Thou', "Them sireens
turned Pete into a toad!" when I see this guy. Dumping the debate for
Leno underlined what a lightweight he is. Up against Dragon Lady, day
after day in this endless campaign, he will turn off every swing voter
in the country with his baggy eyes, barrel-like physique and
infundibulum jowls. Fred had his boomlet but then wasnt able to turn
himself into a brand people trust and want to choose over the others.
Partly its just his sheer lack of any political accomplishment or
substance but also that he doesnt have a theme people can rally to. His
entry in the debate last night-- a stiff, formless and forgettable paid
spot gave him a presence that accented his inability to get on the
playing field. If the ad had attacked Hillary Clinton's Chicom cash and
reminded us how high the stakes were and saluted the other debaters it
might have worked but it turned out to be a big,fat nothing. I hope he
hasnt burned his bridges at 'Law And Order'.