Our Long National Tease Is Almost Over

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the day. Teh Fred! is finally going to announce he’s running. Well, I am assuming he is. I mean, if he’s doing all of this only to announce that, all things considered he rather keep the acting gig and hang out with Mrs. Thompson, then the guy is just annoying.

WASHINGTON - As a veteran actor, Fred Dalton Thompson knows something about entering a stage. It's all about the build-up. The former Tennessee senator plans to announce his official entry into the Republican presidential contest on Thursday. But he'll pique interest first on Wednesday with an ad aired during a GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire that Thompson will otherwise skip.

By then he will have taped an appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, which will air about an hour after the debate ends in many U.S. households. Come midnight, he'll post a 15-minute video announcement on his official Web site.

It’s seems trying to upstage the debate is either a very bright idea or too clever by half. I am leaning to the latter. Regardless, his skipping tomorrow night’s debate isn’t that big of a deal. There’s still basically two debates per month (except for December) left, so it’s not as if we won’t get the chance to see him mix it up with the other candidates.

And if he does, by some freak chance, decide he’d rather spend time with Mrs. Thompson than debate the other candidates and suck up to obnoxious primary voters, who could blame him?

posted by DrewM. at 08:20 PM

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