Ahhhh... the left. On the one hand, they're filled with kneejerk hatred. But, on the plus side, they're also dumb and ill-informed.

I think that maybe - just maybe - they may be related.

I think it's only fitting that our next president gets to help in the selection process of the court he will inherit from this president.

Heh.

Hey, by the way, Oliver, how's that campaign against Brit Hume going?

What an idiot (yeah, we already knew that). Ironically enough, Fred Thompson got into acting after playing HIMSELF in a movie about his case that exposed state government corruption in the parole system in Tennessee.

Also, he was probably the author of Sen. Baker's famous Watergate question: "What did the President know, and when did he know it?"

Liberals always tout Hillary's involvement in Watergate, but Fred Thompson as co-chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee was far more influential.

More of that extensive Media Matters research experience for ya! Boy golly do they get their money's worth.

Oh, that silly O-Dub. He's like Kryptonite to basic literacy.

Plus, he forgets that Fred Dalton Thompson doesn't take a dump without a plan.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Heck, I thought Fred played that Tennessee sheriff that went around busting the shit outta everybody with a big stick in Walking Tall.

But that was Bo somebody.

Here's what I don't get:

Dictionary.com defines "cynical" as, inter alia, "Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns; skeptical of the motives of others."

Perhaps I'm naive, but what kind of person, even one "motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns," would choose Thompson to "help pick out the next [S]upreme [C]ourt [J]ustice" because he played a district attorney on TV? That might not be a demerit in everyone's book, but why would Bush look at that bullet point on Thompson's resume and think, "Aha! Just the person I need to implement my base and selfish plan!"

Really, the Fishmonger sounds like he wants to suggest that Bush is stupid, that he can't tell the difference between a TV lawyer and a real lawyer, rather than that Bush is base or selfish (in this context). Of course, it would help if the Fishmonger would use a different term than "cynical." Reminds me of that good advice: "Before you call someone careless, make sure you fly is zipped."

P.S. I'm sorry if that conjures mental images of the Guppy.

Am I wrong, or was the Fishmonger was trying to be (a) bitingly incisive, and (b) funny?

He never fails to set exceedingly low standards for himself, and then fail to achieve them.

Am I being too cynical in noting that I’m not surprised that they picked a pretend district attorney to help pick out the next supreme court justice?

Let's not forget that Thompson held some other job...what was that again????

Oh yeah...

He was a U.S. Senator.

Pompus - I think that what fish-face meant is that Bush is cynically exploiting the ignorance of his red-state-rube base who, being the ignorant mouth-breathers that they are, will not understand the difference between an eminently likeable DA character on a teevee show, and a real DA. Of course, as noted above, Fred Thompson was a real prosecuter as well as a popular 1 2/3 term Senator.

And he'd be a damn good nominee for Pres - except that Senators don't get to become Pres - but then actors do....

Great movie quote Dave @ GR, I had forgotten about that one. Here's another movie quote from an actor turned politician: "Bunch of slack jawed f@ggots around here! This stuff will make you a goddamned sexual tyrannosaurus...just like me."

Joe Don Baker played Bufurd Pusser in Walking Tall. One of my favorite movies.