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Former District Attorney Arthur Branch - a.k.a. former Senator Fred Thompson - came back to New York City to speak at a NY State Conservative Party event. He made clear he's really conservative, saying, "Some think the way to beat the Democrats next year is to be more like them. I could not disagree more. My friends, I suggest it's not time for psychological flexibilities in terms of our principles. That's the surefire way of making sure we don't win."
He added, "I was a conservative yesterday. I am a conservative today, and I will be a conservative tomorrow," and later referenced Giuliani's endorsement of Mario Cuomo (over Pataki) and Giuliani's support from the Liberal Party. (That also sounds like a swipe at Democrat- turned-Republican -turned-Independent Mayor Bloomberg!) At any rate, Giuliani's spokespeople said, "Fred Thompson can talk about labels all he wants, but labels are meaningless without results. Mayor Giuliani has done more than just talk like a conservative, he's governed like one and has the record to prove it." Snap?
Later this week, Thompson, as well as Giuliani and Mitt Romney, will be attending the Values Voter Summit in D.C., to win over Christian conservatives. This is where Giuliani has the most to prove, as he's no favorite of the group; this also suggests that Thompson and Romney have the most to gain.
Thompson isn't doing very well in the polls, but we do love the idea of a Law & Order cabinet. And this reminds us of Gail Collins' funny Campaign So-Far Quiz op-ed in the Times this past weekend. Here's a question about Thompson:
16. When Richard Nixon learned that Fred Thompson was going to be the Republicans’ counsel on the Watergate investigation, he told aides Thompson was:Answer after the jump.
A) Fair but lazy.
B) Lazy but tall.
C) Dumb but friendly.
Photograph of Fred Thompson and his smoking wife Jeri by Stuart Ramson/AP
Answer: C: Dumb, but friendly.
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It's even more peculiar that Fred Thompson has such a hot young trophy wife when you consider that his face has been described as resembling:
1) a basset hound that just took a nice satisfying dump in your coat closet; or
2) a man's nut sack.
But seriously ... Thompson's health might become a campaign issue as time goes on, as he has a form of cancer that, while slow-growing, is not readily treatable. Giuliani of course has had cancer too, but that was several years in the past and he's been cancer-free ever since.
dumb but friendly. So if he gets elected we get four more years of what we have now.
Fred Thompson appeals to two groups:
The fiscal conservatives who don't want to pay for anything and the crazy religious right idiots.
If he wins the presidency this country is doomed.
Nixon was an ass
I'm still amazed that's not his daughter, as I originially thought when seeing them together.
The fiscal conservatives who don't want to pay for anything.
I'm in.