Right. We'd better...zzzzoh! Sorry! We should talkzzzzzok! Yup! Fred Thompson. Time to talk about him again. Now I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats, wond'rin when old Fred is going to announce that he's running for President. Yes sir. Or perhaps you thought he already was, hmm? He's been playing the world's media (valiantly represented by one of the Washington Posts's least-busy interns) like salmon all summer. Golly! Will he? Won't he? OF COURSE HE WILL. And now he's said so. Oh wait, what? Ok no. No, sorry, he's said he'll say so. He HAS announced that he WILL announce that he'll run for the Republican nomination. While the rest of the Republican field (dead-man-walking McCain, Don Giuliani, a mormon, three dogs and a small duck) are debating their hearts out on Fox news tonight, Fred Thompson, the living reincarnation of St Ronald of Reagan, will be a mere button's press away, announcing on ABC. Why has he waited so long? Why, if there's one thing his long career in television has taught him, it's how to make an entrance. Who here had heard of Fred Thompson before today? No? Well, tomorrow he'll be in every newspaper. Pundits have suggested that he's left it too late. The Monocle believes he's left it ju-u-st late enough.
Hear this: Fred Thompson doesn't look like a real candidate, but he is. No point in fighting the strong Democratic field with clever talk. No, better to fight it with drama; better to fight it with a deep, resonant speaking voice, and a little wink for the ladies. Part of us is happy to see him, part of us is a little scared. Here he is, acting:
Just acting. Honest.
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