Writing at The American Scene, Daniel Larison offers the appropriate response to conservatives' newfound love for the persona on the unimpressive Fred Thompson:
I liked James' post on Fred. We need only refer to him as Fred from now on. His last name is no longer necessary (and likely to confuse him with Tommy Thompson in any case), since he has acquired Bono or perhaps Oprah-like iconic status as That Guy From Law & Order With A Baritone Voice. When Fred speaks, women swoon. There is no need to consider such trivial things as "qualifications" or "record" or such antiquated notions as "policies" or "beliefs." Fred comes to soothe your jangled nerves, and lift the burden of worry from your shoulders. Silly Obama supporters think that their guy is the messianic deliverer, but obviously they were not familiar with the prophecy that said, "deliverance shall come from the house of lobbying and from the line of midlevel character actors."
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