Could We Have Some Help Over Here?

Fred Thompson's allure totally escapes me. He's like Sam Waterston, minus the charisma and with fewer lines. Watching his corn pone celebrity  pantomime around the country, I can't help but wonder — when is Lenny Briscoe gonna find the body and get this story going?

His fans are not helping me get it. Here's a Virginia site salivating over Thompson's blog from Minnesota:

My friends, this is yet another example of why Fred Thompson is my candidate for President, or rather he will be soon...

Update from the Road
From the FredFile

Posted on August 27th, 2007

By Fred in Budget, Taxes, Terrorism, Updates

Hello Everyone,
The last weeks have been busy for us on the road, and let me tell you the hospitality everywhere we’ve traveled has been amazing! While I’m sure you’re following what’s been happening in the papers and on the blogs, I wanted to share my impressions from my travels.

I’ve visited the Iowa and Minnesota State Fairs (and did you see our video of the butter cow?). I was glad to see so many fine, enthusiastic people stop by for some of the great fried food the fair has to offer and to share their thoughts and ideas.

This past Saturday I was at the Midwest Leadership Forum in Indianapolis, Indiana[click here for video of speech], with state Republican leaders from across the Midwest. I shared my concerns about the direction this country is headed, and where I think we can go.

We’re not having the kind of conversations we need to have on a range of issues, particularly the kind of threat we’re facing, on a global scale from radical Muslim fundamentalists who want to bring our nation to its knees and destroy our way of life.

We’re pointing fingers rather than finding solutions to the big challenges that face our economy and our prosperity. And for the first time in our history, we have a government that can’t do all the basic things we expect our government to do.

We need to be talking about these things and how to get back to first principles. And if you know me, you know my answers are not bigger government and more bureaucracy and higher taxes. It’s just the opposite.

Stay tuned for more updates as we travel around the country and talk with folks, and if we’re in your area we’d love to have you stop by.

If that's an example, all I can say is: I  knew Jerry Orbach. Jerry Orbach was a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no Jerry Orbach.