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Published: 02/28/09

And Now You Know ... He's Dead

By  Ken Layne
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He had a face for radio and the political compass of the Inquisition. Born to a long line of Baptist preachers, he became the biggest snake oil salesmen of them all. Although known as a full-bore right wing nut, he broke with Nixon on Cambodia and (so he claimed) Joe McCarthy on some minor point or ...

Published: 12/21/08

2008: The Year Of Crushed Hope

By  Ken Layne
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Let's see, boarding passes are printed, luggage is packed, dog's at the kennel, crazy neighbor knows to shoot trespassers on sight .... What else? Ah, right, the Year In Review column! It's the proudest tradition in American Journalism, when your Main Stream Media gatekeepers throw together a quick ...

Published: 12/12/08

Killjoys Nix Sub-Zero Inaguration Camping on Washington Mall

By  David Knowles
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Via The Washington Post:Federal officials said yesterday that no one will be allowed to camp overnight on the Mall before the presidential inauguration and that spectators will be barred from staking out spots on the parade route until 7 a.m.Siting "security concerns" and a whole lot of other ...

Published: 12/8/08

Rent Fred Thompson's Apartment: Five Nights for $30,000

By  David Knowles
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Yes, the place to be this January is most definitely Washington DC. In fact, if you're lucky enough to own property in the nation's capitol, you might consider popping up a Craigslist ad to rent it out for the inaugural festivities. Former Presidential candidate and all around grumpy old man, Fred ...

Published: 12/2/08

Fred Thompson Auditions For Andy Rooney's Job

By  David Knowles

Hey, look who it is! Grumpy Old Man Fred Thompson, the guy who never really wanted to be president anyway! And he's giving some straight talk about how the economic bailout. Watch him as he enjoys a cigar and tells a string of jokes mocking each and every proposed fix. Darn those liberals (including ...

Published: 10/24/08

Fred Thompson's Message

By  Dave

What Might Have Been... Had Fred Thompson had more than a fraction of Mitt or Rudy's money and the energy for more than two events a week. As it is, he just reminds conservatives why they flocked to him over the summer of 2007. Easily the best and most forthright advocate of fearless Reagan ...

Published: 10/18/08

Ghosts of Elections Past

By  Tommy Christopher
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As I was pulling a clip for another post, I ran across this Daily Show segment from a GOP debate during the 2000 election. There are a few things that I thought were worth noting.Mainly, I wanted to highlight the presence of young, upstart correspondent Mo Rocca. I know how I cringe whenever I see ...

Published: 06/19/08

What if Bin Laden Gets Habeas?

By  Tommy Christopher
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The din from John McCain and Barack Obama's "Dueling Terrorism Banjos" this week was swelling to an exasperating pitch, but Fred Thompson came to the rescue today, lulling today's conference call into a questionless stupor with his molasses-and-bourbon delivery of McCain talking points. Along the ...

Published: 04/30/08

Everyone on the McCain Bandwagon

By  Dave
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Fred Thompson is the latest to stump for McCain: Former GOP presidential candidate and close McCain friend, Fred Thompson, is set to join the presumptive GOP nominee during his visit to North Carolina next week. Since losing the South Carolina primary on Jan. 18, Thompson has been absent from the ...

Published: 04/2/08

The Republican VP Contenders: The Rivals

By  Mark Impomeni
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Former Sen. Fred Thompson (Tenn.)Former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee is the lawyer, turned actor, turned politician whose entry into the presidential primary last year was greeted with so much fanfare. Throughout the spring and summer of 2007, when former mayor Rudy Giuliani was leading the ...

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