Fred Thompson looks to go back to acting

Associated Press ^ | March 24, 2008 | Unknown

[decimon]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - After a failed run for president, Fred Thompson is getting back to pretending to be commander in chief.

Hollywood's high-powered William Morris Agency announced this week that it has signed the actor/politician, signaling a return to the screen for the former senator from Tennessee.

Thompson most recently appeared as grizzled district attorney Arthur Branch on "Law & Order" and has played authority figures in the films "The Hunt For Red October," "Die Hard II" and "In the Line of Fire."

Thompson dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Jan. 22.

[decimon]

He coulda been a contender.

[TheRake]

I thought he was “acting” to run for President.

[P8riot]

He should have stuck with it in the first place. Or maybe he was doing it all along. I was a Fred supporter for a while, until it was plain that he was a flash in the pan.

[decimon]

I thought he was “acting” to run for President.

I don't think that was an act, having a good gig already, but a man not personally committed to the run. Nonetheless, he may have been the best of those running.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

He looked that way while he was running.

Unfortunately.

[pt17]

He came very late to the party and then acted like he didn’t want to be there.

[mylife]

I hope he picks up the paul harvey spot again.

Fred was the best dang candidate we had.
I’d put him up against Obama all day long

[decimon]

He came very late to the party and then acted like he didn’t want to be there.

Not wanting to be there could go to his favor.

[Dane]

He coulda been a contender.

He was more interested in enhancing his hollywood career than running for President. Look at all the free publicity he got with running for President.

[TomGuy]

Fred Thompson is getting back to pretending to be commander in chief.

He pretended to be a presidential candidate, what with vacations between most major appearances, etc.

Maybe if he had approached the presidential run as a serious candidate, he might have gone further. But he seemed more interested at appearances Leno, for example, than being at presidential debates.

Not to worry, however. The loyalists didn't get McCain-lite; they got McCain.

[decimon]

He was more interested in enhancing his hollywood career than running for President.

If he were a younger man, and a leading man type, then your point would have to be taken. As is, I don't think the presidential run does anything for his acting career or that he would think so.

[Roses0508]

I knew before I clicked on this link there would be all the “acting” posts.

Whatever his feelings about running, he really was our best choice. Instead of beating on him, maybe we should address the real issue, i.e., our nominating and election process seem to guarantee that we have only poor choices.

[Revelation 911]

LOL

[6SJ7]

Those who do not want to be President, should be. Those who want to be President, should not be.

[Coldwater Creek]

Fred should go HOME, and be a FATHER to those babies.

8 years as my senator was more than enough of his being McCain’s twin.

[decimon]

Those who do not want to be President, should be. Those who want to be President, should not be.

There's too much truth to that. The thought of being POTUS should stun any rational person.

[stuartcr]

He was, but the script wasn’t any good.

[kenmcg]

I thought he went back to sleep.

[Rummyfan]

Aaahh Fred, what might have been ......

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"...acted like he didn’t want to be there."

That was the best part! These walking, talking personifications of blind ambition who wake up each day, salute the voices in their heads and commence their strutting and preening towards their life-long entitlement to the Presidency frighten me. Fred's "All right, if no one else is gonna do it, I guess I'll have to" attitude was a breath of fresh air.

Sigh. Good times.

[ImpBill]

Just isn't the forum it used to be around here. But of course all things change.

[Elle Bee]

How's his Mother doing? Has anyone heard?

.

[Pistolshot]

Well said. I worry about anyone who actually WANTS the job of POTUS. It's either a power trip or as one of my old instructors said,

"Politics is not for the smartest or most intelligent people in the world. It attracts those who cannot succeed on their own and have to utilize others to be employable."

If you look at who we get as candidates, and who does all the 'expert' commentary on any of the stations, you understand how that is true.

[Vaquero]

You can’t get any lighter than McCain.

an unfortunate situation where there is NO conservative candidate this year....

I have to once again hold my nose if I choose to vote for the Republican candidate.....

[jellybean]

Fred news ping!

[Politicalmom]

[dmz]

I guess Reagan was the last conservative candidate, and that is now a generation ago.

[Palladin]

I hear they are reviving The Munsters, and Fred is in line to be Grandpa Munster.

[MeanWestTexan]

Well said.

[FlashBack]

Sure miss the Fred-Threads...

[MeanWestTexan]

“Just isn’t the forum it used to be around here.”

It’s gotten better once the paid shills for Romney left.

It was pretty funny — the literal hour he stopped paying staffers the pro-Romney spam on F.R. stopped.

[MeanWestTexan]

Me, too.

I also miss having a candidate I could vote for without throwing up.

[upsdriver]

Fred Thompson looks to go back to acting

Good! Stay there.

[trisham]

Good for him! I still have a Fred bumper sticker on my vehicle. :)

[Ghengis]

He came very late to the party and then acted like he didn’t want to be there.

In my view, he was pulled into his candidacy by loyalists who know his philosophies. He holds the current political process in contempt because of the contempt most successful politicians show their constituents.

I like his Federalist principles and I believe him to be honest. We lost when his candidacy ended. Not Fred Thompson.

[Uriah_lost]

A toast for what might have been.....

We were given a test and we were found wanting.

[lkco]

Good for him! I still have a Fred bumper sticker on my vehicle. :)

So do I. And I still get stopped all the time by people who admire it and want to talk about how good it could have been, and how lousy it is now. I just got stopped a few days ago in the Costco parking lot. And I live in WA ... I thought we were all lefties.

[FreedomPoster]

You get it. Plenty here, don’t.

[papasmurf]

Funny, how so many will mock him, yet I don’t remember any of them shouting “Go McCain” on any of our threads back then.

[MaggieM]

I could not help, but notice your tag line.
Thompson would have been a more acceptable candidate than McCain.
My first choice unfortunately didn't make it.
My second choice, gone.
My “ill plug my nose” candidate, went too.
It is a sad state for the GOP when McCain is considered conservative.
A republican, a rino, maybe. Not conservative. Thompson would have been hands down better.

[FlashBack]

You got that right!!!
Still have a Fred’08 decal on the car myself.

[MeanWestTexan]

I have a “Don’t Blame Me I Voted for Fred” sticker.

One of the 1% in Texas who still voted for an actual conservative.

[Politicalmom]

Oh, me too. :(

[jellybean]

We lost when his candidacy ended. Not Fred Thompson.

Absoluely correct!

[jellybean]

I still have a Fred bumper sticker on my vehicle. :)

So do I! I'm also drinking coffee from my Fred mug and I voted for him in the WI primary on Feb 19. :)

[trisham]

I’m still wearing my Fred cap. :) Ah, well.

[seekthetruth]

“I hope he picks up the paul harvey spot again.

Fred was the best dang candidate we had.
I’d put him up against Obama all day long”

I’m with you. He was the best and would have had no problem winning the White House against Obama or Hillary!

[daylilly]

No, you’re wrong. And I remember who you used to push. Someone who would not have been a good President.

Fred would have been a great President. He would have been someone I could vote for. I guess this answers the question about Fred being a VP doesn’t it?

It wasn’t Fred that was lacking, but a lot of posters on FR were and are lacking in good judgment.

[daylilly]

Jellybean, thanks for the ping. And Politicalmom I wish were were some way to get rid of the gnats and flies. They always swarm around when Fred’s name comes up. He deserved better from those who would call themselves conservatives.

You two did a great service to Fred supporters around here.

I wear my Fred Thompson sweatshirt, t shirt, drink from a Fred Thompson mug, wear a Fred Thompson jelly bracelet, etc. All in honor for the good that could have been and would have been.