OS still believes the GOP completely dropped the ball by not nominating Fred Thompson for President in 2008. The fact that the man contributed much to saving the Republic from the Nixon White House in the early 1970's, and Tennessee from Ray Blanton in the late 1970's shows that we suffer from a case of short memory. So many remember him only as an actor, an accidental career, literally. Fred's really a crack small-town Tennessee Southern lawyer who took his talents to a big stage, and his contributions to this country are significant.
His main failing is his self-effacing personality--he doesn't live for the adrenaline rush of the crowd. He's more interested in making certain he's pithily expressed what needs saying, which brings us to today's essay from Fred:
OS urges his army of listeners to read it all, and offers up this particulary pithy paragraph as a foretaste of Fred's verbal skills.
I met Joe Biden almost 20 years ago and served in the Senate with him
for eight. In private conversation among equals he can be candid,
introspective and thoughtful. But when he puts on his political hat he
has no inner voice that tells him, “Joe, you’re going on too long. Joe
you’re being a bully. You’re being discourteous to your colleagues. Joe,
that makes no sense. It’s obviously not true. Don’t say that.” He
either has no idea how he comes across to normal people or he doesn’t
care. I’ve never figured it out. However he parlayed a handful of votes
in Iowa into the Vice Presidency. I gotta give him that.
There's much more where that came from.
Enjoy!
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