Fred Thompson — lobbyist, actor, and conservative messiah — has a pretty good thing going. As Cliff Schecter reports, Thompson is being paid by ABC to campaign for the presidency:
Of particular interest currently, is that Thompson not only maintains a constant presence on ABC Radio delivering opinion and analysis, but also provides daily podcasts for the ABC Radio website along with his own goofy version of a blog. He is doing this, mind you, after already having declared his intention to run for President numerous times.
At Daily Kos, Trapper John compares Thompson’s naked conflict of interest to Wes Clark’s resignation from CNN prior to the 2004 election (and notes the strange silence of certain media scolds this time around).
One might suggest that Thompson’s untimely devotion to his “contractual things” is yet more evidence that he’s more lobbyist than anything else: unable to separate the concept of private interest from that of public service. Given the public’s exhaustion with crony conservatism, it’s hardly a promising sign.
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