You would think that because Fred Thompson left the race for president, the embarrassments that have hounded his hapless, walking corpse of a self for the past few months would cease, and he could go back to private life, safe in the knowledge that nothing could happen that we could make fun of him about.
But ha! You are mistaken. The Ol’ Freddie joke is coming out of retirement!
Check this:
A very special event happened for the Fred Thompson campaign on Tuesday — besides his official withdrawal from the race, of course. It turns out that after he withdrew via a press release that afternoon, he effectively won something that same night.
National Review reports that the winner of the Louisiana caucuses was an uncommitted slate running under the title of “Pro-Life, Pro-Family,” followed by John McCain, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney. In fact, the organizers of that “Pro-Life, Pro-Family” slate were almost all Thompson supporters who decided to take that name a few weeks ago, when it became a distinct possibility that he would drop out before the caucuses — which he did that very afternoon.
If Thompson had still been in the race, a Louisiana political source explained to NR, his state delegate strength in Louisiana would have been enough to potentially get him all of the state’s 47 national delegates. The one big problem, though, is that he dropped out only hours before he finally won something.
So it took dropping out of the race to actually win something for Ol’ Freddie.
Seriously. Fred Thompson is the gift that keeps on giving. This guy is a non-stop comedy show. Somebody should make a slapstick movie about him. It would be hilarious.
Ah, but who would play Ol’ Freddie? Anybody know any third rate, walking corpse actors?
Ok. Ok. Besides Ol’ Freddie himself?
(Cross posted at The November Blog)
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