The Washington Independent » actor http://washingtonindependent.com National News in Context Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:15:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Fred Thompson Offended by Celebrity’s Election to the Senate http://washingtonindependent.com/49432/fred-thompson-offended-by-celebritys-election-to-the-senate http://washingtonindependent.com/49432/fred-thompson-offended-by-celebritys-election-to-the-senate#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:56:52 +0000 David Weigel http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49432 Talk radio has been abuzz with mockery of Sen.-elect Al Franken (D-Minn.) all day, but this must be the most ironic attack yet — a fake “interview” between Franken and former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), created by “The Fred Thompson Show.” It’s reminiscent of Franken’s old trick of splicing More...

]]> Talk radio has been abuzz with mockery of Sen.-elect Al Franken (D-Minn.) all day, but this must be the most ironic attack yet — a fake “interview” between Franken and former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), created by “The Fred Thompson Show.” It’s reminiscent of Franken’s old trick of splicing questions with quotes from Rush Limbaugh but, arguably, not as fun.* And unarguably more ironic. Thompson, after all, was an actor who made his first political bid straight for a Senate seat. Franken is an actor/author who did the same thing. And Thompson can’t stand it. He ends the segment:

You’re not good enough, you’re not smart enough, and nobody who knows you likes you.

*A sample:

FRANKEN: Sweet Jesus, you’re fat.

LIMBAUGH: (Y)es.

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