fred thompson

That would be former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.).
Via Ben Smith, Thompson says the problem with the Afghanistan war isn’t the seven years that the Bush administration presided over its deep and thorough decline, but the seven weeks that the Obama administration has taken to review how to reverse the Bush administration’s errors. It’s a mystery [...]

WATERTOWN, NY — The walls of the small event hall were festooned with “Don’t Tread On Me” and “Liberty or Death” signs; supporters waved placards that read “Save Our Country, Vote Hoffman” and “THANK YOU: John Rich, Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck.”

The former Tennessee senator and presidential candidate lends his image to an ultra-serious TV ad. (Worth noting: the plain-spoken NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, who lacks some TV polish, has not actually spoken to the camera in his ads.) The takeaway line: “When your grandchildren ask you why you didn’t do something, be able [...]

Aaron Blake reports that former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), now a conservative radio host, is backing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in a special election to replace a Republican congressman in New York’s 23rd district.
Hoffman has become something of a conservative cause celebre. After the local GOP nominated a liberal Republican assemblywoman for the special [...]

I’ve been unable to use Twitter all day, and I’ve foolishly blamed it on a DNS attack. Fred Thompson has another theory:

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 [...]

I don’t need to follow Fred Thompson on Twitter because Weigel does. What would be nice is if Thompson didn’t say that President Obama is “looking at big cuts in defense spending” when the administration’s budget ramps up defense spending. In terms he should understand: @HuntForRedOctober, LOL UR DOIN IT WRONG

I hope that’s not an unfair reading of this tweet:
Obama Administration looking at big cuts in defense spending… Meanwhile Russia is gearing up? What do you think?
Gearing up for what?

Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), now the host of a syndicated radio show, is soliciting tips and sharing jokes on Twitter. His first question to the Twitterverse:
Why do U think Pres Obama has neglected to nominate at least 18 positions in the treasury dept and leave Tim Geithner virtually alone?
Jake Tapper of ABC News quickly [...]

On a bus between Minneapolis to St. Paul–Where was this a year ago?
That was the only response I could ultimately come up with after watching former Tennessee senator and Republican presidential nominee Fred Thompson address his party’s national convention from a Cleveland hotel bar Tuesday.
He was folksy, direct, mean, authoritative–all of the things we were [...]