Fred Thompson running for president

Politico is reporting that Fred Thompson, former senator and current star on the show Law & Order, will run for president.  His presidential exploratory committee will be formed next week.  A formal announcement is tentatively scheduled for July 5th.  But almost immediately, he will start campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire:

Thompson's formal announcement is planned for Nashville. It'stentatively set for July 5, although it could come earlier. Organizerssay the red pickup truck that was a hallmark of Thompson's first Senate race will begin showing up in Iowa and New Hampshire as an emblem of what they consider his folksy, populist appeal.

A member of Thompson's inner circle, who insisted on anonymity becausehe is not a spokesman, said the campaign's message will be:  "Thepublic is increasingly cynical and disenchanted with government.  Theyneed to have a sense that competence will return to government, thatgovernment can do the things they care the most about. They want areason to continue Republican governance. We want Thompson to be seenas the adult with a firm hand on the tiller -- the safe option for theaverage primary voter."

The adult?  Is this the same adult that told Michael Moore to "think about" visiting a "mental institution?"  Or how about the adult that said MoveOn.org and Harry Reid had "extremist positions" on Iraq?  Not even George W. Bush was this rhetorically off-the-wall before he became president.

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[granny]

That's the one! The big daddy, with the big cee-gar! Finally, a father for us all!

I feel safe all over already!