tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18847733.post-54536031734280562612007-05-30T13:39:00.000-05:002007-05-30T13:50:36.892-05:00Fred Thompson, former senator and current star of NBC's hit TV show Law and Order, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-05-30-thompson_N.htm">is running for president</a>. <br /><br />A tough-talking southerner (at least he plays one on TV), many predict Thompson to be the darling of the southern vote – a role that no current GOP candidate fills to the liking of our confederate loving friends down south.<br /><br />But as the most recent edition of <i>Rolling Stone</i> points out, this is a guy who left the Senate because it was too much work. I guess running for president is easy breezy. <br /><br />... On a side note, though, he plans to rely heavily on the Internet to run his campaign – probably because he already gets plenty of TV exposure by the seemingly 24/7 reruns of Law and Order. But it might be a good gauge of the power of the net in politics... If that southern base of his can figure out how to turn on a computer (I'm kidding South, don't yell at me).Andrew Warnernoreply@blogger.com