These are the kinds of things I’ve been talking about all of my life. Now, if the American people have other priorities, if they want someone who smiles a lot more than I do, or someone who is a better quipster than I am, who has no experience in these areas, that’s for the American people to decide. ~Fred Thompson
Well, Fred, think about who won the last four presidential elections, and think about who lost. Now ask yourself again whether the American people prefer experience and knowledge over smiling quipsters (preferably ones who also gush with feeling over the suffering of small children, etc.).
What Fred really wanted to say in the quote above is this: “You people asked me to be your savior, so why won’t you worship me?”
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December 8th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
tikhon
Despite their policy differences, In deep ways both Clinton and Bush are the same “good old boy” personality. The American assumption that the more likeable candidate will make the better policy choice for the nation when such choices are important has been proven wrong over-and-over again, and if the polls tell us anything America is on the hunt for the smiling quipster again, and is again using personality as a proxy for policy.
That way we don’t have to think too much about what we’re willing to sacrifice to get the things we need and/or want….
Remember when “sacrifice” was more than a bromide uttered at the graves of 20-something soldiers?