Fred Thompson has finally entered the race for the Republican nomination as an official candidate, and I just don’t think I could have held my breath any longer. The interested reader of 8 Dollar Days and some folks who might decide to google “sticks a knife in your throat man” will recall my endorsement of Thompson, or what might better be called my endorsement of skipping the painfully lopsided pantomime of an election that we would witness with as rock solid a candidate as Thompson in the race.
To illustrate, Fred is already–on only the first full day of his campaign–leaving the other lame-os shamefaced and stupefied with his airtight policy proposals. Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, and McCain and the rest of that uninspired band of bozos have had months to craft concrete and actionable plans to address our nation’s ills, and what have they come up with? Zilch. They stand up and blah-blah every day feeding us a bunch of vapid rhetoric that’s supposed to make us feel warm inside but doesn’t actually offer us anything of substance. Fred, on the other hand, has already outlined his plan for an honorable victory in Iraq, AND the rest of the world. In Iowa he announced,
We have to demonstrate to friends and foes alike that we are determined and united as the American people to do whatever is necessary to prevail, not only in Iraq but in the broader global war.
Yeah, I wouldn’t want to be a candidate in that race either. Republicans and Democrats alike drone on in their narrow-minded debates about the performance of the Iraqi government, about whether to withdraw troops from Iraq, how long it would take and what would happen afterwards, while Fred has demonstrated he has an unimpeachable plan to win the whole global war! It’ll take some more time to work out the details, but I think his plan will work with healthcare and immigration, too. So, with Fred having elaborated his “whatever is necessary” proposal, the only thing for the other candidates to do would be to withdraw in his favor. But will they? I doubt it. I just hope that Fred can find a way to let the losers keep a shred of their dignity after he totally wipes floor with them.
