Reason 23

Anyone who's as big of a Fred Thompson fanboy as Pat can't be all bad. Together, he and his wife donated nearly $5,000 to Fred's campaign, and said of him on his website,

Senator Thompson and I are not bowling buddies, but we’ve socialized a few times, and we have a lot of mutual friends. (My first television work was in his beloved Tennessee.) None of that is any reason to support a presidential candidate, but it does give you some sense of the man, and I can tell you he sincerely feels a call to duty and the belief that he can make a positive difference.

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As a parent, I’m far less interested in a President’s view on particular social issues than I am in how seriously he takes the threat to our safety and security. On that score, he was very impressive.

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I don’t know whether Fred Thompson will ultimately prevail as the Republican Party’s nominee for President, but I find myself rooting for him, because, even if there were no other reason (and I think there are many), he drives the mainstream media crazy by paying absolutely no attention to them.