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| Fred Thompson on The Tonight Show last night: win or lose, he educated 'em! |
| 2007-09-06 |
| Nice analysis by Bill Bradley of Pajamas Media, with lots of quotes. Jay Leno followed Mr.Thompson's lead by asking serious questions about the the WoT and Iraq, Iran and Al Qaeda, and Mr. Thompson said many of the things we wish President Bush had been saying since 9/11. Tis said a majority of America's voters get their news from The Tonight Show. They certainly got news last night, and that will continue until November, 2008. A taste, then go read the whole thing: Dispensing with any of the banter he’d had with his friend Arnold [Schwarzenegger, when he announced his run for governor of California on the show], Leno dove into Iraq, eliciting a hardline stay-the-course answer from the former Law & Order star. “You got to remember what it’d be like if we’d not done what we did,” said Thompson. “Saddam would still be there, having defeated the United Nations and all its resolutions, continued its nuclear weapons program, putting people in human shredders and attacking their neighbors and in a nuclear competition with Iran sitting on all those oil reserves. We stay till we get the job done.” And what, asked Leno, does it mean to get the job done? “Until it is pacified enough for those people who walk through those lines with people shooting at them in some cases and voted for the first time in that part of the world,” replied Thompson. “Till they have the opportunity to have a free life and to not be killed by Al Qaeda and others fighting in that part of the world. I think that that’s do-able. I think it’s tough. But I think we can’t afford to go into a situation and not show resolve. I think the most dangerous thing in the world that could happen to the United States of America is for people to think, ‘well, we can divide her.’” |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 You're more subtle than I, wxjames. Please explain. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-09-06 20:44 |
| #2 In other news, Fred fades in polls when ties to the Bush's New World Order made public. In some cases we follow the money, but this time watch whose hand comes out of the sock. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-09-06 20:38 |
| #1 NRO has the tape. link Hattip Lucianne.com. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-09-06 14:38 |