Fred Thompson Running for President/ Law & Order

Huh!

That's an interesting twist...

Can't the other candidates just rustle up like a whole bunch of guest appearances...?



I do see the point, though. Lots and lots of free advertising, and it's not like he's playing a lowlife... his character is this authority figure, plays right into a presidential bid.

If his character that he plays in a TV show were running for president, I might consider this an issue.

I wonder, did they stop running Schwarzenegger movies when he was running for Governator?

McGentrix- According to this news story, Bedtime for Bonzo and the Terminator movies were not seen on TV while the people involved were running for office.

You mean Bedtime for Bonzo wasn't aired during the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections?

http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/7/26/13148/1924

Sources close to the presumptive campaign tell NBC News that Fred Thompson's fundraising is down "markedly." One claimed it has "slowed down big-time." The pace is described as a consequence of the delayed announcement to enter the race.

"The Friends of Fred, Inc." will report to the IRS its revenue by July 31st. Sources reveal to NBC News that number will be in the range of about $3 million. Five million dollars had been the talked-about June goal. Sources describe an early burst of donations in June and say the summer fundraising has fallen off. While additional fundraisers are planned, sources say the scheduling of fundraisers was "frozen" for a time while the team was going through some internal strains.

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Thompson is not, and never has been, a serious candidate. He is the 'great white hype' for the Republican party, and nothing more.

Cycloptichorn

agreed this guy is a non issue non player.

As far as I am concerned, Fred Thompson's candidacy is of very little importance to me. My beef is the possibility of taking Law & Order off cable TV. I think that the FCC needs to keeps their noses out of cable TV.