Law and Order to the White House?

Is anybody else following the career of Fred Thompson? For anyone who isn't impressed with the current candidates for 2008, I suggest you look into him. He has an extremely impressive resume, that has taken him from investigating watergate to staring in movies such as Die Hard 2. Oh, and he spent quite a bit of time as a U.S. Senator. He hasn't announced his candidacy yet, but I expect and hope he will soon. Whats special about him? He knows what he believes, and the rest is up to the people. He really is a people's politician. Not in the sense that he will say whatever it takes to get votes, as most of the current candidates would do. No, Fred Thompson has definite beliefs, but doesn't believe thats those beliefs are whats best for the country. When asked tough questions he gives direct, balls out answers with no hesitation, but always reenforces that thats his opinion, not the opinion of the people, and the peoples opinion comes from voting. These kind of politics excite me. I wish more politicians would stop kissing peoples asses and tell it like it is. Mr. Thompson has nothing to lose. He is a successful man with plenty of accomplishments under his belt. He knows that it doesn't really matter if he loses, but if the people want him and choose him, then thats great too.Anyhow, he hasn't announced that he's running yet. Still, I am an active member and contributer to DraftFred.com and have signed multiple petitions for the draft Fred movement. He has teased us twice now by publically saying that he would 'consider' running, but he hasn't yet made it official. Those mentions of possibly running instantly threw him to third place in polls among republicans, tied with Hillary Clinton, and he isn't even running yet. He is currently starring on NBCs Law and Order as the DA. Tonight I finally got around to watching the latest episode of Law and Order and got quite the surprise at the end. Freds character, Arthur Branch confronts Sam Watersons character in Branchs office. "You know one day this chair is gonna be empty." Says DA Branch. This comment leads me to believe Thomsons character is leaving the show??? "I'm no politician Arthur." Replies Jack McCoy, Watersons character. "Yeah, everybody says that." a contemplative Branch says as the two share a friendly smirk that's clearly out of context with the scene. Thats how the show ended. Could it be that the writers added that in to toy with the Fred Thompson fans watching? Was there more meaning to those few lines, or am I reading too much into this? I decided to do some web searches and look for posts on my favorite Fred Thompson sites mentioning the scene, but there was nothing. How could it be that noone caught that? Anyhow, I honestly believe that ALL of the current candidates pretty much suck. I'd love to see this election come down to Al Gore V. Fred Thompson. Now that would be something to watch.



I don't normally discuss politics, so I apologize if this bored you.