Goodbye To Fred

Well, I have to say it wasn't a huge earth shattering surprise to see good old boy Fred Thompson fold up and head back to Tennessee. Fred was my man, but he just didn't campaign at all. His personality seemed to be somewhere between his character "Big John" Commissioner of NASCAR in Days of Thunder and "Rear Admiral Joshua Painter-USS Enterprise" from The Hunt for Red October.

My wife brought up a great point about Fred. She thinks he is above all the Washington antics. I see Fred as a true stand up man that doesn't bend to lobbyists with buckets of cash or to deal cutting, spineless, greasy, worthless, unethical, lying members of congress.

I am so disenchanted with politicians. I don't trust anyone anymore. William J. Jefferson gets caught on camera taking bribes and the feds find $90,000 in his freezer. Am I silly for not keeping my cash in the freezer?? Then you have creepy Larry (let me follow in the footsteps of Mike "I am not gay" Piazza) Craig. We all know the story, so I won't go into graphic details, but we can all agree that the guy is a creep that thinks he is above the law. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is a fourth-term member of the senate. He is the Minority Leader in the 110th Congress and sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee. Senator McConnell’s ethics issues stem from earmarks he has inserted into legislation for clients of his former chief of staff, lobbyist Gordon Hunter Bates, in exchange for campaign contributions as well as the misuse of his nonprofit The McConnell Center for Political Leadership at the University of Louisville. Then we have Rep. David Scott (D-GA). He is a third-term congressman, representing Georgia’s 13th district. Rep. Scott’s ethics issues stem from allegations of tax evasion and misuse of official resources for political campaign activity. In 2003, Rep. Scott and his wife, Ms. Alfredia Scott, began missing federal income tax payments that now total nearly $154,000 and have failed to pay $23,200 in taxes on their Georgia home. In addition, their company Dayn-Mark Advertising, failed to pay over $4,600 in local and state taxes since 1998. At the same time the Scotts were failing to pay their taxes, they increased their stock holdings from $5,000 to about $67,000 and bought a $702,000 rowhouse in Washington D.C. More than 40 tax liens have been placed against Rep. Scott’s home and business. What a bunch of losers.

I don't know who I am going to support at this point. Giuliani is just spooky. Dude has more skeletons in his closet than your crazy uncle that no one talks about. McCain is a patriot that I have the up most respect for militarily, but I don't like his policies. They are both social conservatives in my opinion. Ron Paul is just a complete lunatic, non issue. I like Huckabee, maybe for no other reason that Ric Flair (the Nature Boy...whoooooooo) has endorsed him.


I am not sure it makes a difference who we put up there this year. I really think Obama or Hillary (whichever comes out the least bloody at the end of the primaries) will take it all. If I had to choose today between the two of them, I would have to say Obama. Not that he is any less liberal than Hillary, but that he might actually make some changes in Washington. Is it just wishful thinking?

Jester Out!