TNT to put Law & Order with Fred Thompson on 23 times for his announcement

[yurbud]

I just heard this on Rachel Maddow.

Here in CA, when Arnold was running for governor the first time, EVERY one of his movies was one 24/7 even the early shitty ones like Running Man and Red Heat. Kim Jong Il was probably on TV in North Korea less.

If Thompson gets the nomination, I'm sure they will do the same thing. That this is being done for him primary announcement is a tip that he'll be the corporate approved candidate and therefore the nominee.

[ComerPerro]

1. they will build him up like they built up the myth of Reagan as a famous actor

pretty soon, they will treat him like a world famous "A list" actor on the scale of Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt.

ReaganBots like to fantasize that he was a bigtime popular actor, almost like Jimmy Stewart (on that scale), but why do I get the feeling that back "in his day" very few people actually knew who he was.

[DemBones DemBones]

11. In the Fifties, he used to host "Death Valley Days" on tv,

and do the commercials for Twenty Mule Team Borax. Or maybe he just introduced the ads. He did another tv show; he just introduced the evening's drama and appeared at station breaks. He made B movies like "Bonzo Goes to College" (with a chimpanzee) and the one where he played "The Gipper," a football hero dies story, I can't remember the name now. During WW II, he did some movies in which he played military men and when he was in the White House and had Alzheimer's he thought he had actually fought in the war.

He was just playing the part of president. He was a good enough actor to be able to deliver a line and use good timing, but I never thought there was anybody home inside the facade. Probably the Alzheimer's was beginning in his first term.

[yurbud]

14. YOUTUBE: not only did he do Borax commercial, he roped Patty into it too:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e3FkZKI3VtA

[TwilightGardener]

2. Well, that's 23 more times I'll never watch L&O.

[mwb970]

24. I've never seen the show.

And I have no plans to see it, marathon or not. Not my cup o' tea, I guess.

[proud2BlibKansan]

45. It was pretty good until he came on it

The earlier episodes are the best.

[SoCalDem]

3. Here's the thing.

He's NOT the main character..or even a pivotal character. he's usually on just a few minutes in any episode..

L&O runs practically 24-7, and after a while they all blur together..

I don't think it's gonna matter all that much anyway..

his little levitating mermaid/bubble-head wife will sink his campaign

can you really see this woman and think "First Lady"

[yurbud]

4. people only get indignant about what they are told to

[TwilightGardener]

5. Gettin' it on with Grampa. What--you don't think the public will go for

this?

[DemBones DemBones]

7. She's a lobbyist so she's probably not a bubblehead,

and she's 41 though she looks younger. She also wouldn't campaign in low-cut evening gowns. I wonder if she was breastfeeding one of their babies when that picture was taken, or pregnant, because I've seen other photos in which she was not so busty.

I suspect she'll know what to wear on the campaign trail and that picture won't bother anyone but the Amish. Ok, maybe a few right-wing folks. But most people watch tv and they know women wear evening gowns to formal events. And have you seen what parents have been letting their daughters wear to high school proms over the past twenty years?

I think this woman is smart and ambitious, not to be taken lightly.

[Poiuyt]

12. She likes Paul Wolfowitz

[SoCalDem]

15. And Paul likes her ..um... er... dress

:)

[DemBones DemBones]

42. And she looks sophisticated there, much

different than with her hair down. She's a Republican, of course she's friendly with Wolfman. He's a man, of course he looks at her boobs.

[SoCalDem]

13. Apparently three of his staffers have already quit because of her.

That does not bode well for campaigning , when your staffers cannot stand your wife..

[JDPriestly]

16. Lobbyists don't have to be intelligent.

They just have to be smart enough to set up bank accounts. She is probably a conduit for money to him at this point.

What kinds of degrees does she have?

He is a lawyer, but I suspect he has not practiced for a long time -- just lobbied. What an odd looking couple.

[DemBones DemBones]

44. No, they don't have to be Mensa members

or have Ph.D.s, but she probably knows a lot more about politics than most Ph.D.s. I think underestimating her, or him, is a mistake.

[tammywammy]

27. She was pregnant

BTW, I agree with your assessment of her. From what I've read on her, she's very bright. I wouldn't underestimate her.

[TwilightGardener]

29. LOL! So bright that he lost any momentum he had going in to the race, mostly

due to her poor stewardship of the prolonged "testing the waters" phase. She's just trying to ride the old fart all the way to the East Wing--she's probably picking out curtains and napkin rings in her head. Ain't no way America is going to let her be First Lady--she's trailer.

[tammywammy]

31. Oh, I agree she's running the scene for him

He's not motivated to do much of anything from what I've read. But, regardless of what I think of their politics, I think she's a smart cookie. While she maybe pissing off people within the campaign, she knows what she's doing.

BTW, I don't think Thompson is going to make it into the White House, but it's not because of his wife.

[yurbud]

38. PHOTO: their marriage photo looked like the cryptkeeper snagged one of the Olson twins

[yurbud]

39. in Hollywood, trading in your wife at 40 is de rigeur. Growing old together is considered Amish

[DemBones DemBones]

41. He was divorced years before he married her,

after 25 years of marriage to wife #1. He's not going to get any heat over that. The divorce was amicable, too, according to what I read.

[yurbud]

47. the principle is the same. He just did a lot of shopping before he bought the new model

[Joe Bacon]

6. FREDERICK of HOLLYWOOD® doesn't thrill me, BUT

I am amazed at how all those right wingers who trash Hollywood every chance they can embrace washed up actors who cannot even win RAZZIES®!

[DemBones DemBones]

9. It is really odd. Of course the actor has to condemn "Hollywood values,"

after living them all his life. Reagan was fooling around with Nancy Davis while married to Jane Wyman. Nancy was pregnant when she and Ronnie got married, but did the media talk about that? I'll bet a lot of Americans don't know he was the first president who had been divorced.

Then Ahhnnold the Ass Grabber and his quite colorful past all went away when he put on a suit.

Fred is said to have some real skeletons in his closet but I don't know if they'll get anyone's attention. Only Democrats who cheat on their wives are evil these days.

[aquart]

18. On what planet? Have you been on a mission to Mars?

Cheating Republicans are dropping like flies. Adulterous Democrats get re-elected.

[EST]

8. Thompson is an empty headed dork, a vapid

vessel, with acting roles that portray him, bad as they are, as far more human and thoughtful than he really is.
Empty headed pukes see him as the rascal they view on TV. A few of his older roles-maybe the one in '87, I think, where he was an obsequious, drug addled small time hood, would be ample fare to demonstrate his real character.

The pukes don't stand a chance. The best thing for us would be for them to trot their most vibrant, brilliant star, right now, and let us kick the shit out of him so running him in the future will be out of the question.

[Swamp Rat]

10. Jabba Da Fred is raking in the "campaign donations" right now too.

No reporting required until he is officially a candidate.

I bet repukes are going to run Hollywood actors from now on.

Neat trick huh?

[Virginian]

17. That is a campaign donation. Free air time for the candidate n/t

[FormerOstrich]

19. Wow...he was actually in 23 episodes....

who knew?

Seriously, the few times I have seen him on Law and Order his character seemed to be some old white right wing political (Republican) good old boy.

Even if I were to be confused between a fictional character and an individual those episodes certainly wouldn't sell me on the guy.

...

Now, Ben Stone, on the other hand...there is a man I could get behind. Actually, I remember reading some about him (the man, not the character) and was rather impressed with him.

[Chovexani]

25. Er, he's played the Manhattan DA on that show for a few seasons now

He's been on considerably longer than 23 episodes. Over on Television Without Pity we used to call him Senator Cracker until the mods made us stop. :P

He and Eliza-bot Rohm were what made me weary on original recipe L&O, but then Jerry Orbach died and that was the final nail in the coffin so-to-speak. Now I just watch SVU to get my Richard Belzer fix.

[Demintheusa]

30. His view on the justice system on the show

I feel are his views in real life the attitude of KILL'EM ALL!!!!

[pinto]

20. I remember the Arnold film fest...

:eyes:

[Buns_of_Fire]

21. My suggestion: Splice all his appearances into one "Fred's Greatest Hits" episode

Add in "The Greatest Moments from George W. Bush's Speeches," "The Compassion of Richard (DICK) Cheenee," and "Great Neo-con Minds of the 21st Century (The Documentary)" and you'll STILL have room left in the 22 minutes for a full episode of "Death Valley Days".

[yurbud]

35. I was thinking of putting up Fred Thompson for President website with photos and bio of Fred Grandy

who played Gopher on Love Boat.

[zanne]

22. I noticed the Schwarzeneger thing.

It seemed like we couldn't get away from Arnold's old movies being run over and over again. What a sweet deal that was for Arnold. I wonder how much he paid them.

[yurbud]

34. the networks probably figured they were paying themselves by getting corporate stooge in

Arnold has only moved far enough to the left to keep his job.

If he had continued to bleed the state the way he did when he first came into office, even celebrity status and the Democrats timidity & ineptitude wouldn't have got him re-elected.

[madrchsod]

23. if he runs that`s 23 programs

they can no longer air.that will cut the checks to the other actors...

[DemBones DemBones]

46. Now that's a logical reason: making sure the others get paid

by running the old shows before he announces. Now I don't mind, if that's the reason.

I never heard this before but it makes sense.

[Chovexani]

26. What, you mean they'll show it 23 times more a day?

Seriously, it's on a billion times as it is, I'm not sure his nomination would affect any of that. No matter what time of day it is, I swear L&O is on some freaking channel somewhere, including TNT.

The only thing that would happen is they might cherry pick more episodes to show from the seasons he's been in for ratings (which sucks, because he was one of the shittier DAs on the show and was paired with the worst ADA the show's ever had in Eliza-bot Rohm), but that's all. They couldn't program it more often if they tried, unless they magically add more hours to the day. :P

[tom_paine]

28. Again I say, the fact that this same formula WORKS again and again

is a tribute to the designers of Goebbels v2.0.

Yes, Thompson is the perfect placeholder between Royal Bushies.

At first I thought it might be Ahhnold, but he shows too much independeence of thought (which is to say, he has a little bit) to REALLY be a Loyal Bushie.

Yes, be prepared to see a deluge of Law and Order: Fred Thompson's auxiliary campaign.

I hope I am wrong, but I have been reading the 1933-1945 Diaries of Victor Klemperer, and it doesn;t look good for us, for his diary reads like mine would, if I had written one...no shit.

Everything WAS pretty normal, EVEN IN NAZI GERMANY, even as late as 1937, which is the year it is here in Amerika.

[tammywammy]

32. Actually

A few weeks ago NBC announced that when Thompson officially announced his candidacy they would no longer air the episodes that he was in.

[yurbud]

33. Maddow mentioned that to contrast the other network

[Trillo]

36. LOL! So just why is it that people are "bored and irritated" with TV,

anyway?

Maybe manipulation is simultaneously boring and irritating?

[yurbud]

37. wait until Tom Selleck runs for president and we get Magnum PI on 24/7

[siri2k]

40. Law & Order is a great show - and Law & Order got *very* political -

The DA even subpoenaed Donald Rumsfeld in one of the episodes!
Fascist Dead Thompson is the only 'downside' and rightwinger on the crew.

[BlooInBloo]

43. I don't know the exact numbers, but L&A is on close to 24-7 as it is.