Fred Thompson returns to acting, and...presumably...the comfort of the Black Lagoon.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Fred Thompson Returning To Acting





NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year.

Thompson, best known on TV for his role as a gruff district attorney on NBC's "Law & Order," dropped out of the crowded GOP primaries in January after his much-anticipated presidential campaign failed to gain strong support among conservatives.

He campaigned heavily for eventual nominee John McCain, and had recently tried to gain support to be in charge of the Republican National Committee.

But his former finance chairman, B.C. "Scooter" Clippard, said Thompson told him Wednesday that he was returning to acting and dropping his RNC bid.

"He seriously considered it, but he called and said that it was not in the cards," Clippard said.

Clippard said he did not know which television programs might be interested in Thompson.

"He has some wonderful opportunities back in the television market that probably financially far outweigh being chair of the RNC," Clippard said.

Thompson, 66, was a lawyer and character actor before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993, only to turn his back on politics after his first full term in favor of a full-time acting career in 2002.

Thompson began his acting career playing himself in the film "Marie" in 1985, about a high-profile legal case he handled in Tennessee.

And while his presidential ambitions didn't pan out, at least Thompson got to play the commander in chief as Ulysses S. Grant in the 2007 TV movie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/21/fred-thompson-returning-t_n_145414.html

[Parche]

1. He Acts As Good As Palin Can See Russia From Wasilla

:woohoo: :hi:


I despised him on Law and Order, and Law and Order SUV
always a cranky right wing dooshbag

[grytpype]

2. I guess the Thompson/Palin 2008 dream ticket will remain just that... a dream...

dreamy dreamy dreams...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. And the sad part of that is that it WAS a freep dream ticket...

...the freeps NEVER...N-E-V-E-R...got behind McCain. Oh, they gamely tried a few posts here and there about the "straight talk express," but they were never fully in the game. Now that they have to say the words "President Obama" out loud, you can bet dollars to doughnuts that McCain will NEVER be forgiven in FreepTown.

They wanted Fred. Out of all of the candidates who stood on the stage at the initial Republican debates, they wanted Fred.

Adding Palin to the mix would be the freep equivalent of Judge Reinhold observing Phoebe Cates through the bathroom window in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High."

:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

3. Zombie, zombie, zombie Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, dou, dou, dou, dou, dou...

[Dr.Phool]

4. He can play Deputy Dawg without make-up.

[gratuitous]

5. Wait, are Hollywood values back in now?

I get so confused! Help me, Jim Dobson.

[IndianaJones]

7. this is false. Fred Thompson died last year sometime. nt.

[Atman]

8. He can play Andy Griffith's dad in a revival of "Matlock"

[williesgirl]

9. He's also a lousy actor. Hope we've seen the last of him on all stages.