Say Anything Blog

This had be cracking up:

Bill O’Reilly doesn’t like Thompson because he’s reportedly asked him “six times” to come on the O’Reilly show.  Fred essentially responded by saying he was too busy (which pompous blowhard O’Reilly took to mean ‘lazy’).  Thompson instead invited O’Reilly to join him on the campain trail — at least 15 times.  O’Reilly got his revenge for this slight on his ego by subtracting Fred from his recent poll regarding GOP favorites.  Pretty infantile, Bill.  I mean that.

Grover Norquist, as I mentioned here another time, also dislikes Thompson because of a slight on his ego.  Anyone sensing a pattern?

And, of course, there’s the AP dog-and-pony show, wherein they ask the candidates stupid yearbook questions, instead of dealing with substance.  Thompson’s responses, while certainly not pleasing to the AP (that is, they wouldn’t have been had the AP gotten the joke) were sure-fire crowd-pleasers to those of us who understood where Thompson was coming from:

What’s your favorite joke?  Presidential debates.
What’s your favorite keepsake?  Trophy wife.
What’s your favorite nickname?  Mr. President.
And, of course, there’s my new favorite poke in the eye:  What do you like to do on a ‘lazy day’?  Campaigning.

Note to Associated Press: we’re electing the Leader of the Free World — not choosing the next American Idol.  Thompson understands this, and gives these idiotic questions all the attention they deserve, while simultaneously taking some well-deserved shots back at the press.

Read the whole thing.

Anyone else thinking that it might be a good idea to elect a President who is willing to stand up to the media like this?