Friday, September 14, 2007
Thompson A Real Fake
James Wolcott's Blog: Future President of Petticoat Junction Seeks Florida Fun: Wolcott's Blog: vanityfair.com: "...I do think it's fair to speculate how long someone with Thompson's history as a politician, lobbyist, and film-TV actor can get by with this Goober-Gomer 'doggone' shtick. It's true that Reagan had his folksy side, complete with cheeks that blushed like painted roses, but he also delivered fully-rounded speeches with rhetorical bridges and perorations; he didn't just show up as if to shuck corn. I will say this, though: Thompson's somewhat lackadaisacal lope is a smart counterfoil to Mitt Romney's executive-vampire zeal and glinty opportunism--maybe it takes a real fake to show up a fake fake. Thompson at least seems to be composed of organic material; Romney is pure vinyl exterior down to the empty core."
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i seem to remember a bob newhart film where he was a superficial president.
i didn't know he would be a role model for future presidents.
Neither did G. Bush when he saw Bonzo Goes To College and realized that he was not Ronald Reagan but he was the chimp.
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