It appears that former Senator F.D. Thompson (R-TN) is is in the UK for a bit of foreign policy work which includes a meeting with Baroness Thatcher. The topic of his speech is, "Strengthening the Transatlantic Alliance" and will be/has been delivered to the Policy Exchange, a think tank that Wikipedia defines as "centre right".¹

Your correspondent is intrigued.

Given that I can look up on a bookshelf and see three or four hardcover books written by Baroness Thatcher---and two of which have been read---I would consider myself at least favorably inclined to the old Iron Lady. Although she and I would probably differ on the nitty gritty of economic theories, I think that we would get along, and therefore anything favorable that she has to say about F.D. Thompson would be well received.

Since your correspondent remains a quasi-nostalgic Atlanticist, he considers cooperation between ourselves and the United Kingdom as a good thing. l'd like to read a transcript of the speech, but this thing may be a not-for-attribution event. A buddy of mine in law school said those things are not uncommon in politics, so go figure. If I do manage to run across a transcript, I'll provide it, along with miscellaneous commentary from me. In the interim, don't bother with the comments posted at the end of that Politico article. Between the Pauloids and the random unassociated ramblings of other commenters, it's a good way to induce either a frenzy of self-mutilation or catatonia, the latter not being the late Welsh band with Cerys Matthews.

The only thing F.D. Thompson needs to do now is figure out how to throw the Bush family and its hangers-on away, and I'd like him a lot more. It says something about the state of my dissatisfaction with our leading candidates that even with Thompson's close ties to the Bush effort, I'm still more in favor of him than I am the so-called 'Rudy McRomney'.

Meanwhile, I appear to have scooped the Llama Butchers. Your orgle is right here, son.

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¹ Admittedly, that sort of language on Wikipedia could mean that their policies put them slightly to the right of Pol Pot or Mao Tse-tung, but it seems to be accurate.

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No, not DiMaggio, but Scarborough.

By now, you've probably heard of the shot the MSNBC columnist took at former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson's wife, Jeri. If you haven't, see here from America's litter box liner of record. If you want to see it, you know the drill:

A reporter from WFAN in NYC was on just before that and mentioned that she used a pole of some sort as a means of training. Mr. Scarborough then wondered aloud if Mrs. Thompson "works the pole", potentially a reference to er, exotic dancing. On the one hand, yeah, that's a potentially valid reference, to the prior segment, but given Joe's wiseacre attitude and the context of the conversation, I'd suggest a less favorable interpretation just out of pure spite for Scarborough. Perhaps if I liked him more---or if the Red Sox had beaten Oakland last night---I'd be more charitable, but I don't, they didn't, and so I'm not.

Meh, it's not like I watch Scarborough anyways. MSNBC has been dead to me for years anways, and their canning of Imus torched the corpse. To quote a movie, "You dirtbags have been in third place for five years." (Note: I have no idea of what the actual ratings are, nor do I care.)

Anyways, if Fred runs and wins, we'll be guaranteed a good-looking First Lady. Of course, that's not the only reason to support Senator Thompson's candidacy. He does seem, on the basis of what I've read, to have some sense about him when it comes to illegal aliens. Furthermore, he may see clearly on the question of the future course of our strategic policy vis a vis the Islamists, and he doesn't have any of the negatives (to my mind) that Giuliani, McCain, and Romney bring to the table.

Hooray for Fred.

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This posting has been somewhat overtaken by events. I saw the story here and Mr. Orr has an extended statement here that explains the thing. What's 48 hours behind the rest of the news cycle? Nothing, especially if you're like me who is apparently the Frank Vitchard of the blogging world.

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Oops, I missed it. I plead being tired from mowing the lawn in the pleasant Virginia heat.

Fred Thompson wasn't there, so I probably didn't miss much anyways.

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No, I didn't watch. I had better things to do, like, er, nothing.

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