Monday, June 11, 2007

Is Fred Thompson getting B%&@ slapped by George Will?

Ramesh Ponnuru from the National Review comments on a George Will article in Newsweek. Will compares Fred Thompson to excitement over tulips as THE hot item in the 1630s in Holland, which then crashed and burned with people wondering what all they hype was.

I think Will may have just fallen off the turnip truck (or in this case tulip truck). He seems to have something against Fred Thompson, but his arguments, to me, seem weak. He feels he has to start his attack by saying

"One does not want to be unfair to Thompson, who may have hidden depths. But ask yourself this: If he did not look like a basset hound who had just read a sad story—say, "Old Yeller"—and if he did not talk like central casting's idea of the god Sincerity, would anyone think he ought to be entrusted with the nation's nuclear arsenal?"

The fact that he had to resort to an attack on Thompson's appearance right away, shows the lack of depth of his arguments. If one would like to stoop, one could point out the shrill cackle of a candidate's voice from the left side of the aisle, but I won't stoop to do that as there are many more substantive points to make against THAT person.

And besides, I happen to like basset hounds.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Is he trying to say Thompson is like Mr. Peabody?
Who will be Sherman?
Or more Droopy Dog?
Or Huckleberry Hound?
Any of those will still be better than the Cartoons on the other side of the fence. What are they? Teletubbies?