District Attorney Arthur Branch…uh, I mean Fred Thompson has formed one of those mythical exploratory committee on a possible presidential bid. Which means he will almost certainly run, since I can’t remember an exploratory committee that ever said, “sorry boss, you suck.”
Did you know Thompson was a Senator before turning to acting? Wacky. Law & Order must not be paying very well these days.
If Thompson gets the nod, I hope he chooses Sam Waterston as his VP. I would love to see their grim eyebrow-raising and scenery-chewing during foreign policy briefings.
UPDATE: Thompson isn’t the only one throwing his hat into the ring. Michael Moriarty, aka ‘the first guy’, plans to enter the race as a third-party candidate. Thompson may have the distinction of being a current member of the L&O cast, but Moriarty seems to have the disenfranchised lunatic vote pretty much locked up. Thanks to RS for this one.
He’s not the only L&A alum that will be running:
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0605/0605moriartypresident.htm