Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Politician, Actor and Politician Again

Fred D. Thompson is again dipping his toes into the world of politics. He was appointed to usher the President's Supreme Court nominee through the confirmation process.

Once a Senator, Mr. Thompson is recently best known as an actor on NBC's "Law and Order". IMDB has some great trivia about Mr. Thompson. Of particular interest, IMDB reports that Mr. Thompson was the first serving US Senator to take a regular acting job. IMDB also reports that Mr. Thompson was a regular on two different Law and Order TV series at the same time. More trivia about Fred Thompson can be found here.

What happens if the nominee gets into a scrape during confirmation hearings? Is Fred going to yell "dum dum" and hope that the cameras all cut to black?

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