Half-Forgotten Actor/Politician Says Afghanistan War Is Lost (for laughs)

Half-Forgotten Actor/Politician Says Afghanistan War Is Lost
By Spencer Ackerman 11/19/09 1:18 PM

That would be former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.).

Via Ben Smith, Thompson says the problem with the Afghanistan war isn’t the seven years that the Bush administration presided over its deep and thorough decline, but the seven weeks that the Obama administration has taken to review how to reverse the Bush administration’s errors. It’s a mystery why that man’s presidential bid didn’t go anywhere. ... http://washingtonindependent.com/68423/half-forgotten-actorpolitician-says-afghanistan-war-is-lost
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From Darrell Hammond's impression of Thompson on SNL:

Q: So, senator, On a scale of one to ten how much do you want to be president of the United States?

A: 'Bout a six. I don't like talkin' to people.