Fred Thompson Offers Nation Sarcastic "Holiday Cheer"

So, did everybody know that walking-coma Presidential candidate Fred Thompson has got his-self a website? It's true, it's true. And he's been cold creepin' onto the set of Law And Order to smoke cigars and make viral videos for America. Right now, he's got one up on his site where he says he will be "bringing [us] a little holiday cheer," only to add, "Ahh, but not that kind of holiday cheer!" What? I'm confused! What other sorts of holiday cheer are there, old man? Is this the sort of "holiday cheer" that ends with me getting touched in the bathing suit area and a subsequent period I like to call the Season Of The Dark Regrets?

Aye, verily, Thompson's brand of cheer is the sort that talks about what an epic fail the economy is, and how everyone who went out there to spend money on anything, ever, is to blame, and how everyone who's attempting to fix to crisis is even more to blame. In short, your holiday cheer is "Harsh Lessons From Uncle Fred," involving the archly offered news that everyone was dumb to participate in an unrestrained hootenanny of government spending and risky derivatives and subprime borrowing, and, what's more, no good has come from the bailout at all. (Also, they never did catch that anthrax guy! Think about it!) Uhm, let's let Ryan Avent clear his throat:

That the execution of the bail-out has been extremely disappointing says nothing about whether it has accomplished its primary goal -- that is, the prevention of complete financial meltdown. In fact, I think it has accomplished that quite nicely. Something did turn out to be better than nothing.

As Felix Salmon said the other day, we are now in the midst of a plain old, boring economic crisis. That's plenty painful, of course, and it will take plenty of policy action to avert the worst potential bad effects. But it's not an acute financial crisis, of the sort that might have wiped out whole swathes of the banking sector, saddling the government, via FDIC guarantees, with unthinkable costs, while destroying a couple of big international economies and generally sending us directly to deep recession.

Just look at the chart on this page to see the difference between where we were and where we are.

Anyway, if you prefer to face economic realities through Fred Thompson's brand of sarcastic coot-speak, he is there for you, set for life, with nothing better to do than jaw at YouTube at stuff he barely cares about. Nice work if you can get it!

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Comments

[GayGrandpa]

Everyone loves a Grinch...I do not underestimate 'tone.' The tone of optimism and involvement of the next four years will be dynamically challenging and involving but ultimately powerfully changing...Obama isn't saying it will be easy; he is say it is doable with involvement...pessimism say no, optimism says yes and borrows money to go to college with the hope of success...same to start a business and even buy anything...a house, a car, a new washer and dryer, or perhaps even some Christmas presents.

[DAdvocate123]

It is funny how HuffPo has to make a long pre-response to Fred before people can see how non-partisan and persuasive he is.

[Wiserone]

It all started with Reagan. These 'movie-star' candidates can read lines pretty good and have an "ethusiasm" for politics. Sort of like a hobby and then one day some political hack realizes that these "actors" have a certain popularity outside the beltway and well, the rest is history.

[Wiserone]

It all started with Reagan. These 'movie-star' candidates can read lines pretty good and have an "ethusiasm" for politics. Sort of like a hobby and then one day some political hack realizes that these "actors" have a certain popularity outside the beltway and well, the rest is history.

[Tunghoy]

Does anybody really care what this goofball has to say? He wasn't paying attention when he was in office and he wasn't paying attention when he got dragged into the presidential race. Maybe Clint Eastwood has some use for Thomson, but that's about it. ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.

[DAdvocate123]

"Ask not what your country can spend for you, ask what you can spend for your country."

lol

[DAdvocate123]

Look, Fred's right.

[SabrinaFair]

Why is Fred Thompson still talking?

This guy didn't win a single delegate, yet he speaks as if anybody is waiting to hear what he has to say.

He and Rudy Giuliani should hold hands and step on a live wire.

[tashmoo2]

Hey Fred,
Weren't you in office when all this spending happened? What's with all the "they did this" and "they did that"? Must be easy to criticize your colleagues on your way back to acting. I guess you've done your bit: Heckuva job, Hollywood.
Yours,
the Taxpayers

[Friggles]

That was some VERY funny writing. Who did this piece?