Woohoo - Gail Collins on a roll

Well, not a roll exactly - on Freddie:

Fred! Fred!

He's here. He's tanned. He's ready.

He looks like he needs a nap.

When it comes to overhyped underperformers, Fred Thompson's entry into the presidential race was right up there with Britney Spears at the MTV awards....

Thompson, by all accounts, was indeed an underachiever who rose to fame and fortune mainly through powerful friends and good luck. The perfect answer for a country reeling from two terms with an underachiever who rose to fame and fortune mainly through powerful friends and good genes. And so far at least, it's working in the polls. An affable guy who doesn't try hard — what could be more refreshing?

(Thanks to Welcome to Pottersville for the column - you can go there and read it all.)

Those Republicans like to vote for presidents they think they'd like to go drink beer with. Personally, I would have rather had a beer with Clinton than with Bush. I wouldn't invite either one to dinner. I wouldn't vote for Clinton (the Bill one) again (or, maybe, the Hil one either, unless she were the last and only choice, which may turn out to be the case). I wouldn't vote for Bush at all. And that Freddie, he should have kept his day job.