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From: LindyBill	4/5/2007 8:36:42 AM
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Fred Thompson as "Just an Actor" Drumbeat Heats up NEWSBUSTERS In Major Newspapers I have been waiting for the MSM to start the drumbeat against Fred Thompson that they so often and so boringly used (and still do) against Ronald Reagan; the refrain of "He's just an actor." Now, Rebecca Sinderbrand of the New York Observer has used the general theme for her latest piece, The Mysterious Appeal of Fred Thompson. Subtitled "Actor, Senator, presidential candidate... but what G.O.P. gap is he filling?", observer.com Sinderbrand makes liberal use of Thompson's "roles" as a foil for his seriousness as a candidate and seems to be saying that the only reason anyone is considering him is because he looks the part as a result of his "camera presence." Sinderbrand's entire piece is dismissive and shallow in its approach to the Senator with constant allusions to his being an actor playing a role, as if the only reason he is being considered is on the basis of make-believe "cosmetics". Sinderbrand almost seems to feel his candidacy is a bait and switch, or at the very least a silly proposition. But, she constantly mentions the acting aspect of the Senator's life as if that is all there is to him just like they always have done with Reagan.

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