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This week's Campaign Asylum video from Air America's Rachel Maddow takes a fun-loving poke at GOP presidential candidate Freddie Thompson (yes, his real name is Freddie) and his media-made sex appeal. Despite his laziness, high powered lobbying career, lack of family values and having been called dumb as hell by Richard Nixon -- Freddie Thompson IS sexy...

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Curtilingus's picture

Smells like ancient spirit.

Grampa Simpson's picture

He's got my vote!

Curtilingus's picture

So, we could have a young hottie for first lady?

He has my vote too.

Dominic P. Lucarelli's picture

I would have to be drugged with vast amounts of Vicodan and have an extensive lobotomy before I could ever think that mangey bloodhound is sexy. And I have known many, many men who others thought were downright ugly that I, myself, thought were quite sexy. But Freddie? Who are these women who go around saying what a hunk he is? I have great respect for str8 women (after all, my mother is one) but not for THESE str8 women. Perhaps Ann Coulter sees him as a chance for her to finally get laid, but if it happens PLEASE don't post the video on youtube, I wouldn't be able to eat for months afterward.

Vivek's picture

wow, Dr. Maddow is really funny

lol

yes freddie, smother me in your flabby man-bazooms & keep me safe from the boogieman!!!!

Dr. Matt's picture

ROFL!!!!

Reich-wingers love hollywood fred because he's the lowest common denominator.

AndrewK's picture

But... but... he has a red pick-up truck

Shared Humanity's picture

And what trait could possibly be more important for the office of the President? In fact, most of our troubles over the last 50 years can be directly attributed to the decidedly unsexy nature of our Presidents. Sexy men feel love and approval and thus have no need to prove themselves on the world stage.

Dubya, on the other hand, strikes out at a world that recoils from his ugliness that goes far deeper than the mere lack of physical attractiveness. Sexy is not simply physical but spiritual and metaphysical as well. George is ugly on so many planes of existence, we are doomed to suffer at his hands.

Tricky Dick, also very unsexy and the world suffered as a result.

And Americans also have a love hate relationship with the sexy President. We want them to be President and secretly resent them their sexiness. John F. Kennedy (gotta kill him.) Bill Clinton, let's impeach him because he can get babes without paying them. Never mind that his "I feel the love" nature had delivered 8 straight years of relative peace and unprecedented prosperity.

So, what will it be? Who will be our next president?

Acrtic Dude's picture

This is how dumb the man is and how dumb he thinks his fellow Americans are...

"" Asked if the United States should have waited to go to war in Iraq until bin Laden was caught or al Qaeda was further weakened, Thompson said, “It's not an either/or situation; sometimes you don't have a choice. Saddam Hussein was on the cusp as having defeated the United Nations and the free world and the United States. He had certainly had weapons of mass destruction '''

Wow I had no idea Saddam was that powerfull. What a friggn moron and a gutless fearmongering coward. You folks down there must be so embarassed by this a-hole. Shut him down please.

grover nerdquist's picture

so is freddie General Electric's hand-picked candidate?
were they grooming him for this all along?

El Perro's picture

Sexy? LOL!! Check out Americablog. It shows comparison photos between Thompson and a couple of zombies from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Damned if there isn't a hell of a resemblence.

Curtilingus's picture

grover nerdquist @ 11:

so is freddie General Electric's hand-picked candidate?
were they grooming him for this all along?

The Manchurian Candidate

iraqconcilable's picture

Well , Chris Matthews thinks he's sexy . Aqua-Velva sexy . And his trophy wife must find him sexy . Richer than shit sexy . So that just leaves the American public to find him sexy , as in " better vote for another bad actor to continue shredding the constitution and cowtowing to the corporate elite while sacrificing the young in a sham power grab of a war or we'll terrorize your ass off " kind of sexy .

Rod Hoffman's picture

Wow. Freddie Thompson and Willard Romney (Mitt is his middle name). What a lame name ticket.

Andy K's picture

Curtilingus @ 3:

So, we could have a young hottie for first lady?

He has my vote too.

Young hottie? She's 40, and, well, there's no accountin' fer taste.

Accept....

Check out Mrs. Elizabeth Kucinich:

http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/asian-indian/dennis-kucinich-and-...

This 29 year old redhead from Essex, England also happens to sport a tongue stud- lucky Dennis! ;)

longnow's picture

Mary Matlin has been acting cranky lately (throwing pens on MTP)
which probably means that Fred's campaign is leaving her disappointed...again.
First Reagan stirred her soul but disappointed.
Then the Cajun lifted her up but lately doesn't bother.
The Mormon left her dry and Huckabee doesn't leave any buzz in her bonnet.
Fred was a hunk in days of yore, before the cajun, but seems disinterested leaving her cold.
Whats a conservative girl to do? Those pills in the pantry give her a buzz but make her do
wicked things.

Curtilingus's picture

She has a tongue stud! No wonder Dennis is always smiling!

Curtilingus's picture

Can you imagine how many women will get a tongue stud if the first lady has one?

Andy K's picture

"Except", not "accept".

Stupid brain....

Andy K's picture

Curtilingus @ 19:

Can you imagine how many women will get a tongue stud if the first lady has one?

Keepin' my fingers crossed.

burningbush's picture

Dumb is sexy.

Dr. Matt's picture

AndrewK @ 8:

But... but... he has a red pick-up truck

With tags that have been expired for 3 years.

Dr. Matt's picture

Curtilingus @ 3:

So, we could have a young hottie for first lady?

He has my vote too.

Her fake b00bs are spectacular....a trait that would go unnoticed among the raging homosexual reich-wing.

Andy K's picture

Curtilingus-

FYI, Dolly Madison had genitalia piercings, and Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Lincoln exchanged nipple rings on their 10th anniversary.

Or so I imagine I've heard.

mpower1952's picture

How about this for his campaign slogan:

He's the kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with.

Marty's picture

Oh Rachel! the purr at the end made this jaded old fart clap my hands and laugh out loud

Purrrrrrfect, baby.

Pacific John's picture

And the companion clip from LowerManhattanite over at the Group News Blog.

Jo's picture

Freddie is a lazy coward. A pathetic old man who can be manipulated by the neocrazies and the batshit crazy biblethumpers. A man whose balls are probably like two 5 pound sacks of rotten potatoes. And, IMHO, the Aqua Velva is to mask the stench of a rotting and withering corpse.

Dr. Matt's picture

Andy K @ 25:

Curtilingus-

FYI, Dolly Madison had genitalia piercings, and Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Lincoln exchanged nipple rings on their 10th anniversary.

Or so I imagine I've heard.

George Washington wore nipple clamps on his vacations.

Limp-Dick Blimpaugh's picture

The asshole is a liar just like all the rest of the Rethugs. running.

Andy K's picture

Dr. Matt-

But the question yet remains: What did President Franklin Pierce?

nirak's picture

Fred Thompson= Sex Appeal?
Sorry those two just don't go together. To me he is a flabby old geezer!
Besides I would think other things are more important in the next President, like a Brain.

JudyLou's picture

Some people--especially the Neocons--like 'em big and dumb.

nirak's picture

They sure did a good job selecting the last dumb one Judy

Andy K's picture

nirak @ 34:

Fred Thompson= Sex Appeal?
Sorry those two just don't go together. To me he is a flabby old geezer!
Besides I would think other things are more important in the next President, like a Brain.

Don'tchya get it?

In the post-post-ironic world, ugly and vacuous is the new sexy- as long as it's on the TV.

Or haven't ya heard about Paris Hilton yet?

Tim's picture

Rachel Maddow is one of our best radio voices (if not our best). She's smart as hell, has a great radio voice, is never screechy or nasty. A true class act.

I gotta say, our left-wing Lesbians have turned out to be real media assets.

Kucinichista Browncoat's picture

I think Rachel was a bit sloppy and unfair in this video. She forgets to mention Freddie's predeliction for Cuban cigars (the Revolution thanks you!) and then she unfairly piles on about his sexy unsexiness. She is so blinkered by her own preferences that she cannot acknowledge the appeal a fat old man with cancer can have for a certain female demographic.

EK has a tongue stud? It's time to talk about the sexiness of Dennis, I'd say!

Bobdog's picture

Fred Thompson is sexy ... I think they taken that "the people are more likely to believe a big lie than a small one" just few steps too far...

tyree's picture

yeah fred gives me a boner!

Jeff's picture

that was perfect. :)

jr's picture

Rachel's videos are always right on the money. The water carrier news anchors and reporters are always putting lipstick on the pigs at blackshirt farm

RBLA818's picture

For a True Republican (A Moron) Thompson is the #1 choice!

After all, Thompson is the best liar amongst them, and Republicans love hearing lies from their leaders.

I think he will win the nomination, just like Reagan did!

BlueMD's picture

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

SevenString's picture

Don't you mean, "The Manboobian Candidate"?

Senator Larry Craig's picture

Ooooh, he's soooooooo sexy! I hope he becomes prez and then allows foot tapping in bathroom stalls. Maybe he'll even repeal my conviction and pardon me! Oooooh!!!!!!!!

Straight Shooter's picture

No doubt if Frederick of Hollywood gets into the Oval Office, there will be lines of young interns outside the door, waiting to earn their presidential kneepads.

Ewwwww.

Kafka Lives's picture

Freddie is to sexy as Bush is to sophisticated and articulate, Cheney is to warm and humble, and Fox is to fair and balanced.

eeewwww....

Marge's picture

Finally a real live cartoon character. Sexy, oh boy, I love the republican's choice of sexy. Oh wait, they also know how to pick an intelligent, compassionate, and fair president, doesn't bush cover all three.

Now are people beginning to understand why the world thinks the United States is nuts. Bush and then, Thompson, Romney, Rudi, McCain, and the list of stupids goes on an on.

ticktock's picture

Gawd, even Nixon said this guy was "dumb as hell"....

Nixon...

I'm letting that wash over me right now....

ScrewBush's picture

I guess with Fred you really have to see him in person to appreciate that presidential mix of Aqua Velva and senior citizen male musk. Absolutely nothing, and grab your ankles Chris Mathews can testify to this, says President more than that smell: makes you want to just stick your nose right into his crotch like some over joyed Irish Sitter.

I bet GOPers just salivate as he walks by, hoping upon hope, that one day they can be sitting in the next restroom stall to good old Fred, where GOPer dreams really do cum true.

nihilist homosexual menace's picture

I am a gay man and I think he's positively vomitous. And it isn't that I don't think older men can be sexy, after all, I've always thought Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan to be sexy in a way.

But this guy? Disgusting. The only thing lower than his jowls is his tits. Only a bootlicking GOP gay like Ron Christie could like this Ol' Yeller cracker fucking bitch.

HINT: to put a final end to all this, simply post a shirtless picture of him, and his 'sex appeal' mirage will vanish forever - and his campaign will come to an abrupt halt, if Rachel is correct. (and I think she is)

nihilist homosexual menace's picture

Dominic P. Lucarelli @ 4:

I would have to be drugged with vast amounts of Vicodan and have an extensive lobotomy before I could ever think that mangey bloodhound is sexy. And I have known many, many men who others thought were downright ugly that I, myself, thought were quite sexy. But Freddie? Who are these women who go around saying what a hunk he is? I have great respect for str8 women (after all, my mother is one) but not for THESE str8 women. Perhaps Ann Coulter sees him as a chance for her to finally get laid, but if it happens PLEASE don't post the video on youtube, I wouldn't be able to eat for months afterward.

I'm with you 100% guy, he's gross beyond belief, except that pictures of Ol' Yeller need to be posted on youtube, naked if possible (however distasteful), the equivalent of taking the old dog out in the yard and shooting him.

As far as sex appeal, Fred is strictly fetish material. Like the fat guy pee videos on Xtube.

ScrewBush's picture

Larry Flint should offer a cool sum to anyone with a beach/pool pic of Fred shirtless, maybe a speedo, and flip flops. The speedo would indeed be "vomitous" and certainly end his campaign. Although in certain circles like Ron Christie's boy friends, I'm sure they'd turn this into a bathroom wall poster.

miss_kitty's picture

Fred Thompson sportin wood. Excuse me. I must gouge out my mind's eye.

StirFry's picture

The recently discovered Incan mummy girl looks better than Freddie. And she has more personality and charisma.

Ex-Canuck's picture

Luv ya Rachel. Great job with this one.

I am sure there will be a lot of "pokes into the belly of the right wing scheme machine" moments in freddie's campaign. Have fun!

Phil's picture

Sexy? WTF? Fred Thompson is a fat old fart and looks like he belongs asleep on the couch with the remote resting on his globe like belly waiting for his TV dinner to be done.
Now if you are talking money&power=sexy thats different.

I know she dont swing my way but Id rather have Rachel Maddow. Smart, funny AND cute. Yummie.

Edwin's picture

If Freddie is their last-minute secret weapon... Well, they're pretty desperate. I'm sensing, only the 28% (plus a few "extras") are interested in any Republicans. The whole bunch is sinister.

Edwin's picture

miss_kitty @ 55:

Fred Thompson sportin wood. Excuse me. I must gouge out my mind's eye.

Here's a though that might warrant self-decapitation. Do the Repubs. take Viagara before their debates? I mean, it would get them all virile and oozing testosterone, wouldn't it? They'd be slathering on the Aqua Velva, and "doubling Gitmo", wouldn't they (10 aged-men getting "riled up"--- eeeeewww!)

Nowonmai's picture

IMO Thompson is about as 'sexy' as a basset hound. Arf.

Bette Daraskevich's picture

If you are over 70 years of age and suffer from a mild or otherwise sense of dementia, this man IS sexy. But fortunately, many younger voters will step up to the polls to make their preferences known.

Delia's picture

Well, Opus captured the true wonder of Fred a couple of months ago.

http://www.salon.com/comics/opus/2007/07/08/opus/

Retired Navy's picture

Too bad that all those things that Rachel points out doesn't make any difference to the average Republican voter. They spend so much time in the closet in order to keep their contact with reality at a nicely consistent low level.

pol's picture

Too bad that all those things that Rachel points out doesn’t make any difference to the average Republican voter. They spend so much time in the closet in order to keep their contact with reality at a nicely consistent low level.

I was out canvassing for a local candidate today, and a man came to the door of a house I was at. He said, "Will my telling you I'm voting for Fred Thompson tell you anything?" He was a staunch Republican. He said the Democratic Party had let everyone down and Fred Thompson was the man to who could make everything right again. Who can argue with that?

sulphurdunn's picture

If you can imagine cowboy sheriff George Bush actually riding a horse, maybe you are credulous enough to picture Freddy, sex and virility, Thompson banging his trophy wife and not laugh like she probably does.

Dahgrostab'ph-r-i's picture

Another great observation Rachel :)

Fred C. Dobbs's picture

I AM a fat, old Cracker fart, and I wouldn't vote for the m**********r.

Hunt quail, shoot skeet, play checkers with, sure.

But VOTE for?

Robt's picture

Fred's carisma has gotten him toe taps at airport bathrooms..........................

FastMovingCloud's picture

Vivek @ 5:

wow, Dr. Maddow is really funny

lol

You should go watch the other Campaign Asylum videos. They are all a riot. TancredoLand is particularly hysterical!

http://www.campaignasylum.com/

User Loser's picture

In a Grinch who stole Christmas kind of way(I suppose). Actually I think he looks a lot more like Jabba the hut. Cute maybe but sexy?

Nancy's picture

Another Reagan. Plz excuse me while I go toss my cookies....

Shag's picture

Rachel is brillant and concise. I just love her.

Sue True Blue's picture

Freddie is sexy??? Is that relatively-speaking, or what? The whole Repuglican line-up looks like a clip from "Night of the Living Dead", so I guess it's just a matter of who's the freshest of the undead.

Hopefully, Freddie will decompose enough over the next few months that even the dumbest nose-holding Repug will find him too stinky for the job.

onceler's picture

well, none of the points mentioned really describe why F. Thompson isn't sexy. he isn't sexy because he's ugly, fat, flabby, older than dirt, covered with liver spots, has an unevenly shaped head, and is badly balding in an unappealing manner.

Patthemokey's picture

Fred in Speedos.

'nuff said.

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