Monday - March 19, 2007

Category Image One Issue Voter


I'm a one issue voter. Whoever convinces me that they're the most serious about winning the war on terror, preferrably killing the most terrorists in the process, gets my vote.

So far, I'm an early supporter of Fred Thompson. I don't know much about his politics, but I like his attitude towards Iran.

I'm including his statement about the new movie "300" blatantly ripping him off, but I assume he wants the coverage. I don't think this website adds much to his outreach, but here's my stumping for him anyway. Click on the "drivel" link to get his words, not mine.

by Fred Thompson
The comic book movie “300” about the Spartans and the Persians in 480 BC is still breaking box-office records. Now it seems the rulers of modern-day Persia, Iran, are not amused.

“300,” shows a small band of Spartans saving the lives of their countrymen AND the seeds of modern Democracy by kicking the much larger Persians forces effectively in the backside at Thermopylae until the sheer numbers overwhelmed them. If I remember my history, that’s exactly what happened.
But the Iranians have filed a flurry of complaints with the United Nations, claiming “300” is “cultural and psychological warfare.”
Who are these guys who are getting all flushed over our cultural insensitivity?
People who want to blow Jews off the face of the earth. The regime that stormed our embassy in 1979 and kept Americans captive for 444 days. Iran’s Hezbollah puppets have killed more Americans, than any other terrorist group except Al Qaeda. Explosive devices from Iran are being used right now against our soldiers in Iraq. They’re clearly more skittish about cultural warfare than the sort that actually kills people – like the one against Israel that Iran financed just a few months ago.
I must say that I’m impressed that Hollywood took on a politically incorrect villain. Must have run out of neo-Nazis. So now these sensitive souls in Iran think that Hollywood is part of a U.S. government conspiracy to humiliate them into submission. I can only wish we were that effective.

Fred Thompson is a former US Senator from Tennessee, an actor, and — many say — a potential candidate for President of the United States.

———
Return to Pajamas Media homepage

Go Back to the Start, Do Not Collect $200   Send me your two cents
|