Not to turn this into a one-liner heavy, libertarian/gay-friendly version of The Corner, but to offer my two sense on Eric's post about Charlatans, I'd absolutely rather vote for Fred Thompson than Mitt Romney. Fred Thompson may have a bit of a conjured image and a thin record, but I don't believe that he was 100% produced in a factory, specifically for consumption by whatever conservative Republican primary voters don't have access to Google, the ability to distinguish between black and white, or a memory that extends beyond two weeks ago.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/08/on-charlatans-responding-to-eric-liz-mair/226156/
