The Washington Post is trying to make Fred Thompson look like one of those stupid, rednecks from "The South". They even used a writer named Monica to make the attempt. Hahahahahahahahaa - sorry.

Here's the link to the story and an excerpt-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/11/AR2007081101
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Fred, Fred, Fred: Thompson's Challenge Has a Name

By Monica Hesse
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 12, 2007; Page D01

In the swampy soup of hopefuls for the 2008 presidential election, there is a man with a funny name. (No, not that one.)

We're thinking of the one named Fred (Thompson).


Fred Thompson is weighing a run for president -- with a name that doesn't get much respect. (By Rick Gershon -- Getty Images)

Say it out loud. Do it. Fred. Fred. In the South, Fray-ud.

Fur-red-duh.

It has the tonal quality of something being dropped on the floor, something heavy and damp-ish.

Waterlogged paper towel.

Fred.

The phonetics of the name seem integral to its image problem: On Urbandictionary.com, a "Fred" is defined as "a person who does stupid, annoying, or idiotic things" (Fred Flintstone, Fred Mertz). The best-case descriptors a Fred can hope for are terms like well-intentioned, predictable, benign (Fred Rogers).

There has never before been a major presidential candidate named Fred. There were two Alfreds, in 1928 and 1936. But Alfred, being all British and Batman-y, is not the same.

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Here's my comment:
Yeah, we've got another dummy named Fred living here in Memphis. Fred Smith, founder and CAO of a little company known as FedEx....

You liberals are skeered to death of Fred "The Great", cause he's agonna be our next komannder n chef, er sumpin lak dat.