>>I saw "Fred the Great" just a couple of weeks ago. Not in a debate or anything -- those are for the folks who are running -- but in "Die Hard 2". He did a nice job playing an air traffic controller.
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>>What I have seen of the press coverage of his might-be-a-campaign has been respectful. I haven't noticed any bigotry against Southerners. We *do* keep electing Presidents from the South, you know. Including that guy from your state (LOL).
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>Ok, so what is your take on Monica's article?


Kind of silly. But I don't think it was meant to be anything more than that. She was joking around about his name, not his region. If the candidates were Fred Romney and Mitt Thompson it would have been the northern guy she was joking around about. It wasn't a news article or news analysis and wasn't presented as such.

Pardon the smile on my face this morning. So long, Karl, we won't miss you....