The Legacy of Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson not only left us with classic Law and Order episodes and the heart warming HBO movie "Bury My Heart In Woonded Knee," or his endorsement to McCain, but he gave us more than that. He taught the nation that in order to win the presidential nomination one must have a good public image. Unofrtunately Thompson was not able to transmit energy and excitement to many of the people who early on thought he was going to do well. Let us recall the buzz about Thompson when he was barely announcing that he was going to enter the race, there was excitement and hope althought he had entered later than the others. From there it was a sudden decline, almost instantly the public was able to detect that Thompson had no flare or passion, in fact, in many interviews when this was brought up he tried to demonstrate a little flare. Perhaps the most essential thing that was learned from Fred Thompson's campaign was that presidential image is crucial, as well as public image and the manner in which one approaches the campaign. Thompson comapred to Obama of Clinton is extremely dry, even compared to McCAin Thompson seems dry. We will probably not even remember Thompson attmept at the white house because there really isn't much to remember, except that it was a forgettable campaign. Unfortunately this is Thompson's legacy, to teach us that public image is essential to americans and that the candidates should not solely depend on their experience or consistency on issues, but on the way the media portrays them as well.