Fred Dalton Thompson
Attorney and former member of the United States SenateWikipedia
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Nov 10, 2026
Scott GallowayHOST
Herman Cain, remember him, Jess? He was polling number one, passed away in COVID.
Scott GallowayHOST
And then my favorite, Fred Thompson from LA Law was polling number one.
Scott GallowayHOST
So in sum, who's the GOP candidate? Really, really nobody, nobody knows.
Scott GallowayHOST
And then my final comment is, I think there's a non-zero probability, and I'm curious if you've seen any reporting here, that Secretary Rubio comes up with a reason to resign to get some distance from Trump.
Jacob EngelsGUEST
And young people like me get involved.
Jacob EngelsGUEST
I was the youth national chairman for Fred Thompson's presidential campaign in 2008 when he ran for president.
Jacob EngelsGUEST
And I helped Sandy Adams get elected to Congress.
Jacob EngelsGUEST
She's the lady who brought up Fast and Furious, the gun running that led to the death of Brian Terry, Border Patrol agent.
Del KennedyHOST
But he served his two years and was mediocre.
Del KennedyHOST
And then so he had an open race in 1994. Cooper ran and lost to Fred Thompson.
Del KennedyHOST
But it was at that point that I said, you know, If the Democratic Party in Tennessee can't live with Jim Cooper, then it can't live with me either.
Del KennedyHOST
And so that's when I've switched.
Al LaFleurHOST
Yeah, I didn't recognize her.
Al LaFleurHOST
We have Fred Thompson as the sheriff.
Al LaFleurHOST
He was in Secretariat, Cape Fear, Die Hard 2, The Hunt for Red October, Baby's Day Out.
Al LaFleurHOST
And a lot of people may know him from playing the D.A. Arthur Branch in a bunch of the different Law and Order series, which I didn't know there were that many of them.
Robert SheaHOST
Well, this is an
Adam HughesHOST
old Fred Thompson special, just so you know.
Adam HughesHOST
It gives Congress the opportunity to overturn a final agency rule with a joint resolution of disapproval, and it requires a simple majority in the Senate.
Adam HughesHOST
I predict...
Harvey LevinGUEST
George Murphy was a senator from California.
Harvey LevinGUEST
Ronald Reagan, Gopher from the Love Boat, Fred Thompson, and, you know, and I can go on and on.
Harvey LevinGUEST
And, you know, celebrities, John Glenn was a celebrity and became a senator.
Harvey LevinGUEST
So... entertainers have been part of DC.
Jacob EngelsGUEST
I was the chairman of the statewide teenage Republicans in Florida.
Jacob EngelsGUEST
I was the youth national chairman for Fred Thompson.
Jacob EngelsGUEST
Remember him from Law & Order and Hunting for Red October when he was president in 2008? And then I helped elect Sandy Adams.
Jacob EngelsGUEST
We called out Eric Holder for the Fast and Furious gun running scandal that led to border agents being killed with weapons that we paid for as a taxpayer.
Chris VanceHOST
Yeah, maybe.
Chris VanceHOST
But, you know, I'm old enough to remember when everybody assumed the next leader of the Republican Party was going to be Fred Thompson.
Chris VanceHOST
Remember that election? Of course.
Lynn SchmidtHOST
Yeah.
Jim BennettHOST
They had a special Senate premiere.
Jim BennettHOST
And he walked out, and I remember him telling me, he talked to Fred Thompson, who was an actor.
Jim BennettHOST
Do you remember Fred Thompson? He was on Law & Order, and he was also a senator from Tennessee.
Jim BennettHOST
He ran for president.
Jim BennettHOST
Oh,
Holly RichardsonHOST
I remember that.
Holly RichardsonHOST
Anyway,
Jim BennettHOST
they were talking, and he says, well, what did you think of that? And Fred Thompson said, I think that may well be the worst movie I have ever seen.
Jim BennettHOST
They had a special Senate premiere.
Jim BennettHOST
And he walked out, and I remember him telling me, he talked to Fred Thompson, who was an actor.
Jim BennettHOST
Do you remember Fred Thompson? He was on Law & Order, and he was also a senator from Tennessee.
Jim BennettHOST
He ran for president.
Holly RichardsonHOST
Oh, yeah, I do.
Holly RichardsonHOST
I remember that.
Holly RichardsonHOST
Anyway,
Jim BennettHOST
they were talking, and he says, well, what did you think of that? And Fred Thompson said, I think that may well be the worst movie I have ever seen.
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