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I want to disagree slightly with the comment above from "independent." Thompson's reply to Sawyer was indeed mostly random language. But while he did in fact try hard to dodge the question, he ultimately doesn't even have the wit to accomplish that. Note that in his last sentence he actually confesses his cluelessness: "And we better figure out a way to contain it because it's going to be with us for a long time after Iraq." So he did answer Diane's question. At the moment Fred has no idea what to do about bin Laden and al-Qaida, but maybe one of these days he'll "figure out a way."
I too once feared that Thompson might ride to the Presidency on a wave of mindless media adulation, but that fear has swiftly been allayed. With the light shining on him now, apparent for all to see is that Thompson is an unattractive, uninspiring man, utterly unprepared and entirely unsuited to be President.
Of course, George Bush suffered from all the same deficiencies, and look where he is…
