If I were one of those Christian conservatives, my question would be "wouldn't that mean you didn't pray for the wisdom to know what's right and the strength to do it while you were campaigning or during the transition? If you're so faithful, why the wait?"

for the next president of the United States to keep prayer between him/herself and God, and focus instead on the Constitution of the United States.

Fred also said, at the Values Voter Summit, that after seeing a sonogram of his daughter Hayden, he "will never feel exactly the same again because his heart now is fully engaged with his head."

Reagan sleeeeeepy.

Thompson seems to be running on the Extreme Ignorance and Strong Faith platform, explaining again and again how he really knows next to nothing about any of the issues facing a president, while relying on his supposed faith to pull him though.

I can't believe he doesn't see that the US has just gone through 7 years of this, to incredible detriment. He may as well campaign in a Bush mask.

So he's admitting he doesn't have the wisdom now?

What if god doesn't grant him the wisdom, or the strength?

The up shot is he'll only be a wise and strong president if god wills it... By that way of thinking ANYONE could be president, so why vote for him?

While we're at it why not just vote God for president and leave the whole damn office empty for 8 years. It needs a good airing out.

I wonder if these values voters know how hard they're being pandered to by the likes of Fred. Do they really believe the first thing he'd do in office is hold a Jesus seance? Do they think it's literally true that Fred, Rudy, Mitt, etc., wear kneepads to avoid carpet burn from all the genuflecting? Not even the Pope prays as much as these clowns say they do.

I wonder if these voters are buying this crap at face value or if they just like being jerked off by tough-acting white guys who've never busted their asses in their lives.

Most actors don't know their butt from a hole in the ground, and you can hear evidence of this every time an actor opens their mouth in an unscripted setting.

A few actors actually have a functioning higher-level intelligence, and the ability to articulate it, but people like George Clooney are an anomaly. There are really very few performers in Hollywood like him.

Most are more like Thompson. Put him in an unscripted situation, and he sounds like a fool. I thought the man knew enough to guard against that very problem...you'd think he would, after all those years in politics and in Hollywood..but, alas, no.

I saw Reese Witherspoon recently in an HBO promo for *Rendition*--she was part of a small panel of people involved in the movie. She was asked a question, she opened her mouth, and out came a load of unintelligible gibberish. I was impressed. I thought she actually had a brain. But, alas, no.

Thompson is toast. His only hope is if Giuliani flames out somehow. Because the notion of Romney or McCain or, dear god, Huckabee, as the GOP candidate is a dark joke that even the money-men behind the GOP couldn't stomach.

At this point, it's sure looking like Clinton going away. It's gonna be a very interesting year, isn't it?

Then he is going to wiggle his fingers and face. Shake it off. Shake it off. Do some voice exercises. "Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." Shake it off. Shake it off. Check the mirror. "What if I were in the same situation as my character? How would I feel? You are the President. You are the President. Don't forget your motivation. I am the President."

We now know that it counts as a prayer when a person locks himself in the Oval Office and says, "Oh, s#!t! What do I do now?"

but maybe they need to, there are a lot of people out there would love the luxury of a nap, but don't hold on to your pillows just yet. There is no comprehension of the health benefits of a little nap. There are more people today that are exhausted from many aspects of life. They are up early to get to work, forced to continue their education to avoid being paid too little. Then to come home and clean and cook, it's also having children, worrying about the things that are going on in in the country, shoping, looking good, quiting smoking, and a host of many other types of everyday maladies,that of course only go on in the lives of everybody else. Definitely not us, "Superhuman Beings", but at the end of the day, we are only human and prone to need more rest as Socialiologist are pointin to more evidence that kids are exhausted, and end up fallin asleep in class. There are staggering car crashes,divorce rates that go up, cranky people are simply no fun.

Now, Fred Thomson is not going to make the right influence by announcing in the early days of his campaign, that he believes that there is nothing wrong with a nap, but when you are the President of The United States, you need to promote wisdom, endurance, perserverance especially against your enemies, and a need to stay true to the ideals of patriotism. That takes loads of energy, better get the Red Bull out, also Congress will require your attention, as frequently as new bills are presented, as well as all the other things that make The President stand as the one person with the weight of the world on his shoulders, of course while making it look easy. Get the coffee out as well, I am sure Mr.Thompson will know this job was not as simple as staring in Law and Order. A nap is a harmless allowance of kicking the world out, while reviewing yourself in the quietness of rest. Very Essential