Fred Thompson:
It was an interesting coincidence that their announcements hit the news just as the military released Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s confession regarding his role in planning the 9/11 attacks — and a lot more. Of course, we didn’t really need his confession, because his career has been so well documented.
But sure enough, the terrorist’s admissions instantly drew sneers, and not just from the tin-foil hat crowd. Well-placed people acted like Mohammed’s smug confessions meant nothing.
A lot of people have at least a little in common with Sheen and O’Donnell. They just don’t like to think about how much our enemies actually hate us. It’s easier to escape down a rabbit hole to a land where our own government is tricking us into thinking the world is a dangerous place.
This would be the same government that can’t even keep our most secret surveillance programs out of the newspapers.
A few points:
* I guess he won’t be showing up on “The View”
* This is the kind of communication ability I’d expect from an accomplished actor, but it’s the ideas he’s communicating which are of greatest import, in my view.
And of course, the combination is impressive…. even Reaganesque.