He’ll uphold the law in an orderly fashion

Fred Thompson is leaving Law & Order in anticipation of running for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Why ditch such a popular weekly venue, which provides great free publicity to counter the negative press he gets for portraying an uber-racist on Wise Guy 20 years ago? Here’s a commercial Fred ran in his 1994 campaign for the Senate. The spot already has a presidential feel, as Thompson drawls on about how “Washington needs a major shakeup to change the direction of our country.”