I was on the Fred'08 website and saw the senator responding to the Politico. I was curious, so I went and read the article by Roger Simon. The hat comment meant little to me. Two other things in the article struck me as far more absurd.

The first absurdity was the quote from the editor of the Waverly Democrat who stated, "Bluntly, I don’t know why he is running." Of course she would not know why Fred Thompson is running. She is a liberal democrat. She would no sooner understand why a true conservative would run for president than I would understand why socialists like her are so eager to surrender their sacred liberty for government cheese.

The second absurdity was Simon calling Fred Thomson lazy. By his own admission, Simon and a guy from Time magazine tried to weasel in on the senator's scheduled interview with the local newspaper. Apparently Simon did not take "no" well and had an ax to grind for the rest of the day. Who is lazy? Why didn't Simon get off his tuchas and schedule his own interview if he wanted one? He didn't even get the hat quote right and there was someone standing right next to him with a video camera.

From what I can tell, Simon's job is to write two or three articles each week. Fred Thomson is running for president. Honestly, who do you think is working harder?