Fred Thompson has announced for president of the United States. Okay, friends, before Fred gets away with one more lie, it's important to set the record straight. Fred is not Thompson's given name, and I think it is incredibly important that we all pay due respect to the name on his birth certificate. When Momma Thompson gave birth to her bouncing little boy, the name she put on his birth certificate was Freddie.
The Los Angeles Times reveals:
It's been a family secret for many, many years, uncovered only by the most diligent reporting. Few people know this. But Fred Thompson's actual first name isn't Fred. It's really Freddie. No, seriously.
Official marriage, birth and divorce records in Alabama and Tennessee show that the newest Republican presidential contender was born Freddie Dalton Thompson.
His mother, The Times reports, refuses to tell us how this came to be.
So, folks, let's give Freddie a big ol' dKos welcome to the race for the Republican nomination.