Jack McCoy To Indict 100 People, Too

Hey kids! D’jou like Law & Order? How about L&O character Arthur Branch? Ahh, Arthur Branch, he’s the DA. Jack McCoy’s boss. Yes, yes, that guy. The guy in the photo. Okay. God it? Good, good.

Uh, where was I? Oh, right, Arthur Branch. Well, Arthur Branch, or at last his real-life alter-ego Fred Dalton Thompson, is thinking of running for President. Yes, you might be able to vote for the guy who kinda-sorta know from L&O. Thompson was a also a senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, but really the only reason anybody’s suggesting he run for president is he’s a semi-recognizable guy from a TV show that airs 24 hours a day on TNT.

If you’re wondering, in addition to a bunch of conservative positions — pro-life, anti-gay marriage, anti-gun control, pro-war — Thompson also has two views that will surely get him elected to leader of the free world: (1) More troops in Iraq and (2) A pardon for Scooter Libby. That second issue, of course, is the most important one to 99 percent of Americans.

In other news, Richard Belzer will be running as Det. John Munch in next New York City mayoral election. He’ll probably win.

Actor Fred Thompson considers 2008 run [AP/Boston.com]