Did You Hear The One About The Sunni Tribes And Al-Qaeda?

Did you hear the one about the Sunni tribes and Al-Qaeda? An Al-Qaeda messenger approached a Sunni tribe leader and said "Osama says that if you're going to be on our side, you all have to quit smoking." The Sunni tribe leader looked at the messenger and said, "Quit smoking? Are you crazy? I need my nicotine fix bitch!!" The Sunni tribe leader proceeded to blow the messenger away, and that is how the Sunni tribe backlash against Al-Qaeda began.

Okay, that was just a joke. However, in the fucked up mind of Freddy "I'm Running For President...Really...I Am...Really...Okay Why Are You Laughing" Thompson, that's pretty much the story.

Fred Thompson “puzzled Iowans yesterday” by insisting an Al Qaeda smoking ban was one reason Sunni tribes have broken with al Qaeda:

“They said, ‘You gotta quit smoking,’” Thompson explained to a questioner asking about progress in Iraq during a town hall-style meeting. […]

Thompson’s tale of a smokers’ revolt baffled some in the audience of about 150 who came to decide whether the former Tennessee senator is ready for prime time.

“I don’t know what that was about,” said Jim Moran, 72, who had driven from nearby McCook Lake, S.D.

Yes, that must be right Freddy. We all know what happens when you take a cigarette away from an addict. They go off!! Please!! This is the whackjob that some people seriously want for President? I thought we already have a braindead moron in the White House. We certainly don't need another one who thinks that Sunni tribes are turning against Al-Qaeda over smoking, the entire Middle East is going to turn NUCLEAR if we pull out of Iraq, and we're living in the era of the suitcase bomb.

Send the bitch back to Law & Order!!