If you are a Republican Candidate

This strikes me as the kind of strong endorsement that could really help:

"Oh shit, he's dumb as hell. Fred Thompson," Nixon interjects...

LATER

"Our approach is now, we've got a pretty good rapport with Fred Thompson. He came through fine for us this morning," White House counsel Fred Buzhardt says on a tape from June 6.

"He isn't very smart, is he?" Nixon asks.

"Not extremely so, but --," Buzhardt says, interrupted by the president.

"But he's friendly," Nixon says.

"But he's, he's friendly," Buzhardt echoes.

"Good."

So not only is Fred Thompson a moron, he is also a "Tool" that tried to save Nixon and his criminality ONLY to stumble BECAUSE HE IS DUMBER THAN SHIT and inadvertently helped bring Nixon down by stumbling and asking Alexander Butterfield about the White House taping system.