Hold on to your Bose Wave Radio and leatherbound Paul Harvey transcripts. Fred Thompson’s planning on releasing his memoirs:

“Teaching the Pig to Dance” recounts the movie star-turned-politician’s 50s-era upbringing in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

The title alludes to what Thompson concedes were some of his own flaws and specifically how difficult he made it for those who were trying to help raise him.

“There is an old saying that teaching the pig to dance is a fruitless endeavor,” Thompson said in an e-mail. “It is a waste of your time and it irritates the pig. That was probably how my parents, teachers, coaches and townsfolk felt about me.”

And me with all these hoof prints on the top of my shoes.

Give it a week. He’ll abandon his writing and ask you to read McCain’s biography again.

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