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02-28-2003, 12:00 PM
<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='color:purple' >ACTIVIST TV DUO SQUARE OFF IN IDEOLOGICAL WAR
By DON KAPLAN
February 28, 2003 -- Former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson is challenging Martin Sheen in an on-air battle over the war on Iraq.
Thompson - who now plays a top legal eagle on "Law & Order" - is starring in a new TV ad to show support for President Bush's hard-line position on Saddam Hussein.
Thompson's new ad counters Sheen, who plays liberal President Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing" and has been appearing in an anti-war ad.
"I believe that the president is showing courage in dealing with a situation that is not of his making," Thompson told The Post yesterday.
"And for those who ask what has Saddam done to us, I ask what had the 9/11 hijackers done to us before 9/11?"
Thompson joined the cast of "Law & Order" this season in the character of a district attorney. Both shows air back-to-back on NBC Wednesday nights.
The battle - which was first reported by Internet gossip Matt Drudge - pits a former real-life senator playing a make-believe DA against a fictional president portrayed by a political-activist actor.
"Mr. Sheen and Mr. Thompson are both acting in their capacity as private citizens," (http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/55282.htm)</span></span>
By DON KAPLAN
February 28, 2003 -- Former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson is challenging Martin Sheen in an on-air battle over the war on Iraq.
Thompson - who now plays a top legal eagle on "Law & Order" - is starring in a new TV ad to show support for President Bush's hard-line position on Saddam Hussein.
Thompson's new ad counters Sheen, who plays liberal President Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing" and has been appearing in an anti-war ad.
"I believe that the president is showing courage in dealing with a situation that is not of his making," Thompson told The Post yesterday.
"And for those who ask what has Saddam done to us, I ask what had the 9/11 hijackers done to us before 9/11?"
Thompson joined the cast of "Law & Order" this season in the character of a district attorney. Both shows air back-to-back on NBC Wednesday nights.
The battle - which was first reported by Internet gossip Matt Drudge - pits a former real-life senator playing a make-believe DA against a fictional president portrayed by a political-activist actor.
"Mr. Sheen and Mr. Thompson are both acting in their capacity as private citizens," (http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/55282.htm)</span></span>