Fred Thompson might be the first major US politician to blog about Monty Python, Queen Elizabeth and Salman Rushdie:
"I was impressed by the knighthood of author Salman Rushdie and the British reaction to the predictable outrage that followed. That's not to say I'm a big fan of the British-Indian novelist. I don't agree with a lot of his criticism he's made of America and the UK in the past. But that's the point, really. In the West, we can disagree strongly with someone without issuing fatwas and calling for his death. We can even honor someone with whom we disagree."
Check out the rest at The Fred File.