With his extensive Hollywood background, could presidential candidate Fred Thompson become the first Republican to gain widespread financial support from LA’s notoriously liberal entertainment industry? Um, don’t bet on it. “The place that made the former Tennessee senator rich as an actor cannot be counted on to pour cash into his presidential run, especially if he’s going around bashing gay marriage and Roe vs. Wade. The minute he comes out strong against embryonic stem cell research — a fervent Hollywood cause — he’ll be banished from every cocktail party north of Sunset Boulevard.”