SPINNING PRO-RUDY BLOGGER: Fred Thompson in 1994: Let The Woman Decide [Thompson is 100% pro-life]

American Spectator BLOG ^ | 4/9/07

[areafiftyone]

Fred Thompson in 1994: Let The Woman Decide - Monday, April 09, 2007 @ 3:06:23 PM

		During his first run for the U.S. Senate, Fred Thompson said in an interview to a libertarian Republican newsletter that the ultimate decision to have an abortion "must be made by the woman." The comments were made in the July/August issue of Republican Liberty, the official newsletter of the Republican Liberty Caucus. In the interview, Thompson was asked: "Some conservatives got flustered by your comments on abortion and Roe vs. Wade. Would you like to explain your position on abortion?" Thompson answered: "Government should stay out of it. No public financing. The ultimate decision must be made by the woman.

[longtermmemmory]

What I find interesting is how FAST they have mobilized here.

Opposition research is in overdrive.

Notice how we have the announcement today of NY moving their primary to February with all the other states in a further move to protect the annointed primary candidates.

It seems the elitits will only accept a Rudy Rhodman Guiliani vs Hillary Rhodman Clinton race.

[flashbunny]

They saw how fred thompson got up to the double digits and rudy lost 7 points just at the MENTION that fred thompson might run. They’re looking for anything they can to bring down Thompson.

[LibKill]

Rootie has a record, and it's not good.

Giuliani/Clinton/Dem vs. GOP Platform Comparison
Issue	Giuliani	Clinton	Dem Platform	GOP Platform
Abortion on Demand	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Partial Birth Abortion	Supports Opposed NY ban	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Roe v. Wade	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Taxpayer Funded Abortions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Embryonic Stem Cell Research	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Federal Marriage Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Defined at state level	Supports
Gay Domestic Partnership/ Civil Unions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Openly Gay Military	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Defense of Marriage Act	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Amnesty for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Tough Penalties for Employers of Illegal Aliens	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Sanctuary Cities/ Ignoring Immigration Law	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Protecting 2nd Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Supports bans	Supports
Confiscating Guns	Supports Confiscated as mayor. Even bragged.	Supports	Supports Supports bans	Opposes
'Assault' Weapons Ban	Supports	Supports	Supports
Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers	Supports Filed One Himself	Supports		Opposes
Gun Registration/Licenses	Supports	Supports		Opposes
War in Afghanistan	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports	Supports
War in Iraq	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports Weak support	Supports
Patriot Act	Supports	Supports Voted for it 2001 & 2006	Opposes	Supports

Rootie?

Giuliani/Clinton/Dem vs. GOP Platform Comparison
Issue	Giuliani	Clinton	Dem Platform	GOP Platform
Abortion on Demand	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Partial Birth Abortion	Supports Opposed NY ban	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Roe v. Wade	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Taxpayer Funded Abortions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Embryonic Stem Cell Research	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Federal Marriage Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Defined at state level	Supports
Gay Domestic Partnership/ Civil Unions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Openly Gay Military	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Defense of Marriage Act	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Amnesty for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Tough Penalties for Employers of Illegal Aliens	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Sanctuary Cities/ Ignoring Immigration Law	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Protecting 2nd Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Supports bans	Supports
Confiscating Guns	Supports Confiscated as mayor. Even bragged.	Supports	Supports Supports bans	Opposes
'Assault' Weapons Ban	Supports	Supports	Supports
Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers	Supports Filed One Himself	Supports		Opposes
Gun Registration/Licenses	Supports	Supports		Opposes
War in Afghanistan	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports	Supports
War in Iraq	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports Weak support	Supports
Patriot Act	Supports	Supports Voted for it 2001 & 2006	Opposes	Supports

[Hostage]

He has issues that detract.

The overwhelming fly in his ointment is the intangible that he does not ‘connect’. His speeches are stale, predictable, lacking vision; nothing extraordinary. His presence is stiff and his policies are devoid of original conservative thought. They are shoehorn fits to perceived social issues with solutions that are glommed together to satisfy focus groups.

He’s a mannequin.

There is no compelling reason for people to vote for him, hence his 3% in the polls.

[flashbunny]

WALLACE: Do you want to overturn Roe vs. Wade?

THOMPSON: I think Roe vs. Wade was bad law and bad medical science. And the way to address that is through good judges. I don’t think the court ought to wake up one day and make new social policy for the country. It’s contrary to what it’s been the past 200 years.

We have a process in this country to do that. Judges shouldn’t be doing that. That’s what happened in that case. I think it was wrong.

[SE Mom]

Fred Thompson’s VOTING record on this issue:

Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)

[DrewsDad]

Guiliani already has the baby killer vote locked up.

Why bother?

[TitansAFC]

-—”It’s funny that fans of a 100% NARAL rated candidate are all of a sudden trying to paint a ZERO % rated NARAL candidate as some sort of abortion boogey man.”-—

At his worst, in 1994, he believed the government should stay out of it, and that there should be no public funding. That’s in his “Pro-Choice” days.

Now, 13 years later, he is speaking as a man who is even more unapologetically Pro-Life. I, for one, would like to hear him give us a detailed explanation as to his complete views on Abortion. But from what I know so far, he seems to be more than adequate.

Positives:
*Knows Roe is bad law, recognizes it NEEDS to be overturned.
*Opposes any public funding on the issue.
*Holds 100% Pro-Life voting record (except for CFR).
*Knows that “strict constructionist” judges would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Negatives:
*Opposes Constitutional Life Amendment.
*Not necessarily a Pro-Life ACTIVIST.

So what I gather to be gained is this:
1.) Mexico City Policy stays.
2.) Hyde Amendment stays.
3.) Public funding DENIED to best of Executive powers.
4.) Partial-Birth Abortion bans kept signed, no caveats.
5.) Parental Consent & Notification progress can be made.
6.) Anti-Roe judges.
7.) Hardcore “states’ righter” on the issue - good and bad.
8.) Pro-Life bills brought before him - likely all signed.
9.) Violence against Unborn laws likely signed and enforced.

I would like to hear him speak about Embryonic Stem Cell research and whether he would also prevent Federal Funding as Bush has. I would also like him to explain to his fullest his views on abortion in entirety.

But from what I know and can discern, Fred should be at least as functionally Pro-Life as Bush, which is a very good position for us to be in.

I would like to see Fred do the following:
1.) Aforementioned explanations on issues.
2.) Meet with James Dobson to talk about faith issues, et al
3.) CLEARLY describe himself as an unapologetic Conservative

So far, so good! ;-)

[flashbunny]

I haven’t seen any. Most of the DH fans have been happy with the thought of Thompson entering the race, which will serve to knock out the 3 RINO stooges. Then the GOP can concentrate on picking from good CONSERVATIVE candidates. Not whichever RINO can fool the most republicans.

[areafiftyone]

LOL! You will see. Wait until Fred decides to run.

[Gop1040]

“Duncan Hunter is the only viable GOP candidate who has been, is and always will be PRO-LIFE.”

As someone who supports Rudy in this primary I would agree with you 100% if you delete the word “viable” from above. Having just 1 or 2% in the national polls just doesn’t cut it.

[freepertoo]

As conservatives we can not afford to elect middle of the road Republicans or Republicans who adhere to leftist philosophies. If we continue to do this, our party and our principles will slowly but surely erode until they are unrecognizable. That is what happened to the Democratic party...look at them now. Truman wouldn’t recongize his own party. Neither would JFK for that matter. And can you imagine FDR, for all his socialist tendencies, being against a war that defends freedom.

We cannot afford middle of the road Republicans. We need solid conservatives now or we will be slowly erased from existence.

[Bobbisox]

I am not proud of that story. What I did not confess to was the fact I spent $2,000 in that election for McCain. I feel like a fool for being taken in. I'm a little smarter now, but I will contribute $2,000 to Fred Thompson just as soon as he is nominated as our candidate. I will no longer waste money on a primary, until the day comes when I actually get to cast a vote in a primary. I have lived in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, California and Kansas. The Republican candidate was decided by the East coast liberal/moderates as it always is. I never even had the opportunity to vote for McCain!

I'm hoping that this year, Kansas will move our primary to February 5th. The middle of the country has a voice too, and it should be heard, just as in a general election.

[SE Mom]

I don’t mind bringing up the past statements of any of our announced and unannounced candidates..

I do like context and thoroughness as well:)

[nctexan]

"Right now my main activity, being so far out from the primary, is to help make sure the big 3 RINOs are exposed."

I'm not in love with any of the declared candidates or even Fred.

It's fine with me to see new information on all of them. I would hope that everyone wants to get all the facts out to make a decision. Frankly, I'm glad to see the warts on all candidates exposed.

Unfortunately, there's way too many school yard insults in postings from all sides. These don't bring any value to the discussion.

[Hostage]

No, this Rudymite was quoting a reporter that quoted wrongly. The same news mag also came out and reported this smear was a smear.

I guess if it’s in the news, it must be true eh?

[pandemoniumreigns]

"I wasn’t talking to you in the first place."

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA...BRAHAAAAAHAHAHAHA...Ahem...HAHAHA...

Yeah...Ahem nobody here...HAHAHAHa...Um how may I place your call???

[Petronski]

How is quoting FT verbatim “distorting his record?”.

It's an attempt to imply he's pro-abortion. It's been done before, by Rudyphiles.

I think it's repeated every day.

But Rudy is the one who is pro-abortion, Fred is not.

[onyx]

Thompson answered: “Government should stay out of it. No public financing. The ultimate decision must be made by the woman.”

The ultimate decision is almost always made by the woman and at least he didn't call her the "mother" which always makes me want to hurl.

You're looking silly FO, the fear of Fred;'s entry is causing y'all too much grief and for the life of me, I can't understand why.

The nest possible scenario is a full field of GOP candidates and may the best man win.

[pissant]

I think ALL Hunter fans would love to see Newt and Thompson leading the pack instead of Rudy and McCain. They are at least conservative.

Even if that happens, I will go to my grave believing Hunter is the superior man.