[DesScorp]

"LOL! How nebulous can the anti-Freds be?

"Thompson said he has voted consistently against providing federal funding for abortions and voted for a bill, vetoed by President Clinton, to ban late term partial-birth abortions."

Gee Sturm, I guess principled votes doesn't count on this issue, eh? Fred has a what, 99 percent pro-life rating in the Senate?

[Spiff]

Gee Sturm, I guess principled votes doesn't count on this issue, eh? Fred has a what, 99 percent pro-life rating in the Senate?

While Fred Thompson is certainly pro-life, his ratings in the Senate weren't as high as some would like to say they were. His ratings, according to Project Vote Smart's list of his ratings from the National Right to Life Committee, are:

• 1996 86%
• 1997 83%
• 1998 87%
• 1999 75%
• 2000 77%

And according to National Right to Life Committee's own ratings:

• 105th Congress 87%
• 106th Congress 78%
• 107th Congress 33%

If you average the ratings reported by Project Vote Smart, you get only an 81.6% pro-life rating.

If you average the ratings reported directly by the National Right to Life Commitee, you get only a 66% rating.