Not Familiar With Fred Thompson? Awesome (and hilarious) "Facts" about Fred Thompson

IMAO.US ^ | 3/12/2007 | Frank J.

[flyingspacemonkey]

It's sounding more and more likely that Fred Thompson will run for the Republican nomination for President. Can he win, though, when it's well known that his penchant for bureaucracy nearly kept Bruce Willis and Clint Eastwood from getting the job done against terrorists and assassins?

I think he can.

Actually, the more I find out about Fred Thompson, the more I think he needs to be President. And I mean he should be President right now, like Dick Cheney should resign, President Bush should then appoint Fred Thompson to be Vice-President, and then President Bush should resign.

Do you think I'm going overboard when I've only just started to learn about Fred Thompson, but you won't when you read this:

AWESOME FACTS ABOUT FRED THOMPSON

* Fred Thompson has on multiple occasions pronounced "nuclear" correctly.

* Fred Thompson has blasted more people in the face with a shotgun than even Dick Cheney.

* The masked executioner of Saddam Hussein: Fred Thompson.

* Not only does Fred Thompson cut taxes, he cuts tax collectors.

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[Albion Wilde]

what is his voting record?

Click here for Fred Thompson's U.S. Senatorial voting record (from OnTheIssues.org).

[Richard Kimball]

Imagine the campaign posters:

Seriously, the thing I like most about Thompson is that he doesn't appear to want the job too much. I've known way too many people that sold their souls for positions, and the fact that they were willing to do anything to get or keep the job made them willing to compromise themselves way too much.

One of the things I've admired most about Bush is his attitude of not being too enamored by the trappings of power. Remember the 2000 election, when Gore was actually going nuts, and Bush just acted like it was another day at the office. Gore needed the job for his ego, as did Kerry and Hillary. I don't think Bush does, and I don't think Thompson does.

[P-Marlowe]

Whatever kind of governance you think you would get out of McCain? That's pretty much what you'd get from a Thompson presidency.

But Thompson is .... SANE.

[EternalVigilance]

Okay. Thompson is McCain, minus the brain tumor. ;-)

[Albion Wilde]

Thompson ran for the Senate as a "pro-choicer."

From the voting record cited in my post above,

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)
Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
Voted NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women. (Mar 1998)
Voted NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)
Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)
Voted YES on Amendment to prohibit flag burning. (Dec 1995)
Voted NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)

[Albion Wilde]

Seriously, the thing I like most about Thompson is that he doesn't appear to want the job too much. ...One of the things I've admired most about Bush is his attitude of not being too enamored by the trappings of power. Remember the 2000 election, when Gore was actually going nuts, and Bush just acted like it was another day at the office.

I agree; I've heard Dubya at press conferences where the libmedia was turning themselves inside out asking him to apologize for the fact that some cheese-eating surrender monkeys somewhere hate us, and he said, "In this line of work you get a lot of criticism..." Like it's just another "line of work." LOL!

[EternalVigilance]

Yep. Good votes. Doesn't change the fact that he originally ran as a pro-choicer. Glad to hear him laying claim now to being pro-life. I'd like to hear in depth what he means by that, though.

[Little Ray]

Which still puts him well to the right of Rudy Guliani...

Still he is an ex-Senator (can you say "Bob Dole?") and he DID vote for the odious CFR.

[EternalVigilance]

and he DID vote for the odious CFR.

He didn't just vote for it. John McCain's chief of staff credits him with its passage. He was its primary mover through the process. The bill, in an even more egregious form, was originally known as McCain-Feingold-Thompson.

[EternalVigilance]

Which still puts him well to the right of Rudy Guliani...

Everyone on the planet is to the right of Rudy Giuliani.

[Spiff]

Fred Thompson guts the First Amendment with a single bill. Impressive. /s

Oooo....OUCH!

[Albion Wilde]

©Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com

Hey, Hollyweird, try these Republicans on for size. How's Jeri Kehn for First Lady, compared to Bubba?

[Richard Kimball]

What I've read from interviews is that actually, his position is very similar to mine. He stated there were two different issues at the core of this. First, was Roe v. Wade a good decision, and second, should abortion be legal.

He stated that Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad medicine. He also questioned whether the decision was something that was appropriate to decide at the national level, and said he felt like it was something the states should decide.

I'm paraphrasing, but his emphasis was that judges should not decide social issues; that's the role of the legislature, and quite often, the role at the state, not national level.

I would also point out that as much as we rail against democrats, the two justices that did the most damage to the court system were William Brennan and Earl Warren. Warren, as Chief Justice, used the philosophy of deciding the case, then working backwards to find a legal methodology of justifying his decision. Brennan was, IMHO, far more damaging, as he first put forth the theory that the Constitution was a "living document", and that as society changed, the interpretation of the Constitution should change.

This was merely a smoke screen to allow the court to legislate from the bench. In effect, it said, "The Constitution means whatever pops into my head after the lithium wears off." Because judges are protected, and generally serve for life, the enticement of creating legislation was very tempting. At the same time, legislators, who have to answer to the voters, are often more than happy to toss the hard questions to the court, and get on with the business of promising pork to get re-elected.

Both Warren and Brennan were Eisenhower appointees. Democrat appointees are often as bad, but none were worse than these two. Bush being in the WH is a good thing, if for no other reason than he has appointed two SC judges that at least have a background that indicates they're going to be constuctionist. Thompson has indicated he would follow a similar philosophy.

[EternalVigilance]

He also questioned whether the decision was something that was appropriate to decide at the national level, and said he felt like it was something the states should decide.

The protection of inalienable, God-given rights is federal and always has been. That, and restraining the federal government, is why we have a Bill of Rights.

Thompson takes what I call the "confederate" position, which in this day and age has more to do with avoiding the politically hard issues than it does a great belief in states' rights.

But, in any case, the states' rights position in this case is functionally a vote for the status quo. Meaning another 4000 dead American babies each and every day.

Read my tagline. Thompson is a Stephen Douglas, at best. But, the babies need a Lincoln.

[Richard Kimball]

Sorry. Disagree.

[Lucretia Borgia]

That he'll be able to speak to the camera (thus the American People).

[Rakkasan1]

I admire someone who leaves the senate by their own accord
and not by death or being voted out,kicking,screaming,scratching and recounting votes
like most do.

Political office was never meant to be a lifetime career.

[Rudder]

...for secure borders...

This one area where I'm uninformed about Thompson.

What are his policies regarding illegal aliens?

[postaldave]

* An abortion doctor tried to kill Fred Thompson when he was still in the womb, but he cut off the man's hand with scalpel while shouting, "Do you know who I am? I'm Fred Thompson!"

LMAO, now say it like rick james and it gets really funny.