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What has Fred ever done?

What has Fred ever done?

What do you want him to have done? He hasn't walked on water. He hasn't brought anyone back from the dead. But Fred has as good of a resume as anyone running with the exception of Romney, who seems to be that kid with the perfect resume who has been plotting to be president his entire life.

You said, "What has Fred ever done?"...

For your perusal from Sturm Ruger's Fredipedia:
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Fred Thompson Served on the US-China Economic Review Commission

- U.S. - China Economic and Security Review Commission

http://www.uscc.gov/about/commissioners/thompsonpg.php

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Fred Thompson is an AEI Scholar specializing in Diplomatic Relations and Foreign Intelligence.

Professional Experience:

United States senator from Tennessee, 1994-2003 (chairman, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1997-2001)
Member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1985-1987
Special counsel, Senate Committee on Intelligence, 1982
Special counsel, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1980-1981
Special counsel to Lamar Alexander, governor of Tennessee, 1980
Minority counsel, Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee”), 1973-1974
Assistant U.S. attorney, 1969-1972
Practiced law, 1967-1969
Feature film and television actor

- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.78,filter.all/scholar.asp

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As Watergate minority counsel, Fred brought forward the fact that Nixon had taped White House discussions.

As an attorney in Tennessee, he sent the Governor to prison on corruption charges.

As Chairman of the Government Affairs committee, he blocked giving North Korea essentially all of our trade secrets.

He helped to bring down a crooked Republican president, he brought down a crooked Democratic Governor, and he exposed impeachable offenses of a Democratic president.

Not bad for someone commonly incorrectly refered to as a "one timer" or "just an actor."

- Comment by Dan to a Hotline story on Fred Thompson, May 11, 2007

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/05/thompsons_linco.html

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Fred Thompson is currently the Chairman of the International Security Advisory Board, a high-level panel charged with evaluating long-term threats to U. S. security.

- U.S. Dept. of State, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, ISN, ISAB

http://www.state.gov/t/isn/isab/68268.htm

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Fred Thompson's Senate Committee assignments:

Special Counsel to both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations under President Reagan

Member of the powerful Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over, among other things, international trade.

Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Member of the National Security Working Group, which observes and monitors executive branch negotiations with foreign governments.

Chairman of the Government Affairs Committee 1997-2001

Ranking Republican Minority Member of the Government Affairs Committee 2001-2003

Chairman of the Youth Violence Committee 1995-1997

Chairman of the Senate Government Oversight Committee

Foreign Relations Committee, 1995-96

Member, Judiciary Committee, 1995-98

Member, Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights, 1997-98

Member, Technology, Terrorism and Gov't. Information, 1995-98

Member, Finance Committee, 1999-2002

Finance subcommittees
Member, International Trade, 1999-2002
Member, Taxation and Oversight, 1999-2002
Member, Social Security and Family Policy, 1999-2002
Member, Health Care, 1999-2002

- University of Tennessee Modern Political Archives, Finding Aid for the Fred Thompson Papers, 1993 -2002 (pp. 5-6)

http://mpa.utk.edu/thompson/ThompsonFindingAid.pdf

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Earned "Restoring the Balance" Award from National Conference of State Legislatures; given annually to national policymakers committed to federalism and its impact on issues involving state legislators

- HSGAC and National Conference of State Legislatures

http://hsgac.senate.gov/030201_thompson_press.htm

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Sen. Fred Thompson was recognized by Citizens Against Government Waste for his report documenting the federal government's staggering levels of waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Thompson presented the report, which includes his recommendations for addressing those problems, to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mitch Daniels at a press conference in Washington. Report includes analysis of the four biggest challenges facing the federal government: workforce management, financial management, information technology management, and overlap and duplication. In addition, the report includes an agency-by-agency appendix citing examples of waste, fraud, and abuse. The report also contains a list of the "Top Ten" worst examples of mismanagement in the government. CAGW is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in government.

- Citizens Against Government Waste press release, June 5, 2001

http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_NewsRelease_06052001b

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Fred Thompson's Interest Group Ratings: National Abortion Reproductive Rights: 0
US Chamber of Commerce: 100%
ACLU: 11%
American Conservative Union: 85%
AFT: perfect 0
League of Private Property Owners: 90%
National Tax Limitation Committee: 97%
National Taxpayers Union: 88%
ADA (liberal): perfect score
Supported Newt’s Contract with America 100% of the time Planned Parenthood 0%
NARAL 0%

- Project VoteSmart, Interest Group Ratings for Fred Thompson

http://vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=22003

* Just a few of the 90 proposals and inclusions Fred introduced while in the Senate:

Nuclear Proliferation Act
Special Counsel Act
Aviation Security Bill Amendment
FY 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Regulatory Right-To-Know Act
Homeland Security Workforce Act
Homeland Security Education Act
Thompson amendment to Treasury-Postal Title (Section 646) of the Consolidated Appropriations Bill
Regulatory Improvement Act (S. 981)
Thompson Amendment to the National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act
Thompson Amendment to the National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Act
The Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility Act
The Federalism Accountability Act
The Government Information Security Reform Act (GISRA)
The Thompson Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act
The Truth in Regulation Act

United States Senate

http://www.senate.gov/

- Sturm Ruger, draftfredthompson.com, March, 2007 (revised 5/11/07)

What has Fred ever done?

The point is, I don't care. I care what Fred will do. Can he handle the media? Does he have conservative values? Can he articulate issues and gain support? Look at who Fred will be running against. Obama two year Senator, no major accomplishments. Hillary eight year Senator, no major accomplishments. Unless you count being the wife of the liar in chief as having done something, Freds record is as long as Hillary's.