( Read on, and see if he is close enough to your beliefs for you to support- I ask no more than that )
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Thompson's supporters have no questions about his conservative credentials.
"I know Fred Thompson is a man of his word," Tennessee State Rep. Jason Mumpower, a member of the national Draft Fred Thompson 2008 Committee, told Cybercast News Service. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845188/posts?page=1#1
Thompson was quoted expressing support for abortion rights in 1994 when he first ran for the Senate from Tennessee, although once in the Senate, he consistently voted pro-life.
He not only voted for, but was a major booster of the campaign finance reform bill that many conservatives believe infringes on free speech. And although he has been a vocal opponent of the Senate's current immigration reform bill, he supported legislation in 1998 to help illegal immigrant farm workers temporarily stay in the U.S.
Abortion:
During that same year, in the July/August 1994 issue of Republican Liberty, a newsletter for libertarian Republicans, Thompson was quoted as saying: "Government should stay out of it. No public financing. The ultimate decision must be made by the woman. Government should treat its citizens as adults capable of making moral decisions on their own."
However, Thompson's voting record in the Senate was pro-life. He registered a zero rating from Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America and a rating of 100 percent from the National Right to Life Committee.
Thompson claimed the bill now being debated in the Senate is the same deal” offered in the 1986 amnesty: legalization of aliens in exchange for border security. He said the public won’t be fooled again."
Call me a dirty old man, but I assume if a man and woman spend a lot of time together, they sleep together- it's a normal part of a man-woman relationship:
While it is not in the realm of public policy, Thompson's reputation as a lady's man between the nearly two decades he was divorced and remarried could also come up in the presidential race.
During a meeting with House Republicans in April, he reportedly said: " I was single for a long time, and, yep, I chased a lot of women ... And a lot of women chased me. And those that chased me tended to catch me."
Wright is not sure the issue will be a liability for Thompson. "I've heard a lot of people respond that at least he did it when he was single," Wright said. "He seems to have been a faithful husband when he was married."
CFR:
If you link to Youtube or whatever that video site is, they have a number of Fred interviews and speeches. In one, heÂ’s asked about McCain/Feingold and says he voted for it at the time...one reason being that he and McCain are old friends...but is now convinced itÂ’s a very bad bill and regrets voting for it. 194
Here's the bottom line, he's more conservative than George W. Bush on nearly every issue. He's more conservative than all of the current frontrunners and more electable than all of the candidates at the back of the pack. And that is good enough for me and for most FReepers. 189 posted on 06/05/2007 2:46:14 PM EDT by Spiff
A little more "Freducation" here:
First link in my files:
A majority of people in their sixties and seventies report being healthy and in control of their lives -- and as happy as many respondents in their 40s, according to a survey conducted for HSBC of 21,000 people in 21 countries and spanning four age groups, each decade from age 40 to age 80.
That's because being a career politician is not the most important thing to Fred Thompson.
He does not have the desire to become a career politician, nor crave, nor lust for power to be the President of the USA, all he wants is to serve and to do what is right and good for our country, so Fred has nothing to lose if he speaks his mind.... which is refreshing.
I think that his attitude and message will resonate with most of the average American people, and once he enters the race, he will leave the rest of the pack behind him in the dust.
Thompson: 'charisma out of his ears'
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 4/1/7 | Knox Calling
A LOOK AT FRED THOMPSON and "the actor factor:"
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070401/NEWS08/704010349
Hodding Carter III, who advised Jimmy Carter in the 1976 campaign and is an expert on Southern politicians, said he believes Thompson is "blessed" with the kind of exposure that other candidates have to spend months, even years, building.
"Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks."
"You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you."
"The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations."
"After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood."
"Is it really in our countryÂ’s best interest to signal to the enemy that they probably only have to wait us out a little longer because congressional determination to defeat them is crumbling? DoesnÂ’t such a resolution further diminish our chances for success at the very time our soldiers are preparing to go into battle? And finally, regardless of our politics is this the time to announce to the world that our president is 'on his own'?"
"I think Roe vs. Wade was bad law and bad medical science. And the way to address that is through good judges."
"I think that we ought to be a tolerant nation. I think we ought to be tolerant people. But we shouldn't set up special categories for anybody."
"You know, marriage is between a man and a woman, and I don't believe judges ought to come along and change that."
"I'm against gun control generally. You know, you check my record. You'll find I'm pretty consistent on that issue."
"The court [by overturning the D.C. gun ban] basically said the Constitution means what it says, and I agree with that."
"We've got a situation where people could give politicians huge sums of money, which is the soft money situation at that time, and then come before those same politicians and ask them to pass legislation for them. I mean, you get thrown in jail for stuff like that in the real world."
"I'm concerned about the next 12 million or 20 million [illegal immigrants]. So that's why enforcement, and enforcement at the border, has to be primary."
"If Saddam Hussein was still around today with his sons looking at Iran developing a nuclear capability, he undoubtedly would have reconstituted his nuclear capability. Things would be worse than what they are today."
"Wars are full of mistakes. You rectify things. I think we're doing that now."
"I'd do it [pardon Scooter Libby] now. This is a trial that never would have been brought in any other part of the world. This is a miscarriage of justice."
"We've got an entitlement program that's bankrupting us. We've got things going on in Thailand, in Indonesia, in places that nobody ever talks about anymore that could impact on us."
"They're [the Red Chinese] still a totalitarian government that is building up their military tremendously and has 200 missiles pointed toward Taiwan."
Impeachment:
I support FDT's analysis on why he voted to acquit Clinton on perjury and that would launch such a poster in to hyperdrive hysteria. And then I would ask did you even bother to read the analysis of this great legal intellect in the person of Senator Fred Thompson?
http://www.australianpolitics.com/usa/clinton/trial/statements/thompson.shtml
Fred's voting record is strongly pro-life.
http://postpolitical.com/ppblog/2007/03/19/fred-thompsons-voting-record-by-issue-category/
Also found this article from a more credible source than the blog source on this thread:
http://www.nationalreview.com/daily/nr070600.html
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The best endorsement:
A FRED THOMPSON RUN GETS praise from Thompson's ex-girlfriend Lorrie Morgan.
As I've noted here before on several occasions, it pays to stay on good terms with your ex-girlfriends. Sometimes I even get blogging from them!
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