Posted on 07/19/2007 7:33:24 AM PDT by pissant
How was Thompson VOTING record on Abortion?
The rest is noise.
I'm not saying I'm against Fred Thompson, but the idea that he's a conservative Messiah is a bit ridiculous. He should be honest and admit his views on abortion have been somewhat fluid.
Given his record on abortion, he shouldn't be given any more of a pass than Giuliani or Romney on the issue -- he needs to go out and earn support.
“Because of Thompson’s consistent pro-life record in the Senate, pro-family groups will probably give him a pass on that aspect. But Thompson needs to be careful. He wants people to see him as a plain spoken, tell it like it is southerner.”
Amen! If you messed up Fred, just say so, don’t do damage control it doesn’t work. And while your at it, get rid of the homosexuals on your campaign payroll - that’s going to bite you on the backside eventually.
For those that want to diss this, notice it was published by “CBN.” The Christian Broadcast Network - a major outlet for religious conservatives. It is not a “hit-piece.”
If someone came up and asked if he lobbied for abortion rights, he may very well be in the right for saying no, if that was not the nature of the work he did for the group. When the specifics came out, then he would have a better idea about the question.
Abortion was never put to an up or down vote when Thompson was in the Senate. He voted in favor of a few reasonable restrictions, but as far as I know he still stands by statements he's made that he wants abortion-on-demand to be legal in every state.
WHAT in the hell does it matter what his position on abortion is????????? FOR pete sakes we need a good candidate and do any of you see one running right now, would you rather see the Clinton slime back in the WH???
Come on folks, if he picks conserv. judges, what does his position on this matter, we need someone strong on defense NOW and nothing else matters.
LOL.....the story began as an abortion story, but because of Fred's strong anti-abortion record the abortion angle has obviously fizzled and now the anti-fred's are admitting it.....talk about backpeddling...bwhahahahaha
Now they are desperately trying to latch on to Fred and his staff's recall about it in order to salvage some damage to Fred...LOL.
This will have no measurable effect on the Fred train......sorry anti-freds....thanks for playing....
I don't know -- what does anybody's position on anything matter? If you don't care about conservative issues, why be a Republican?
He has never said that.
You are lying again. At worst, he’s Federalist on the issues, which means overturn Roe and return the issue to the pre-1970s condition, which is the states.
Last time I checked Bush, the perfect pro lifer, hasn’t done that himself...(overturned Roe I mean)
Oh, maybe because he’s the most pro life electable candidate?
Ha, ha, ha! You’re working so hard against your “#2 guy,” that you won’t be able to vote for him in the general elections. LOL!
I know that you’ve got your hopes soaring on this one. I hope you’re wearing a parachute.
“but as far as I know he still stands by statements he’s made that he wants abortion-on-demand to be legal in every state.”
You need to provide the source for those statements, AND the statements themselves. As far as I know, Thomspon has never stated that.
If I were you, I’d ask admin to delete that post.
Comparing him to Romney and even more Rudy. Give me a break.
LESS THAN 20 YEARS AGO!
AND ... at an obvious cut rate of $250/hr for a favored client.
so, he charged them $5000 to tell them they really had no shot in their quest. (which is an educated guess on my part because it was clear that the admnistration had zero interest in entertaining changes in the law, and FRed clearly knew that. likely the 3.3 hours actually talking to others was just to clarify positions and confirm what he already knew)
"The ultimate decision must be made by the women. Government should treat its citizens as adults capable of making moral decisions on their own."Last time I checked Bush, the perfect pro lifer, hasn’t done that himself...(overturned Roe I mean)
-Fred Thompson, 1994, explaining why he opposed efforts to outlaw abortion.
No, of course he hasn't overturned Roe, but he doesn't have the power to do so. But Bush has supported pro-life legislation and he's appointed two solid pro lifers to the Supreme Court. Would President Thompson fight as hard as Bush has to keep the Hyde Amendment? Maybe yes maybe no, but I think Thompson has to go out and prove his worth. So far he hasn't done so.
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