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Fred Thompson FAQ ^ | September 2, 2007 | Fred Thompson

[Josh Painter]

Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Quick Reference

Fred Thompson FAQ: THE Fred Thompson Web Resource

[xcamel]

Ready, Set, FRED!!

[ElkGroveDan]

Sounds good to me, Fred. When can you start?

[trisham]

Great work, SR. I thought this was pretty funny:

[Josh Painter]

Looks like the good editors at Newsweak are trying to warn their fellow Democrats to beware of The Fred, LOL!

[Old_Mil]

Illegal Immigration: "It's an impossible situation to deal with. I mean, there's really no good solution. So what do you do? You have to start over. Well, I'm concerned about the next 12 million or 20 million.

Sounds like there's enough of a loophole there to drive amnesty through.

[trisham]

I love it. :)

[Old_Mil]

...and let’s not forget that the guy has cancer, making his VP choice critical because it’s entirely possible given his age and health that he won’t be able to serve out two terms.

[mainerforglobalwarming]

My thoughts exactly. Send the illegals home. Right now.

[Josh Painter]

Bull crap. Youknow dang well that Fred’s concern is that the next 12 or 20 million don’t make it across the border to make the problem worse.

He’s for sealing the border before we do anything else. He’s for removing the benefits that make those already here want to reamin here. He believes that most of the rest will go back home due to attrition.

[Old_Mil]

I didn't make the statement. He did. It would have been easy enough for him to say, "I oppose illegal immigration. I favor a border fence and strong border patrol to keep more from coming. I favor deportation of those already here."

He didn't.

[Jokelahoma]

...and let's not forget he has a very strong chance of winning, unlike RonDuncTom PaulHunTancredo.

[sam_paine]

RE: Lazy Like a Fox

I'll donate $1000 to Fred if he promises to run the FedGov's spending "lazily."

In fact, if he just promises to hang out at Camp David and not sign any bills for 2 years, I'll send $2000!

[sam_paine]

He did. It would have been easy enough for him to say, "I oppose illegal immigration. ...

It also would've been easy enough for him to say, "The bombing of abortion clinics starts within five minutes of my inauguration," but he didn't.

That doesn't make him pro-abortion, though.

If you want someone to say "I favor deportation" then send money down the drain to Tancredo or Hunter, and then be prepared to vote for Fred or Rooty next fall.

[Neu Pragmatist]

I’m leaning towards Fred, but I have a question that nobody seems to be able to answer, hopefully you can help. Does Fred support a renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban / AWB-2 ?

He wasn’t in the Senate when AWB-1 was enacted , so he has not had to take a position on that issue.

[television is just wrong]

he didn’t say he opposed illegal immigratio, he said they base their economy on it.

[mainerforglobalwarming]

I’m convinced that Hillary will win in 2008, because the GOP front runners for president refuse to do what is right. Deporting the illegals will save 9000 American lives a year. Deporting the illegals will save us tens of billions of dollars in health care and education costs. Employers will have no choice but to hire legal residents and pay social security taxes.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Interesting that civil unions are set apart from gay marriage. There is no real difference unless you can make a legal claim that they are different in order to deny federal benefits and the constitutional obligation of one state to recognize the civil union contract of another state as they are currently obligated to do with marriages. His position is not thoroughly thought out.

I personally believe states should be able to have sodomy laws. Funny how he says nothing about that. If Roe v Wade was bad law, what about Lawrence?

I still disagree with him about CFR. I credit him for his directness. That's something. It is good to get direct answers rather than have to rely on heresay and other people's interpretations.

I probably won't vote for Fred in the primary.

[trisham]

...and let’s not forget that the guy has cancer

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Let's not get hysterical, either:

"In an interview with Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto, the former Tennessee senator, 64, said a doctor conducting a physical in 2004 found a bump on his neck, which turned out to be non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He said the disease is in remission with no illness or symptoms, and it won't affect his decision about whether to seek the Republican nomination.

"I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't satisfied in my own mind as to the nature of it and the fact that not only will I have an average lifespan but in the meantime I will not be affected in anyway by it," Thompson said. "Now of course nobody knows the future but that has been in the history for almost three years now in terms of no symptoms and no sickness."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18055339/

[fabian]

me too...I think he is the man, JC Watts for vp...or Duncan Hunter.