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OK, I googled it like you suggested, and all I could find was one unsupported(No News Accounts at all) statement by Terry Jeffrey of Human Events and your reference to Chuck Baldwin is just another reference back to Terry Jeffrey. BTW, Chuck Baldwin appears to be in the tank for Ron Paul and is a terrible writer. Lots of innuendo and opinion, without much supporting evidence.

Not much proof of lobbying against the pro-life plank if you ask me.

With regards to running as a pro-choice candidate, I googled that as well and there is no proof or evidence of Thompson or his campaign stating anything that could be construed as pro-choice in either of his Senate campaigns. None. He did state in a debate in his first campaign that he felt the Federal government should not be involved in the abortion issue in any fashion and that the decision should be left to the states and ultimately the woman, but that he felt that Americans would come to the right decision (implying anti-abortion) if left to make the decision on their own ( and of course I am paraphrasing). This approach is basically the approach he took in 1994 and 1996. After that there is no reference at all that I could find where Fred restates this same position.

His votes and his statements from that time forward show him as ever increasing in his Pro-Life position as evidenced by the following:

His statement that Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad science. (Jun 2007)
His statement that he would Appoint strict constructionist judges. (Jun 2007)
His statement that he Has never been pro-choice despite 1994 news reports. (Jun 2007)
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)

"That, and his core sponsorship of CFR legislation, would explain why, as far as I know, no pro-life groups have endorsed him."

With respect to that statement it is all conjecture because I don't believe the big Pro-Life organizations have come out and endorsed anyone. I know the National Right To Life committee has not and they endorsed Thompson in both of his Senate campaigns.

He has also come out strongly against Fetal Stem Cell-research. Which is a very good indicator of his Pro-Life position.

With respect to the CFR legislation he said earlier this year in an interview with the Wall Street Journal “we shouldn’t just take off the limits and have the full disclosure with harsh penalties for not reporting everything.”

Overall Spiff your position seems very biased and not very objective. Correct me if I am wrong, but you come across as someone who is willing to denigrate another candidate without much proof if you view him as a threat to your candidate, Duncan Hunter.

Duncan is my first choice on the issues. He appears to be spot-on from a conservative perspective, however, he does not have a chance to win the Primaries. He needs more exposure. In a perfect world, he should be the Republican Presidential nominee.

Thompson, is about 90% correct on the issues and he is electable. He would make a great President and would be much better on the Border and on the Fiscal issues than GWB has been.

Lots of innuendo and opinion, without much supporting evidence.

Just like this entire anti-Fred thread.

Nice summary, except for one thing. Spiff is supporting Mitt Romney, not Duncan Hunter.

“With regards to running as a pro-choice candidate, I googled that as well and there is no proof or evidence of Thompson or his campaign stating anything that could be construed as pro-choice in either of his Senate campaigns. None.”

Unfortunately you are badly mistaken. I’ve posted the proof multiple times.