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These hit pieces from Novak and his fellow travelers among the elite, pronouncing Fred’s demise, were as predictable as they are inaccurate. Support for a Constitutional Amendment is not the sine qua non of purity for the prolife movement. But even if it was not, Fred’s answer was, at once honest, principled, and practical.

It was HONEST because the Amendment has no chance of passage anytime in the next two decades at least. It requires another 25 senators and probably 85 more house members. There are enough state legislatures that are firmly proabortion that it would be denied ratification by the required 38 states if it did pass. Finally, Fred’s answer was honest because the President has NO ROLE whatsoever in the passage or ratification of a Constitutional Amendment.

Second, it was the PRINCIPLED answer. Fred believes in federalism as do all true conservatives. It is the surest way to assure the survival and the success of liberty. Rather than pander on an unpassable Amendment, Fred stuck to his principles. This is what separates him from every other politician in the field and what will lead to his success. People admire principle even if they do not understand, or disagree with, the answer. Some prolifers, who have been feeding on the placebo of a Constitutional Amendment for 30 years, need to have this explained to them. The Constitutional Amendment is a mirage, and any honest and informed prolifer will tell you this. The way to advance the prolife struggle is through: 1)federalist judges; 2) reversal of Roe and the return of the issue to the states; and 3) victory on the issue through the political process.

Finally, Fred’s answer on the issue of jailing young girls was PRACTICAL, even though he did not have time to explain it. If an Amendment did pass defining life as beginning at conception, then it would have an enabling clause that would require Congress to implement it. How would you go about implementing it? Fred appropriately does not trust the Congress to formulate such laws and he does not see how they would be workable or enforceable at the national level. That said, it was a speculative answer, because such an Amendment will not pass for the vastly foreseeable future. It is first and foremost a political struggle that must be won at the state level (Remember, you need 38 states) before you could even consider a Constitutional Amendment. If the prolife movement gets 38 state to ban abortion, you will not need a Constitutional Amendment.

That said, I am glad, on a certain level, for these broadsides against Fred Thompson. The MSM and their allies in the elite punditry are engaged in biting their own tail by lowering expectations for Fred Thompson, who has tremendous grass roots support (as evidence by the huge number of visits to his website). They are unwittingly and unintentionally engaged in magnifying the success he is going to enjoy starting on January 3. The elites do not like Fred. That is a given. We don’t like the elites. We both vote And there are more of us.