Fred Thompson's God-o-Meter Q&A

Beliefnet/Time Magazine ^ | January 17, 2008

[2ndDivisionVet]

My Lord, we need Fred and Jeri in the White House! Every time I read something like this, I'm more and more convinced of it! Time to go throw another $100 in the kitty for Fred!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" FT: You have to go back and check—Governor Huckabee said that it ought to be left up to the states pretty consistently up until he started running for president. You ought to check on that. You ought to do a little research on that and when he says things like that ask him when he changed his mind."

This needs to get around in SC to all of the evangelical congregations...... Huckabee stated that it was up to the states to settle the issue of abortion.. BEFORE he thought about running for president... this sounds so much like Mitt Romney.

[Darkwolf377]

JT: Since when is humility a bad thing?

I already like her better than most of the other CANDIDATES.

[Tigen]

God-o-Meter: Do you think religion is playing too big a role in the presidential race?

Fred Thompson: I don’t have any feelings a long those lines. I think people have a right to express themselves, including people of faith, no question about it, and they’re participating and I’m glad to see it.

Nuff said!

[Tigen]

Sure does.

[Tigen]

GOM: In an interview with Beliefnet, Mike Huckabee said that your approach to leaving the question of abortion to the states would be as immoral as leaving the issue of slavery to the states during the Civil War…

FT: You have to go back and check—Governor Huckabee said that it ought to be left up to the states pretty consistently up until he started running for president. You ought to check on that. You ought to do a little research on that and when he says things like that ask him when he changed his mind.

FT Knows better! Fact is Mike hasnt changed his belief at all but I give fred a c in blatant acting.
maybe freds Wife is a believer? They have kids so I hope it works out.

[A1 Southern Man]

I still don’t understand how Fred’s not running away with this thing. Is my faith that it’s not too late for America so off? This is one of those rare times when the perfect man comes along when he is needed most. Are we as a country so freaking blind that we are going to thumb our noses at him?

[2ndDivisionVet]

If their voice is to be heard and listened to, then Christians need to avoid demagogues like Mike Huckabee, and make informed decisions about political matters. We cannot allow ourselves to be self-segregated into a political Christian ghetto by those claiming to speak for us. This means that sometimes, the best candidate for a Christian to choose is not the one who is most religious. Ronald Reagan was not very much of a church-going man, yet he was an infinitely better leader than the very religious but very inept and dishonest Jimmy Carter. Likewise, in this primary season, there are other candidates, Fred Thompson first and foremost, who are much better than Huckabee on the issues of importance to conservative Christians. We cannot be gulled into supporting an inferior candidate just because he deals a religion card to us.

[srmorton]

I agree with you 100%. We need them in the WH, which is why the MSM is doing whatever it can to prevent Fred from getting the nomination. They know that if the country had the opportunity to see him debate Hillary/Obama one-on-one, he would be the next POTUS.

On the question of abortion - what many people don't seem to understand is that, if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned, the decision whether or not to allow abortions WOULD be left to the states. It is conceivable that some states would outlaw abortion, but others would allow it.

As Fred has said many times, Roe v. Wade should be overturned because it is bad law. The USSC badly overstepped its authority by finding a "right to privacy" in the Constitution and extrapolated from that a right to have an abortion.

I firmly believe that you can not legislate morality. Moral values must be taught to children in the home and in church. My days of becoming pregnant are long past, but, if I were pregnant and the doctor told me that my baby had severe abnormalities, I would not have an abortion. Other women get pregnant at an inconvenient time and decide to have an abortion.

I was watching TV one Saturday night and came upon Dr. James Kennedy preaching about "The American Holocaust". Of course, he was talking about abortion. At one point during the sermon, he looked right at me through the screen and said, "If 20 years from now someone were to ask, 'What did YOU do personally to stop this?', how would you answer them?" Even though I am not the type to stand in front of a clinic and hold up a protest sign, I realized that I do have the responsibility to speak out against abortion when I have the opportunity and try to help change people's hearts which is what has to happen.

As was reported this week, abortions, although way too high, have been decreasing over the past decade. I think that this is due, not only to "heart change", but also to 3-D sonograms which tell the truth about those "unviable tissue masses" called babies. IMO, if a pregnant woman can view a 3-D sonogram of her own baby at 20 weeks gestation and still choose to have an abortion, there is nothing that would have stopped her.

[snarkybob]

“I still don’t understand how Fred’s not running away with this thing.”

JMO, but I think it’s because he has so far not connected with the people. Strange as it may seem to some Freepers his campaign has largely been pretty low profile. While I understand that his base supporters love him, IMO they are the 12% that already loved him before he officially entered the race. If Fred doesn’t win in SC after working really hard for the last two weeks to get his message out and connect with voters, then I think the conclusion has to be that either people don’t like his message, or he can’t sell it. Either way if he doesn’t win in SC I think he’s done. I suppose 2nd would suffice if he were within a point or two of the leader, but a virtual tie with one or more of the other candidates for anything less than first will be the final nail in his coffin IMO.

[counterpunch]

Why do some Christians want a candidate who acts more like a preacher than a national leader?
I have a lot of respect for Fred Thompson’s humility.

Mike Huckabee is the candidate for Christians who wear their faith on their sleeves.
Fred Thompson is the candidate for those who wear it in their hearts.

[mkjessup]

Vet, it’s no secret that I’m standing with Duncan Hunter until he tells his supporters to stand down, but I got to tell you that I like this interview, and what Fred and his wife had to say.

[ArtDodger]

“I still don’t understand how Fred’s not running away with this thing.”
It is because the press has been doing an excellent job of warping the minds of the general public. Doncha know that Fred doesn’t have a chance? It’s too late and besides, he’s lazy. Good conservatives have swallowed the kool-aid. Cup, spoon, and coaster.
Sheepishly, we have been herded to a liberal point of view, where Thompson is too radical and Hillary is centrist.

God help us...

[W04Man]

Bump to that.

Fred, Jeri & Hayden in Anderson, SC

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[reasonisfaith]

If I were a candidate, I would think very carefully about what, if anything, to say about my faith.

When a person holds up their faith for the purpose of getting votes, it’s blasphemy.

I think Fred Thompson takes a lot of time to think about moral issues like this one.

I hope Mike Huckabee does.

[SE Mom]

Really? Huckabee hasn’t changed his mind?

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2007/11/mike_huckabee_for_states_right.aspx

Mike Huckabee: It would please me because I think Roe v. Wade is based on a real stretch of Constitutional application — that somehow there is a greater privacy issue in the abortion concern — than there is a human life issue — and that the federal government should be making that decision as opposed to states making that decision.

So, I’ve never felt that it was a legitimate manner in which to address this and, first of all, it should be left to the states, the 10th Amendment, but secondly, to somehow believe that the taking of an innocent, unborn human life is about privacy and not about that unborn life is ludicrous.

—I believe right there he makes the statement that it should be LEFT TO THE STATES.

[The Pack Knight]

God-o-Meter? God-o-Meter?!?!

Good grief. What idiot came up with this idea?

Good interview by Fred, though I might have thought twice about giving this one, USN&WP credentials or no.

[perez24]

Isn’t the internet a great thing? I knew someone would find a quote. Politicians really can’t hide behind their positon-of-the-day anymore!!!

[gruna]

What you said is true, but you overlooked the most important factor, which is that Thompson failed to point out the many, many faults of his good friend McCain. He also gave him covering fire and allowed him to gain undeserved momentum, and now a lot of votes that should have gone to Thompson are going to go to McCain instead. It’s a real shame, but Thompson is to blame for it, nobody else.

Thompson obviously could have, and should have, won South Carolina, but he won’t.