He was standing face to face with the guy asking him the question, when he said “Yes, absolutely”.
He couldn’t hear someone standing within 2 feet, facing him?
And I disagee, the tape is unedited. That’s the point and that’s the link.
That video was unedited, but in that video you couldn’t hear what was said. The fairtaxers though put out this video to the media and posted it on YouTube as proof of Fred Thompson’s ‘pledge’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSoLzWBxMdc
A good edit job, but the scene where you can hear the question clearly, was re-taped and spliced in.