21, What do you consider “lifting one finger” and what exactly would it be possible for anyone to do as under the Constitutional duties of a President? What exactly leads you to believe that Fred Thompson would not do those things?
21 and Kevmo, are you aware of the roll the Senator had in the confirmation of John Roberts? Do you know that he voted 100% to limit and/or ban abortions when given the chance in the Senate?
Have you read or heard the Senator’s story about witnessing the ultrasound of his daughter?
Here’s the pdf from Senator Thompson’s website, on traditional family values
http://www.fred08.com/Virtual/Media/SocialValues120507.pdf
From the “Issues: Principles” page at the website, http://www.fred08.com/Principles/PrinciplesSummary.aspx
“Building Strong Families: Strong families are the bedrock of our nation and our culture. They are built around the sanctity of life and the institution of marriage, which is the union of a man and a woman. “
Fred, like McCain, Paul, Romney, Huckabee and Giuliani, thinks that states’ rights trump the unalienable right to life:
Fred Thompson
MR. RUSSERT: This is the 2004 Republican Party platform. [Reads excerpt.] Could you run as a candidate on that platform, promising a human life amendment banning all abortions?
MR. THOMPSON: No.
MR. RUSSERT: You would not?
MR. THOMPSON: No. . . . I think the diversity we have among the states, the system of federalism we have where power is divided between the state and the federal government serves us very well. I think that’s true of abortion.
Meet the Press with Tim Russert, Nov. 4, 2007
The Reagan GOP pro-life platform:
“We must keep our pledge to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence. That is why we say the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and we endorse legislation to make it clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.”
Do you know that he voted 100% to limit and/or ban abortions when given the chance in the Senate?
***Yes. Are you aware that Fred doesn’t support RtLA, he has quotes that are admittedly prochoice before he had his admirable prolife record, and he’s worked as a lobbyist for an abortion rights organization. That’s not maxing out at 100% in the eyes of many prolifers. Maybe to you, but not to them. This is a political calculation that Fred made, so it’s best to just acknowledge it and move on. Fred is Pro life. He may not be “pro life enough” for some. In my case, it’s enough to get my vote but not earn my support. Fred is conservative. He may not be “conservative enough” for some. There are differences on the Globalism/FleeceTrade/EconomicPatriotism scale as well. There are differences in experience in the Military, WOT, immigration, CFR, and probably taxes. Just acknowledge the differences as factual and then move on. It’s okay to put your spin on things (”It’s only 19hours/he was a junior partner/it’s no big deal”) but if that doesn’t change someone’s mind then let them go to the other camp.