I hope nobody thinks I am picking on Fred. I am just recording what others say regarding Terri. Just a whole lot are connecting Fred to Terri and have from the beginning.
And Thompson's reluctance - or inability - to give straight answers to simple questions, even from his religious-right supporters, has been raising eyebrows and concerns.
For example: In Bible Belt Greenville, S.C., a woman in the crowd at his stump speech asked Thompson if he'll talk about his religious beliefs while campaigning. In response, he rambled about how uncomfortable he finds personal revelations. "I'm doing the best I can with it, because I don't hold myself out to be a perfect person. ... But I know that I'm right with God, and I'm right with the people I love, and the people I love are right with me."
Asked about congressional action in the Terri Schiavo case, a particularly important event for the religious right, Thompson responded: "That's going back in history. I don't remember the details of it." However, as armchair pundits are screaming that Thompson is a disappointment, says Ornstein, "he has not exactly plummeted in the polls."
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