Posted on 04/11/2007 11:11:59 PM PDT by FairOpinion
On Abortion: "Government should stay out of it... The ultimate decision must be made by the women... Government should treat its citizens as adults capable of making moral decisions on their own." -- Fred Thompson, July 1994
Are the Social Cons ignorant of Thompson's background?
Back in the early to mid-1990s, there was a raging battle in the Republican Party between the Moderates/Libertarians versus the Religious Right. On one side there was Ann Stone's Republicans For Choice, the Ripon Society, Log Cabin Clubs and the organization that I had founded in 1990 - the Republican Liberty Caucus. On the other side was the Religious Right.
Tennessee was right smack dab in the middle of it all.
The leader of the TN Anti-Religious Right forces at the time was Michael McCloskey.
During the same time, Fred Thompson was making noises of running for the US Senate. McCloskey was one of the ones who was influential in recruiting him to run. McCloskey saw him as a Celebrity counter-force to the Religious Right/Pro-Lifers that could win the GOP Nomination.
And the Religious Right, predictably came after Thompson. It was a bitterly fought primary. Thompson's opponent was Religious Rightist John Bakkes. In the end, Thompson's celebrity status carried him through, and he won with 62% to Bakkes's 37%. Many credited McCloskey and his "Young Republican brigades" with helping Thompson's win.
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Laughable. You're really afraid Rudy will win the primary and the general election."
FairOpinion wrote: “Thompson and Giuliani have the same position on homosexuals”
Wrong. Fred has never marched in a gay parade, nor has he ever sponsored one.
Keep misrepresenting Fred on the issues, and I’ll keep calling you on it. End result: Fred picks up new backers evey time.
Thanks!
Sorry dude, but if you think any thinking person is going to buy the “Fred Thompson is pro-choice” line after having seen his voting records, etc. during his entire time in the Senate, then you need to get your core processor repaired.
I've added your name to the FRed List. :)
There’s only one thing that could make me change my mind.
What would that be?
As Delivered
Thank you very much for inviting me to say a few words of welcome. This event shows that people of different political parties and different political thinking can unite in support of choice. In doing so, we are upholding a distinguished tradition that began in our city starting with the work of Margaret Sanger and the movement for reproductive freedom that began in the early decades of the 20th century.
As a Republican who supports a woman's right to choose, it is particularly an honor to be here. And I would like to explain, just for one moment, why I believe being in favor of choice is consistent with the philosophy of the Republican Party. In fact, it might be more consistent with the philosophy of the Republican Party. Because the Republican Party stands for the idea that you have to restore more freedom of choice, more opportunity, more opportunity for people to make their own choices rather than the government dictating those choices. Republicans stand for lower taxation because we believe that people can make better choices with their money than the government will make for them, and that ultimately frees the economy and produces more political freedom. We believe that, yes, government is important, but that the private sector is actually more important in solving our problems.
So it is consistent with that philosophy to believe that in the most personal and difficult choices that a woman has to make with regard to a pregnancy, those choices should be made based on that person's conscience and that person's way of thinking and feeling. The government shouldn't dictate that choice by making it a crime or making it illegal.
I think that's actually a much more consistent position. Many Republicans support that position, but you don't hear that as often. For example, in a recent poll by American Viewpoint, 65 percent of Republicans supported changing the plank in the Republican platform that calls for a constitutional ban on abortion. That's 6.5 out of every 10 Republicans. And over 80 percent of Republicans believe that the decision with regard to an abortion should be made by a woman, her doctor, and her family rather than dictated by the government.
[Applause]
In any case, I just wanted you to know that many of my fellow Republicans stand with you on this issue. So I thank you, I thank NARAL for taking the lead in establishing freedom of choice for all of us, and as the Mayor of New York City, I thank you for being here in New York City.
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http://www.nyc.gov/html/rwg/html/2001b/champlunch.html
There. No you see a real RINO talking. See the difference?
You're honestly going to tell me you missed this crap the first 437,826 times it was posted?
It's actually even better than Fred's own supporters are advertising. I have a friend who did an analysis of Senator Thompson's pro-life voting record and he came up with twenty votes out of twenty that he voted right on. I was pleasantly surprised. Credit where credit is due. Having said that, I think Fred needs to be asked some very hard questions, and I hope to God he thinks real hard before he answers them.
This is the long term view that the "win now at all costs" crowd accuse us of not having.
If the Republican Party does not survive as a force for Conservative governance, and it's dangerously close to loosing it now, it will take decades to build a new conservative party. The country will have turned socialist before that can happen.
Nominating Rudy will be the end of the Republican party, and ultimately, the end of our Republic.
And YOUR solution to this is to nominate a 100% NARAL rated RINO over the 0% NARAL guy?
You have lost it!
No, He could win the primary with the current announced field, but I think he has ZERO chance of winning the general election. If he runs there will be a third choice (write in or third party or both) that will siphon off the social conservative vote.
The only chance we have is to make sure he doesn’t win the primary.
“You have lost it!”
Depends on his party affiliation.
Bob Beckel: “Fred Thompson is the Left’s worst nightmare”
From these silly, desparate posts trying to paint Thompson as “pro-abortion” like JulieAnnie, Fred’s also the RINOs’ worst nightmare.
Fred also has a vote rating of 0 % from NARAL.
Yes, he does. Quite admirable.
In other words he was waffling, didnt say a categorical YES.
Libertarians and Thompson believe Roe v. Wade was bad law. It's not law, it's judcial fiat. The court was performing an illegal legistative act and camoflaging it in legal goobley gook. Pnenumbras anyone? Give me a break.
Thompson is against the corruption of the law. If the American people want to make abortion legal...then they should do so in a straight forward democratic way.
xxxxxxx>tanned...rested...and ready
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