I can understand why he hasn’t announced yet. He looks nothing like the Aqua Velva man Tweety called him…I hope it’s just because he lost some weight. The fact that he’s doing so well in the polls without doing anything except making a Youtube video about Michael Moore is a true reflection of how bad their candidates are being perceived. Can someone talk about the legal issues that he brings up?
John King asked him if the lazy man stigma is real and he said wait and see….
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Thompson: Yes, I do. I really do. We’re going to be getting in, if we get in, and of course we’re testing the waters phase, legality. We’re going to make a statement shortly that’ll cure all of that, but yes, we’ll be in traditionally when people get in.
He says he’ll try to overturn Roe v Wade ladies. And is pandering to the base on Gay rights…
(Carl Cameron reports from FOX Propaganda) He sures like that golf cart…Full transcript via CNN below the fold.
JOHN KING, CNN ANCHOR: Do you think that you can still get in this
race a couple of weeks from now as planned and do what it takes to win
the Iowa caucus?
FRED THOMPSON, FMR. SENATOR: Yes, I do. I really do. We’re going to be getting in, if we get in, and of course we’re testing the waters phase, legality. We’re going to make a statement shortly that’ll cure all of that, but yes, we’ll be in traditionally when people get in. People have announced traditionally September, October, November. Things have been moved up a little bit this time, in terms of the caucuses. But the campaigns have really been moved up. They’ve been going on for a long, long time, and we’re doing, in a few months, what most campaigns have done over a much longer period of time. But with the ways that we have to communication today in the modern era, there’s no question that we can do that. And most importantly, we can have a ground game that’ll get out everybody in Iowa.
KING: You met this morning privately with some conservative activists in this state, the people who helped people win the caucuses in the past. They say that they were very comfortable with everything said in that private meeting, very comfortable with your agenda. But they say they’re skeptical, that they don’t want to just hear lip service; they want to see results. And they want to know over time, as they meet you, would you a President Fred Thompson actively push a presidential amendment banning gay marriage. Would a President Fred Thompson actively push to overturn Roe. V. Wade. What are the answers to those questions?
THOMPSON: Yes, yes, I think that with regard to gay marriage you
have a full faith and credit issue. I don’t think one state ought to be able to pass a law requiring gay marriage, or allowing gay marriage, and have another state be required to follow along, under full faith and credit. There’s some exceptions and exemptions for that. Hasn’t happened yet, but I think a federal court very well likely will go in that direction, and a constitutional amendment would cure that. I think Roe v. Wade was a bad decision. I think it was bad law and bad medicine. You don’t just get up one day and overturn the entire history of the country with regard to nature major social policy, without any action by Congress, without any action by the American people or onstitutional amendment, and that’s what happened. It shouldn’t have happened. It ought to be reversed.
KING: So it wouldn’t be a speech a year or two speeches a year; you would promise on both of those issues a sustained effort if you were the president?
THOMPSON: Well, I don’t think as the president you can do anything
halfway. I mean, if you take a position, you’re bringing the whole office of the presidency there, and you have a bully pulpit. You have an obligation to speak about those things that are important to you, and those things are important.
KING: On the Democratic side, the debate on Iraq seems to focus on
how fast you can get the troops home. Many of the candidates saying
they want to get almost all of the troops out of Iraq by the end of 2009
essentially. If the president won’t get them out beforehand, once the
new president takes over, use that first year in office to get most of
U.S. troops out. How long would U.S. troops be in Iraq under a Thompson
administration?
THOMPSON: A lot of hypotheticals, John. You can’t deal with an important subject like that on a hypothetical basis. All I know is right now we need to make every effort to make sure that we don’t get run out of there with our tail between our legs before we’ve done the job of securing that place and stabilizing the place, so the whole place doesn’t go up into chaos and tens of thousands of more innocent people don’t get killed, and the whole place becomes a nucleate
(ph), on a sea of oil, as it were. Bad, bad results for America, and we shouldn’t even be talking about anything else but sustained activity until we get a report back from General Petraeus in the middle of September.
I think we’re making progress there. I think we have to come to terms with the fact that Iraq is only a part of a global problem that’s going to be with us for a while. It’s going to take a lot of time, effort and money. We need to face up to that fact, because the security of America for the next generation depends on it.
KING: OK, let me ask you one final question, senator. As you know, the chatter in Washington is, you know, this guy Fred Thompson is a nice guy, he’s a very good guy to get along with, but in the Senate he didn’t like to work very hard. He’s too lazy. He’s not going to give the 18 to 20 hours a day it takes to win the presidency of the United States.
What do you say to those critics?
THOMPSON: Well, if I have critics in Washington it’s not going to
come as a surprise to me. I’ll have more by the end of this campaign.
Proof’s in the pudding. I think that’s curable.
KING: Senator, thank you very much.
THOMPSON: Thanks a lot.
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He is the poster child for “One foot in the grave”.
WOW…LA Weight Loss Center?
This man wants to be POTUS? He looks like he can barely survive the next 5 years without the stress of that job…. I suppose whoever votes for this wingnut should look very closesly at his choice of VP.
That said, the thing I like about Fred supporters are that they are marginally less looney that Ron Paul supporters.
my chertoffian gut says Rove and Fred. all the conservative sites are advertising this “fredhead” thing.
get ready. this is going to get interesting.
I noticed this a couple of days ago. I think his cancer is back. It’s that skin stretched tight over the skull look. Anybody whose ever had someone they know suffer from cancer recognizes it. As much as I dislike his politics, I hope he is going to be alright.
Why does democracy depend on men being able to control women’s bodies?
Oy.
Think his cancer has returned. I know they kept harping on Elizabeth Edwards cancer and telling John Edwards to drop out and be with her, but I have never heard one of the republican wing nut TV sites even mention it.
Stawbs,
You got that right. We are dealing with this now, in our family, and Fred has certainly got the “look”. Best of luck to him in his treatment but I cannot wish him the same in his bid for the WH.
He definately looks like a cancer treatment patient.
hmmm… Golf cart, not red truck?
“Nuclearized on a sea of oil…”
Idiot.
too old.plus he’s a Booshie nazi…..no chance…….when it gets down to the stretch…..I think McCain will get the nod……but that’s just me.But I wouldn’t be surprised if the neanderthals go with Newt the cheater
Damn, he looks like shit. Yeah, I’d say the cancer has come back… but then again, I’m not like Frist, who can make a complete medical diagnosis over video.
I am with strawberry 7. The man looks very ill. Not the robust big fella that the repubs want to channel Ronald Reagan.
“…requiring Gay marriage?” My God!!!
People are dumb!
Gregory @ 11:
Oh God Gregory, I’m sorry. I’ve had family with cancer and I lost my best friend to AIDS when she was only 28. I frickin’ hate watching someone you love slowly waste away. Don’t take this the wrong way but if I do have to lose someone, I’d prefer it to be to a sudden heart attack or something quick. I’m a pussy when it comes to other people’s suffering.
re: legal issues
Are you wondering about the “full faith and credit” issue that he mentions? What he is saying is that under the full faith and credit clause of Art. IV of the constitution, states are obligated to honor the legal determinations of other states. In other words, when State X grants you a drivers license, it is honored in state Y; and when State X grants you a marriage license, it should be honored in state Y as well. Clearly, without full faith and credit, people and goods would be severely hindered in interstate travel. Imagine having to get a new drivers license every time you traveled ourside of the state that granted your license.
What Thompson is stating is that if State X grants a gay couple the right to get married, and State Y doesn’t provide that right, State Y could be stuck and forced to honor that marriage. He doesn’t want that, obviously. And it is a problem in the obvious sense that gay couples can marry in State X, but if they move to State Y for whatever reason, the benefits they enjoyed in State X (i.e. the benefits that ALL OTHER married couples enjoy) would not transfer.
There is an exception to full faith and credit, called the public policy exception, which permits states to NOT HONOR the legal determinations of other states if it would be against public policy honor them. For example, in the past some states refused to honor polygamous or common law marriages, some civil and criminal judgments, etc. Same sex marriage is one of the most controversial of these issues these days.
As for Roe, its the typical anti-abortion argument that the constitution should be read literally and no where in the document does it say anything about a “right” to abortion. Roe and its progeny were decided under the “liberty” clause of the 14th amendment.
Try to overturn Roe v Wade? Kiss of death. I don’t care what anyone says, you make that comment it’ll mobilize the left to a point where he we’ll hope he gets the nomination.
Why he looks so manly and virile and not like a feeble sick old man at all!
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Greg @ 21:
I agree, especially when we’ve got a woman running for POTUS. More women than ever will be voting. Even my republican sisters in law are voting for Hillary….they’ve never voted before….well, it’s a start.
Yeah…he looks like the Grim Reaper is right behind him…….best of luck Fred….he can’t seriously be making a run for the WH…..he’s a diversion..
Time for the nursing home. I don’t see anyone voting for a man who looks like that.
Greg @ 21:
True. A recent poll found that roughly 2/3 of Americans (66%) do not want Roe v. Wade overturned…
…then again, it’s that fucked up 30% of the country who still support Bush and got him elected.
all power gravitates toward the butter cow…
Don’t forget — Bill Clinton waited until October 3, 1991 to declare himself a candidate for 1992. Things are different now, though. Fred has just proven to have dodged the debates. I’ve said it many times and I’ll state it again: Fred Thompson is to President as Bill Cosby is to doctor. He does it well on TV, but I wouldn’t want them to do those jobs in the REAL WORLD. The problem is — the GOP lemmings don’t LIVE in the real world…….
jzzmky @ 29:
Sorry about the mistaken double posting here.
But what has become of this site? Posts about how ugly Fred Thompson is? Is this supposed to be a serious liberal blog, or Perez Hilton does politics?
[Your “concern” is duly noted — Sitemonitor]
one thing for sure….Gay Marriage is going to be a wedge issue…get ready..it’s just around the corner.
“Cure”, “cure”, and “curable” all in the space of one short interview. I think Thompson’s got a lot on his mind right now. I wish him the best, but hope he decides not to risk his health by running.
“full faith and credit issue”?
Is Thompson saying that Roe vs. Wade was wrong because some states had made abortion illegal?
calscientist @ 17:
I think they might lean towards Hunter for that….he’s being smart…very quiet rite now…letting everyone else stick their foot in their mouth….come to think of it…..Newt’s a diversion too
mudshark @ 32:
Illegal Immigrant Terrorists who are ALSO Gay!
It’s a triffecta of phony fear for the Faux TV crowd!
Save us Fred, please!
Fred has Tweety’s vote. Fred is scared his past will come out so he’s waiting to see if that information can be covered up. Rove is good at doing cover ups. Fred will milk this for as much as he can get before saying he is leaving to spend time with his young wife and children. That’s what the GOP say when it’s time to take the stolen money and run. Hastert is running as fast of his fat body can take him. Tony Snow isn’t getting anymore money so he’s gone. Gonzales will follow Bush to the bath room and wipe his butt if need be. Cheney is closing shop and praying that the Saudis don’t come after him. Israel is happy for 6 years they used the Bush Administration for all they could get and they got alot.
THAT is the great white hope of the GOP???? That fossil is ready for a pine box now. If that’s the best the Republicans can offer, make way for a Dem sweeping into the White House in ‘08.
Still waiting for someone to explain the appeal of this skidmark. Because he has a commanding voice??? This country’s standards for selecting a prez are sliding by the year. In 2000, Chimpy got in because he was “someone you’d want to have a beer with.” Now, Freddie is riding high because he has a deep voice.
Is this country full of morons, or does it jsut seem that way???
He’s testing the waters?
I hope that Aqua Velva or Old Spice doesn’t wash off.
After all, what would be the sense of voting for him if he doesn’t smell good?
For chissake Fred you’re a fucking movie star.
Botox it baby or at least wear some cake.
Will someone be sure to have a tube of Preparation-H on hand for the bags before the next interview?
He’s a terrible, stiff actor, he’d make an even worse President. Having said that, he’s just the kind of cretin Republicans love. Kind of like Ronald Reagan.
Still waiting for someone to explain the appeal of this skidmark.
No kidding, I read a column where some Republic hack-pundit was wetting himself, cause Fred will be the tallest president ever!
Cue up Shaquille as VP?
Is this country full of morons, or does it jsut seem that way???
Keep in mind, the 30% that still support Bush also believe Jesus is going to fly down out of the clouds sometime next week…..
Calling them morons is too much of a compliment.
Just Republicans will do.
If Willard needed $1200 makeup sessions to look alive, this guy’ll need $12,000 treatments, and a few weeks with Extreme Makeover. He really looks his age, even older than the guy who spent a few years in the Hanoi Hilton who’s actually a few years his senior. When you see him next to his wife, the word “lecher” has to come to mind. Works for me.
I don’t want anyone over 50 years old to be running this country. While there are some very good people over 50, too many have just stopped caring about the long term future of this country. From what I’ve seen of those approaching the end of their lives, they just aren’t that invested in the big picture anymore even when they are still possessing all their faculties.
Thompson was just on CNN babbling on about he’s gonna get rid of Roe VS Wade…it was a bad law…activist judges changed the law of the land and ignored the real people…..bla, bla, bla, all right out of the Rove playbook and red meat for his ignorant base.
His base being the 25% of deadheads who think he’s the character on Law and Order, they’re the kind who drive pick-ups, work hard and make 17,000 in a good year, and actually think Bush cares a shit about them.
Just watching Fred’s performance today and the reckless way he attaced Roe, I have a feeling he doesn’t want to get in the race cause he knows the extra media attention he will get as an actual candidate will be trouble for him…he’ll stick both feet in his mouth before long.
I say bring any of the top Repubs on against the top 4 Dem candidates and they will get their asses kicked!