Thompson unaware of death penalty cases

[rodeodance]

Source: ap



Thompson unaware of death penalty cases

By ERIK SCHELZIG, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 27, 8:51 PM ET

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Thursday he was unaware that a federal judge had ruled last week that lethal injection procedures in his home state were unconstitutional.

Thompson also told reporters he was unaware that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed this week to consider a Kentucky case about whether lethal injection violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Thompson's support for the death penalty was a major part of his campaign platform when he first ran for the U.S. Senate in Tennessee in 1994. Asked for his response to the recent Tennessee and Kentucky cases, Thompson responded, "I hadn't heard that. I didn't know."



It's not the first time Thompson has been caught off-guard by questions on hot-button topics. In Florida earlier this month, Thompson seemed surprised when asked about oil drilling in the Everglades, a major issue in the state.

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Too much 'Hollywooding"

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Poor Frederick of Hollywood.

He's like your grand dad who spends the whole day tying trout flies and drinking sipping whiskey, starting about 8:00AM. Nice enough guy, but he really doesn't know there's much going on out there.

[DrDan]

20. lets not forget that young wife of his . . . she may be taking up a bit of time also

[Tom Joad]

2. he only knows about it when it is part of the script of law and order episode

and then only his speaking parts.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Dude really expects people to just hand him the presidency because he's been on TV.

[ClintonTyree]

8. Worked with Reagan....

If it wasn't for the fact that Reagan appeared in so many "B" movies he'd never have been elected. Same thing with Fred. Facial recognition goes a long way in bamboozling our electorate. Sad, but true. :banghead:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. True, to an extent

Face recognition helped Ronnie into office as a Governor, but it wasn't enough to get him the nomination the fist two times he ran for president.

More than anything I believe it was his ability as a spokesperson. It was the same if he were selling hemorrhoid cream or Barry Goldwater, people responded to the way he delivered a sales pitch.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. BREAKING NEWS!

Fred Thompson unaware that the Soviet Union collapsed 16 years ago!
"Really? when did that happen? Are you sure you ain't pullin on one my legs? Heh, next thing is you'll be tellin me that the Berlin Wall came down. As if."

Rumors that former Lobbyist and former Senator Thompson was not aware that the war between the states ended more than 140 yrs ago were proven to be untrue. He is only 137 years old.

[rusty quoin]

5. I can't wait till he is actually in a debate.

But I would actually like him to win the Repub nomination.

[AndyTiedye]

29. People Said the Same Thing About ** in 2000! Be Careful What You Wish For

He might get (s)elected.

[Hulk]

6. This guy is a JOKE!!

This is really too funny to be serious about. I hope he gets the repug nomination. He is so lame ass stupid and lazy, he would be torn apart in a debate of any kind with anyone. What does he think he is doing?......LAME!!

[Virginian]

7. That was exactly what they said about Reagan.

Sometimes people vote on name recognition. Just because his face is familiar, gets hime an extra x% of the popular vote. It irks me that people who have the responsibility of electing this nations' leaders can base their vote on such shallow reasons. They would probably put more thought into a $2 bet on a horse race.

[Frank Cannon]

10. Yup. Not to mention the current fuckwit in the Oval Office.

I remember when George W. first announced that he was running for President. "No way could a guy that fucking stupid get elected," said I. What a politically callow young lad I was then.

Republicans WANT a total dumbass for President. This is good press for Foghorn Leghorn Fred.

[WCGreen]

9. You mena Fred (Buffon-TN), that Fred,,,

[urgk]

11. "Thompson Unaware of Own Ignorance."

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Thursday he was unaware of reports that he has long since shoved his meaty, condescending face, along with the rest of his ego-swelled head, straight up his own rectum.

Speaking from at least a foot inside his own colon, Thompson also told reporters he was unaware of allegations that if it were outside of his sphincter, the head might be mistaken for some terrifying genetic experiment to cross a wild game turkey with a hound dog.

Thompson's rabid self-love for the head in question was also a major part of his decision to insert himself into a Republican Presidential field already rife with uninformed, one-dimensional, over-inflated, egocentric, short-sighted screw-ups who don't realize that there is more to leadership than looking like you attend the same weekly poker game with buddies who all belong to the same exclusively-white golf club.

[calimary]

15. Welcome to DU! He does indeed seem awfully unaware of a few too many

things, doesn't he? Just what we want in the White House. ANOTHER dim bulb. Isn't the one we have bad enough? Man, is he ever some kind of wonderful, 'eh? REALLY impressive contender there. Methinks there's been much ado about not too much with fast freddie. freddie the flatulent seems to be how he's turning out. And I remember what seemed like only days ago when he was the GOP's "great white hope."

Glad you're here! Now get to work.

[kcass1954]

18. Best ever description of the repug candidates. May I quote you?

"...a Republican Presidential field already rife with uninformed, one-dimensional, over-inflated, egocentric, short-sighted screw-ups who don't realize that there is more to leadership than looking like you attend the same weekly poker game with buddies who all belong to the same exclusively-white golf club."

[urgk]

21. Absolutely. My pleasure. :) n/t

[Doctor_J]

24. nicely played

:thumbsup:

Welcome to DU

[Vinca]

12. Freddie's pretty much "unaware" about everything.

Sheeple: "But he reminds us of Reagan."

[0007]

13. C'mon gang ... Thompson is just a big old lovable type hound dog

A Pussy Whipped Hound that is ....

[Dr. Strange]

27. When asked about whether he enjoyed being a pussy whipped hound,

Thompson responded, "I hadn't heard that. I didn't know."


When asked about what he enjoyed most on the campaign trail, Thompson responded, "Am I running for president? I hadn't heard that. I didn't know."

[kurth]

14. The "Law And Order" candidate, eh?

[jmfleetwood]

16. Fred Thompson (R-Colon, TN) to undergo surgical procedure

According to sources within his campaign, Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson will undergo an experimental surgical procedure at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee today. The operation, a retroperitoneal glassotomy, will partially restore Thompson's ability to see. Thompson's vision has deteriorated steadily as his head has continued its disappearance into his own lower digestive tract. Glassotomies install a state of the art transparent membrane that enables patients with temperorectal compaction to see again. "Put bluntly, glassotomies are windows in the lower abdomen that enable patients to see out of their own asses," says Dr. Steven Rumpus, Thompson's surgeon. The procedure, while experimental, is being performed with increased frequency, especially on older southern men. Doctors report that there is a certain irony behind the elective surgery because the glassotomy's key component, the transparent membrane, is cultured from embyonic stem cells and most glassotomy patients are self-declared political conservatives. Dr. Rumpus added, "we restore sight to the patient, what he or she decides to see is up to the patient."

[BadgerLaw2010]

17. Thompson Unaware.

[Doctor_J]

22. Fred seems to be right at *'s level on the ignorance meter

We will see if the electorate can be convinced AGAIN by the right-wing media machine that having a folksy dunce in the WH is good.

[Bake]

23. The list of things of which Fred is unaware would fill the Library of Congress

Blissfully unaware, he is.

Bake

[Javaman]

25. Someone poke thompson with a stick, he's fallen asleep again. nt

[AlCzervik]

26. He really is the laziest candidate ever. Fred you can read sitting down you know.

[Orsino]

28. New nickname: Fred "Unaware" Thompson

Sometimes being "unaware" is a way to dodge questions, but these instances of Thompson's seem, in context, to show genuine ignorance.