Grandpa Fred Criticizes Federal Intervention In Schiavo Case - ticks off Fundie Right

[jefferson_dem]

Bwahahahah... :popcorn:

Thompson Criticizes Federal Intervention In Schiavo Case
By Eric Kleefeld - September 14, 2007, 9:36AM

Fred Thompson may have just stepped into some serious trouble with the Christian right. During an interview in Florida, Thompson was critical of the federal government's attempted intervention into the Terri Schiavo case in 2005. "Local matters, generally speaking, should be left to the locals," Thompson said. "I think Congress has got an awful lot to keep up with."

Thompson also went beyond mere talk about proper jurisdiction in the case, and declined to give any opinion on the actual moral details of the case. "I can't pass judgment on it. I know that good people were doing what they thought was best," he said. "That's going back in history. I don't remember the details of it."

Over on the right, David Brody is not impressed: "I think it goes without saying that if you want to be the candidate for social conservatives you need to do your homework on Terri Schiavo. Nobody is saying you have to go chapter and verse on it but to go generic isn't enough."

As for the details, ABC News notes that Thompson did an episode of Law & Order loosely based on the case.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/09/thompson_criticizes_federal_intervention_in_schiavo_case.php

[rurallib]

1. By the time they get done (soon) Fred & Johnny Mac

will have rewritten the book on how to lose.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Well, he lived through the story on L&O--isn't that enough for critics?

He's also been President, and an Admiral. He simply has a stellar resume. Who in Reality World can compete with that?

[Ian David]

3. If Joe Biden gets the nomination, I'm begining to think I would vote for Thompson or Ron Paul. n/t

[Tanuki]

4. Another Repuglican "I don't remember-er"

Sure ya don't, Fred. Don't they that those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it?

[Bullet1987]

5. Fred is a flop waiting to happen...

[Netbeavis]

6. I've said this before... I think he's trying to tank it

Trophy wife wants to be queen.

She pushes him into this.

He does a "ok honey" and then sabotages his campaign. "Gee honey, I guess we didn't win."

He goes back to the lecture tour and part-time actors realm where he make more money than the poor schmoo who will get clobbered by the Democrat candidate in 2008.

Lazy like a fox.