Unofficial "Criticize Fred Thompson for something besides his choice of companionship" thread.

[blondeatlast]

Watch this one as it sinks ever-so-quickly to the bottom even though there's a plethora of stuff on this creep...

Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on restricting rules on personal bankruptcy. (Jul 2001)
Voted YES on restricting class-action lawsuits. (Dec 1995)
Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)
Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996)

Here's a helpful site for those who need the Cliff Notes:
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Fred_Thompson.htm

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. Letting himself being talked into believing he could be POTUS.

I think that shows bad judgement right there. MKJ

[proud patriot]

2. I've found him to be a mediocre actor

[Pierogi_Pincher]

29. Shows how much I pay attention to current 'popular' teevee shows...

I thot he was a star on "Dukes of Hazzard" when first mentioned of him. :silly: me.
P_P

[baldguy]

3. No more GOP actors in the WH.

That's enough for me.

[PA Democrat]

4. 18 years as a lobbyist

[pscot]

7. That's a plus for the Repuke constituency

I got the prefect slogan: "Eliminate the middleman. Send a lobbyist to the White House."

[terisan]

11. Excellent Slogan!!!!!!!!! nt

[Poiuyt]

20. Not only a lobbyist, but he was also a registered foreign agent

He's also supposedly lazy (I don't think he's ever sponsored any legislation) and he smokes illegal Cuban cigars.

[Telly Savalas]

5. Don't get discouraged.

I've noticed a few of these popping up here and there over the last few days.

[MichiganVote]

6. Cheney look alike. No thanks. Abstinanace education with a trophy wife? Get real.

[eridani]

27. She's not really a trophy wife--

--she's a lawyer, and Thompson didn't discard an older first wife in order to marry her. However, she sure looks like one, and I say that Dems should use this as a political weapon.

[Gelliebeans]

34. Have to agree with you

You could be sure that if the situation were reversed it would be discussed endlessly.

[shimmergal]

39. Yes. we should.

Having a "trophy wife" probably picks up a few votes from male voters, but it should be outweighed by its negative impact on women. The combo with voting for abstinence education also needs some smart framing and then could possibly be used against him.

[blondeatlast]

41. "Negative impact on women." If the wife is all we can come up with,

we're in a sorry state indeed.

His voting record on women's issues is hideous, even worse than his voting record on most other issues. That's the whole point of this thread.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Kick and Recommend

[ccpup]

9. rumoured to be

one of the laziest Senators at the time. Does anyone know if he has any Legislation he authored and passed? Just curious.

[NYCGirl]

10. When asked what he'd do as President, he answered "Lots of things."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/06/03/fred-thompson-on-what-he_n_50456.html

'Meet The Press" aired a brief interview with former GOP senator and "Law & Order" star Fred Thompson Sunday on his possible '08 run. Host Tim Russert added after the interview that Thompson was asked what he would do as president, and Thompson replied, "Lots of things." Russert said that Thompson was asked whether he was prepared to elaborate on any of those things, and Thompson replied, "No."

FILMCLIP AT LINK.

[blondeatlast]

19. LOL. nt

[mcg]

36. Too lazy to answer a simple question. nt

[BuyingThyme]

12. He's a dick.

[nam78_two]

13. Gladly. Freddie on Environmental issues

http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Fred_Thompson.htm

Voted YES on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
Voted YES on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months. (Mar 2002)
Voted YES on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. (Apr 2000)
Voted NO on ending discussion of CAFE fuel efficiency standards. (Sep 1999)
Voted YES on defunding renewable and solar energy. (Jun 1999)
Voted YES on approving a nuclear waste repository. (Apr 1997)
Voted YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)

And of course his icky record on all the other issues is also there.

[kansasblue]

14. hmmmm....

does seem a little unDU to be making so much fun of two people for their somewhat non-mainstream selection of partnership.

[Solo_in_MD]

17. Agreed, and giving a Dem candidate a free pass for a similar situation

That said, I really do prefer the red head

[knitter4democracy]

15. He's a liar.

As quoted on NPR tonight, he said at a fundraiser in VA, "I came to this town to drain the swamp, but it was just too big." So, was that before you were a lobbyist or what? Liar.

[Nikki Stone1]

16. He destroyed "Law and Order"

All three shows where he is DA.

Bleh.

[Berry Cool]

18. I am so glad someone started a thread with this theme.

Thank you, with a K&R.

[Clark2008]

21. Me, too.

I really hate defending Republicans, but I felt like I needed to defend his wife because she's A.) Not a "child" bride; B.) Not stupid and C.) Not the only female among us to date/marry a much older man.

How ya doin', Berry?

[Telly Savalas]

22. Not to mention that it has nothing to do with his ability to govern.

Moreover, keeping political dialogue at the level of the Jerry Springer show always benefits Republicans.

Kick.

[mitchum]

23. Lobbyi$t was his longest running day job

[AnnieBW]

24. He was part of the Clinton lynch mob

He was a major player in the Clinton impeachment debacle.

[Quixote1818]

25. Thank YOU! nt

[johnaries]

26. Well, as one of his former constituents....

he never did anything but talk. He is the perfect "talk a good game but do nothing " candidate.

Isn't that what Republicans want?

[mitchum]

28. And don't forget...FRED THOMPSON IS DYING

[eridani]

30. Of what?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[mitchum]

32. cancer (n/t)

[eridani]

33. Prostate cancer?

A lot of men live a long time and die of something else before succumbing.

[mcg]

40. marginal zone lymphoma, in remission

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18055339/

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/LeukemiaLymphoma/tb/5424

[Jed Dilligan]

31. I know you're trying to raise the bar here...

But, I have to point out that he has a face like a foreskin. Maybe he should borrow some botox from his young-ish wife.

[mcg]

35. He favors a pardon of Libby

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/thompson-favors-libby-pardon/
Thompson Favors Libby Pardon

The 30-month sentence handed down today for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby could become a rallying cry for Fred D. Thompson, the all-but declared Republican presidential candidate.

Mr. Thompson, who has viewed Mr. Libby’s prosecution as a severe miscarriage of justice, told Fox News recently that if he were president, he would pardon Mr. Libby, the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Valerie Plame Wilson case.

Now that he is on the verge of declaring his presidential bid, Mr. Thompson may have the opportunity to do just that.

...

[mcg]

37. He's lazy.

From Romney's campaign ...

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/5/29/133920.shtml?s=al&promo_code=34AB-1

...

Aside from McCain-Feingold, in his six years in the Senate, Thompson was the primary sponsor of only four pieces of legislation, none of any significance. “I worked for the music business for years when Fred Thompson was the senator from Tennessee,” Hilary Rosen, former chief lobbyist for the Recording Industry Association of America and now a Democratic strategist, said on MSNBC. “So I worked with him in his office fairly regularly, and I have to say, as nice a guy as he is, he is lazy. He was a lazy senator.”

“I’ve been friendly with Thompson for years,” Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund said on The Journal Editorial Report. In the Senate, Fund said, Thompson “had a reputation for being a little lazy.”

Even Thompson’s high school football coach, Garner Ezell, told the Nashville Tennessean, “He was smart, but he was lazy.”

While Thompson as senator conducted an intensive four-month investigation of campaign finance abuses, he kept a lean calendar except for meals at the Capital Grille or the Prime Rib.

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[Warren DeMontague]

38. He's an anti-choice, Iraq-war-boostin', Bush apologizin', religious right-friendly schmuck.

And Besides, the WORST of the knuckle-dragging imbeciles on the other side are the folks most excited about him running. That alone tells me all I need to know.