Fred Thompson may know how to act Presidential, but his voting record is scary as hell!

[RiverStone]

Source: OnTheIssues

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Fred Thompson...

On Civil Rights:

Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
Voted NO on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)
Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
Voted NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women. (Mar 1998)
Voted NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)
Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)
Voted YES on Amendment to prohibit flag burning. (Dec 1995)
Voted NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)

On Energy and Oil:

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)

Gun Control:

Voted NO on background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)
Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations. (May 1999)
Voted YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)
Voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks. (Jul 1998)


much more here:

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

[LSK]

1. this guy is nuts

[DKRC]

2. If we were going to have someone who knows how to "act presidential"

for president - I want Morgan Freeman! At least when he acts presidential you have the feeling he gives a damn that we're all goin to hell in a handbasket.

[Hissyspit]

3. American Fascist. Everyone here needs to be VERY wary of him.

[virginia mountainman]

4. Well..at least he is good on Gun Control..

But he is WAYYY too far too the right for moderates....

[thethinker]

5. This guy really scares me

Because the Cheney crowd is backing him.

I can just see Cheney appointing himself vice president again. Or I can see him appointing his wife as vice president. She is actually as evil as he is.

If the neo-cons like him, he has to be really bad news.

I also read somewhere that the religious right may be backing him also. Wonder why they would back him. He doesn't seem like the religious sort.

He is one to keep an eye on.

[DesertRat]

12. The religious right is desperate for a candidate right now

I don't think they'll back Thompson once they get to know him.

[DesertRat]

6. He's also dull as dishwater

Did you see him on Leno last night? I don't think he has a snowballs chance in hell.

[MotorCityMan]

7. I didn't think * had a snowballs chance in hell before election '00

after seeing him debate Gore.

Thompson actually makes me nervous. He seems just the type the repugs would nominate, someone who they believe "look and acts" presidential.

[DesertRat]

10. I was very afraid of * here in Freeperville

Many people were talking about how * was such a downhome, fun guy that they'd love to have a beer with. :eyes: Here in Freeperville people talked about how folksy and regular he seemed especially compared to that wooden, boring Mr. Smarty Pants Al Gore :eyes:

Thompson isn't the least bit charming. He doesn't scare me at all.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. It's his acting ability that has the RWer's all aflutter. He can act

like Reagan, who could act like a President. It's all window dressing. After all, they love it when Bush acts like a "common man".

[Robbien]

9. The guy is the lobbyist's lobbyist.

Plus, he is drooling while thinking about getting privatizationon hands on social security dollars.

Want to rapidly widen the gap between the stinking rich and the middle class/poor, Fred's your man.

[TwilightGardener]

11. It's not the fairly conservative voting record that bothers me--

George Will called him "McCain without the heroism"--I expect that. It's the fact that he is the new neocon empty suit dreamboat, guaranteed to wage war in the ME until we're drafting teenage girls and begging China for just one more loan to pay for all the ensuing death and destruction.