'Right With God' But Not Churchgoer Says Thompson

[kskiska]

Chalk it up as another quirk of the 2008 GOP presidential field: The top-tier Repubican who entered the race as the supposed godsend for socially conservative voters in the Bible Belt who are dissatisfied with the other candidates is someone who does not attend church on a regular basis.

Asked about his religious beliefs during an appearance before about 500 Republicans in South Carolina yesterday, Fred Thompson said he attends church when he visits his mother in Tennessee but does not belong to a church or attend regularly at his home in McLean, Va., just outside Washington. The actor and former senator, who was baptized in the Church of Christ, said he gained his values from "sitting around the kitchen table" and said he did not plan to speak about his religious beliefs on the stump. "I know that I'm right with God and the people I love," he said, according to Bloomberg News Service. It's "just the way I am not to talk about some of these things."

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But the candidate put such speculation to rest yesterday. And he did not seem particularly concerned that his admission would hurt him with voters. "Me getting up and talking about what a wonderful person I am and that sort of thing, I'm not comfortable with that, and I don't think it does me any good," he said. "People will make up their own mind about that, and that's the way I like it."

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[JVS]

1. Extra ecclesiam non salus!

[rug]

6. He already lost the Feeneyite vote.

[polmaven]

2. Am I incorrect that Thompson

once lobbied FOR abotion rights and that, when asked about it stated that he can't be held responsible for what he did on behalf of his clients?

Um.....so....."killing babies" is absolutely immoral unless he can make money from it? :wtf:

Have I got that right?

Does anyone have a link for that?

[Gman]

3. I guess that's slightly better than

being Church of Christ and goes to church regularly. That would be frightening in a president.

[maseman]

5. Stick a fork in him with the

Falwell and Robertson crowd. He won't talk about how God thinks for him and doesn't go to church regularly is not good for the social conservatives.

I will say one thing...at least he was honest about it.

[reality based]

10. Or in a special prosecutor

[sharp_stick]

4. He just screwed himself

the fundies would vote for Satan if he said he attended church regularly before some guy that might miss a week or two.

[maseman]

7. Great post,,,they could vote for satan

:evilfrown: :rofl:


You are so right. The double standard is Fred could actually be a great guy for their causes but because he doesn't go to church he is toast.

[davekriss]

8. They already voted for Satan, twice

aka George Walker Bush

[rurallib]

9. Fred too fucking lazy to get up on Sunday mornings and put his

ass in a pew? Good Lord Fred your a Republiklan. You must have enough money to have a preacher make a house call.