For those that think "law and order" fred thompson is a moderate

[still_one]

http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Fred_Thompson.htm

[no_hypocrisy]

1. No illusions now.

[still_one]

3. no illusion is right. We have so much going for us in 2008, we better not blow it /nt

[Matsubara]

2. Why would anyone think that?

First of all, there is no such thing as a republican moderate. There are conservatives (the minority of the party), fundie loons, authoritarian militarist fascists and right-wing supply-side greedheads. No moderates in the GOP.

Thompson seems like a mix of greedhead and militarist to me, and he is a royal asshole as a human being to boot.

[still_one]

4. because of his persona on "law and order" /nt

[Kagemusha]

6. I thought that persona was of a deeply conservative figure

who nonetheless somehow managed to not have that completely destroy his respect for the rule of law while serving as a district attorney.

That's a low bar.

[still_one]

8. LOL, excellent perspective /nt

[Matsubara]

10. I guess this makes me weird, but I've never seen it.

Never seen any of the Law & Order or CSI shows. I hate crime dramas.

[NightWatcher]

5. Please do not think that this man is the roles that he plays

He is not a Navy Officer- that was Hunt For Red October.
He is not a Law and Order candidate- that's a TV SHOW- Law and Order

If we think that he is who he plays in tv and movies, we are dumb sheeple that need to elect a man who's co-star was a monkey.....whoops, we already did that.

[still_one]

7. Most at DUers know it, but I wonder about the others in this American Idol country /nt

[gatorboy]

9. If people base their opinion on the man from a freakin' TV show.

They're idiots. Which is why Freepers love to vote actors into office.

[TahitiNut]

11. From that link, here's his VoteMatch position ...

For comparison, here's where VoteMatch scores Chimperor McCodpiece ...

[Bitwit1234]

12. If he was suuuucccchhhh a good senator how come he didn't run

re-election. Because he knew he wouldn't get re-elected. So he quit. Guess that makes him a perfect choice for the republicans.

[indepat]

13. Thompson is sooo fair-minded, he voted not to convict BC on all charges