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Fred Thompson's 'Pulpit'
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ABC News' Christine Byun Reports: Republican candidate Fred Thompson appeared with his family before a group of religious conservatives and said his "heart is fully engaged with [his] head" on the issue of abortion.
"As President of United States, no legislation that funds or supports this procedure would pass my desk without my veto," Thompson promised, eliciting heavy applause.
The former lawyer has been questioned for his lobbying work on behalf of an abortion-rights group. Today, he talked about his experiences as a father to highlight his pro-life stance.
Thompson – who has admitted to not regularly attending church – also said, if elected, his first act as President of United States would be to pray.
"I would go into the Oval office and close the door, and pray for the wisdom to know what was right," Thompson told the social conservation crowd, garnering a standing ovation. The former senator has admitted that he does not belong to a church in McLean, Virginia, where he currently lives with his family, but attends church when he visits his mother in Tennessee.
The GOP hopeful came to the Values Voters Summit to woo conservatives, declaring "the greatest pulpit of them all is the presidency of the United States" and said he wouldn't be "afraid to use it."
He said he would appoint "strict conservative" judges. He also addressed the economy, which he called a "moral issue," and said he would tackle the third rail of politics: Social Security.
Thompson discussed his proposal to keep marriage "between a man and a woman," in which an amendment would allow states to decide for themselves regarding marriage laws. His proposed constitutional amendment has drawn criticism from Christian conservatives, specifically Focus on the Family leader, Dr. James Dobson, who is also speaking at the conference.
After a week of taking on his GOP rivals, Thompson's snubs towards his rivals were much more muted today.
On-stage, he did not reference them by name, but prior to his speech, a cadre of campaign volunteers eagerly handed out fliers which contrasted his record on social issues with those of his opponents, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
October 19, 2007 in Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (3)
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Thompson scares the crap out of me. What with his "family man" image/supporting pro-choice groups/rarely attends church/war monger veiws....yeesh.
How about a republican who as a Doctor, personally delivered over 4,000 babies, and who has already introduced lesgisltion to nullify Roe/Wade.
Fred Thompson---Good Actor.
Ron Paul---Good President.
Posted by: josh4ronpaul | Oct 19, 2007 2:47:07 PM
Yeah, how about Mr. Paul? How about a president that would take our policies backwards about 100 years?? Tariffs & isolationism- what a winning combination! Hooray!
Wake up, folks- President Paul would be an unmitigated DISASTER for this country.
Posted by: MattG | Oct 19, 2007 6:29:03 PM
James Dobson and his followers should re-christen their organization "Focus on the Fetus". Fetuses mean more to the religious right than children (no middle class children's health assistance)...and more than adults (kill 'em in Iraq..use the fetus that became an adult off to be cannon fodder in an endless, bankrupting war).
The "moral majority" people should be called the 'heartless, anti-poor people, hypocrite party'.
Posted by: JL | Oct 27, 2007 4:22:01 PM
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