Ironduke

It's a bit long, but I took the liberty of copying a list of Fred Thompson's policy votes and stands here:

Fred Thompson on Abortion

• Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad science. (Jun 2007)
• Appoint strict constructionist judges. (Jun 2007)
• Has never been pro-choice despite 1994 news reports. (Jun 2007)
• Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)

Fred Thompson on Budget & Economy

• Voted YES on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts. (Apr 2000)
• Voted NO on 1998 GOP budget. (May 1997)
• Voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997)

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)

Fred Thompson on Corporations

• Commerce clause does not mean Feds can regulate everything. (Jun 2007)
• Voted YES on restricting rules on personal bankruptcy. (Jul 2001)

Fred Thompson on Crime

• Impose truth in sentencing for violent crime. (Nov 1994)
• Voted NO on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on limiting death penalty appeals. (Apr 1996)
• Voted YES on limiting product liability punitive damage awards. (Mar 1996)
• Voted YES on restricting class-action lawsuits. (Dec 1995)
• Voted YES on repealing federal speed limits. (Jun 1995)

Fred Thompson on Drugs

• Voted YES on increasing penalties for drug offenses. (Nov 1999)
• Voted YES on spending international development funds on drug control. (Jul 1996)

Fred Thompson on Education

• Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001)
• Voted YES on Educational Savings Accounts. (Mar 2000)
• Voted YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules. (Mar 1999)
• Voted YES on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998)
• Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)

Fred Thompson on Energy & Oil

• Solar system is warming, not earth. (Apr 2007)
• 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)

Fred Thompson on Environment

• Voted YES on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)
• Voted YES on more funding for forest roads and fish habitat. (Sep 1999)
• Voted YES on transportation demo projects. (Mar 1998)
• Voted YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests. (Sep 1997)
• Voted YES on approving a nuclear waste repository. (Apr 1997)
• Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996)

Fred Thompson on Families & Children

• Voted YES on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors. (May 1999)

Fred Thompson on Foreign Policy

• Voted YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe. (May 2002)
• Voted NO on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons. (Sep 2000)
• Voted YES on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on limiting the President's power to impose economic sanctions. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech. (Apr 1998)
• Voted NO on $17.9 billion to IMF. (Mar 1998)
• Voted YES on Strengthening of the trade embargo against Cuba. (Mar 1996)

Fred Thompson on Free Trade

• Market does more for freedom & prosperity than planners. (Jun 2007)
• Protectionist trade policies are defensive & defeatist. (May 2007)
• Markets do more for freedom than any central planner. (May 2007)
• Protectionist trade policies are defensive & defeatist. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on extending free trade to Andean nations. (May 2002)
• Voted YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam. (Oct 2001)
• Voted NO on removing common goods from national security export rules. (Sep 2001)
• Voted YES on permanent normal trade relations with China. (Sep 2000)
• Voted YES on expanding trade to the third world. (May 2000)
• Voted YES on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority. (Nov 1997)
• Voted YES on imposing trade sanctions on Japan for closed market. (May 1995)

Fred Thompson on Government Reform

• Passionate supporter of states rights. (Jun 2007)
• Term limits counter professionalization of politics. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on banning "soft money" contributions and restricting issue ads. (Mar 2002)
• Voted YES on require photo ID (not just signature) for voter registration. (Feb 2002)
• Voted YES on banning campaign donations from unions & corporations. (Apr 2001)
• Voted YES on funding for National Endowment for the Arts. (Aug 1999)
• Voted YES on favoring 1997 McCain-Feingold overhaul of campaign finance. (Oct 1997)
• Voted YES on Approving the presidential line-item veto. (Mar 1996)
• Voted NO on banning more types of Congressional gifts. (Jul 1995)

Fred Thompson on Gun Control

• Allowing concealed carry could have limited VA Tech massacre. (Apr 2007)
• 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)

Fred Thompson on Health Care

• Voted NO on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
• Voted NO on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
• Voted YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
• Voted NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
• Voted YES on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
• Voted NO on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)

Fred Thompson on Homeland Security

• Europe mothballs its fleet, when all should build military. (Apr 2007)
• Voted NO on adopting the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on allowing another round of military base closures. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on cutting nuclear weapons below START levels. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP. (Mar 1999)
• Voted YES on military pay raise of 4.8%. (Feb 1999)
• Voted NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training. (Jun 1998)
• Voted YES on favoring 36 vetoed military projects. (Oct 1997)
• Voted NO on banning chemical weapons. (Apr 1997)
• Voted YES on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty. (Jun 1996)
• Voted YES on 1996 Defense Appropriations. (Sep 1995)

Fred Thompson on Immigration

• Opposes amnesty in any form. (Jun 2007)
• Nation loses sovereignty if it cannot secure its own borders. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
• Voted YES on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)

Fred Thompson on Jobs

• Voted YES on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
• Voted YES on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
• Voted YES on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)
• Voted YES on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)

Fred Thompson on Principles & Values

• Reveals he suffers from cancer, but it won't affect campaign. (Jun 2007)
• Religious affiliation: Protestant. (Nov 2000)

Fred Thompson on Social Security

• Progressive tax redistributes wealth without helping economy. (Jun 2007)
• Taxes burden production; keep rates as low as possible. (May 2007)
• Tax cuts stimulate the economy. (Apr 2007)
• Voted NO on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on increasing tax deductions for college tuition. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on eliminating the 'marriage penalty'. (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on across-the-board spending cut. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998)

Fred Thompson on Technology

• Voted YES on Internet sales tax moratorium. (Oct 1998)
• Voted YES on telecomm deregulation. (Feb 1996)

Fred Thompson on War & Peace

• I would do essentially what the president's doing in Iraq. (Jun 2007)
• Take any chance to not get run out of Iraq. (Jun 2007)
• Internationalizing war effort will not win the war. (Jun 2007)
• President must decide on war based on unclear evidence. (Jun 2007)
• Prophets of doom are wrong--we can't cut-and-run. (Jun 2007)
• Goal of Iraqi enemies is to demoralize us. (Jun 2007)
• Serious & painful international sanctions on nuclear Iran. (Jun 2007)
• Voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq. (Oct 2002)
• Voted YES on allowing all necessary force in Kosovo. (May 1999)
• Voted NO on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo. (Mar 1999)
• Voted YES on ending the Bosnian arms embargo. (Jul 1995)
• Condemns anti-Muslim bigotry in name of anti-terrorism. (Oct 2001)
• Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (Nov 1995)

Fred Thompson on Welfare & Poverty

• Voted YES on welfare block grants. (Aug 1996)
• Voted NO on eliminating block grants for food stamps. (Jul 1996)
• Voted YES on allowing state welfare waivers. (Jul 1996)
• Voted YES on welfare overhaul. (Sep 1995)

Source: Fred Thompson on the Issues

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Dreadnought

Perfect or not he still is getting my vote.

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Stan187

What? Whether humans are the cause of global warming is up for debate. Whether the Earth is getting warmer? Shoot, if the solar system is warming, wouldn't it make sense that Earth is also warming?

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crooks

People like that bug me greatly, (just tossing it out there) - judging by that and his other points he seems to be a par for the course Republican - is he a good public speaker?

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Army5339

Here is his quote from which they got that. I believe that he was just expressing his belief that humans are not the cause of the Earth warming, as they are also not the cause of other planets warming.

"Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. It seems scientists have noticed recently that quite a few planets in our solar system seem to be heating up a bit, including Pluto. NASA says the Martian South Pole's ice cap has been shrinking for three summers in a row. Maybe Mars got its fever from earth. If so, I guess Jupiter's caught the same cold, because it's warming up too, like Pluto.

This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non-signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists who run their air-conditioning at 60 degrees and refuse to recycle.

Silly, I know, but I wonder what all those planets, dwarf planets and moons in our SOLAR system have in common. Solar? I wonder. Nah, the science is absolutely decided. There's a consensus. Ask Galileo."

Ironduke

Nobody is going to agree with any candidate on 100% of the issues. For example, abortion is a non-issue for me (I'm not against it, and I don't support it). I think drug laws concerning possession for personal use ought not to carry jail time. But I concur with him over 95% of the time.

gunnut

I guess I'll vote for him.

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Stan187

I don't like it when people put out such a right/wrong opinion on such a disputed issue. It's no better of him to say "I don't believe humans are responsible for global warming" than it is of Gore to say that we are. That's a scientific issue under intense debate.

Needless to say though, I'll still vote for him if he gets nominated, because every single Reppublican candidate with a chance is better than every Democrat with a chance.

Stan187

Btw, did anyone ever notice that Fred looks like one of those mercenary aliens from the Fifth Element?

Army5339

Fred Thompson is a warrior, not a merchant!