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I wish he would make up his mind about whether or not he is in the race – this is getting pathetic.

Personally, I don't see his appeal at all. Didn't he spend most of his life as a lobbyist?

Thompson is just another lying republican trying to convince the christians that he is their man for the white house. O woe is me

Wow, it sounds as if he {Thompson} would fit right in with the Bush Administration:

Align with the religious, (just those who are brainwashed Christians believing that an embryo is a human being) just to collect votes you cannot ever hope to get from an educated, up-to-date, concerned American.

Instead, we believe those who reside in Iraq ARE actually human beings, and should not be killed for what McCain, Bush, and the rest of the greedy politicians refer to as our "vested interest" in Iraq; {aka: OIL}

Let's let this man waste his time, and the money of those blind, yet faithful ones who actually believe any greedy Republican would make Roe -v- Wade a priority once in the white house, when there are far too many ways to profit from war once elected.

Well Thompson, Hitler once said, "It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge."

Hitler also said, "What good fortune for governments that the people do not think."

Wow - go WITH faith, and pray that Americans have no new knowledge since 2000. We'll see where that gets you in 2008. -Sharon Jenson

I can't believe that this guy's conservative principles are questioned. He is so far right and traditional that he forgot he had a left and progressive.

I'm a Tennessean and a person that tends to vote Republican (but not always), but I can't support Fred as the nominee because I can't figure out what he's really done for our state (or for the nation) in all those years of public service.

If image and chasisma were all that counted, this guy would lead the pack. But I'm hopeful that the electorate will be able to see through the b.s. and rhetoric and come up with a candidate of substance. That goes for both parties.

p.s. I've voted for Phil Bredesen (D) for governor 3 times and wish someone like him would run for president. Competency and straight talk wins my vote every time.

if the best the GOP can do is a bit actor from Law and Order whose been out of the senate for x years, has a rep for laziness, says he wont campaign as hard as others, has a rep for chasing skirt, a wife half his age, major public flip-flopping on abortion, a vote on his senate record to not impeach Clinton, this whole working for the family planning thing, and the fact that out of the 90 bills he sponsored in the senate only 4 ever got passed....unless the Dems candidate is caught on tape doing lines of blow off a toilet seat with bin Laden i can't see the GOP winning this time. Better to throw this one (a la '76) and try again with people the base actually wants.

How about the concept that a candidate simply states something like, "Yes, I did work on that at the time, and doing so was consistent with my job, and perhaps even my beliefs at the time. I have come to believe otherwise in the ensuing time, and my position now is..."

"I cannot recollect" indeed sounds like the BS that it clearly is. It seems to be practiced by politicians over the full range of the political spectrum, and it reflects an apparent trope in politics that image is more important than truth. The myth seems to get deflated since more and more citizens are seeing right through the image, and not liking what lies behind it.

His conservative credentials are questioned because he is NOT a conservative! He is a Neo-Con! Reagan would want to kick this guy in the nuts if he were alive! The most conservative guy in the race is Ron Paul and people are too blind to see it!

It floors me that the ultra conservative Christians are pushing this guy, between his wild days and public lack of morals, his 25 years younger wife who wears the risque stuff to the party, etc.

He'll get ripped apart the very first debate he's in, he can't shoot from the hip, only memorize a script.

Jeez!

Imagine, a Senator who "cannot recollect."

I am certain that's NOT what we need from our next President.

What's with these guys?

It's not unusual to forget what you did in a small number of billables over 15 years ago, but he's got to be lying about not recalling that he _did_ work for such a client. No cred, Fred.

Fred, Fred, go away, come again another day...

Fred Thompson would be an excellent candidate for the Republicans. He is an actor and that is what it would take to convince resonable people that republican control would be good for this country, again. I think his part in the movie "In the Line of Fire" would be a good portrayal of how he would be as our president.