One More "Fred Thompson Rocks" Post
OK, so a couple of years ago, when they were looking at John Roberts for Supreme Court Justice, Fred Thompson appeared on NBC's Meet the Press with Tim Russert. Here's a link to the transcript: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8658626/
But I just want to underline a couple of points:
Smackdown #1
MR. RUSSERT: The American people are being polled on this issue obviously and the question asked by The Washington Post, "Should John Roberts state his position on abortion?" Yes, 64 percent; no, 34 percent. That's overwhelming.
MR. THOMPSON: That can't be decided on polls any more than cases can be decided on basis of polls.
Smackdown #2
MR. RUSSERT: The interesting thing in all this is that when you have John Roberts arguing on behalf of his client, he's saying it should be overturned; then in seeking to be on the Court of Appeals, he said, "Well, it's settled law, it's precedent." But once you're on the Supreme Court, anything can be unsettled. Brown vs. Board of Education was settled law, separate but equal.
MR. THOMPSON: Plessy vs. Ferguson.
Smackdown #3
MR. RUSSERT: There have been a series of newspaper articles about John Roberts' wife and her role in a group called Feminists for Life. Is that fair to talk about her positions?
MR. THOMPSON: No.
MR. RUSSERT: Do you think...
MR. THOMPSON: No. I don't think anybody's really going to go down that road of this professional woman and whether or not she ought to have a right to have her own associations. I will say that this particular group that you're talking about is--most of their emphasis, as I understand it, is helping young girls. They've joined with Planned Parenthood and other associations, you know, in common endeavors along those lines. But this is a professional woman who has her own associations and her own ideas, and I assume that her husband's proud of her for that. But...
MR. RUSSERT: You don't...
MR. THOMPSON: ...she's not been nominated for anything.
Take a minute and read the whole interview.
I realize that all the Tree-Hugging Hippies out there are terrified at the concept of Fred D. Thompson as president. I'm not. I think he would give us just what we need. Someone who doesn't take crap from anybody. Including our misinformation experts, the media.
BTW, cafepress.com has about 150 "Fred Thompson for President" items for sale. I could actually get excited about the election if he decides to run.
But I just want to underline a couple of points:
Smackdown #1
MR. RUSSERT: The American people are being polled on this issue obviously and the question asked by The Washington Post, "Should John Roberts state his position on abortion?" Yes, 64 percent; no, 34 percent. That's overwhelming.
MR. THOMPSON: That can't be decided on polls any more than cases can be decided on basis of polls.
Smackdown #2
MR. RUSSERT: The interesting thing in all this is that when you have John Roberts arguing on behalf of his client, he's saying it should be overturned; then in seeking to be on the Court of Appeals, he said, "Well, it's settled law, it's precedent." But once you're on the Supreme Court, anything can be unsettled. Brown vs. Board of Education was settled law, separate but equal.
MR. THOMPSON: Plessy vs. Ferguson.
Smackdown #3
MR. RUSSERT: There have been a series of newspaper articles about John Roberts' wife and her role in a group called Feminists for Life. Is that fair to talk about her positions?
MR. THOMPSON: No.
MR. RUSSERT: Do you think...
MR. THOMPSON: No. I don't think anybody's really going to go down that road of this professional woman and whether or not she ought to have a right to have her own associations. I will say that this particular group that you're talking about is--most of their emphasis, as I understand it, is helping young girls. They've joined with Planned Parenthood and other associations, you know, in common endeavors along those lines. But this is a professional woman who has her own associations and her own ideas, and I assume that her husband's proud of her for that. But...
MR. RUSSERT: You don't...
MR. THOMPSON: ...she's not been nominated for anything.
Take a minute and read the whole interview.
I realize that all the Tree-Hugging Hippies out there are terrified at the concept of Fred D. Thompson as president. I'm not. I think he would give us just what we need. Someone who doesn't take crap from anybody. Including our misinformation experts, the media.
BTW, cafepress.com has about 150 "Fred Thompson for President" items for sale. I could actually get excited about the election if he decides to run.
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