For people who take the above incorrectly, I will not be voting for Thompson because I disagree with his policies. I think they are wrong. This doesn’t mean I have to condemn him for irrelevant junk.

He has spant years a a real Federal prosecutor, Including co-Chief counsel to watergate that broke open the tapes inthe oval office.

Broke open a “Pardons for Sale” that brought down a governor.

Has maintained a law practice all those yearas a well.

So much for your ignorant “Just an Actor” approach.

The past 6 years doing nothing?

Try another Lie beano.

First off, let me remind you that 6 years ago he was a sitting SENATOR, with another year to run in his term.

More recently, he was the point man for getting Cheif Justice Roberts through the Senate.

Assisted in getting Alito thru there too.

And he is currerently on a government foreign policy advisory group, at the request of Sec of State Rice. He is up to date onthe growing threats in places like the Phillipines, the Spratleys, Thailand and other places that aren’t even on the radar yet – places where small supportive actions can preclude later larger wars.

Has been involved in the Americn Enterprise Institute.

OK – I accept your apologies for being a liar Beansox and Psycheout.

I think the Fred Thompson fanboys are swooning because he’s an actor who looks presidential. That’s not enough.

Beansox nails it. Well done!

Meanwhile all the others wanting the nomination have been right there in the trenches with us fighting the good fight! But not Fred…no…he was too busy attending Oscar parties and play acting on television to be bothered with it all!

Get real. I will not vote for him.

Taking about the stripping away of traditional presidential powers. Um…Earth to Fred, the Executive has been stripping powers from the legislative and the judiciary pretty heavily lately.

Look at some of his statements in that article:

“hapless Justice Department”

“The Democrats vow congressional hearings to determine if (if you can imagine this) politics were involved”
“Considering the times we live in, do we really want to continue to try to chip away at the traditional powers of the president? Regardless of who wins the White House, don’t we need a strong president?”

and my personal favorite:

“In 1993 Attorney General Janet Reno rode into town and fired every U.S. attorney in the country but one-all Republican appointees.”

I’m sorry but as ever since I could vote I’ve been a member of the Republican Party, and the party I joined didn’t depend on the actions of the Democrats to justify their behavior. Back then Republicans held themselves accountable to their own standards and didn’t need to whine about Democrats doing it first to justify a questionable practive.

Thats why I can’t support the GOP much anymore, I’ve always been a moderate, but the GOP had always seemed to have more integrity and small government appealed to my libertarian side and my sense of personal responsibility.

Fred Thompson looks just like George Bush here, denial of wrong doing, blaming the opposition, down playing and aguing for dropping an investigation of what could be not only partisanship, but also against the law, making an appeal for the current level or even more of executive power, and to top it off jumping on the “Clinton did it first WAAAAMBULANCE”. We don’t need more years of this type of irresponsible attitude. Thumbs down to Fred. Ron Paul is looking better and better to me.