Thompson shows conservatism

The Miami Herald ^ | September 14, 2007 | Marc Caputo

[dougd]

talked of how laws come from God and not the government

Seems like a case of the reporter completely unequipped to understand what was being said that he got it wrong. Fred uses the line of rights coming from God, not government frequently on these stump speeches.

Apparently the idea is so foreign to the reporter that he got all confused.

[jshermn]

I don’t remeber how he phrased it, but it got resounding approval from the crowd.

[asparagus]

If there’s a dolphin for Mitt and a shark for Fred, then someone needs to wear a crab suit for McCain and a shrimp suit for Guiliani.

[VRWCtaz]

I don’t know anything about the reporter, Marc Caputo, but this is typical of the word usage I’ve come to expect from the press. Rights - laws, what’s the difference?

[kevkrom]

This story says Thompson "talked of how laws come from God and not the government." Now I can see him talking about rights coming from God - but not laws.

It's possible that it's an accurate quote, and that Thompson muffed the line. Even so, it's true, the most basic of laws -- don't murder, don't steal, don't defraud -- all have Ten Commandments roots.

[Spiff]

December 18, 2001

Thompson Praises Final Passage of Education Bill

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) today voted for final passage of The Leave No Child Behind Act, legislation based on President Bush's education reform proposal.

"The Leave No Child Behind Act sets an important new direction for federal education policy," Thompson said. "The combination of flexibility, accountability, and choice provided by the Act is a significant step towards ensuring that all of our students receive a quality education.

"The legislation enhances local control by providing unprecedented flexibility in the ways that states and local communities can spend federal education dollars," Thompson said. "It increases parental involvement by providing new choices to parents of children in failing schools and in bilingual education programs, and it strives to ensure results by requiring testing to determine how our schools are doing and corrective actions when those tests show that our schools are not serving our children. This bipartisan bill is an important accomplishment for the President and will make a real difference in the lives of our schoolchildren."

[Reagan Man]

Go Fred go!

[VRWCtaz]

Based solely on my reading of Thompson's essays, I don't think this is a mistake he would make. I could be wrong.

And while I would never take a position arguing that "the most basic of laws -- don't murder, don't steal, don't defraud -- all have Ten Commandments roots," is anything but fact, I don't see a viable candidate for the office of POTUS trying to make that point on the campaign trail.

[FlashBack]

Nice sized crowd...GO FRed!!

[rogue yam]

If there’s a dolphin for Mitt and a shark for Fred, then someone needs to wear a crab suit for McCain and a shrimp suit for Guiliani.

And a jellyfish suit for Ron Paul.

[hoosierpearl]

I would have thought the shrimp suit would fit Ron Paul better.