[2ndDivisionVet]

Wonder how much Rudy is paying the guy in the shark suit?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ping!

[rogue yam]

Wonder how much Rudy is paying the guy in the shark suit?

I would have guessed it was Romney paying him but maybe you're right.

[rogue yam]

Though Thompson touched on virtually every major theme, it wasn't enough for 54-year-old Linda Ostroski, a volunteer with the AARP-run ''Divided We Fall'' effort who was unable to ask the candidate what his plan was for lowering healthcare costs and helping more people get health insurance.

Hey FReepers! Are you like me? Do you see this "Divided We Fall" operation as an AARP attempt to boost the 'Rats?

[DoughtyOne]

While most Republican candidates share his views...

Note how they play down the idea that Thompson is different? Can't have this guy catching fire now can we...

[Darkwolf377]

I like how he's sounding. I like that he's criticizing W where he deserves criticism, and have no prob with him having issues with No Child even though he voted for it. One can be for something and then, after seeing it in action, can say "I don't like how this is turning out."

But this made me wince: "But it seems like now that some of these states are teaching to the test.'' That cliche of liberal teachers is so tired.

[Chunga]

Fred Thompson will be the next President Of The United States Of America.

[agere_contra]

it ''welshed'' on an understanding that Congress left with Americans in 1986

Oh man, the Welsh-American community aren't going to like that! Thompson is toast. Plus he's lazy, joined the race too late etc. /crazed anti-Fred rhetoric

[Kimberly GG]

Any idea what Thompson’s position is on Ramos/Compean? If elected, will he pardon them? Or what his position is on the amnesty DREAM Act, which they are going to attempt to attach along with two other amnesty amendments, to the Defense Bill next week?

[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!