fred thompson will announce his bid for the presidency september 6th. i don’t like fred thompson. and it isn’t only because he looks like richard nixon’s bastard step child.
it’s mostly because:
“This candidate was contacted repeatedly over several weeks by Project Vote Smart staff members and by prominent political leaders, and asked to do the right and honorable thing by providing citizens with the critical information that the National Political Awareness test supplies. On each occasion this candidate failed to provide voters with this information.”
- Project Vote Smart, 04 September 2007
what a douche. OnTheIssues went through his voting records and speeches and pieced together what he supports and doesn’t. and i still don’t like him.
he seems to be confused about his stance on abortion.
in 1991 he consulted for pro-abortion group, as part of law firm. (Jul 2007), but also thinks Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad science. (Jun 2007)
he doesn’t like gays. that much he is sure about.
Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)
Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
he has an outdated view on birth control.
Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996)
he hates earth.
Solar system is warming, not earth. (Apr 2007)
Voted YES on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
Voted YES on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months. (Mar 2002)
Voted YES on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on defunding renewable and solar energy. (Jun 1999)
he likes making money off of his position in the senate.
Term limits counter professionalization of politics. (May 2007)
Voted NO on banning more types of Congressional gifts. (Jul 1995)
he thinks we should all have guns.
Voted NO on background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)
Voted NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations. (May 1999)
Voted YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)
he blatantly hates health care systems and all who need them.
Voted NO on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
Voted NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
Voted NO on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
Voted NO on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
he loves the fucking military though.
Europe mothballs its fleet, when all should build military. (Apr 2007)
Voted NO on adopting the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. (Oct 1999)
Voted YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP. (Mar 1999)
Voted YES on military pay raise of 4.8%. (Feb 1999)
Voted YES on favoring 36 vetoed military projects. (Oct 1997)
Voted NO on banning chemical weapons. (Apr 1997)
but, he hates american workers.
Voted YES on repealing Clinton’s ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
Voted YES on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)
he doesn’t view himself as potentially getting much better approval ratings than bush.
“I would do essentially what the president’s doing in Iraq.” (Jun 2007)
he sees things in black and white, kinda.
“Iraq is a war between civilization and evil.” (Jun 2007)
or, in this horrible, horrible analogy, black and oranges.
that was a lot of factual info, so let’s review.
abortion is bad, unless you can make money off of it. gays don’t have feelings because they aren’t actually human. condoms aren’t acceptable, but there isn’t a problem with spending the equivalent of the gdp of some countries on talking teens into repressing nature. destroying earth is ok because bad guys are after us. those heat waves aren’t because of suvs, it’s the sun’s fault. congressmen deserve presents often. guns are fun to play with, and we shouldn’t waste our time checking who owns them. if you’re poor and sick, it’s your own fucking problem. also, please smoke more cigarettes, it’s good for the economy. the army is cool! yay, buy big weapons and explode things! chemical weapons make people look funny, haha! not our problem if workers are debilitated by repetitive motion. iraq is going well. also, the people who live there are evil, but it’s ok, because we are civilized enough to start a war in their country and kill them all for their own good.
good luck, asshole.
peace