{"id":4369,"date":"2008-01-11T06:34:59","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T06:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/01\/human-events-endorses-thompson.html"},"modified":"2008-01-11T06:34:59","modified_gmt":"2008-01-11T06:34:59","slug":"human-events-endorses-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/01\/human-events-endorses-thompson.html","title":{"rendered":"Human Events endorses Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wonder if this<\/a> was the big endorsement that Thompson hinted at yesterday:<\/p>\n

We make this endorsement on the basis of much research, having interviewed Sen. Thompson and some of his opponents, as well as examining what they have all said and done. We conclude that Thompson is a solid conservative whose judgment is grounded in our principles.
\nIn his Senate years, Mr. Thompson compiled an American Conservative Union lifetime rating of 86.1, which is higher than both Sen. John McCain (82.3) and Rep. Ron Paul (82.3). The Club for Growth has praised Thompson as someone who has a strong commitment to limited government, free enterprise and federalist principles.
\nOn the issues that matter most to conservatives, Sen. Thompson\u2019s positions benefit from their clarity. He is solidly pro-life. He said that he was in favor overturning Roe v. Wade because it was \u201cbad law and bad medical science.\u201d As the National Right to Life Committee said in its endorsement of him Nov. 13, 2007, \u201cThe majority of this country is opposed to the vast majority of abortions, and Fred Thompson has shown in his consistent pro-life voting record in the U.S. Senate that he is part of the pro-life majority.\u201d
\nThompson\u2019s record is solid on voting to preserve gun owners\u2019 rights, cut taxes, reduce government spending and drill for oil in Alaska\u2019s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He has voted consistently against gay marriage. Thompson is by no means perfect. He strongly supported the McCain-Feingold bill, did not support the impeachment of Bill Clinton on perjury and more than once voted with the trial lawyers against limitations on liability in defective product and medical malpractice cases.
\nWe like the way Thompson unhesitatingly attacks the liberal ideologues and their activists such as MoveOn.org and the ACLU, and the way he reaches out to those we knew as the Reagan Democrats.
\nThe question now is whether Sen. Thompson will do what he has not yet done: Take the advantages he is given by his intelligence, his principles, his political skills and this endorsement and make the best use of them.
\n[…]
\nSen. Thompson, you suffer, like most conservatives, from the built-in problem of not being a professional politician. It\u2019s precisely as Rush Limbaugh said of you: \u201cThe problem with Thompson is, and a little bit with me, is I\u2019m a depth guy. I like depth. Television doesn\u2019t reward depth. Television rewards zingers, one-liners, cutesyisms. Fred Thompson produced a brilliant 17-minute video that was on YouTube that explains everything about every issue that he cares about. It\u2019s clear he\u2019s thought deeply about a whole lot.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I would rather he suffered from depth then being shallow and lacked a knowledge of the problems facing this country and how to tackle them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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