Fred Thompson
Republican from Tennessee
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Fred Thompson was a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He graduated from Memphis State University and earned a law degree at Vanderbilt University. Thompson practiced law and served a variety of government counsel positions, including as minority counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee"). In his acting career Thompson has appeared in 18 films, and recently worked as a TV actor, playing a prosecutor on the series Law and Order. Thompson was born in Alabama in 1942. He has been married to Jeri Kehn since 2002, and has four children, two from his first marriage. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 22, 2008.
Thompson's statements by ruling
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Recent statements by Fred Thompson
"Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa
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"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."
Sunday, November 18th, 2007 in
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"I supported tort reform with regard to securities...product liability...interstate commerce."
Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.
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"I've seen (life) from the factory floor when I was working the graveyard shift ...and I'd be ankle-deep in water at the Murray Ohio bicycle plant where I was running a machine that was so loud I couldn't hear myself yell if I wanted to."
Friday, September 7th, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa
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"The Iraq Study Group reported that (Saddam Hussein) had designs on reviving his nuclear program."
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in a debate in Dearborn, Mich.
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Recent attacks on Fred Thompson
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"Fred's never had a 100 percent record on right-to-life in his Senate career. The records reflect that. And he doesn't support the human life amendment, which is most amazing because that's been a part of the Republican platform since 1980." |
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Thompson "voted against $250,000 caps on damages (and) almost anything that would make our legal system fairer." |
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Recent stories featuring Fred Thompson
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