Hey Righties, Your Dream Candidate Sucks

The right wing is so disappointed with the not-so-great Rudy Giuliani. They’ve pegged him as a social liberal and have made numerous other criticisms of his positions, usually with regards to abortion and gay marriage. Well, here’s an interesting tidbit about Fred Thompson, the savior who’s supposedly going to bring nice cozy conservative values to our country:

* Under abortion: He checked the box for: “Abortions should be legal in all circumstances as long as the procedure is completed within the first trimester of the pregnancy.” He did, however, support a number of restrictions on abortion: requiring parental notification, allowing states to impose waiting periods, and eliminating all federal funding of abortion. Lastly, he said Congress should leave legislation on abortion to the states.

Sounds pretty liberal to me…

* Under education: He does not support nationwide standards, such as those that would later be included in No Child Left Behind. He does, on the other hand, support vouchers. (He also declined to check the box for “Eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.” Back in 1994, plenty of Republicans still did want to eliminate it. Some of us would still like to do so today.)

Yep… That too…

* Under health care: Mr. Thompson’s already gotten in a scrape with National Review for not supporting federal medical malpractice reform while in Congress.

And so does that.

Look, I’m not faulting Thomspon for his positions, particularly since these were from 1994, but there is a point to be made here, and that’s if you’re going to bag on Rudy for not being the right guy for the job, and call Fred Thompson the white knight on a valiant steed, you really need to educate yourself on his positions not just the ideal of what he represents.

via the NY Sun.

 

This entry was posted in Ironic. Bookmark the permalink.
  • Pedro Delgado

    It’s Romney’s campaign that’s doing all the investigating. Thompson’s not even in the race yet.

  • Pedro Delgado

    It’s Romney’s campaign that’s doing all the investigating. Thompson’s not even in the race yet.

  • James

    So what you’re saying is that mainstream republicans that have a diversity of views on abortion can actually become top candidates for the party’s presidential nominations. And that’s bad. I guess if you’re a democrat it is, where diversity of opinion on abortion is not tolerated.

    OK, I’m trolling a bit! But the point is interesting!

  • James

    So what you’re saying is that mainstream republicans that have a diversity of views on abortion can actually become top candidates for the party’s presidential nominations. And that’s bad. I guess if you’re a democrat it is, where diversity of opinion on abortion is not tolerated.

    OK, I’m trolling a bit! But the point is interesting!

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    It’s actually not bad. Bad is saying one candidate is too liberal to be a good candidate while at the same time saying another candidate with equally liberal views is a better candidate for being more conservative.

    I don’t have a problem with the Republicans picking a social liberal. Frankly, I think they’d be dumb to put someone too conservative in there. I think it’s ironic, though, that Thompson seems to be everyone’s wet dream when he’s probably, in many ways, every bit as liberal / libertarian as Giuliani.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    It’s actually not bad. Bad is saying one candidate is too liberal to be a good candidate while at the same time saying another candidate with equally liberal views is a better candidate for being more conservative.

    I don’t have a problem with the Republicans picking a social liberal. Frankly, I think they’d be dumb to put someone too conservative in there. I think it’s ironic, though, that Thompson seems to be everyone’s wet dream when he’s probably, in many ways, every bit as liberal / libertarian as Giuliani.

  • James

    That is sort of the same question I have about Democrats. They’ve come so close to winning the last two times yet they keep putting up their most liberal members. Find some one just a little bit more conservative than gore, kerry, clinton, etc. – or at least someone who can fake it – and it might be enough votes to put them over the hump!

  • James

    That is sort of the same question I have about Democrats. They’ve come so close to winning the last two times yet they keep putting up their most liberal members. Find some one just a little bit more conservative than gore, kerry, clinton, etc. – or at least someone who can fake it – and it might be enough votes to put them over the hump!

  • Pingback: Fred Thompson And 1994 | Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff

  • http://seek-truth.com/ Chet
  • http://seek-truth.com Chet