THOMPSON ALTERNATIVE?

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Nah. Fred "Shemp" Thompson is just as phony as the other Three Stooges. None of them are conservative. Fred keeps trying to pass himself off as a pro-lifer, but we see that not only has he spoken in favor of abortion several times, he was hired as a lobbyist by a PRO-ABORTION group.

Q: How do you know when a politician is lying?

A: His lips are moving.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/us/politics/07thompson.html?ex=1341460800&en=338c23bf06ec689f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Group Says It Hired Fred Thompson in Abortion Rights Bid

Former Senator Fred D. Thompson, who has positioned himself as an opponent of abortion rights as he prepares to run for president, was hired as a lobbyist 16 years ago by a group on the other side of the issue, according to documents and people involved with his hiring.

The group, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, hired Mr. Thompson in 1991, three years before he was elected to the Senate from Tennessee, as part of the group’s effort to overturn a ban on federally financed family planning clinics.

Thompson has also sometimes indicated that he opposes outlawing abortion.

In a questionnaire that he answered during his successful 1994 Senate campaign in Tennessee, Mr. Thompson or his campaign staff checked a box stating that he believed abortion should be legal under any circumstance during the first three months of a pregnancy.

In a televised debate the same year, Mr. Thompson appeared to tell the moderator that he personally disagreed with outlawing abortion. “Should the government come in and criminalize let’s say a young girl and her parents and her doctor?” Mr. Thompson said. “I think not.”

In addition, the Gannett News Service has reported that another questionnaire submitted during Mr. Thompson’s 1994 campaign contained a handwritten note that stated: “I do not believe abortion should be criminalized. This battle will be won in the hearts and souls of the American people.”