Fred Thompson
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.
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Says that under President Barack Obama’s health care law, "your insurance" premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost "as much as a new…
Sarah Palin "has more experience than Barack Obama."
"He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. John McCain said, 'No.' "
"He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal."
"Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."
"So what sort of services does Romney's health care plan provide? Per the state Web site: $50 co-pay for abortions."
"Gov. Romney's own health care plan in Massachusetts ... requires by law that a representative from Planned Parenthood sit on the MassHealth advisory board."
Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings."
"I supported tort reform with regard to securities...product liability...interstate commerce."