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Fred Thompson

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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Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on March 27, 2013 a tweet:
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 Explorer."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2013
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 31, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.:
Sarah Palin "has more experience than Barack Obama."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 2, 2008
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 2, 2008 a speech at the Republican National Convention:
"He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. John McCain said, 'No.' "
False
By Edward Epstein • September 2, 2008
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 7, 2007 a Nashville radio interview.:
"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."
Half-True
By Neil Skene • December 31, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on December 12, 2007 debate in Johnston, Iowa:
"Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 13, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 18, 2007:
"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."
True
By Wes Allison • November 27, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 15, 2007 a press release:
"So what sort of services does Romney's health care plan provide? Per the state Web site: $50 co-pay for abortions."
True
By Wes Allison • November 27, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 14, 2007 an email press release:
"Gov. Romney's own health care plan in Massachusetts ... requires by law that a representative from Planned Parenthood sit on the MassHealth advisory board."
Mostly False
By Wes Allison • November 27, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 5, 2007 an interview on the Fox News Channel.:
Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings."
Mostly True
By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on October 21, 2007 a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.:
"I supported tort reform with regard to securities...product liability...interstate commerce."
Mostly True
By Miranda Blue • October 25, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 7, 2007 Des Moines, Iowa:
"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."
Mostly True
By John Frank • October 18, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on October 9, 2007 a debate in Dearborn, Mich.:
"The Iraq Study Group reported that (Saddam Hussein) had designs on reviving his nuclear program."
False
By Ryan Kelly • October 9, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 21, 2007 Washington, D.C.:
"With those first principles, it allowed a fellow like me to get in his truck and go from one end of the state to the other; started 20 points down and wound up 20 points ahead on election night."
True
By David DeCamp • October 2, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 7, 2007 a speech in Sioux City, Iowa:
"I've cast a couple of 99-1 votes" and been the lone dissenter.
True
By Wes Allison • September 12, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 21, 2007 article on his campaign Web site:
We live in "a time of historically low violent crime rates and historically high gun ownership rates nationally."
Half-True
By David Baumann • August 29, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 20, 2007 an ABC radio commentary.:
"... study after study has shown that the death penalty deters murders."
Half-True
By John Frank • August 21, 2007
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