Thompson: Roe 'bad law and bad medicine'

[JackORoses]

Source: CNN

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) – Likely Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson told CNN Friday that he would work to overturn Roe v. Wade if elected president, and would push for a constitutional amendment that protects states from being forced to honor gay marriages performed in other states.

“I don’t think that one state ought to be able to pass a law requiring gay marriage or allowing gay marriage and have another state be required to follow along,” Thompson told CNN’s John King in an interview Friday.

Thompson added that the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion “was bad law and bad medicine.”

As for when he will jump into the race, the former Tennessee senator said "shortly."

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Anyone else smell Karl Rove???

[TwilightGardener]

1. Naw, just "dumbass". He's said this before.

[xxqqqzme]

2. That is one horrific nightmare.

[rodeodance]

8. I think Dems to take him very seriously

[liberalhistorian]

3. Oh, really? I didn't reaize he had both MD and JD after his

name. Looks like playing lawyer in tv-ville went to his head so that he thinks he has the right to say what is "bad law" vs. "good law." Good thing that lazy, arrogant, ignorant idiot never played a doctor in tv-ville, huh?

[sakabatou]

4. Because botched abortions is so much better

[Theduckno2]

5. Bad medicine?

After Sen. Bill Frist's diagnosis by videotape(Terri Schiavo-spelling?), I am of the opinion that Republicans need only cross a low threshold of understanding in order to confidently issue an expert opinion.

In this case it just might be that he is just dumbing down the message to reach the Republican base. Kind of like saying "baaaaad dog" or "Ka-Ka"

[yellowcanine]

6. Sounds like Fred is going to pick up where Fristy left off.

[PATRICK]

7. As stupid

as they are I think even the wildest political statements are carefully prepared. I speculate that this is an opening foray to recall the discouraged Conservative bloc. One element is to help Hillary be the candidate on our side. Another is to get all the GOP candidates talking fairly rabidly to hide their terrible credentials. Romney is the "soft" candidate on the Bush model. The stalking horse for dynastic, corporate interests who doesn't have moral conservative record to pin him down. Guiliani is the permitted Eastern nutcase, the unsustainable rabbit to lead the pack and take the lightning. He is total tool, not a stooge. He will be easily discarded.

Romney, the Jeb choice, is performing as I predicted, in stealthy inevitability with all the no chancers fluttering about him giving camouflage to failings that as usual make ANY GOp candidate seem impossible at first.

Thompson's surly, belated and lackadaisical approach, suited to his nature might be a conscious strategy.
Sure Romney might screw up so badly even a Bush anointing and rotten machine can't save him. That is the Thompson as insurance policy strategy. But a useful and/or credible Veep, a passive Bush stooge, an attack dog out-lier common to GOP Veep campaigning, yet a non threat to the image of the POTUS, seems by this statement to be the role he is grooming for. The excuse or the holding in reserve of a late campaign fits in with a grand strategy interpretation. Too early to tell since one could also interpret this just as Thompson still trying to create a something out of the GOP pack nothing.

I still hold to one likely scenario, based on the continuity needs of the Bush imperium. Stooge POTUS Romney. Veep Thompson. Jeb naturally emerging into the cabinet along with Cheney minions. Possibility of Jeb being moved into Veep with the untimely demise of Thompson midterm under the care of Bush stooge Dr. Li Hop and his curare tipped acupuncture needles. I don't think they intend to let Hillary win nor be satisfied with getting back a GOP Congress, although they are quite prepared to help the economy and foreign policy situation go catastrophic under a weak Dem win as a fallback. The passivity of the Clintons before this most drastic horror is only their second choice fix. They do intend to win until more fraud capabilities are stripped from their hands. One reason they let Guiliani run now is to use and discard him before any real non-Bush competition can get started for 2012.

They have an entirely different view, purpose and politics than the Dems which is hard to separate as we enter our own democratic primary process. What we still need beside providing the only rational, viable, legal and restorative choice to the American people is to beat back their fraud, increase a progressive mandate and landslide, and realize it will take a great deal if we win even all that to cope with the deliberate harm that would descend on the Democratic government in 2009. That with the hands still off all the crime and embedded damage left by the crooks who plan on returning and forcing our hand.

[RedSock]

9. bad law

"I don’t think that one state ought to be able to pass a law requiring gay marriage or allowing gay marriage and have another state be required to follow along."

After all, what are we, the united states or something? (eye roll) Sheesh.

[AlinPA]

10. He is their "southern strategery" and is needed to be sure all southern

states end up red.

[Tippy]

11. I believe your right about "s, s " all he needs to do now is

dust off his red pick-up.....and the red necks will follow...never mind that he missed an awful lot of important votes while in the senate...he accomplish nothing durring his tenure....

[youngdem]

12. But good business, right Fred? Is that why you lobbied for pro-choice interests?

Huh?

Typical, hypocritical, lying, pandering Repuke.

[ccpup]

13. I'm not sure how much I would pay

to see intelligent, uber-prepared, knows-her-facts-without-reading-cue-cards Hillary tear this unprepared, lazy sack of sh*t to ribbons in the debates.

The man is infamous (both as actor and politician) for being LAZY, not liking hard work, not liking to be criticized OR told what to do, insisting on doing things the way he wants when he wants and, as plain as the nose on anyone's face, is in no way, shape or form cut out to run for President. As people get a closer look -- when he "officially" runs -- they'll begin to think "oh, this isn't the best we have, is it?" and start looking elsewhere.

If I were a repug, I'd be trying to get used to the thought of a Dem in the WH.

[BlueStater]

14. The little I've seen of him on "Law & Order" he hasn't impressed me

Paul Newman he is not.

Most of the time all he does is flaunt his accent around.

[yardwork]

15. The "bad law and bad medicine" quote is from Sandra Day O'Connor

She wrote something very similar to that in an opinion some time ago.

[knight_of_the_star]

16. Whatever

Looks like they have their wannabe reichwinger. Nevermind that all states have to honor the certificates and licenses other states issue under the constitution.