Thompson On Whether Global Warming Is A Threat: ‘I’m Not Going To Answer’
Thompson On Whether Global Warming Is A Threat: ‘I’m Not Going To Answer’
In today’s GOP presidential debate in Iowa, Fred Thompson refused to answer whether or not global climate change is a “serious threat and caused by human activity.” When the moderator asked to see a show of hands from the candidates, Thompson became combative and declared, “I’m not doing hand shows today.” At least four other candidates raised their hands.
When the moderator refused to give him a full minute to answer the question, he replied, “Well, I’m not going to answer it.” While McCain and several other candidates followed up and outlined their energy plans, Thompson stayed silent. Watch it:
Thompson is clearly not very concerned about global warming. Yesterday on Glenn Beck’s radio show, Thompson said that while the “Earth is warming,” we “don’t know whether or not it’s a part of a cycle. We’ve had cooling stages before. We don’t know to what extent it’s due to manmade causes.”
Similarly, in a CBS News interview last night, he claimed that the “state of entitlements” and “extremists” who “want to do drastic things to our economy” are greater threats than global warming:
There are a lot of unanswered questions. We don’t know to the extent this is a cyclical thing. This may or may not effect very much. The extremists are the ones who want to do drastic things to our economy before we have more answers as to how much good we can do and whether people in the other parts of the world are going to contribute. It’s the fact that our entitlements are bankrupting the next generation. We’re spending the money of those yet to be born and we can’t continue that way.
Romney was the only candidate to applaud today when Thompson protested the “hand shows.”
UPDATE: Frank Luntz’s Fox News focus group of Republicans unanimously loved Thompson’s theatrical stand on global warming:
UPDATE II: At a post-debate campaign stop, Thompson said that he refused to raise his hand for global warming because format was “monkey business.”
Transcript:
MODERATOR: Thank you. I’d like to take on a new issue. I’d like to see a show of hands. How many of you believe global climate change is a serious threat caused by human activity?
THOMPSON: I’m not doing hand shows today.
MODERATOR: No hand shows?
THOMPSON: No hand shows.
MODERATOR: And so, is that yes or no for you? Do you believe that global climate change is a serious threat and caused by human activity?
THOMPSON: Well, do you want to give me a minute to answer that?
MODERATOR: No, I don’t.
THOMPSON: Well, I’m not going to answer it.
MODERATOR: Ok.
ROMNEY: How about 30 seconds?
MODERATOR: No –
THOMPSON: You want a show of hands. I’m not giving it to you.
MODERATOR: We’ll follow up on that, but what I need to know is, who believes that global climate change is serious and caused by human activity, and then we’ll talk in more detail about it.
(CROSSTALK)
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I am going to answer.
Thompson is another snake-oil salesman and a member of the GHP (Grand Hypocrisy Party).
Sincerely,
NRA Gun Nutes
December 12th, 2007 at 3:27 pmYour supposed to say “I misremembered”, Fred.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:28 pmquick, we need grandpa freds meds… HURRY HURRY HURRY!
December 12th, 2007 at 3:30 pmWhat the F@ck kind of passive / aggressive sh@t is that?
Does anybody think the leader of the free world should have AT LEAST AN OPINION on Global Warming?
What a joke !
December 12th, 2007 at 3:31 pmAlways a good idea to come prepared.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:31 pmHow can a person that wants to be President not answer a simple question? Yes or No and give your honest and authentic answer.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:33 pmHEY THOMPSON HE IS ASKING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING, NOT ABOUT WATERBOARDING!!!
December 12th, 2007 at 3:33 pm“There are a lot of unanswered questions. We don’t know to the extent this is a cyclical thing. This may or may not effect very much. The extremists are the ones who want to do drastic things to our economy before we have more answers as to how much good we can do and whether people in the other parts of the world are going to contribute.”
yeah, why mess with the economy when breathing is at stake?
December 12th, 2007 at 3:33 pmFreddy really doesn’t care if there is global warming. He’s a dinosaur so it doesn’t matter to him. Reptiles are cold-blooded and adjust to climate change more easily than us mammals.
One thing is for sure — there is no “Republican warming” when it comes to his candidacy. He was one, big, over-sold lead balloon from the get-go.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:34 pmOh man. I swear, I feel like I’m trapped in a nightmare - and I can’t wake up.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:35 pmStick a fork in that poor old s.o.b. He’s done.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:35 pmWas Freddy drunk again?
December 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pmThis ought to be a good magnet for all the anti-Gore trolls - maybe we can stick them to it, like flypaper, then go off to other threads to enjoy some discourse.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pmFred the decider, picks and choses which questions he’ll answer.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:39 pmFred Thompson looks like a ghoul - he looks as if he’s on his death bed. And when he smiles, which is rare, he actually looks scarey!! He’s just another Fascist Republican in denial of anything and everything that is important to this country and the world…
December 12th, 2007 at 3:39 pmUh oh…the alarm bell is ringing by Cold_Hard_Left’s bed. As we speak, he’s revving up the linksmobile to spread doody on the thread.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:41 pmWow, Plunger — I’m impressed. You made a great point, and with such economy.
Excellent.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:41 pmI take it there wasn’t a Law and Order global warming show.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:41 pm“When the moderator asked to see a show of hands from the candidates, Thompson became combative and declared, “I’m not doing hand shows today.â€
He should really rethink his position on this.
Hand Puppet shows are the only way his poll numbers are going to go up…
December 12th, 2007 at 3:42 pmWell, the President doesn’t have to answer all questions so why should a candidate do that?
Comment by Frank M — December 12, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
Umm… maybe so we can make an intelligent choice about who we choose in the voting booth?
Oh, wait — I forgot who I was talking to. Frank doesn’t make intelligent choices.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:42 pm“It’s the fact that our entitlements are bankrupting the next generation. We’re spending the money of those yet to be born and we can’t continue that way.”
Errr… entitlements?
What about a pointless (except to Israel and the oil industry) war that’s costing us about 2 billion dollars a week?
December 12th, 2007 at 3:42 pmfred climbs out of the toilet of a floundering presidential campaign to show the world what an arrogant/combative dunce he is. Will someone please just flush this guy,… quickly. He is like a dirty pair of adult incontinence -Depends panties - that refuses to go away. Hanging around stinking up the room.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:43 pmThe ignorant masses love a dickhead. I’m sure that response scored high with the anti-science freaks
December 12th, 2007 at 3:44 pmWell, the President doesn’t have to answer all questions so why should a candidate do that? Comment by Frank M — December 12, 2007
So he can become the President?
Actually I think he should have giggled like a schoolgirl.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:45 pmWell, the President doesn’t have to answer all questions so why should a candidate do that?
Comment by Frank M
For once I agree with you.
What’s the point in candidates answering questions when all they do is lie and make idle promises that they never intend on upholding anyway…
Bush’s Broken Promises
http://www.failureisimpossible.com/ needtoknow/ campaignslogans.htm
December 12th, 2007 at 3:47 pmMaybe Fred just sweats a lot and is embarrassed to raise his hand because of the damp stinkiness that will be revealed.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:47 pmI’m not terribly upset by his wanting to explain his position, rather than answer by show of hands. I’ve already heard his answers before, and I don’t support them, but his refusal to answer without a chance to explain is fine with me. The others did some explaining, but they did so w/o consent from the moderator.
Most of this indignation is manufactured, folks. Get back to the real issues, not Thompson’s rightful refusal to answer a bs gotcha question. I wish our Dems would do the same.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:48 pmI think Fred was trying to come across as authoritative, sadly it came across as clueless.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:48 pmAnd believe me, I hate to agree with the trolls.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:49 pmDo you think merely raising one’s hand denotes an opinion?
Comment by O. Bigfoot — December 12, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
Well, given the evidence, it’s a better indication of an opinion than NOT raising one’s hand.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:50 pmComment by Menehune — December 12, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
Naw, he didnt want people to see the notes he wrote on his palms.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:50 pmMaybe Fred just sweats a lot and is embarrassed to raise his hand because of the damp stinkiness that will be revealed.
Comment by Menehune — December 12, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
I love it! GOP Debate as deodorant commercial!
December 12th, 2007 at 3:50 pmFrank Luntz’s Fox News focus group of Republicans unanimously loved Thompson’s theatrical stand on global warming
The ignorrant masses love a fcking dickhead.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:51 pmJust what we need as the next president - an mean, obstinate, neocon ass!
December 12th, 2007 at 3:51 pmFrank Luntz? Mr Emotional? The guy who doesn’t want people to use rationality when they make decisions?
BWAH.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:53 pmComment by O. Bigfoot — December 12, 2007 @ 3:51 pm
big layoffs at sears, your wife still working there partner?
December 12th, 2007 at 3:55 pmJust what we need as the next president - an mean, obstinate, neocon ass!
Comment by mary — December 12, 2007 @ 3:51 pm
But on the plus side, he doesn’t care what NIEs say if they conflict with his desire to bomb somebody.
Uh, wait… that would be a plus for Regressives, wouldn’t it? Never mind.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:56 pmOl’ Biggie could outspin a hippie chick at a Dead show.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:57 pmFred has his head in the coal.
December 12th, 2007 at 3:59 pmWe either lead ourselves and others to reduce pollution or we will surely see a global catastrophe. I can’t seem to understand, in the face of all the data, why we are not making this as important as the war on drugs, war on poverty, war on christmas and the war on the irrational. That last “war on” I thought might help to solve most of the other wars.
Where the heck do they get these fools? They think it shows strength to refuse to answer a question about an environmental crisis.
Refusing to answer shows conviction…. WTF?
December 12th, 2007 at 4:01 pmDuh… my name is um… Fred? Wait… yes I think that my name is Fred. At least that’s what they told me.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:03 pmAm I the only one here that saw it? I mean, it was just a few minutes ago. Sorry, folks, but this much ado about nothing.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:03 pmI’ve come to find out that Bigfoot’s actually behind it all. He is the Ideological Father of the movement.
Surprisingly enough, he/they are, despite popular evidence to the contrary, the “majority”.
Guess we might as well hang it up - Biggie and Posse have it all well in hand.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:04 pmYou know why Republicans don’t want to talk about global warming? Because they have one emotion - fear. And one way to deal with fear -war. All war all the time. If it can’t be solved by killing they can’t deal with it, so they don’t.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:08 pmDoes this make Thompson the “Undecider”?
December 12th, 2007 at 4:09 pm49 - some truth there - they like to keep the focus on the unsolvable, metaphorical problems, rather than those they might fairly be expected to deliver some results on.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:12 pm48…I wouldn’t be surprised if Bigfoot was behind all this denial. After all, water will be the oil of the 21st century. And who is getting all the water in this crazy weather–that’s right–the Pacific Northwest. And where do all the Bigfeet live? In the Pacific Northwest.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:13 pmIt makes Thompson a lot like Henry Gibson’s judge character on Boston Legal…
“OUT-ray-jusss!!”
“Foolishness!”
“Don’t you rush me - I’ll decide after my nap! Whippersnappers!!”
December 12th, 2007 at 4:14 pmtp news ticker:
“is Bigfoot really Henry Kissinger?”
December 12th, 2007 at 4:15 pmDoes anyone else think it’s hilarious, in a cynical neocon way, that these people are applauding him for not answering a question? Then they go on to commend his “conviction”, and “principles”, in not stating an opinion.
LMAO
December 12th, 2007 at 4:16 pmComment by ohcomeon — December 12, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
You know why Republicans don’t want to talk about global warming….All war all the time. If it can’t be solved by killing they can’t deal with it, so they don’t.
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Don’t tell this to W, or we’ll soon be at war with “Iceland.”
December 12th, 2007 at 4:17 pmIowa repub debate was a lovefest and even gave a moment of trying to decide if this was the dems debating on the issues. Most said, without saying, that Bush had let our obvious problems sit on the sideline.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:18 pmPete–I’m just sitting here busting a gut, thinking about what a bright future this country has.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:18 pmMaybe Fred just sweats a lot and is embarrassed to raise his hand because of the damp stinkiness that will be revealed.
Comment by Menehune — December 12, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
I was thinking that he hadn’t washed his hands after scraping the poo out of his Depends.
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Duh… my name is um… Fred? Wait… yes I think that my name is Fred. At least that’s what they told me.
Comment by lefty — December 12, 2007 @ 4:03 pm
Anyone remember the old Mary Tyler Moore show, when Ted Knight was doing the sign-off and said, “This is….(opens wallet to find name)…Genuine Leather”?
December 12th, 2007 at 4:18 pmfred climbs out of the toilet of a floundering presidential campaign to show the world what an arrogant/combative dunce he is. Will someone please just flush this guy,… quickly. He is like a dirty pair of adult incontinence -Depends panties - that refuses to go away. Hanging around stinking up the room.
Comment by araratararat
December 12th, 2007 at 4:18 pmTHAT IS SOOOOO FANY! I AGREE WITH YOU! SOMEONE PLEEEAAASE, FLUSH IT/HIM DOWN THE TOILET!
57 - Notwithstanding that, the Right’s pundit overlords are going to drive them toward nominating the “bushiest” of the candidates - in keeping to their central principle of complete incoherence, I guess.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:19 pmAll 16 of the hand picked psychos agreed? Wow, who would have guessed.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:25 pmI do think “show of hands” questions are retarded, just ask the question and allow each candidate 30 seconds to respond. If time does not allow, then the subject isn’t all that important. Am I the only one that noticed the irony of the focus group that praised Thompson for his conviction and strength, all of whom are apparently total wimps obligingly raising their hand for their moderator? ;)
December 12th, 2007 at 4:29 pm48…I wouldn’t be surprised if Bigfoot was behind all this denial. After all, water will be the oil of the 21st century. And who is getting all the water in this crazy weather–that’s right–the Pacific Northwest. And where do all the Bigfeet live? In the Pacific Northwest.
Comment by Menehune — December 12, 2007 @ 4:13 pm
Nope, sorry. We take no responsibility for O. Bigfoot. If memory serves, he lives in the Southwest (Utah? Nevada?). We wouldn’t have him in any of the PNW states.
Up here, by the way, it’s Sasquatch.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:30 pmWhile I think Fred Thompson is clearly dissembling on the global climate change issue, I think he’s right to refuse to answer these stupid “show of hands” questions. If all the candidates (of both parties) refused to answer these, the moderators would be forced to frame the questions in ways that allowed the candidates to fully explain their positions.
All that said, though, Fred Thompson has his head up his ass on climate change.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:31 pmHe’s not going to answer because he doesn’t KNOW the answer.
I think he’s the worst prepared candidate I have ever seen.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:42 pmFred Thompson, like the new Attorney General, can’t quite bring himself to accept and state the bleeding bloody obvious… another GOP gutless moron… This is leadership, of the ostrich kind: bury your head in the sand and pray that the voters are as stupid and clueless as you are…
December 12th, 2007 at 4:44 pmGlobalWaterboardingWarming,,,
December 12th, 2007 at 4:47 pmThe Pentagon study said that the greatest threat in coming years will be the problems global warming causes, such as wars over water and sources of food.
US Naval scientists say the polar ice cap may be gone in summers in as early as seven years. This will accelerate warming. This will raise sea levels.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:49 pmActually, Fred, “the money of those yet to be born” is not being spent on “entitlements.” It’s being buried into the sands of Iraq and covered with the blood of American Soldiers and innocent Iraqi civilians.
And it seems to me that new energy technologies would actually CREATE jobs. In fact, millions of them as new companies and industries come into being.
In addition, current companies like Exxon could actually change their business model and be leaders in the field — after all, if they’re always whining about how hard it is to drill for oil, wouldn’t developing solar power to sell to consumers be cheaper to maintain and have a higher profit margin?
The one question none of the climate change deniers have ever been able to answer:
If we do take climate change seriously, develop renewable and environmentally-sound energy sources, and stop relying on imported oil, and decades later discover that the science was wrong … SO WHAT?
Seriously. Think about it. Millions of new job around the globe, energy independence, and a cleaner environment.
How in the holy hell are those bad things, and why would anyone fight against them?
December 12th, 2007 at 4:52 pmComment by gummitch — December 12, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
I think Mr. O said Idaho, he has a meat sales/home delivery business and his wife works in accounting/finance office at Sears. He comes here seeking wisdom from the enlightened progressives.
We are witnessing the slow destruction of Mr. O’s belief system which makes him angry as he slowly realizes how much he has been lied to. He know no other way to respond than to lash out at the truth, hoping, praying for protection from people and ideas he has been taught to fear.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:54 pmComment by MarkD — December 12, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
Is Fred opposed to Social Security and Medicare? I think W should be able to tell him that the people are in favor of those two.
December 12th, 2007 at 4:58 pmWho gives a rat’s ass what Fred does or doesn’t say. Despite the silly trumpeting of his arrival as a candidate he has know base and no chance at being nominated anything. He is about as alive as Bob Dole
December 12th, 2007 at 5:09 pmHere they are again with the ‘wlhat he meant by that was..’
Listen, Otto, if Fred Thompson is displeased with the ‘gotcha’ question and the arbitrary nature of the questioning, he should bloody well SAY so. Anybody I want for President–and, Otto, anyone you should want for president as a conservative, should have said “I’m not going to play and I’ll tell you why,” and craft an answer addressing both the complex nature of global warming and the stupidity and manipulative nature of their game-show tactics. Had he done so,he would have garnered cheers and applause, and probably an uptick in his polling.
He did none of that. He can’t think on his feet and he can’t make a speech. All your coming up with exculpatory spin shows, Otto, is that you’re smarter than he is.
I would sooner vote for you than for him.
December 12th, 2007 at 5:11 pmLOL!!! Agreed, pbg - hell I’d vote for Bigfoot before I would Frederick of Hollywood.
December 12th, 2007 at 5:13 pmDid the Des Moines Register Republican Debate in Iowa live up to your expectations?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1287
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December 12th, 2007 at 5:17 pmHow can a person that wants to be President not answer a simple question? Yes or No and give your honest and authentic answer.
Comment by JYD
Errr…did you see Bush vs Kerry debate when Bush stays silent?
You don’t have to be smarter than a frog in order to be President of the US. Who knows, maybe Thompson gets to the Presidency. Just look who you had for 8 years.
December 12th, 2007 at 5:17 pmHow in the holy hell are those bad things, and why would anyone fight against them?
Comment by MarkD — December 12, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
You know, I’ve asked conservatives the same thing on other threads (though not so eloquently as you did), and I never get an answer. I think that their only answer could possibly be is “because liberals think they’re good things.”
December 12th, 2007 at 6:01 pmLazy ol’ Fred: “It’s the fact that our entitlements are bankrupting the next generation.”
Sure Fred. It wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that we borrow to spend instead of tax to spend. The entire modern “Republican revolution” has been based on the idea that you borrow money from the rich instead of taxing the rich. And when you borrow the money, you are, by definition, passing off the payment to the next generations.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:59 pmFred, “What’s in it for me?’
December 12th, 2007 at 7:03 pmClimate Change - Is CO2 the cause? - Pt 1 of 4
December 12th, 2007 at 7:15 pmClimate Change - Is CO2 the cause? - Pt 2 of 4
Climate Change - Is CO2 the cause? - Pt 3 of 4
Climate Change - Is CO2 the cause? - Pt 4 of 4
thanks for a different point of view alejandro
Personally I like Fred’s response - Shows some gumption - I wish she had given him the requested minute to answer the question. One problem with these debates is lack of full answers on the issues. Too much effort to try and catch the candidates in a “gotcha” moment. There is legitimate debate about global warming and its causes, but honest debate is scoffed at, which is unfortunate. Someone said recently that the next president needs a science degree, maybe they will.
Merry Christmas from Phoenix
December 12th, 2007 at 8:55 pm“Do you think merely raising one’s hand denotes an opinion? That’s how you get the teacher’s attention in third grade.
Thompson was merely protesting the idea that only a show of hands was going to be allowed, with no commentary allowed.”
Yes, bigfoot, because politicians aren’t whores, right? I just think he was too lazy to raise his hand.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:13 pm“Actually, Fred, “the money of those yet to be born†is not being spent on “entitlements.†It’s being buried into the sands of Iraq and covered with the blood of American Soldiers and innocent Iraqi civilians.”
I am pretty sure old Fred is a proponent of Bush’s tax cuts. I am thinking he just might BSing everybody about caring about “those yet to be born”
December 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pm“I’ve been waiting for the arrival of Fred as a legitimate candidate who looks like he is really trying and wasn’t pushed into it. Today’s performance should provide him a surge in the polls. This reminds me of Reagan’s “I’m paying for this microphone.†I love it.”
You would be a great Democratic strategist. That means…you are wrong.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:37 pmThe Republicans never look for a maverick. They always look for the soft, easy to mold candidate.
December 12th, 2007 at 9:38 pm#85: Today’s performance should provide him a surge in the polls. This reminds me of Reagan’s “I’m paying for this microphone.†I love it.
A very telling comment, and possibly true. Republicans are interested mainly in “performance.” They want actors who seem credible in the role of “tough guy.” To heck with substance. Never mind that Thompson knows–and cares–nothing at all about climate change. Maybe it’s true, though, that in the vapid world of Republican primaries, this will help Thompson.
December 12th, 2007 at 10:17 pmAlways nice to see the Grand Old Perverts strut their stuff. Larry Craig could run against this bunch of morons and compete. Matter of fact he would fit right in.
December 12th, 2007 at 10:17 pmThat sound today, in the debate…..
…was the death rattle of Frederick of Hollywood’s campaign.
December 12th, 2007 at 10:26 pmI’ve been waiting for the arrival of Fred as a legitimate candidate who looks like he is really trying and wasn’t pushed into it. Today’s performance should provide him a surge in the polls. This reminds me of Reagan’s “I’m paying for this microphone.†I love it.
Comment by cold_hard_left
He’s put all his eggs in one basket. If he doesn’t win Iowa, expect to see him in next season’s Law and Order, after the strike is over. Or perhaps he’ll go back to being a lobbyist, although there won’t be a lot of calls for an old, tired, republican political hack, with dems again in charge of everthing.
December 12th, 2007 at 11:13 pmRE: Thompson is clearly not very concerned about global warming.
No, Thompson is clearly not very concerned with becoming President. IMO he’s the Ross Perot of the 21st Century. He’s in it just for the attention. The fact that he couldn’t make up his mind whether or not he wanted to get in the race, ultimately deciding at the very last minute, should be of concern to voters.
Instead of declaring an NIE that he, not surprisingly, calls “foolish” simply because he doesn’t agree with it, he should be telling voters how he would solve the so-called political agenda that is apparently running rampant throughout the CIA. He should be telling us which NIEs he’s agreed with over, oh, say the past 10 years, and why those were not considered politically motivated while the others were.
The issue of global warming has been widely discussed for many years, yet here we have a man who could possibly become the next leader of a very powerful nation who is acting like a kid and refusing to answer a very simple question. Take a f-king stand on the issue, or get out of the way. This “I don’t know” shit is reminiscent of Dole’s “I don’t know if smoking causes lung cancer…I’m not a doctor!” declarations from the ‘96 campaign.
Funny that he quickly picks a side re: the Iran NIE, which our trolls have pointed out as an “estimate” and a “guess,” yet Thompson refuses to declare his position on climate change because of the “unanswered questions.” Apparently our trolls who are quick to side with the “global warming does not exist” group and who cite evidence brought forth by a group supported by the oil companies, and relatively speaking are a bunch of nobodies, are a hell of a lot more forthcoming than ol’ Fred. That’s a scary thought.
December 12th, 2007 at 11:32 pmHe just showed us that doesn’t know the answer that’s why he refused to cooperate and give an honest answer
December 13th, 2007 at 4:42 amBush has paved the way for this kind of contempt - it will be the norm unless we start to elect responsible Congresspeople that will hold the individual in check
December 13th, 2007 at 4:47 amThese idiots can’t answer a yes/no question. They act like they’re 12 years old. What a bunch of losers.
December 13th, 2007 at 10:00 amHere is the full clip of Fred Thompson’s “principled stand” on Climate Change Hand-Shows
VIDEO
http://test.redlasso.com/ service/ svc/ clip/ playClip?fid=844688d7-df2a-443a-91d7-8d704773c57f
December 13th, 2007 at 11:48 am