Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompsonwas an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio host. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, as well as a GOP presidential candidate in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth19 August 1942
CitySheffield, AL
CountryUnited States of America
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We're going to have some amendments, ... I think that if we increase the hard money limits, that we would do better with regard to the soft money and the independent ads situation. If people had their choice, I think they'd give it the old-fashioned way.
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When it comes to personal courage and integrity and the courage to do what he thinks is right, regardless of whether or not it's particularly popular at the moment, John McCain has shown characteristics of leadership like no one else I've ever seen,
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We have tried to work with the White House, ... We have tried to do it in private. We've tried to do it attorney to attorney in a responsible manner. We have objected on several occasions that they were trying to manipulate the press and us by waiting until testimony had happened before relevant documents had been produced. Supposedly, then, the story would become old news ... and the same thing with regard to depositions. We're not going to tolerate that.
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pros and cons that can be pointed out with regard to any of these witnesses.
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We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do.
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You have a lot of troubling questions ... You have some significant policy matters being determined in the midst of some very questionable activity involving a foreign government -- involving the very government that he is planning on visiting. So I don't think it's bad to stop and reassess that at this point,
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Eastern positioned themselves well in both overtimes. At that time there were two very tired teams on the field, but we stayed mentally tough, ... Our effort was fantastic throughout the weekend.
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Every member of the Senate ought to have to step up to the plate and announce where they stand on each of these articles ... That's what I intend to press for,
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At risk are systems that control power distribution and utilities, phones, air traffic, stock exchanges, the Federal Reserve, and taxpayers' credit and medical records.
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We will have to play better defensively. We are loaded with a lot of weaknesses...We're still working hard to improve.
(Family) is the most important thing for me right now,
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We missed him, but I don't think the outcome would have been any different.
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We did a much better job this game staying in it mentally,
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There is nothing in there that I can say is going to be earth-shattering or reveals something that people don't already know. But I think the bits and pieces of my life during that period are well represented.