Fred Thompson Is Unaware

12:24 pm EST September 28th, 2007 | News | 15 Comments

One of the Republican frontrunners is apparently Grandpa Simpson. Granted, Grandpa Simpson is a funny character… but you wouldn’t want him to be leader of the free world, would you?

Abe Simpson

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Thursday he was unaware that a federal judge had ruled last week that lethal injection procedures in his home state were unconstitutional.

Thompson also told reporters he was unaware that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed this week to consider a Kentucky case about whether lethal injection violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Thompson’s support for the death penalty was a major part of his campaign platform when he first ran for the U.S. Senate in Tennessee in 1994. Asked for his response to the recent Tennessee and Kentucky cases, Thompson responded, “I hadn’t heard that. I didn’t know.”

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It’s not the first time Thompson has been caught off-guard by questions on hot-button topics. In Florida earlier this month, Thompson seemed surprised when asked about oil drilling in the Everglades, a major issue in the state.

Thompson also gave no opinion when asked about efforts by President Bush and Congress to keep brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive two years ago, saying he did not remember details of the case that stirred national debate.

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15 Responses to “Fred Thompson Is Unaware”

  1. SaveFarris says:
    September 28, 2007 at 12:50 pm

    I’ll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!

  2. OxyCon says:
    September 28, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    Freddie has spent way too much time over at the “Irrational” Review, drinking the Kool Aide and performing in the circle jerk.
    He doesn’t have a clue what is happening out here in reality.

  3. duros62 says:
    September 28, 2007 at 1:03 pm

    Kinda makes me smile when I remember his line from Red October.
    “Ruskies don’t take a dump without a plan.”

    Seems like Fred! can’t take one with a plan.

  4. durablend says:
    September 28, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    Since when does reality have anything to do with the Republican party?

  5. SpiderJ says:
    September 28, 2007 at 1:16 pm

    But he’s “Reaganesque”! Isn’t that all that matters?!

  6. pawtrax says:
    September 28, 2007 at 1:18 pm

    I don’t see any reason why the president of the united states needs to know anything about what’s going on in the world — especially in America, which really sort of takes care of itself right? I mean, bush is doing just fine without reading the newspapers, isn’t he?

  7. PD100 says:
    September 28, 2007 at 3:20 pm

    Damn those Hollywood elitists…

  8. Anonymously Commented says:
    September 28, 2007 at 4:26 pm

    So are you seriously criticizing someone for not staying on top of every item of minutiae in his/her state? I’m pretty sure that I could go through the supreme court records and find a decision on an issue that you are unaware of.

  9. Oliver Willis says:
    September 28, 2007 at 5:15 pm

    IM NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

  10. Anonymously Commented says:
    September 28, 2007 at 5:23 pm

    Granted … I didn’t make my point very well. But since you bring it up, do you hold all candidates to the same standard?

  11. Quaker in a Basement says:
    September 28, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    I’m pretty sure that I could go through the supreme court records and find a decision on an issue that you are unaware of.

    I’m sure you could. But if you kept at it, I’m sure sooner or later, I’d be able to do better than, “I dunno.”

  12. duros62 says:
    September 28, 2007 at 5:38 pm

    But he’s “Reaganesque”! Isn’t that all that matters?!

    You kidding? He makes Reagan look absolutely lucid.

  13. duros62 says:
    September 28, 2007 at 5:40 pm

    But since you bring it up, do you hold all candidates to the same standard?

    Yes. Yes i do. Any candidate for President of the United States should have at least a rudimentary grasp of current events. Minimum.

  14. Zython says:
    September 28, 2007 at 6:08 pm

    Granted … I didn’t make my point very well. But since you bring it up, do you hold all candidates to the same standard?

    Look, even if we give Fred some slack on those stae issues, it’s still pretty damn pathetic that’s he’s not aware of Terri Schivo or the Jena 6.

  15. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    September 29, 2007 at 10:25 am

    “Granted … I didn’t make my point very well. But since you bring it up, do you hold all candidates to the same standard?”

    Not every candidate can know every detail about every issue, but it seems Freddie Thompson knows very little about everything.