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• Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them

  Fred Thompson

  Relationship, Chinese, Want

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• Being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president.

  Fred Thompson

  President, Pow

  2008 Republican National Convention Address, Delivered 2 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• Jay Carney told the reporters at his morning briefing that he hoped they would watch the new movie about Obama's first term 'many times.' They might. Look how well 'Titanic' did at the box office.

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  Morning, Office, Watches

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• Life begins at conception, but allow early abortions.

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  Abortion, Conception

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• Play hardball with Musharraf, but don't cut off US aid.

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  Cutting, Play, Aids

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• Waterboarding ok if national security were at stake.

  Fred Thompson

  Stakes, National Security, Ifs

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• We [The United States] should be prepared to launch a pre-emption strike against Iran to eliminate their nuclear capability.

  Fred Thompson

  Support, Nuclear, Proliferation

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. November 4, 2007.

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• Now, being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president. But it does reveal character. This is the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders.

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  Character, Civilization, Leader

  Fred Thompson's Remarks on John McCain's character, www.npr.org. September 2, 2008.

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• John McCain was a prisoner of war.

  Fred Thompson

  War, Prisoner, Prisoner Of War

  2008 Republican National Convention Address, Delivered 2 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• Standing up here 10 in a row, you know, like a bunch of seals waiting for somebody to throw you the next fish, is not necessarily the best way to impart your information to the American people. I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.

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  People, Waiting, Acting

  "Mr. Sunshine State" by Ryan Sager, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2007.

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• You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you.

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  Challenges, Wish, Avoiding

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• During a campaign speech in Ohio, President Obama said, 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth'. So to be fair, he wants to take your silverware and spread it around.

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  Ohio, President, Campaigns

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• The Air Force is pulling nine cargo aircraft from military operations to support President Obama's stepped-up visits to campaign events. Good, now he can carry his entire ego with him on the trail.

  Fred Thompson

  Military, Air, Support

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• Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance- our information infrastructure.

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  Military, Cyberspace, Information

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• For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up until about 1923, something like that.

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  Long, People, American History

  "Choosing a New Supreme Court Justice". "Special Report" with Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. July 6, 2005.

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• There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

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  Law, Skills, Degrees

  "Choosing a New Supreme Court Justice". "Special Report With Brit Hume", www.foxnews.com. July 06, 2005.

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• While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass.

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  Believe, Opportunity, Want

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• We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.

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  Priorities, Important, Ifs

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• In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.

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  Hurt, Cities, People

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• Is it really in our countrys best interest to signal to the enemy that they probably only have to wait us out a little longer because congressional determination to defeat them is crumbling? Doesnt such a resolution further diminish our chances for success at the very time our soldiers are preparing to go into battle? And finally, regardless of our politics is this the time to announce to the world that our president is 'on his own'?

  Fred Thompson

  Determination, Waiting, Soldier

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• Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad medical science.

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  Law, Wade, Medical Science

  "Did NBC Misrepresent Thompson as Being Opposed to Overturning Roe?" by Mark Finkelstein, www.newsbusters.org. March 12, 2007.

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• I know the pundits, they get big bucks for . . . pundating.

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  Bucks, Pundits, Bigs

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• I don't attend [church] regularly.

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  Church

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• Because John McCain stood up, our country is better off. The respect he is given around the world is not because of a teleprompter speech designed to appeal to American critics abroad but because of decades of clearly demonstrated character and statesmanship.

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  Country, Character, World

  Fred Thompson's Remarks on John McCain's character, www.npr.org. September 2, 2008.

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• A lot of people out there working hard and finally building up to getting a pretty good income. Higher tax rates on them, you know, the income rates going up, the dividend rates are going up, the capital gains rates all going up before health care kicks in.

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  Building Up, People, Gains

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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