Even though Thompson has a 100% pro-life voting record and has been endorsed in the past by National Right to Life, apparently that isn’t good enough: Imminent 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson is positioning himself as a new hope for social conservatives who are unhappy with the current field of 10 Republicans. But his answers…

What does the presidency have to do with Christianity? Update: I’ve been asked to clarify this question and give it context. I’ve been to some Christian blogs and it seems to me that Christians appear to think that our president needs to be a Christian and I want to know why?

He’s up 14 points from May and has shot to the lead. According to a recent survey, Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee who hasn’t officially entered the presidential race, has jumped into the lead in the North Carolina Republican primary. The survey, released by Public Policy Polling, shows 37 percent of likely…

Consider this when it is time to vote: Most of this God-talk by politicians is irrelevant. We’re not electing a theologian, but a president. There are many moral and godly people in my church who I would trust with my wife, but with possibly one exception, not the country. Competence, not ideology or religiosity, should…

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