Thompson: Roe 'bad law and bad medicine'

[gldstwmn]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) – Likely Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson told CNN Friday that he would work to overturn Roe v. Wade if elected president, and would push for a constitutional amendment that protects states from being forced to honor gay marriages performed in other states.

“I don’t think that one state ought to be able to pass a law requiring gay marriage or allowing gay marriage and have another state be required to follow along,” Thompson told CNN’s John King in an interview Friday.

Thompson added that the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion “was bad law and bad medicine.”

As for when he will jump into the race, the former Tennessee senator said "shortly."

“We are going to be getting in if we get in, and of course, we are in the testing the waters phase,” he said. “We’re going to be making a statement shortly that will cure all of that. But yeah, we’ll be in traditionally when people get in this race."

Thompson also said he believed he could enter the presidential race next month and still win the Iowa caucuses.

On the issue of Iraq, Thompson refused to provide a timeline for how much longer US forces would remain in the country under his administration, but said, “We need to make every effort to make sure that we don’t get run out of there with our tail between our legs before we’ve done the job of securing that place.”

Asked about critics who call him “too lazy” to put in the long hours necessary to run for president, Thompson said: “If I have critics in Washington it's not going to come as a surprise to me. I'll have more by the end of this campaign,” adding, “The proof’s in the pudding. I think that’s curable.”

[gldstwmn]

I already hate this guy and he's not even running yet.

[carrie721]

ugggggggggggggh. i'm going to have to stop watching law & order now.

[SortaSavageLike]

The average Russian might not take a dump without a plan, but Fred Thompson craps in his own mouth before he even opens it.

[Sarah]

08 elections are gonna suck so badly.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Sarah

08 elections are gonna suck so badly.

...let's hope not. It ain't over..til it's over.

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I already hate this guy and he's not even running yet.

He scares me. I think has a good chance of winning the general election against Clinton if he makes it through the primaries. It would also be nice if the gazillion gay people who work on Law and Order would refuse to work with this prick.

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I already hate this guy and he's not even running yet.

Im with you. The fundies dont realize what overturning Roe will mean in terms of deaths from back alley abortions. either that or they dont care. not to mention the influx of babies this society already cant support. GAH