Washington Post, The Trail
December 16, 2007
Maybe it was the pressure of the moment. Being under the Tim Russert spotlight can get to anyone. Under Russert’s grilling about guns on this morning’s “Meet the Press,” former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney claimed an endorsement he’d never won.
In answer to questions about whether he would sign an assault […]
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Fred Thompson has stepped up his attacks on Giuliani and Romney this weekend, specifically their stance on gun control.
Giuliani “never met a gun-control bill he didn’t like until he started to run for president and now I understand he very much approves of the Supreme Court taking jurisdiction of this Washington, D.C., case which most […]
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McLean, VA - Today the Fred Thompson campaign announced its Sportsmen for Fred Thompson leadership and steering committee. Iowa State Representative and NRA Board Member Clel Baudler, Gerald Stoudemire, Michael Bane, Bill Bunting, and Lee Ann Tarducci will serve as Co-Chairs of Sportsmen for Fred Thompson.
Clel Baudler has represented the 58th district of Iowa in […]
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Last year, the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights declared that international human rights law requires all nations to adopt strict gun control laws. These “minimum” provisions are much more restrictive than any of those on the books anywhere in the U.S. and would almost certainly violate the Second Amendment […]
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Lane at Blogs for Thompson made a great observation from Giuliani’s speech at the NRA’s Celebration of American Values. Lost in the distraction that Giuliani was faking another cell phone call in the middle of a speech, was that fact that he doesn’t even know what the Second Amendment is.
He starts off saying how important […]
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Watch the video.
“I think she’d make a much better First Lady than Bill Clinton” - FDT
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Read Jim Geraghty’s report for National Review
Going in, Rudy Giuliani was going to have a tall order to get a warm welcome from the NRA. Fred Thompson just made that harder by going up on the stage and giving a just about flawless performance.
He repeats the line about Americans sacrificing more blood for other […]
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Tomorrow, the NRA will host its Celebration of American Values in DC. Senator Thompson, a strong and consistently conservative supporter of the Second Amendment of the Constitution, has been invited as a speaker and will have a lot of support from members within the organization.
Read the WashPost analysis of the upcoming event.
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