Friday, July 13, 2007
Power Line: Much ado about not much
re: "I haven't commented on the lobbying Fred Thompson may have done on behalf of an abortion rights group in 1991, and frankly I don't think it deserves more than passing comment. Thompson had a solid anti-abortion voting record in the Senate, whereas Rudy Giuliani favors a woman's right to choose and Mitt Romney did too until fairly recently. As Thompson explained on this blog (quoting John Roberts), "it’s a tradition of the American Bar that goes back before the founding of the country that lawyers are not identified with the positions of their clients." Having myself represented an alleged (and later convicted) war criminal and illegal immigrants, among other "politically incorrect" clients, I have no time for those who raise these questions about Thompson's legal career, whether in an effort to assist other candidates or otherwise..."...
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