Betcha he thinks it's just another movie role, right?
Time to go take a nap, Freddy!
"Thompson urges million-member ground force for military"
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson called yesterday for a million-member military ground force and more funding to equip and care for service members and veterans.
Thompson said he wants a military ground force of 775,000 in the Army and 225,000 Marines, 23,000 more Marines than the Pentagon is seeking.
Thompson, at The Citadel, a military college:
"Some would say this plan is too much and too big. I don't believe that's the case, not at all."
Thompson didn't say how he would pay for the increase, but added that military spending should be set at 4.5 percent of the value of the goods and services the nation creates. His campaign said that would be the equivalent of increasing military spending by as much as $150 billion a year, but that those increases would be phased in and depend on economic growth.
Sig Heil to the military warfare state!
Also yesterday, the National Right to Life Committee announced its endorsement of Thompson, saying he is the most likely candidate to beat Rudy Giuliani, who supports abortion rights, for the Republican nomination.
Thompson has been at odds with the group because he doesn't support a federal constitutional amendment outlawing abortion; because he has called the Terri Schiavo case a family matter; and because he backed campaign finance regulations that the group considers a restriction of free speech (AP November 14, 2007)."
Then how did this guy just secure a right-wing flank?!
Answer: He didn't!
Ron Paul is the CANDIDATE!
