Fred Thompson is "Right with God" But Not Churchgoer

This is very interesting. The virtual conservative mancrush that embraced Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is now loosening its grip. The same candidate who hopes to attract the party's social conservative base disaffected with McCain, Romney and Giuliani's perceived moderation on key social issues admits he is neither religious nor a churchgoer

Asked about his religious beliefs during an appearance before about 500 Republicans in South Carolina yesterday, Fred Thompson said he attends church when he visits his mother in Tennessee but does not belong to a church or attend regularly at his home in McLean, Va., just outside Washington. The actor and former senator, who was baptized in the Church of Christ, said he gained his values from "sitting around the kitchen table" and said he did not plan to speak about his religious beliefs on the stump. "I know that I'm right with God and the people I love. It's "just the way I am not to talk about some of these things."

The Republican Party is heavily identified with the faith-based social conservative movement, and, predictably, the Christian right is not pleased with this latest obstacle to their theocracy. "There has been such a movement by the top tier Republican candidates to distance themselves from any talk about God and Church that quite frankly, it’s been rather startling," says CBN News Senior Correspondent David Brody.

Conservative pundit George Will describes Thompson's much-anticipated candidacy as "the strangest product launch since that of New Coke in 1985. Then the question was: Is this product necessary?"

Well, let's see. Thompson doesn't go to church and flip-flops on choice. Giuliani is on his third wife and pro-choice and somewhat supports gay rights. McCain on his second w ...

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Comments

[Luther]

It didn't stop Reagan from being elected, he was far from a church goer and Bush does not attend for the reason, the secret service would inconvenience the other worshippers, but, he is "born" again. They are smart and shrewd enough to pander to these alleged "Christians" on issues that are hot button with a so called biblical reason, all the while not actually believing in much their sacred voting bloc does.

But, for once, at least one of the GOP'ers is telling the truth on an issue, something as rare as all out.

[Dex123ter]

Fred Thompson looks sick. He looks alot different from the way he was on "Law & Order."

As for him not attending church on a regular basis, it shouldn't hurt him but it might. (Anyway, just because you go to church doesn't make you right with God, like he says he is. But that's another long story...)