Thompson's Texas Tour
Fred Thompson's about two weeks into his official campaign for president, and he's tapping some Texas donors in a two-day swing through the Lone Star State. He's also happy to get some free media attention.
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Thompson sat down with me for a one-on-one interview early this morning (who says he doesn't work hard? 8am is early!)
Here's some of what he said...
On illegal immigration:
"If you enforce the law in terms of employment here, in terms of sanctuary cities, the problem will dissipate over time. A lot of time people are apprehended here for whatever reason but if they're found here illegally we should send them back."
On global warming:
Q: Is global warming a man-made problem?
A: From what we know now, it seems to be in part, certainly. I think that we don't know how much yet. There are a lot of other things we don't know. There's got to be a global solution to it, there's got to be an international solution before we can do anything. We could take a lot of drastic measures here and it wouldn't even make any difference if China, and India and a lot of other countries don't participate.
On Hillary Clinton:
Well, she's an effective politician, she's done a lot to succeed in politics and has a lot to succeed in politics. I'm not going to get into the assets and lack of assets of any potential nominee.
On UT
EH: We're in Austin, where we have UT. But in Tennessee you have another UT. Which should Americans consider the true UT?
FT: You know, it's a big wonderful orange country as far as Im concerned. And I think there's enough country there for two UT's.
EH: Do you prefer burnt orange, or citrus orange.
FT: Citrus. I'm sorry, but my pandering can only go so far. [laughs]
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