Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace got the week started by interviewing former Tennessee senator, and current film and television actor, Fred Thompson about his intentions with regard to the 2008 presidential race. He came off as a true conservative, positioning himself against gay marriage, strongly against gun control, for the overturn of Roe v. Wade, and for allowing individual states to decide the issue of civil unions for gay couples. He told Wallace “We ought to give great leeway to the states and not have federal government and not have the Supreme Court of the United States making social policy that’s contrary to the traditions of this country.” While some GOP primary voters may not be thrilled with his support of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, he made a strong case in positioning himself as a true conservative. Maxine Waters, one of the chairs of the Out of Iraq Caucus in the House of Representatives, was also a featured guest. She told Wallace that “The Sunnis and Shiites were getting along before the occupation.” Really? Maybe Waters needs a refresher on the war crimes of Saddam Hussein. She should pay special attention to in the annihilation of the marsh Arabs, a Shiite sect that Hussein reduced from 250,000 to approximately 30,000 people during his brutal reign. In the roundtable, Juan Williams went after the liberal blogosphere and their decision to attack Democrats for attending a debate hosted by Fox News and the Nevada Democratic party, a move that will earn the NPR correspondent no love from Markos Moulitsas and his acolytes. Said Williams,
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