Talk:Fred Thompson controversies

"Controversy" must be sourced

Anything that appears in this article must be characterized as controversial by secondary reliable sources, or it will be removed, per WP:BLP. Just sourcing events and putting them in this article as controversies is not allowed. Notable reliable sources must be cited showing that there is an actual controversy over an issue, not just ranting on blogs. - Crockspot 16:39, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thompson & the 1st Amendment

From a conservative standpoint, Thompson's wholehearted support for the McCain-Feingold Act certainly puts him in hot water, as a direct assault on the 1st Amendment. - MSTCrow 17:13, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Conservatism

It appears there's some question about how conservative Thompson is, particularly in relation to McCain-Feingold (see above) and abortion. In both cases, he now claims to hew to more standard conservative/GOP positions. These questions are getting shoved into unrelated sections of the article right now (often in very POV forms) and deserve their own section. Anyone want to take a stab at starting this section? I won't have time until probably this weekend at the earliest. Jdb1972 20:00, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

This seems to me like a good idea. I'll get started on it.Ferrylodge 00:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't see controversy pages about other Presidential candidates

It seems to me that this page violates the Wikipedia NPOV guidelines as regards content forking. I don't see "controversies" sections for other presidential candidates. A "controversies" section should either be a standard for all current candidates or should be unacceptable. --Dtoler 20:47, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

At some point, this article should be merged with the Fred Thompson article. It seems very natural to me that every politician would have a criticisms/controversy section. - MSTCrow 00:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

It wasn't my idea to create this article, but I have no problem with it as of now. There's a similar article for Hillary Clinton and for Rudy Giuliani. It seems a useful way to keep the more bland and undisputed stuff separate from the more contentious and disputed material. All the stuff in this article can be briefly summarized in the main Thompson article.Ferrylodge 00:15, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Dtoler, how can you say: "I don't see controversy pages about other Presidential candidates?" There is Hillary Rodham Clinton controversies, Controversies of Rudy Giuliani, a section at John McCain.[1] Put it up for deletion then. PS, Welcome to wikipedia. Plantocal 01:07, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, and sorry for my ignorance. That said, this page does seem like more of a personal attack and doesn't really attempt to maintain NPOV. Perhaps an edit would be more appropriate?Dtoler 14:59, 11 July 2007 (UTC)