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Thompson Says He Won't Tout His Religion on Trail
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| Last Edited | RP Sep 11, 2007 04:47pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson, who is basing his campaign on an appeal to conservative voters, says he isn't a regular churchgoer and doesn't plan to speak about his religion on the stump.
The former senator from Tennessee later told reporters that his church attendance ``varies.''
``I attend church when I'm in Tennessee. I'm in McLean right now,'' he said referring to the Virginia suburb of Washington, where he lives with his wife, Jeri, and their two young children. ``I don't attend regularly when I'm up there.''
Thompson, 65, said he usually goes to church when visiting his mother, who attends a Church of Christ in Brentwood, Tennessee, outside of Nashville. Thompson said he isn't a member of any church in the Washington area.
Thompson's remarks may not play well with some religious voters who represent a sizable segment of the Republican Party and whose support he has been courting, portraying himself as a ``common-sense conservative.'' President George W. Bush received 78 percent of the evangelical Christian vote in 2004 while Democrat John Kerry got 21 percent of that vote, according to the Pew Research Center |
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