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Top Questions by Totals:

Percentage     Total         Category Question

    8.75%         37     Taxes                     Fair Tax stance / sign the Fair Tax
    5.67%         24     Immigration            Secure the border
    2.36%         10     Foreign Policy          Views on NAFTA, NAU,SPP
    2.36%         10     Immigration            Will he enforce all laws
    1.89%           8     Immigration            What will you do about illegals here
    1.89%           8     Immigration            Penalize companies hiring illegals
    1.65%           7     2nd Amend             Stance or support
    1.42%           6     Abortion                  Stance
    1.42%           6     Economy                 Do you have a plan to reverse the outsourcing of      
                                                                America?
    1.18%           5     Campaign               Why vote for you?/ In what ways are you a superior
                                                                candidate than Guiliani and Hillary Clinton?
    1.18%           5     Campaign               Specify you stance on how to unify the country
    1.18%           5     Energy                    Reduce dependence on Oil?
    1.18%           5     Immigration            Anchor baby problem
    1.18%           5     Political Philosophy   Fight socialism
    1.18%           5     Spending                 How will you control / cut spending
    0.95%           4     ACLU                       Stance on the ACLU activities
    0.95%           4     Gay rights               Gay marriage / civil unions
    0.95%           4     Global Warming        Believe it?
    0.95%           4     GWOT                     Stopping Iran / Naval blockade of Iran
    0.95%           4     Immigration             Deporting illegal aliens
    0.95%           4     Immigration             Sanctuary areas – cut off monies

Questions by Catagories:

Percentage Total Category Question

1.65%     7     2nd Amnd     Stance or support
1.42%     6     Abortion        Stance
0.71%     3     Abortion        How would you go about ending abortion in this country, and would
                                            that include any and all abortion?
0.24%     1     Abortion         Will you be the first president to make the overturn of Pro- abortion                                             legislation a TOP PRIORITY ?
0.24%     1     Abortion         Wouldn't any future appointment to the Supreme Court, in your effort
                                            to overturn Roe, necessarily be one of the "activist" judges you
                                            speak out against?

0.95%     4     ACLU              Stance on the ACLU activities

0.24%     1     Ag Policy         When will we value the contribution of our farmers

1.18%     5     Campaign       Why vote for you?/ In what ways are you a superior candidate than
                                            Guiliani and Hillary Clinton?
1.18%     5     Campaign      Specify you stance on how to unify the country
0.71%     3     Campaign      Fred will you be able too take the pressure,and not bow out as H.Ross
                                            Perot did?
0.24%     1     Campaign       Do fully support a women as a VP candidate
0.24%     1     Campaign       How will you handle the forthcoming attacks from the Democrats
                                              regarding your personal life, your record, etc.?
0.24%     1     Campaign      NH first primary status
0.24%     1     Campaign      Do you feel this is a legitimate claim about your wife and how do
                                            you address her input into the campaign
0.24%     1     Campaign     Are you saying only what people want to hear?
0.24%     1     Campaign     Now tell us your goals and how you will accomplish them
0.24%     1     Campaign     Duncan Hunter for VP?
0.24%     1     Campaign     Run a clean campaign?
0.24%     1     Campaign     Are you willing to risk it all to try to sweep true conservatives into
                                            power?
0.24%     1     Campaign     Will you answer these questions on YouTube?
0.24%     1     Campaign     Will you bring back traditional American values
0.24%     1     Campaign     Will you clear out Democratsin your Administration (unlike Bush)
0.24%     1     Campaign     What is it that you will do different?
0.24%     1     Campaign     Potential support among non-voters
0.24%     1     Campaign     Why join the race so late?
0.24%     1     Campaign     Biggest challenge as President
0.24%     1     Campaign     What's to keep your candidacy from just splitting the Republican
                                            party further from the base and basically helping hillary win in the
                                            long run?
0.24%     1     Campaign     Where get a bumper sticker
0.24%     1     Campaign     How long do you think it will take for the Republicans of New
                                            Hampshire to forget that you preferred being on the Jay Leno
                                            Show rather than standing on stage with the other presidential
                                            candidates?

0.24%     1     Civil                 Improve infrastructure

1.42%     6     Economy         Do you have a plan to reverse the outsourcing of America?
0.71%     3     Economy         What will you do to address the rising cost of living for the middle
                                                class?
0.47%     2     Economy         What do you think needs to be done to make sure that the federal
                                                government is not bailing out private individuals or companies
                                                who extend credit to individuals who are unable to pay their bills
0.24%     1     Economy         How are we going to continue to finance our national debt with
                                                more people investing in the euro and yen and not the dollar?
0.24%     1     Economy         Incentives to US companies to shift jobs from China to Mexico
0.24%     1     Economy         How keep us from another Depression
0.24%     1     Economy         how will you, as President, address and implement the necessary
                                                changes to turn around the devastated housing market and ever
                                                increasing taxes, yet at the same time, put the brakes on
                                                Government intrusion?
0.24%     1     Economy         Strength of dollar

0.71%     3     Education        Stance on Vouchers
0.24%     1     Education        Where do you stand on issues regarding our education system in
                                                America?
0.24%     1     Education         Do you think "Leave no Child Behind" is working?
0.24%     1     Education         Stance on Dept on Education
0.24%     1     Education         What is your plan for encouraging the recognition of teachers as
                                                being well-educated professionals along the lines of corporate
                                                members, lawyers, and doctors (to name a few)?
0.24%     1     Education         Advocate teaching free-market,choice, accountability
0.24%     1     Education         Could you please tell me where you stand on the issues the rights
                                                    of home-schooling.

1.18%     5     Energy             Reduce dependence on Oil?
0.71%     3     Energy             Overall plan
0.47%     2     Energy             Nuclear power stance
0.24%     1     Energy             If alternative fuels were at full production and American vehicles
                                                were engineered to accept them, what do you believe the cost per
                                                gallon of these fuels would be as compared to gasoline prices?
0.24%     1     Energy             How would you establish a reserve for alternative fuels
0.24%     1     Energy             Alt energy for residential & commercial buildings
0.24%     1     Energy             High price of gas?
0.24%     1     Energy             Stance on Biofuel?

0.24%     1     FAA                 Support their user fee strategy for funding the new air traffic
                                                    control system

0.24%     1     Family             Bolstering the nuclear family

2.36%    10    Foreign Policy     Views on NAFTA, NAU,SPP
0.47%     2     Foreign Policy     Why are we letting Mexican truckers take American jobs away
0.24%     1     Foreign Policy     Iran nuclear programs
0.24%     1     Foreign Policy     Trade deficit with China
0.24%     1     Foreign Policy     What experience to you bring to the Presidency in the area
                                                    of foreign policy?
0.24%     1     Foreign Policy     Stance on Israel and support
0.24%     1     Foreign Policy     Foreign trade

0.95%     4     Gay rights         Gay marriage / civil unions
0.71%     3     Gay rights         Stances
0.47%     2     Gay rights         Support Defense of Marriage?

0.47%     2     General             When you are elected, will you bring morality back to the United
                                                    States
0.47%     2     General             Get the Feds off our backs (regulations, taxes)
0.24%     1     General             Do you believe that a TV show is reality?
0.24%     1     General             Do you have a long range plan to keep America thinking strong?
0.24%     1     General             Fred Thompson what is your middle name and why don't you use
                                                    it?
0.24%     1     General             Did Senator Lott cancel the Campaign Finance hearings in 1997?
0.24%     1     General             Legitimacy of the Federal Reserve?
0.24%     1     General             Seems like we care more about foreign citizens than we do our
                                                    own ... shouldn't we take care of our own first (like Seniors) ?
0.24%     1     General             How do you feel that your values "should" and "will" play into
                                                    your leading this country over the next eight years?
0.24%     1     General             phasing out the NEA and the BIA for starters;
0.24%     1     General             Fred, will you enforce the laws?
0.24%     1     General             What about Native Indian rights, BIA, and Indian sovereignty
0.24%     1     General             What is your position on the addiction problem in this country?
0.24%     1     General             What will you do to make sure these departments (DARPA, Dept
                                                    of Energy) and associated research in our universities will not
                                                    only to continue to be the best but accell at a rate faster than
                                                    our competition abroad?
0.24%     1     General             why do you think Colin Powell bailed.
0.24%     1     General             would you support finishing the Superconducting Supercollider
                                                    project in Texas so CERN doesnt get too many of our high
                                                    energy research scientists in to leave?
0.24%     1     General             What wll you do about the high price of gas
0.24%     1     General             What about stricter laws regarding pedophiles, child pornography,
                                                    child abuse, and the like?
0.24%     1     General             Why do politicians do more for the 'dregs” vs productive citizens
0.24%     1     General             Will a Thompson presidency lead the nation in trying to reverse
                                                    this dangerous trend of our total dependency on China (if it
                                                    isn't already too late!)?

0.95%     4     Global Warm     Believe it?
0.71%     3     Global Warm     What will you do

0.95%     4     GWOT             Stopping Iran / Naval blockade of Iran
0.47%     2     GWOT             War in Iraq – withdraw?
0.47%     2     GWOT             WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON THE"PATRIOT ACT"?
0.47%     2     GWOT             Islamofascism
0.24%     1     GWOT             My question to you is how will you win the war on terror
0.24%     1     GWOT             Chavaz training Al-Qaida to slip across the Mexican border
0.24%     1     GWOT             Can you tell me how you will help HOMELAND security at home
                                                with our Firefighters, EMS and Police.
0.24%     1     GWOT             Strengthen intelligence operations
0.24%     1     GWOT             How do you explain the role of the US, historically, as the leader
                                                    of the "free world" and why our success in Iraq matters.
0.24%     1     GWOT             TSA stance
0.24%     1     GWOT             Time table for withdrawal from Iraq
0.24%     1     GWOT             What initiatives do you have to protect the everyday American
                                                from Terrorism from abroad and within?
0.24%     1     GWOT             Who is going to take responsibility or be blamed for the next 9-11
                                                attack when it happens, if we give up in Iraq?

0.47%     2     Healthcare     What are your goals for universal healthcare in this wealthy
                                                country of ours.
0.47%     2     Healthcare     Embryonic Stem-Cell Research / Human Cloning
0.47%     2     Healthcare     Why would a single payor system for the entire US population not
                                                be more cost effective in spreading the risk than the current
                                                private/public system?

0.47%     2     Healthcare     Stances
0.24%     1     Healthcare     How does he plan to help build a better health care system for our
                                            Senior Citizens?
0.24%     1     Healthcare     Do you have any plans to relieve the burden of health insurance
                                                costs?
0.24%     1     Healthcare     Criticism by Dems on current system
0.24%     1     Healthcare     I would like to know why Senator Thompson voted against
                                                medical savings accounts
0.24%     1     Healthcare     What will you do about medications shipped above 87 degrees
                                                that are not destroyed?
0.24%     1     Healthcare     Raise “HSA” limits
0.24%     1     Healthcare     Get cheaper Rx drugs than in Canada
0.24%     1     Healthcare     What about the healthcare for the elderly?
0.24%     1     Healthcare     What do YOU plan on doing about all the uninsured in the US.

5.67%    24     Immigration    Secure the border
2.36%    10     Immigration    Will he enforce all laws
1.89%     8     Immigration     What will you do about illegals here
1.89%     8     Immigration     Penalize companies hiring illegals
1.18%     5     Immigration     Anchor baby problem
0.95%     4     Immigration     Deporting illegal aliens
0.95%     4     Immigration     Sanctuary areas – cut off monies
0.71%     3     Immigration     Illegal aliens get SS?
0.71%     3     Immigration     Extending amnesty to illegal aliens
0.71%     3     Immigration     Promote assimilation
0.71%     3     Immigration     English as the official language?
0.71%     3     Immigration     Cut off benefits to illegal aliens
0.47%     2     Immigration     Process for business to approve legal workers
0.47%     2     Immigration     Will you pardon / free border patrol agents Ramos & Compean?
0.47%     2     Immigration     Stance on illegal immigration
0.47%     2     Immigration     Hold Mexico responsible for their side of the border
0.24%     1     Immigration     Bracero / temp worker program?
0.24%     1     Immigration     Support the DREAM act?
0.24%     1     Immigration     What do you think of a Burden Tax on Illegal immigrants working
                                                here in our country?
0.24%     1     Immigration     Enforce overstay penalties
0.24%     1     Immigration     Reforming legal immigration

0.24%     1     Iraq                 What is the game plan for winning this battle and why don't we
                                                expect more from their leaders?
0.24%     1     Iraq                 Who is going to take responsibility or be blamed for the next 9-11
                                                attack when it happens, if we give up in Iraq?
0.24%     1     Iraq                 My question however is; since we train kids for six to eight weeks
                                                to become competent fighters why has it taken over three years
                                                to train the Iraq military members?

0.24%     1     Katrina             Stop helping the Katrina losers
0.24%     1     Katrina             we still can count on you to help us out on the Katrina recovey

0.47%     2     Military             Missile defense shield in former soviet states
0.47%     2     Military             how are you going to secure the military personnel a place in the
                                                    future so that we too can have lives that are proud, strong,
                                                    and financially stable?
0.47%     2     Military             Build a vigorous force
0.47%     2     Military             Continue force reductions Navy and Air Force?
0.24%     1     Military             Boost help to families in cases of injury or death
0.24%     1     Military             Allow gays in the military
0.24%     1     Military             What are his views on Veteran Affairs and how does he plan to
                                                    help build a better system
0.24%     1     Military             How can you strengthen our Military without a Draft?
0.24%     1     Military             Why tax military pay
0.24%     1     Military             What is your position on reinstating the draft?
0.24%     1     Military             allow the terminology POW/MIA be changed to "Missing-Captured
                                                    Duty Station Whereabouts Unknown and not only do
                                                    nothing about it, seemingly couldn't care less.
0.24%     1     Military             Will you allow us to FIGHT the enemy instead of hand tying us
                                                    with limited Rules of Engagement
0.24%     1     Military             When can we take you to brunch with some of the wounded troops
                                                    from Walter Reed so you can hear first hand the frustration                                                         with the whole process of recovery there at that Army Hospital?

1.18%     5     Political Philosophy     Fight socialism
0.71%     3     Poli. Philos.     Stance on Federalism?
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     What if we did away with the Federal Government all together with
                                                    the exception of National Security?
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     To what extent do you think government solutions can be
                                                    formulated “objectively"?
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     To what extent does an “objective” approach to creating solutions
                                                    lie outside the dichotomy of liberal and/or conservative
                                                    values?
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     How will you fight Liberalism / socialism
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     does he plan to examine and relinquish - as in OFFICIALLY and
                                                LEGALLY RESCIND - those powers which are inappropriate for
                                                the Executive to have ?
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     What are your views on political correctness?
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     how Fred Thompson intends to deal with the core issues of
                                                neoconservatism vs. conservatism.
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     Do you think that reason and force are diametrically opposed?
0.24%     1     Poli. Philos.     Wouldn't an increasingly Federalist national government allow for
                                                the possibility of some states to implement more liberal
                                                government policies (like in California or Mass.)?

0.71%     3     Politics         Term limits?
0.47%     2     Politics         Would you support legislation that would require Congress to stop
                                            playing the "tack on" approaches with legislation
0.24%     1     Politics         How are you possibly going to deal with Speaker Nancy Pelosi
                                            and Senator Harry Reid?
0.24%     1     Politics         How would you reconcile your conservative values with the
                                            possibility of a sharp increase in liberal government policies in
                                            Blue States if Federalism is adopted?
0.24%     1     Politics         Getting rid of nanny state regs like trans-fats
0.24%     1     Politics         How would your administration communicate to the American
                                            public differently than past administrations, to counter the bias
                                            from the elite drive-by media?
0.24%     1     Politics         controlling lobbyists and PAC's;
0.24%     1     Politics         What will you do with the statement "In God we Trust"
0.24%     1     Politics         will you stand up for your office, yourself and your administration
                                                when you are attacked relentlessly by the media?
0.24%     1     Politics         i just want to know when the career political whores in
                                                washington are going to put their personal gains and retirement
                                                package,(living off me and my grandkids) on the back burning
                                                and do what needs to be done to save this country.
0.24%     1     Politics         Would you adopt a solution that, while considered a "liberal"
                                                approach, was nonetheless the most sound and objective
                                                approach to attacking the problem it was designed to solve?

0.24%     1     Racism         Go color-blind
0.47%     2     Religion         Fred, are you a man of faith / a Christian?
0.47%     2     Religion         Could you please tell me where you stand on the issues of God in
                                                the country / Removal of God from the public square
0.24%     1     Religion         What role should religion play in national policy?
0.24%     1     Religion         If enacted, hate crimes may make religion illegal
0.24%     1     Religion         will you clear up the misinformation we are constantly fed about
                                                the meaning of Separation of Church and State?
0.24%     1     Religion         What or where do you consider your home church?
0.24%     1     Religion         Who is Jesus Christ to you
0.24%     1     Religion         What is your religious background and where do you stand on
                                                your faith today?

1.18%     5     Spending         How will you control / cut spending
0.47%     2     Spending         Get rid of earmarks?
0.47%     2     Spending         Cut the deficit

0.47%     2     SS                   Overhaul or Eliminate
0.24%     1     SS                   making sure the Social Security Trust Fund is no longer mingled
                                                    with the general fund but maintained separately as it was
                                                    intended
0.24%     1     SS                 Stance
0.24%     1     SS                 My question is pertaining to Social Security/Unbearable Taxes
0.24%     1     SS                 Will SS be there for me – how will you make sure it is?
0.24%     1     SS                 Fix the donut hole in Medicaid drug regs
0.24%     1     SS                 Private ownership

8.75%    37    Taxes            Fair Tax stance / sign the Fair Tax
0.71%     3     Taxes            Redo the tax system
0.47%     2     Taxes            Why tax on SS benefits and withdrawals from retirement funds
0.47%     2     Taxes            would you be willing to phase out the IRS and current taxation
                                                and go to a new system of taxation?
0.47%     2     Taxes             What are your plans to eliminate this country's debt?
0.24%     1     Taxes             favorof frontloading the child tax credit and/or providing some sort of
                                                3 year tax holiday up to a certain amount of money for families
                                                who have just had a child so that mothers can better afford to
                                                stay at home and raise their children while relying on their
                                                husband for their primary source of income?
0.24%     1     Taxes          How can we taxpayers withstand the load forced upon us                                                                (entitlements / SS / Medicare)
0.24%     1     Taxes         Please let me know what you plan to do to help or at least
                                                understand your stand on these kinds of issues(small business
                                                taxes)?
0.24%     1     Taxes         Eliminate inheritance taxes
0.24%     1     Taxes         Abolish 10% from 401(K) withdrawals for kids college bills
0.24%     1     Taxes         Stance on taxes
0.24%     1     Taxes         Cutting taxes – how much and by when
0.24%     1     Taxes         bringing the budget back in line?
0.24%     1     Taxes         Keep the tax cuts permanent?

0.71%     3     UN             UN undermining the US
0.24%     1     UN             No assignment of US troops to UN
0.24%     1     UN             No US funds for rebuilding the UN
0.24%     1     UN             Stance
0.24%     1     UN             Get US out of the UN