TOPICS > Politics  Fred Thompson Still Testing Presidential
Waters  August 21, 2007 at 6:40 PM EST   GWEN IFILL: If he walks
and talks like a presidential candidate, why isn’t he? Former
Tennessee Republican Senator Fred Thompson made the latest in a
round of distinctively candidate-like appearances today at a
veteran’s convention in Kansas City.  FORMER SEN. FRED THOMPSON
(R), Tennessee: But if we appear to be divided and weak in this
nation that it is going to ennoble an enemy and make our country
more dangerous.  GWEN IFILL: Thompson’s exploratory summer has
taken him to the unconventional arena of the World Wide Web.
FRED THOMPSON: I’m for adult stem-cell research.  GWEN IFILL:
And in the extremely conventional arena of the Iowa state fair
last weekend, he offered his rationale for running, an appeal to
conservative Republican voters dissatisfied with the announced
field.  FRED THOMPSON: I am unabashedly pro-life. I am pro-
Second Amendment. And I don’t apologize for the United States of
America. This cou