In addition to his solid policy proposals and committment to federalism, here’s another feather in Fred Thomspon’s cap for me,

‘Right With God’ But Not Churchgoer Says Thompson

Asked about his religious beliefs during an appearance before about 500 Republicans in South Carolina yesterday, Fred Thompson said he attends church when he visits his mother in Tennessee but does not belong to a church or attend regularly at his home in McLean, Va., just outside Washington. The actor and former senator, who was baptized in the Church of Christ, said he gained his values from “sitting around the kitchen table” and said he did not plan to speak about his religious beliefs on the stump. “I know that I’m right with God and the people I love,” he said, according to Bloomberg News Service. It’s “just the way I am not to talk about some of these things….And he did not seem particularly concerned that his admission would hurt him with voters. “Me getting up and talking about what a wonderful person I am and that sort of thing, I’m not comfortable with that, and I don’t think it does me any good,” he said. “People will make up their own mind about that, and that’s the way I like it.”

That’s good enough for me. In fact, that’s what I want to hear from a politician. I’m looking for a good and decent man or women who can be judged on their actions, not on what they say or don’t say about their faith. Bill Clinton made a big show of going to church and walked around clutching a bible, but what did that really mean? Nothing. I am sick and tired of all the talk about religion on the campaign trail, that’s just how I feel.

I’d prefer discussions about national security, how to increase the size of the military, improve veterans care, concealed carry laws in the wake of another shooting in a “gun free zone”. What about solutions to the subprime mess? The AMT and other onerous taxes? Anyone heard about the medicare problem or social security lately? If you have, you’ve been looking pretty hard for it.

Hat Tip: Andrew Sullivan