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    <title>An Evening With Fred Thompson</title>
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    <published>2007-11-16T09:19:00-06:00</published>
    <updated>2008-08-07T15:59:31-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Kyle</name>
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    <category term="Florida" />
    <category term="Florida Family Policy Council" />
    <category term="Focus on the Family" />
    <category term="Fred Thompson" />
    <category term="James Dobson" />
    <category term="Politics" />
    <category term="Religious Right" />
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The Florida Family Policy  Council is hosting a Gala Dinner tonight and attendees will not only get to  hear from Ft. Lauderdale&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/08/right_wing_come.html" title="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/08/right_wing_come.html">anti-gay  Mayor Jim Naugle</a>, but Fred Thompson <a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/381154763.html" title="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/381154763.html">as well</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p>The Florida Family Policy Council  (FFPC) will host a Gala Dinner at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida  beginning at 6:30pm on Friday evening, November 16, 2007. The event is being  designed to introduce South Florida to the  mission of the FFPC and will feature former Senator and Law and Order Actor  Fred Thompson as the keynote speaker. Mr. Thompson will be accompanied by his  wife Jeri Thompson.</p></blockquote>
<p>For a mere <a href="http://www.flfamily.org/uploadfile/upload/Thompson%20invitation.pdf" title="http://www.flfamily.org/uploadfile/upload/Thompson%20invitation.pdf">$10,000</a>,  you can secure seats at Thompson&rsquo;s dinner table, but don&rsquo;t expect to talk to  him about his flagging presidential campaign: </p>
<blockquote><p>The FFPC is a 501c3 non-profit  organization and therefore Mr. Thompson is attending the event as a private  citizen and not as a campaigning presidential candidate.</p></blockquote>
<p>Given Thompson&rsquo;s <a href="http://slate.com/id/2167411/" title="http://slate.com/id/2167411/">notorious work ethic</a> and unremarkable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dalton_Thompson#Two_campaigns_for_U.S._Senate" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dalton_Thompson#Two_campaigns_for_U.S._Senate">one-and-one-third</a> term in the Senate , it seems slightly implausible that Thompson would be  invited to address this dinner were he not running for President, but it&rsquo;s  probably a good thing that he&rsquo;s attending as a private citizen since &ldquo;the  Florida Family Policy Council is associated with Dr. James Dobson and Focus on  the Family&rdquo; and Dobson has already declared Thompson <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/09/catch_a_falling.html" title="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/09/catch_a_falling.html">unacceptable</a> as a candidate. &nbsp;</p>
<p>But hopefully for Thompson and those in attendance, he&rsquo;ll be  interesting and informative enough that he won&rsquo;t be reduced to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/us/politics/04thompson.html?hp" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/us/politics/04thompson.html?hp">begging  for applause</a> when he finishes his remarks. &nbsp;</p>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The Florida Family Policy  Council is hosting a Gala Dinner tonight and attendees will not only get to  hear from Ft. Lauderdale&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/08/right_wing_come.html" title="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/08/right_wing_come.html">anti-gay  Mayor Jim Naugle</a>, but Fred Thompson <a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/381154763.html" title="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/381154763.html">as well</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p>The Florida Family Policy Council  (FFPC) will host a Gala Dinner at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida  beginning at 6:30pm on Friday evening, November 16, 2007. The event is being  designed to introduce South Florida to the  mission of the FFPC and will feature former Senator and Law and Order Actor  Fred Thompson as the keynote speaker. Mr. Thompson will be accompanied by his  wife Jeri Thompson.</p></blockquote>
<p>For a mere <a href="http://www.flfamily.org/uploadfile/upload/Thompson%20invitation.pdf" title="http://www.flfamily.org/uploadfile/upload/Thompson%20invitation.pdf">$10,000</a>,  you can secure seats at Thompson&rsquo;s dinner table, but don&rsquo;t expect to talk to  him about his flagging presidential campaign: </p>
<blockquote><p>The FFPC is a 501c3 non-profit  organization and therefore Mr. Thompson is attending the event as a private  citizen and not as a campaigning presidential candidate.</p></blockquote>
<p>Given Thompson&rsquo;s <a href="http://slate.com/id/2167411/" title="http://slate.com/id/2167411/">notorious work ethic</a> and unremarkable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dalton_Thompson#Two_campaigns_for_U.S._Senate" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dalton_Thompson#Two_campaigns_for_U.S._Senate">one-and-one-third</a> term in the Senate , it seems slightly implausible that Thompson would be  invited to address this dinner were he not running for President, but it&rsquo;s  probably a good thing that he&rsquo;s attending as a private citizen since &ldquo;the  Florida Family Policy Council is associated with Dr. James Dobson and Focus on  the Family&rdquo; and Dobson has already declared Thompson <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/09/catch_a_falling.html" title="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/09/catch_a_falling.html">unacceptable</a> as a candidate. &nbsp;</p>
<p>But hopefully for Thompson and those in attendance, he&rsquo;ll be  interesting and informative enough that he won&rsquo;t be reduced to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/us/politics/04thompson.html?hp" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/us/politics/04thompson.html?hp">begging  for applause</a> when he finishes his remarks. &nbsp;</p>
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