Tommy Thompson Was For Expanding Contraception Coverage Before He Was Against It

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Tommy Thompson Was For Expanding Contraception Coverage Before He Was Against It
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/02/436787/tommy-thompson-contraception-coverage/

Former four-term Wisconsin Governor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and 2008 presidential also-ran Tommy G. Thompson is seeking the Republican nomination for Democrat Sen. Herb Kohl’s open U.S. senate seat. Locked in a competitive primary, Thompson is spouting right-wing talking points on contraception and health care reform. But an examination of his record calls into question how much he really believes his own rhetoric.

Thompson’s campaign refused to take a stand on the highly controversial Blunt amendment this week, but a Facebook post on his official account last month expressed outrage over a rule requiring employers to offer contraception coverage in their health care plans.



A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel examination of Thompson’s mandatory candidate personal financial disclosure report, notes that the former governor served for seven years on the board of directors of Evofem, Inc., a San Diego-based maker of women’s health products including “contraception and conception productions.” He received at least $5,000 in compensation for his consulting services from the company. It also reveals that Thompson’s huge healthcare investments include somewhere between $15,001 and $50,000 in stock in Teva Pharmaceuticals and between $1,001 and $15,000 in Watson Pharmaceuticals — both makers of emergency contraceptives. Thompson also owns millions of dollars worth of stock in health insurance.

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1. He would be considered a "Marxist commie Red" by rethugs today. n/t

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2. I believe Republicans are required to take an oath

to lie with every stump speech they give. They take that oath with glee especially when they are running against an incumbent black president. They can deny that til the cows come home but it is the truth.