President Bush was in good form, with a strong, moral message
for the 1200 or so guests at this year's National Catholic Prayer
Breakfast. As with last year, Supreme Court Justice John Roberts
was in attendance, as was his colleague, Justice Samuel Alito.
But the big buzz in the room was over Sen. Fred Thompson, who
showed up early and stayed long past most of the other VIPs had
left the building. Thompson is believed to be close to announcing
a run for the Presidency, but was the only candidate - or potential
candidate - to bother to make the visit with his fellow Christians.
And a note about that: according Thompson insiders, he and his
wife had accepted an invitation to the breakfast before Dr. James
Dobson claimed to a reporter that - to the best of his knowledge -
Thompson was not a Christian. Upon learning that Thompson in fact
was a baptized Christian, a Dobson spokesman clarified that
Thompson was not an evangelical Christian. The Thompsons
are said to be friendly with several members of the host committee
for the annual breakfast.
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