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Thompson goes on attack

Former Sen. Fred Thompson vehemently defended the selection of Sarah Palin for vice president Tuesday garnering huge applause from the crowd at the Republican National Convention. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=l1IiXb"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=l1IiXb" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=UOc2FL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=UOc2FL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=AuvhEL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=AuvhEL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=IN16il"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=IN16il" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=qevVlL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=qevVlL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=9sBGSl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=9sBGSl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/382015004" height="1" width="1"/>