Thompson lobbied for abortion-rights group, it says

Spokesman for the GOP presidential hopeful says he did no such work. Ex-colleague calls the denial 'bizarre.'

Fred D. Thompson, who is campaigning for president as an antiabortion Republican, accepted an assignment from a family-planning group to lobby the first Bush White House to ease a controversial abortion restriction, according to a 1991 document and several people familiar with the matter.

The Tennessean newspaper reported that Thompson, when filling out a 1996 Christian Coalition survey, marked himself as "opposed" to a constitutional amendment ... Full Story »

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by John Primm - Oct. 1, 2008

I think that the LAT needs to question the sourcing of this report...DeSarno and Barnes are well known leftists--contributing time and money to candidates--and there is no evidence of any billing hours or any other actual documents. In a fair piece, the background of the two major critics would be noted...and the lack of actual hard facts/documents would be noted as well. The LAT is the first salvo, no the NYT's slam today on Fred's "trophy" wife is the first salvo, in the campaign to give Fred feet of clay...well, News Trust is the kind of new media that will keep the dead tree media from getting away with misleading stories. Folks, efforts such as this one are the way that we, as citizens, can bring back reason and true reporting to the once respected profession of journalism.

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