Thompson Confuses the Media

USA TODAY reports what we in Tennessee have always known:

Fred Thompson is "not a hard-core ideologue:"

Archives at the University of Tennessee offer a clue to what kind of president former senator Fred Thompson might be if he decides to join the group of Republicans seeking the White House. When surveyed by Republican leaders in 1997 about what issues he wanted to push, Thompson, "skipped over abortion, flag burning and other hot-button conservative favorites. His bold check marks sought a reformist litany: a balanced budget, term limits for Congress, campaign-finance restrictions and tax-code simplification. Even changing the federal budget to a two-year document ranked in Thompson's top 10. 'He is not a hard-core ideologue,' said Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., who began a draft-Thompson effort in March. 'He transcends ideology.' "

The liberal press is confused by Fred. Fred is a man who again and again sides with a Federalist constitutional interpretation. This puts him on "wrong" side of the issues with liberals and conservatives.