You can tell how much the media and the Left fear Fred Thompson -- they want to do their best to undermine him with the GOP base. You therefore get this headline.

Records Show Ex-SenatorÂ’s Work for Family Planning Unit

True enough -- but what they show is that Fred Thompson really didn't perform any significant work for the pro-abortion group as a lobbyist. After all, the total amount billed over the course of 2 1/2 years was under 20 hours. Of that, just 3 1/3 hours are reported as actual lobbying work -- the rest of the time would be meetings and consultations at the request of the colleague who was working for the pro-abortion group. Indeed, the lack of specificity in the records as to who was spoken to and what was discussed leads me to wonder if the hours were not mis-categorized -- after all, not a single individual from the Bush I administration has ever stepped forward to say that Fred Thompson spoke to them about the gag-rule.

Indeed, the billing records seem to show that Fred Thompson was not hired to lobby for the pro-abortion group, contrary to the claims of the group's leader.

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