Fred Dalton Thompson, K Street Lobbyist
A profile of Fred Thompson in USA Today this week highlighted his long, long career as a K Street lobbyist:
Although the folksy-sounding Tennessean recently told USA TODAY that he would run as an outsider, just as he did while campaigning as a "country lawyer" in a red pickup during his 1994 U.S. Senate race, his resume is that of a longtime Washington operative who has crossed ideological lines to represent corporate and foreign clients.
In his most recent stint in Washington, Thompson worked for Equitas, a London company lobbying Congress to limit liability for asbestos-related illnesses. Thompson opponents accused him of being a "Gucci-wearing, Lincoln-driving, Perrier-drinking, Grey Poupon-spreading millionaire Washington special-interest lobbyist," but a Thompson spokesperson said that this was "not an issue at all." From the Washington Post:
He said that Thompson is proud to have been a lobbyist and believed in Equitas's cause. "It's an honorable endeavor," Carallo added. "He was retained to do a job, and he did it to the best of his abilities."
Of course, he is also an actor--gifted at pretending to be someone he's not.
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