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The vast majority of FReepers supported Fred's candidacy baserd on his solid conservative record. I'd say that is a strong statement of Fred's conservative credentials.The fact you were in the minority marks you more a malcontent then a conservative.

That depends on how you define "vast majority". Your statement lacks any credibility absent any detailed facts to back up you vague claim. There are many facts showing Thompson voted more like a socialist while in office as his voting record below reveals:

In 1997 Fred Thompson voted to revoke China’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) trade status (S.Amdt. 890 to S. 955), then turned around in 1999 – after even more Chinese malfeasance was uncovered, some by Mr. Thompson himself – and voted in favor of MFN (S.J.Res. 27). Then, during the 2000 debate to give Bill Clinton his coveted Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for the chicoms, Fred teamed with Robert Toricelli to put in a poison pill amendment (S.Amdt 4132 to HR 4444), tying trade to a series of weapons non proliferation standards. Despite the Jesse Helms-like posture and the subsequent failure of his amendment, Fred ended up voting for PNTR, amendment free, handing Clinton a huge victory at the expense of our national security.

He voted to grant amnesty to close to one million illegal aliens from Nicaragua and Cuba in 1997 by giving legal status for those who had lived in the United States illegally since 1995, along with their spouses and minor unmarried children.

He voted against the Simpson Amendment to S.1664 that was in favor of a chain migration system that has been the primary reason for annual immigration levels snowballing from less than 300,000 in 1965 to around a million. Sen. Thompson supported provisions that allow immigrants to send for their adult relatives. Then each of those relatives can send for their and their spouse’s adult relatives, creating a never-ending and ever-growing chain. The bi-partisan Barbara Jordan Commission recommended doing away with the adult relative categories (begun only in the 1950s) in order to lessen wage depression among lower-paid American workers.

Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. Thompson had an opportunity to vote for a measure requiring U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Sen. Thompson voted against that, joining those who said the requirement would give government too much authority over corporations’ right to hire whomever they please from whatever country.

Thompson supported Roe vs. Wade in the 90’s. Thompson said he supports the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. Source: the Memphis Commercial Appeal on July 29, 1993 page B1.

In an October 21, 1994 article, The Washington Post reported that “both” Thompson and his Democratic opponent in the 1994 Senate race, then-Rep. Jim Cooper, “believe in legal abortion.”

Thompson spoke on the Senate floor on April 23, 2002 in support legislation that stated global warming was due to human intervention. Per Title X:

SEC. 1001. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GLOBAL WARMING.

(a) FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Evidence continues to build that increases in atmospheric concentrations of man-made greenhouse gases are contributing to global climate change.

These are hardly the position of a conservative.

We've been here before and obviously nothing has changed, you're still a nitwit. Fred won every poll conducted on FR over the last year. You calling Fred a socialist is the height of ignorance and has to go down as one of the dumbest remarks EVER uttered on FR.

Fred's been a life long conservative and when you consider his lifetime ACU rating, his Senate voting record and his three endorsements by the National Right to Life Committee, his political conservatism stands out. As I did last time, here's just a few of Fred's Senate votes for you to chew on. I've got more.

WELFARE - WORK REQUIREMENT: Helms amendment to require most able-bodied, non-elderly food stamp recipients to work 40 hours during each 4-week period. Rejected 32-66, September 11, 1995. Fred supported the amendment.

AMERICORPS. Mikulski amendment to provide $427 million for the Americorps program, which pays so-called "volunteers" to engage in community service programs. Rejected 47-52, September 26, 1995. Fred opposed the amendment.

FLAG DESECRATION. Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to grant Congress the power to prevent the physical desecration of the U.S. flag. Rejected 63-36, December 12, 1995. (A two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required to pass a constitutional amendment.) Fred supported the resolution.

MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS: S 1028 (CQ Senate Vote 72), Health Insurance Revisions. Kassebaum (R-KS) amendment to strike the provisions in the Dole (R-KS) amendment that establish medical savings accounts, which allow individuals to make tax deductible contributions to special accounts set up to pay medical expenses. Adopted 52-46, April 18, 1996. Fred opposed the Kassebaum amendment.

SOCIAL SECURITY TAX DEDUCTION: SConRes 57 (CQ Senate Vote 140), FY 1997 Budget Resolution. Ashcroft (R-MO) amendment to allow a tax deduction for the Social Security payroll tax and to offset the costs by decreasing discretionary and mandatory spending. Rejected 43-57, May 22, 1996. Fred supported the Ashcroft amendment.

WELFARE REFORM. HR 3734 (CQ Senate Vote 232), Budget Reconciliation. Passage of the bill to save about $56 billion through fiscal 2002 by ending the federal entitlement to welfare programs and sending the administration of these various programs back to the states, which would have broad discretion over their own programs through block grants. The legislation requires welfare recipients to work within two years of receiving benefits and generally limits recipients to five years of lifetime welfare benefits. Passed 74-24, July 23, 1996. Fred supported the legislation.

TEAMSTERS ELECTION. S1061, FY 1998 Labor-HHS Appropriations (roll call vote 233). Nickles (R-OK) amendment that would limit the use of taxpayer funds for any future International Brotherhood of Teamsters leadership election. Adopted 58-42: R 55-0, Sept. 11, 1997. Fred supported the amendment.

NEA FUNDING. HR2107, FY 1998 Interior Appropriations (roll call vote 241). Ashcroft (R-MO) amendment to eliminate funding for programs and activities carried out by the National Endowment for the Arts. Rejected 23-77, Sept. 17, 1997. Fred supported the amendment.

GUN LOCK MANDATE. S2260 (roll call vote 216). Craig (R-ID) motion to table (kill) the Boxer (D-CA) amendment that would require all gun dealers to sell so-called trigger locks with each handgun sold. The amendment would establish civil penalties for dealers that do not comply. Motion agreed to 61-39, July 21, 1998. Fred supported the motion to table.

NEA FUNDING. S2237 (roll call vote 269). Gorton (R-WA) motion to table (kill) the Ashcroft (R-MO) amendment that would eliminate funding for programs and activities carried out by the National Endowment for the Arts and transfer the $100 million taken from the NEA to the National Park Service. Motion agreed to 76-22, September 15, 1998. Fred opposed the motion to table.

Payments to the United Nations, HR 2670 (Roll Call Vote No. 380). Hall, D-Ohio, amendment to strike language from the bill that would make the release of $244 million in back payments to the United Nations contingent on the enactment of an authorization bill that ties the payment to U.N. reforms. Amendment rejected 206-221, 5 Aug. 1999. Fred opposed the amendment.

World Heritage Sites, HR 2670 (Roll Call Vote No. 383). Hayworth (R-AZ) amendment to prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to add any natural site or cultural monument currently recognized as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations' World Heritage Committee to the committee's list of endangered world heritage sites. Amendment adopted 217-209, 5 Aug. 1999. Fred supported the amendment.

Physician-Assisted Suicide - Passage, HR 2260 (Roll Call Vote No. 544). Passage of the bill to allow doctors to use controlled substances aggressively to alleviate pain, while barring them from using such drugs for the purpose of assisted suicide. The measure would supercede state law, effectively overturning an Oregon law that allows lethal prescriptions to be issued to the terminally ill, and preventing such laws from going into effect in other states. Bill passed 271-156, 27 Oct. 1999. Fred supported the bill.

Property Rights, S. 625 (Roll Call Vote No. 3) The Senate voted to kill an amendment overriding local owner-tenant laws and permitting delinquent tenants to remain in occupancy during bankruptcy proceedings. The amendment was killed 54-43, 2 Feb. 2000. Fred opposed the amendment.

Gas Tax Suspension – Cloture, S. 2285 (Roll Call Vote No. 80) The Senate failed to limit debate on a bill that would suspend the 4.3 ¢/gallon federal gas tax surcharge from April 15 through Jan. 1, 2001. If the national average gas price reached $2/gallon, the remaining 14.1 ¢/gallon federal tax would also be suspended. The vote was 43-56, with 60 votes needed, 11 Apr. 2000. Fred supports efforts to lower the gas tax.

Marriage Penalty Tax – Cloture, HR 6 (Roll Call Vote No. 82) The Senate failed to limit debate on an amendment that would essentially eliminate the federal tax penalty on married couples. The vote was 53-45, with 60 votes needed, 13 Apr. 2000. Fred supported this effort to lessen the marriage penalty.

Clearly, a solid cosnervative record.