[detective]

"I like Simpson. He seemed to be a real conservative bulldog who did't take much crap from anyone when he was in Congress."

Simpson was never a conservative at all, much less "a real conservative bulldog". Simpson was a liberal who worked continually for amnesty and entitlements for illegals. He was also publicly critical of real conservatives and made it a point to help liberal Democrats.

[GLDNGUN]

Looks like you are right. Here's from wikipedia. Not the Simpson I remember:

Alan Simpson, however, has been an outspoken advocate for access to abortion, gay and lesbian rights, and equality for all persons regardless of race, color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation. In an article in the Washington Post, the former senator wrote an article criticizing the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy stating " 'Gay' is an artificial category that says little about a person. Our differences and prejudices pale next to our historic challenge."

In 2001, Simpson became Honorary Chairman of the Republican Unity Coalition (RUC), a gay/straight alliance within the Republican Party. In this capacity, Simpson personally recruited President Gerald R. Ford to serve on the RUC's Advisory Board. The organization has since disbanded.

In 2002, Simpson got involved in the Republican gubernatorial primary on behalf of former Democrat Eli Bebout of Riverton, the seat of Fremont County. Simpson criticized Bebout's principal conservative challenger, Raymond Breedlove Hunkins of Wheatland, the seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming. Bebout defeated Hunkins but then lost the general election to the Democratic nominee David Duane "Dave" Freudenthal, a former United States Attorney appointed by President Bill Clinton.

How "gay" of him.