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It Wasn’t Fred's Truck

Legend of Thompson as scrappy, itinerant candidate may be just that

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 18, 2007 12:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – Banish the legend of Fred Thompson as the down-home, Chevvy-driving election slayer, says a journalist who covered Thompson's 1994 Tennessee Senate race. Much is made of his come-from-behind victory over Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper, who led by 21 points nine months before Voting Day.... Read full story »

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