The article doesn't mention that Thompson is a Republican. Surprise!

Republican or Democrat it doesn't matter... Politician = Crook

too bad. I thought he was different--but he's a bum just like the rest of them.

Hey Stanley, it says Republican six words into the article. What's your problem?

From the FIRST SENTENCE!
"Former Tennessee Senator and potential REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Fred Thompson has shut down a...."

Great reading comprehension.

So just another Republican thief. Why am I not surprised?

Dam- I would just love for one of these guys to come up clean! Can you imagine how the diggers are digging on Romney!

Bless the Politician's hearts, it's always in the same place. We common people just try to see if it's in another place and it always appears right there where it's always has been, in the money, money, money. What would we do without them, Bless them, for they will never, ever change.

There is nothing wrong with a PAC as long as it is not doing anything illegal or unethical. This is a non-story by ABC doing their best to smear a good man. The ABC liberal attack machine just keeps chugging along.

This is chicken feed, and probably not illegal. Let's take a look at the millions Dianne Feinstein's war profiteering husband has earned before we throw dust up in Mr. Thompson's face...is all they can hit this guy with?

The election process is broke and it is time for the control of elections has to be changed. It is not just one party that does it but both. It seems that the republicans are guilty more often. It is a slap in the face who donated money to the campaign.

Gosh, look how long it took the media to finally come up with something, which is nothing, that they can spin to sound like something. They are in fear of Fred Thompson. This is just the beginning of the spin and smear on Mr. Thompson. Look what they are doing to Mrs. Clinton and Obama. Business as usual. The news business should get out of politics and go back to reporting the news without putting a "slant" on it. America wants truth, not spin.

Pat: Watch "no-spin zone":). There is no "truth" in politics. All politicians are crooks and the media always has selectivity towards a specific set of candidates.

It is sad to see someone bashed due to using money given to them that they cant spend and when they find a loophole they are dragged behind the bus for it. At least its not from our taxes being handed over so why is anyone crying about him spending other rich peoples money given to him. I say "Way to go".

Fred Thompson is no different then any other politician: he keeps a slush fund to pay expenses etc. The fact that Thompson ended the fund so quickly shows that he knew from the get-go that it was wrong.
What I really detest is how politicians "donate" money to other politicians. For instance, Tom Reynolds of New York took $100k of Foley's(GOP-Fla.) funds for his own campaign and steered another $100k into Pennsylvania Senator Santoro's coffers.
Does that sound right?
I believe that a candidate should return any monies he does not use to the people who contributed.

"Thompson's committee paid $178,000 to his son's political consulting firm, Daniel Thompson Associates, since 2003."

That's only 44500.00 per year. Almost poverty wage.

Big deal, how about what Chaney and his croneys are pulling in from Haliburton? Now there's a crook, not to mention the Shrub!!!

"The United States has no natural criminal class, except when Congress is in session".

Fairly certain that is Twain.

This opinion comes from the perspective of a former, long-time political campaign consultant, manager, and fund raiser for republican candidates for state and local political offices. This revelation, if true, is scandalous and is particularly unethical and disgusting. If such pratices are "technically" within the legal bounds of the black-letter law governing political campaign contributions and campaign funds, then the spirit of the law has clearly been breached. I would hope that all of you political and social conservatives realize what I have said. After all, it is you who scream the loudest when an indicted person on trial for a criminal charge is freed because of a "technicality" in the law.

Wow, somebody on the Left side of the aisle must be getting nervous about Fred. They've already sicked their lapdogs in the media to start the smear campaign.

Over a four year period that is not a lot of money to a firm of that nature. I'm a democrat. I'll support the democratic nominee. So this is no biased opinion. It's just not a story, and it's this kind of reporting that keeps good people out of politics.
Go after Neil Bush if you must go after a relative...