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Guess They Aren’t Movie Fans...TN Christian Coalition Wasn’t Exactly Excited About Fred’s Senate Run

Posted by Mike Gehrke on August 9, 2007 at 12:05 PM

Turns out the Christian Coalition wasn't jazzed about supporting a Hollywood actor and lawyer-lobbyist for Senate:

The Brody File has obtained a memo from Fred Thompson’s 1994 Senate campaign that shows concern by an influential political group. This is a public document but has not been reported on by the national media. Let me do the honors.

The memo is written by Randle Richardson, Tennessee’s State Republican Chairman at the time. It is addressed to Fred Thompson and Bill Lacy (yes, the same Bill Lacy just named today as Thompson’s main guy in the 2008 race). Back then, he was a key advisor for Thompson.

Basically, Richardson is telling them that he met with John Hanna, the President of the Tennessee Christian Coalition and that the Christian Coalition chapter has some “serious concerns about his candidacy.”