Fred Thompson's Team Includes Auto Scion/Swift Boat Funder/Tygard Campaign Treasurer

Fresh off helping Charlie Tygard raise money to cull enough votes to secure a Metro Council at-Large seat in the September run-off, Lee Beaman is slated to join Republican Fred Thompson's campaign finance team. Back in July, I pointed to the fact that Mr. Beaman was once classified as one of the top auto industry hard money contributors in the nation donating all but $250 of $122,000 to Republican candidates. Mr. Beaman was also donated $2,500 to the Swift Boaters campaign in 2004 in order to help smear Democratic Presidential Nominee John Kerry's military record.