Posted on 04/16/2007 6:39:22 AM PDT by veronica
If voters on the right think Rudy Giuliani's love life is too racy, what will they think about Fred Thompson? The former Tennessee senator, who is considering his own run for the GOP nomination, was a swinging single during most of his eight-year tenure in the Senate, making him a favorite of gossip columnists, who often referred to him as the "Tennessee Stud."
Just weeks after winning his first campaign for the Senate in 1994, Thompson was spotted waltzing with country singer Lorrie Morgan, who dated him for more than a year. "He's a wonderful man. He's very special to me - he really understands me," Morgan said at the time, telling reporters they had even considered marriage.
But alas, it wasn't meant to be. By 1996, they were splitsville. One reason: she didn't like dressing the part of a conservative Republican. ("Get that basic black dress out of the closet," Morgan wrote in her 1997 autobiography, "Forever Yours, Faithfullly." "And no cleavage, baby!")
But Hollywood Fred, as he is sometimes known, was no lonely heart. Over the years, Thompson was linked to plenty of other woman around Washington, including GOP pollster Kellyanne Fitzpatrick (now Conway) and fund-raiser Georgette Mosbacher.
In 2000, his love life got a little messy, spilling onto the pages of the New York Post's famed Page Six. His then-girlfriend (and future wife) Jeri Kehn complained to Page Six that "all these women" were constantly gunning for her man. "They just won't leave him alone," Kehn told the paper. "I can't get up to get a cocktail at a party without coming back and finding some girl sitting in my chair."
Kehn, who inisisted she was dating Thompson, singled out one lady in particular: then-Time magazine columnist Margaret Carlson. "She won't get the hint he has a girlfriend," Kehn complained. "She calls his apartment all the time. I mean, what is the deal with these woman? Don't they have any pride? It's a joke all over Washington that Margaret has a huge crush on him. And Fred clearly is not interested." Mee-ow!
At the time, Carlson refused to comment, but Thompson, clearly unhappy with Kehn's outburst, issued a terse statement to The Washington Post. "I don't generally comment on these matters," he said. "But as it relates to statements made about my friend Margaret Carlson, there's not a bit of truth to them. I should be so lucky." Thompson married Kehn in 2002, and they now have two young kids. A
pparently Carlson, who is now a columnist for Bloomberg News, still likes Thompson, in spite of the dustup. Carlson, who did not respond to an e-mail from Newsweek inquiring about the matter, was spotted on "Hardball" with Chris Matthews last week, swooning over a potential Thompson candidacy. "He's handsome, he's charming, he sounds like a president-. He's smart, he's articulate, he knows his line, he can hit his mark," Carlson said, predicting that he'll jump in to the 2008 race soon. "For the press, he would be the new McCain because he does seem honest and open."
the little flatchested bookish schoolmarm was hot for fred. i find that hilarious!
Washington/Thomas..... that deserves some kind of humor award!
But he COULD have!!
(She was quite the fox back then!)
I don’t see this as a hit piece.
I must be missing something.
Dear Paul8148,
Why?
Who cares who a single guy dates?
sitetest
ROTFLOL!
Margaret Carlson? I agree! Yikes.
I can see her swooning and gushing over Fred. I hadn’t realized the desperate, pathetic thing was single...lol.
At least have the manners or guts to ping the poster you're trashing.
ROFL!
Oh shut up holier than Thou.
Veronica posted an article. The truth won’t hurt Fred Thompson one bit! He was single -— he liked women and women loved him. HOW NORMAL!!!!
I sure hope you’re NOT a Fred Thompson supporter after all the hate and discontent you’ve caused here.
BTTT for Fred Thompson.
dang..that could be the first lady???
Why? She won't reply
You're exactly right!
hey..not bad..at least we’d have a hotty as 1st Babe..:)
I think she's too late. The Rudy train wreck has already left the station, and the Fred Express is now boarding...
The Rudy boosters are stunning in their hypocrisy. They try to draw moral equivalence between a single Fred dating women and a married Rudy catting around.
And they try to make an issue of Fred's lobbying when Rudy is a partner in a lobbying firm.
And don't even get me started on their pointing to a vaguely pro-choice comment Fred made in 1994 to somehow equate their guys 100 percent NARAL rating to Fred's zero NARAL rating. They have no shame. But, then again, neither does their candidate.
Well, there are some cases that would raise an eyebrow... as in, the single guy is dating any one (or more) of:
judi, a hottie? well, considering the abuse that tereza took for botox and plastic surgery, i would assume we could expect turnabout to be fair play. Judi is pulled tight as a drum and sporting some silicone.
Look again, she replied. FWIW, I wouldn’t reply to the question you have asked her twice. If that’s your deal breaker, -— “serial adulterer” -— that’s your business. It won’t be mine when I vote for a Commander in Chief.
veronica posted an article. What’s the big deal?
The truth won’t hurt Fred Thompson one bit.
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