LOL... mousy, flat-chested spinsters never pushed my buttons either..
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."
Why are you name calling? There is no need for that here. If this is what Fred supporters are going to do then basically you will turn off alot of people that way. Chill out! And Fred Thompson is fair game right now. So is everyone who is campaigning. What the heck are you guys going to do when Fred Runs that that rumor comes out about him getting a woman pregnant and that being the cause of his divorce? Are you going to scream and cry? Because you know it will come out. It came out when he was in the Senate. Like I said its only a rumor but you can bet your life the Press will be sitting on it ready to pounce. Why do you think they are promoting him so much? They did that to Rudy remember? And as soon as he ran they came out with every story they could find. Fred is no different. You guys will have to learn that.
Well, what can I say? Them Yankee women like us Southern boys!
Old articles of Rudy’s past policy decisions and problems are indeed relevant unless you just want to forget about everything that Rudy has done and said prior to 2007...oh that ‘s right, you do want to do that...never mind...
This doesn’t hurt Fred at all and it was completely unnecessary to post it. It’s funny that you seem to think that Rudy fans are entitled to pull this kind of crap because people post old articles about Rudy? What’s the logic there?
This one backfired on you. You will either have to call in the troops or go back to the drawing board.
See, this is where you just lose all contact with reality.
If a REAL story with some REAL SUBSTANCE comes out about Fred, nobody’s going to complain if you or anyone else posts it. I think you know that.
To act otherwise, you’d have to be a twit like veronica.
Elaine Benes, is that you? ;-)
They don’t get it. But they will have to, if he runs.
Not what he said he will do. He's not going to be rigorously campaigning. He thinks he will do well not going out on the campaign trail that much.
I didn’t say old articles about Rudy weren’t relevant.
I was rolling my eyes at the whinage about a “two week old” article.
Since he blew her off and married someone else it shows his most excellent judgement. He'd get my vote just for that.
Bob Novak recalls a dustup on the "Crossfire" show years ago when Margaret balked at signing off at the end of the show with the mandatory words "From the Left, I'm Margaret Carlson".
This airhead considers herself a "centrist". In her media orbit with radicals and lefties surrounding her on both her right and left, she probably believes in her own dream world that she is indeed a centrist. Novak calls this state of non-reality "The Margaret Carlson Syndrome".
Leni
So of course Thompson is going to be doing a lot of dating, since 17 or 18 years is substantial amount of time.
My dad was single from 1980-1988, so he did a lot of dating as well. That's the normal and expected way to carry on.
Now, Rudy, on the other hand, has never been single for more than a year or two AND had all this other immoral garbage going on concurrently as well.
Link, please?
How many times does a man have to commit adultery to be considered a serial adulterer? Rudy has three in the bag that we know of.
STOP THE NAME CALLING! And If you read what I said - it was only a rumor. But don’t tell me the media is going to not bring it up. Juts get a grip and realize that no candidate no matter how much you make him a god is going to escape the MSM scrutiny. You guys want Fred to run then you will have to take the heat from the media. We all do for our candidates.
How many people post with your username?
LOL... mousy, flat-chested spinsters never pushed my buttons either..
White House Correspondents' Dinner; Washington, DC; Saturday, April 29, 2006
i think that the politically savvy Mrs. Thompson has a closet full of suits and pumps etc.
Yes, it shocks me that a political image/media consultant would be seen there dressed like that!
I said it was a rumor. It was posted on FR before and it was poo-pooed as a rumor and rightly so.
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