George Morgan. Lorrie's father. One of his best known songs "candy kisses" was a major hit.
Posted on 05/23/2007 3:26:35 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Isn’t she a has been as far as being a country star? And Keith Whitley was over 20 years ago, the chick must be menopausal by now!
Born the year the music died (Buddy Holly), dude!
...this (show appearance) maybe a trial balloon, by the Shrillary crowd....a rude/lousy tipper...but, very pretty (whats-her-name) country singer....whose fingerprints are all over this.
She also has great first two names, she should have used as her stage name, why use ‘Lorrie Morgan’? Her first two names would have made her much more popular, me thinks!
Interesting that Fred’s ex-wife and at least one of his ex-girlfriends still think well of him. Says a lot about the man.
Fred had been married once before, and divorced, I believe, in the late 80’s or early 90’s. If I remember right, he and his first wife had two or three children. He was single when he went to DC as a Senator. I believe he must have met his wife, Jeri, while there. I think she worked in some capacity for the Republican Party. She and he have two children.
In her book Forever Yours, Faithfully: My Love Story, Morgan states that:
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It was great to go out with an older man [Fred Thompson] who was very successful on his own. I felt very secure with him, and he became a wonderful friend, a caring, inspirational man who would encourage me not to doubt myself (which, maybe you can tell by now, is one of my best things).
Fred is an extremely generous man. He wined and dined me and bought me presents -— furs, earrings, Chanel shoes with real high heels.
For a while, I enjoyed my first exposure to politics. It was interesting to hear about political conversations, and people even began talking about Fred as a potential president. It was inevitable that I would be sitting at a glamorous party and would have the flickering thought, So, this is what it’s like to be a First Lady. Hell, I could handle that. Then I would say, “Oops, better drop the ‘hell’”
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I put myself to the task of being a great companion to a stimulating and important man, and as a result I become boring. I lost my spunk, my spontaneity, I had to stop and think about the political implications of everything before I uttered a word in public. Was this a Democratic issue? Was this a Republican issue? I could not trust my best asset, my gut instincts. In other words, I could not be myself.
Fred let me know that it was important how I dressed. Sedate was in. Even if I felt like a little flair that night, forget it -— we might be with men who had big wallets and insecure wives, wives who were a little older than I was. So get that basic black dress out of the closet. And no cleavage, baby.
Fred’s senator buddies loved me, and some of my friends said that they never seen me happier. For a while, I wanted to marry Fred, but I knew he could not accept me as I am.
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Forever Yours, Faithfully: My Love Story. pp. 262-263. Lorrie Morgan with George Vecsey. 1997. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-41297-4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorrie_Morgan
Very good. I like it.
She is definitely a wild child. When they were dating my son and I both said “not first lady material”. We were right.
like hilllereee isn’t presidential material either.
Well there you go...what an endorsement. Birds of a feather and all that?
Now you're in the OldPossum's memories. I remember the song well.
Not bad that he has an ex wife and ex girlfriend willing to campaign for him!
Exactly. No closeted skeletons in that direction, then; much to the chagrin of some of his competition.
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