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I admit, I didn't know until recently about Fred's wife and how young and flashy she is. The first time I saw the pictures, I kind of cringed and thought, "oh, heck, he's Hollywood." There is going to be an image problem to deal with. It's not so much "dirty old man" for me as "silly old fool" as the first reaction.

A hot babe that turns FR guys on enough to be snide about it ...not a Good Thing...

It's good that he's on good terms with his exes and his grown children. That's a plus. She's not a homewrecker. Another plus. If she has a winning personality, we've got it covered. If she's a twit, we're in for trouble.

The negative for me is the do-over family. I can sure get over that, but there's a lot of resentment out there that may impact. This will come from grown children of lousy dads, whose dads then remarry and "do it right this time" and are perfect, loving dads to their new tiny toddlers...who'll have no memory because the old guys die while they're in preschool.... May not be fair to Fred, but it'll be there.

The negative for me is the do-over family. I can sure get over that, but there's a lot of resentment out there that may impact

How many people who would be overly sensitive to Fred's marital situation would approve of the Hillary-Billary marriage of convenience? If we're talking about marital fidelity and Christian marriage propriety, the shoe may very well be on the other foot as the majority of voting Americans see it.

The question is, whether Fred Thompson married a girl so young as to raise eyebrows?

The rule for the greatest allowable disparity half the man’s age plus seven years .

They were married on June 29, 2002. Fred Thompson was born on August 9, 1942. On their marriage date, he was 59.9 years old.

Jeri Kehn was born in January 1967, she was 35.5 years old.

59.9 /2 = 29.45.

29.45 + 7 = 36.95

Verdict: Excessive Age Disparity.