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To: greccogirl
I like Thompson but I am worried about his wife. She’s definitely a “trophy” wife

Nope, she's not. A trophy wife is a woman for whom a man dumps his first wife. Fred had divorced his first wife in 1985, and was single when he moved to DC as a Senator. He dated several women during that time, and met Jeri then.

I'm a middle aged woman and have no problem with him having a younger wife, especially since I know he didn't leave his first wife for her. In fact, there is some info that Fred's first wife might be willing to campaign for him. That tells me something important about the man.

459 posted on 06/05/2007 8:21:03 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

I’m the same age as Jeri. It’s kind of nice being considered a young girl. :p


469 posted on 06/05/2007 8:35:40 PM PDT by Politicalmom (No self-respecting world domination group would invite Angelina Jolie to be a member.)
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To: SuziQ
"He dated several women during that time, and met Jeri then."

Only dated? Several women? Nice try. Fred behaved like men in their twenties and thirties, in his forties and fifties. After sleeping around with a number of women during that time period, he marries a woman young enough to be his daughter. Hardly a paragon of conservative social virtue, and a lousy example.

"I'm a middle aged woman and have no problem with him having a younger wife, especially since I know he didn't leave his first wife for her. In fact, there is some info that Fred's first wife might be willing to campaign for him. That tells me something important about the man.

Just as I would have a problem with a woman marrying a man young enough to be her son, I have a problem with a man marrying a woman young enough to be his daughter. The fact that his first wife is willing to campaign for him tells us nothing.

BTW, trophy wives can be the first woman you marry, they aren't necessarily women one marries after a divorce.

I wouldn't give a democrat a pass for this kind of personal history, and I won't give it to a Republican either, not in my teens, not in my forties and not ever.

529 posted on 06/05/2007 10:17:57 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (Guiliani is a Democrat in Republican drag! Mitt Romney for President '08)
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