The Tennessee stud: U.S. presidential candidate Fred Thompson's womanising ways

Daily Mail ^ | Sept 9,2007 | SHARON CHURCHER

[AmericanMade1776]

Young love: Fred with first wife Sarah

On a winter's day in 1958, Fred Thompson's classmates crammed into a stadium to watch the hulking 16-year-old football star in a match.

But their cheers turned to groans and girls had tears in their eyes as the handsome 6ft 5in youth slumped to the ground. When a group of coaches rushed to assess his injury, he flashed them a conspiratorial grin.

'How's the crowd taking it?' he whispered. Nearly a half century later, it is no surprise to anyone in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, that the schoolboy who always wanted to be centre stage is one of America's most popular actors.

[AmericanMade1776]

Though Thompson tries to portray their 1985 break-up as amicable and his family says Sarah will campaign for him, we can disclose that in her original divorce writ - which until now has never been made public - she accused him of "cruel and inhuman treatment".

Her brother, Oscar Lindsey, confirmed the marriage was one of secrets and unhappiness. Like Hillary Clinton, who suffered through her husband Bill's "bimbo eruptions",it seems Sarah is standing by Fred because she shares his political goals.

(from same article>

[marvlus]

It sure didn’t take long for the press to dig into history - some 40 to 50 years ago. Really relevant stuff! /sarc

[AmericanMade1776]

Commuting between movie locations and Washington took its toll on his marriage and in May 1981 Sarah filed her accusations of “cruel and inhuman treatment”.

She withdrew the petition the following March, and according to her brother, the marriage improved for a while.

But Sarah renewed the proceedings in November 1984, this time citing “irreconcilable differences”.

Asked if Thompson was unfaithful, her brother replied carefully: “He has said he ‘takes opportunities’ [with women]. I will tell you it wasn’t physical cruelty and it wasn’t mental.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=480740&in_page_id=1766&in_a_source=&ito=1490

[AmericanMade1776]

Documents also reveal that during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, he sent a risqué note to Clinton’s chief of staff, joking that he shared the President’s now notorious taste in cigars.

[arbee4bush]

Sniff-- Sniff

I smell Fred Fear mixed with old garbage. Sure stinks in here......

[poindexter]

She’s cute, in a hippie-chick kind of way.

[GulfBreeze]

Which documents show that?

[AmericanMade1776]

No Fear here, just reporting the facts. The fear you smell must be coming from the Fred camp.

[AmericanMade1776]

GulfBreeze wrote: Which documents show that?

After he concluded his second term in the Senate in 2002, he decided to store correspondence from his eight years in office in a public archive at the University of Tennessee. (same article)

[VOA]

...she accused him of "cruel and inhuman treatment".

We all know (well, at the divorced amongst us) that the dialogue
recounted in divorce petitions are 100% true and a reflection
of the totality of the past marriage.

(/SARC)

[AmericanMade1776]

It is archived correspondence.

[khnyny]

Someone from the South told me it’s common knowledge that Fred Thomspon was a ladies man and that he admitted as such in interviews.

[ontap]

Is this the best you can do. Very lame!!

[arbee4bush]

Yeah, I’m going to believe UK Mirror, the equivalent of US Enquirer for honest news of FT? Keep trying, things must be getting pretty desperate.

[AmericanMade1776]

khnyny wrote: Someone from the South told me it’s common knowledge that Fred Thomspon was a ladies man and that he admitted as such in interviews.

And now Fred is just an ol' tired Tennessee stud. I don't think most Conservative women, or Republican women will find all this an endearing trait concerning Fred Thompson. At least that is from a woman's perspective.

[BnBlFlag]

“No Fault” divorces had not yet became common at that time IIRC.

[codercpc]

I don't think it is fear, rather it is standard operating procedure on the part of the MSM when it comes to Republican candidates.

Rudy and Mitt have already taken quite a few hits since they have been in the campaign longer, it is just Freds turn. One of the draw backs to announcing later, and virtually alone (meaning that Rudy and Mitt "shared" the spotlight when they announced) is that Fred also gets the hits alone, and in a more compressed time frame.

[Maceman]

[arbee4bush]

Actually, he looks like Hoss Cartright in that pic. Good ol cowboy, honest and sweet.
Thanks for posting!

[metesky]

Moreover, when Thompson married his first wife, Sarah Lindsey, at Lawrenceburg Methodist Church in 1959, she was already two months pregnant with their first child.

This just has to be an outrageous lie! Anybody who reads any of the "good old days" threads or comments here knows sex wasn't even invented until the mid-sixties.