Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 09/27/2007 8:07:17 AM PDT by Politicalmom
Sources close to Fred Thompson’s campaign tell The Brody File that Fred's wife, Jeri Thompson will be featured in People Magazine. The article is expected to run next week.
Jeri Thompson has pretty much stayed behind the scenes and not granted interviews. Clearly, what the People Magazine article will show is a different side of her, a side that shows her to be a mom of two young children. A lot of stories have been written about her (many of them not very flattering) but let’s remember here that while she’s active in her husband’s campaign, she’s more active in raising two young children.
On a separate note, Fred Thompson has agreed to attend and speak at the Family Research Council’s Value Voters Summit next month in Washington. You can read more about it here. This is a good move by Thompson and it’s an event he really had to do. All the other GOP contenders will be there (Giuliani hasn’t committed yet) and the straw poll held afterwards is shaping up as a watershed moment for those candidates looking to gauge the social conservative movement.
The question for Thompson going forward is will his campaign style and philosophy work in the long term and deliver the nomination? He’s not coming out with 10 point plans and promising this and that. He’s not running a traditional style campaign with 3 or 4 public events every day. He’s on his own timetable and he’s staying above the fray and using his “first principles” theme to carry the day. His rise in the polls may be attributed to an intangible connection with voters.
A source close to Fred Thompson’s campaign tells me this: "The connection that people are making with him on a personal level is something the mainstream media chooses not to report. It confuses the mainstream media to have someone play by his own rules. The experiences he has lived give him a unique opportunity to relate to the American people. From the factory floor to United States Senator - he has an American story and one that people relate to. He is an honest, principled man who knows who he is and knows what this country needs to secure its future."
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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What’s the over/under on the first rude post from Team Willard?
Thanks for the Fred’s Up.
FDT should do well at the Value’s summit. It will be worth reading about when the dust settles.
This is good as long as they don’t pull some kind of hit piece on her.
We should know something about the next First Lady. :)
Thanks for the ping! I really like hearing about Fred’s schedule and appearances. Just made another donation and hope this cycle is bringing him lots of $ support. Wish to know how it is going, but guess we all will hear soon after the 30th! Does anyone have a link to Fred’s schedule that is kept up to date? Thanks! :)
The Californian campaign rolls on: Jeri Thompson, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson, is scheduled to appear at the "Governor and First Lady's Women's Conference" in Long Beach on Oct. 23 -- and here's the twist. She will be part of a panel of all the presidential candidate spouses -- Elizabeth Edwards, Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, Ann Romney -- who will appear together for the first time as part of a discussion on political wives moderated by California first lady Maria Shriver.
The topic, according to the conference materials: "How do they juggle their families, careers and personal lives while managing the very public demands of their husbands' presidential bids? The moderator has some experience on the issue herself. This extraordinary, bipartisan conversation will be full of surprises."
I’m just wondering whether it will be a comment that this 40-year-old lady looks like “Fred’s Daughter”, or if it will be a photo of her in a formal gown while pregnant, and caught off guard by the photographer.
For all the good People Magazine will do her, she may as well throw caution to the winds and be a Vibe cover girl. A liberal rag is a liberal rag is a liberal rag.
Are their rules that have been established about posting Jeri articles (similar to Ann’s)? Pic’s?
Here you go, boys. :p
I doubt they’ll do a ‘hit piece’ on her for the simple reason they want access if Fred Thompson should win the primaries and then the Presidency.
They’ve always been kind to Laura Bush.
Can't be overemphasized.
She will be part of a panel of all the presidential candidate spouses — Elizabeth Edwards, Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, Ann Romney —
The Tennesean had an article about Jeri a few weeks ago. It had more information than I have ever seen about her before.
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070910/NEWS0206/709090388/
I wouldn't trust People Magazine! Their stock in trade is just short of tabloid sensationalism.
I'm betting on a snide hit piece that contrasts her "accomplishments" (or lack of them) with those of a certain Senator from New York!!
Mistake Fred!
Well, I never buy People magazine, but I might just get in the longest line at the grocery store, so I’ll have time to finish the article by the time I’m up to the checker. ;o)
Been there, done that!
three things emerge from speaking with those who know her and from an exclusive interview she gave The Tennessean:
• Her husband trusts her political intuition.
• She defines herself as a conservative with little tolerance for government's broad reach.
• Motherhood is more within her comfort zone than a public campaign presence.
What's that line George Bush has about marrying above his means? Fred should borrow it.
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