Posted on 10/03/2007 1:40:47 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Jeri Thompson: I'm no trophy wife
13 minutes ago
Jeri Thompson, wife of GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson, shakes off the "trophy wife" label critics have tagged her with for being 24 years younger than her husband.
"It's hard not to be defensive," she told People magazine in her first solo interview. "To think back on how hard you've worked, and all anybody thinks about is that you're a trophy wife."
In a story for Monday's issue, Thompson said: "I almost think they had to fabricate that trophy-wife stuff because there's nothing interesting to say."
Jeri Thompson is a Naperville, Ill., native who has worked for the Republican National Committee, on Capitol Hill, and at a public relations-lobbying firm.
Thompson, 41, says she met her future husband at a Nashville supermarket on July 4, 1996, a few years before she moved to Washington. To hear her tell it, the then-U.S. senator from Tennessee was standing in line with a can of beanie weenies and half a premade tuna fish sandwich.
"I looked at him and just said, 'I'm so sorry,'" Thompson says, adding that he carried her groceries to the car, and she invited him to a friend's party that night.
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Yahoo/AP is running the same old photo of the couple when Jeri was pregnant, and in a formal gown. You’d think they would tire of that drumbeat.
I think we can all agree on that one.
Trophy or not, she’s pretty hot.
Now, Jeri Lynn Ryan, SHE was a trophy wife, and that IDIOT inflicted us with Barak Obama!
And she still looks hot.
Hmmm...doing a search on Frances Folsom Cleveland...Thompson may be the one...
OMG. She’s hot? Are you vision impaired? She’s right...she’s no trophy wife.
She’s an intelligent hard-working trophy wife.
A woman’s political leanings does wonders for my libido.;^)
So that's the key to a trophy wife..........Since I ain't looking for no trophy, just a legal size take-home keeper, will the beanie weenie help me score?
Nope, it was the Borg's fault.......
Willardian Sleaze Squad arriving in 10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . .
Get back with us when you can appreciate the beauty of a mature woman.
Nope. The Willardian Sleaze Squad got here before me.
I’m with you. The only thing that makes the lable “trophy wife” even conceivable is the age difference. Put her with a guy her age and she’s nothing if not an average looking woman.
She’s obviously a very intelligent woman. She’s very accomplished and I respect her.
That said, where are the pictures?
Well, I can’t help it. She’s a good looking lady.
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