Jeri Thompson: The woman behind the man

Naperville Sun ^ | October 7, 2007 | SUSAN FRICK CARLMAN Staff Writer

[jellybean]

A very nice interview with Jeri. :)

[jellybean]

Getting to know the next first lady. :)

[2ndDivisionVet]

Beat you by less than a minute...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908044/posts

[jellybean]

That’s because I took time to fix their crappy formating. :P

I separated the questions from the answers for readability.

[ConservativeMind]

So, Fred attends the United Church of Christ?

That’s a very liberal church and not the conservative Church of Christ I thought he previously meant.

[jdm]

Same thing has happened to me (beaten to the post due to formatting). To be honest with you, don’t change a thing. Formatting for ease of read is important. I appreciate your efforts.

[2ndDivisionVet]

It wasn’t liberal back in the day when he was raised up in it, according to some accounts I’ve read...

[jdm]

I think you just got p3wned by third shift moderator. Your thread was pulled, unless my internets konnections is gone all haywire.

[jellybean]

I don’t know anything about the Church of Christ, but Fred has said he doesn’t attend church on a regular basis...only with his momma when he’s home in Tennessee and on holidays.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I asked them to do that, since jellybean’s thread was somewhat more readable and had already been pinged by politicalmom.

[jellybean]

Thanks, jdm. :)

[jdm]

When she was known as Jeri Kehn, the candidate's wife lived in one of Naperville's downtown neighborhoods, off Mill Street, with her mom and stepdad.

You mean she comes from a divorced family? Uh-oh. No way is she fit to serve as First Lady now! /mittromneybots

[Navy Patriot]

Jeri is going to be a focal point for the media, and they will be surprised when her worthiness shows through their attempts to bimboize her.

[jdm]

I asked them to do that, since jellybean’s thread was somewhat more readable and had already been pinged by politicalmom.

Ah, okay. Didn't realize that. Thanks for the clarification.

[jellybean]

I didn’t mean to step on your thread. I was just teasing about the formating, but you have to admit it was hard to tell where the question ended and the answer began.

You’re a true gentleman. :)

[jdm]

Who on Saturday Night Live is going to play Jeri Thompson in future sketches, though, out of curiosity?

Amy Poehler? Kristen Wiig? It's anyone's guess, I suppose.

Not that anyone cares, of course.

Just pure curiosity on my part.

[jellybean]

Jeri has impressed me a lot in each of the interviews I’ve read or seen. She’s open about who she is. Her answers are not forced as if she’s saying lines she’s rehearsed. I like her!

[wardaddy]

She is an asset.

Though I do hate this fine toothed comb thing with the wives.

Not really fair and used to not be such an issue except when candidates wives drew attention to themselves.

Kitty Dukakis, Hillary of course, Ms Edwards, Kerry’s I married a billionaire family eccentric wife.

Before that it had been since Eleanor since a potential or otherwise first lady garnered so much press.

Now they treat the wives like they are running.

[OldArmy52]

Well, for sure she will be a break from that super rich nut case of Kerry’s who acted like she looked.

[b9]

I can honestly say that every day I'm with him, I learn something about him that I didn't know before.

Sounds like my sweetie ~ Mr. b9 still gets more interesting every day.

You're right, jellybean. This is a very nice interview with Jeri. She's certainly well spoken.