Apparently, there are some people who have a problem with the fact that Fred Thompson’s current wife is both younger than he is, and well, let’s all admit it, pretty good looking:
I don’t have a problem with the age difference. I know of many successful May-December marriages, but I do find it distasteful when a man dumps his wife of 25 years in order to trade-up to a wife that looks better on his arm, which appears, acording to rumor, to be the case here. And yes, I know that he played the field for a while in between and Jeri had to “catch” him, and maybe the wife even kicked him out for all I know but it’s difficult to deny that Jeri looks like the classic trophy wife.
Point one: Who the heck cares ?
Point two. Given a choice between a President and First Lady who looked like this:
And one that looked like this:
The choice would, I think, be rather obvious.
H/T: Andrew Sullivan
June 5th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
[...] wrote last night about some of the snide comments that are starting to be made about Fred Thompson’s wife who, admittedly, is both younger than him and better looking that pretty much the spouse of any [...]
June 5th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
She looks like a skank and Fred doesnt look much better.