I know that some will flame me but I find Grandpa Fred having such a young wife and babies CREEPY!

[saracat]

It is almost like he is a pedophile or something.It makes me want to barf. When it was pointed out she would be the "youngest" first lady since Jackie, if Grandpa was elected, I almost hurled.I know it isn't my business but it is how I feel. Anyone else react that way? Following is the infamous "baby eating diaphram" clip. I have no idea what the child is really eating! That is what someone posted, not me!

http://www.fredthompsonforum.com/showpost.php?p=14615&p...

[Donnachaidh]

1. actually, I find *both* he and the *princess bride* creepy

You *know* she hooked up with The Creature From the Black Lagoon (at first) just because he was *AN ACTOR*. That raises her creepy level and lowers his level to pathetic creepy. :shrug:

[saracat]

3. I would have to agree. That interview was the first I had seen of the family

and Brrr, I couldn't watch it all! Morticia and Gomez seem more normal than the Thompsons!

[iconocrastic]

58. If she's an adult, it's the character of the woman that counts, not her age.

"Pedophile" is a very nasty word. Is it true?

The woman is an adult.

How about you?

To throw these words around is to make DU look like the idiots we despise.

Besides, it's flame bait.

[saracat]

59. hey.I was not being politically correct but honest.That was my thought.

Flame bait? To say anything about a republican? I think not.

[iconocrastic]

66. No, you weren't being honest

But that's your choice.

To say "anything" about you opponent is on the same level as Joe McCarthy.

Again, your choice.

[saracat]

67. Whaaat? I don't get it. Sorry.

[Adelante]

2. I don't care

People's private lives are private as far as I'm concerned, as long as there is no child abuse.

[Poll_Blind]

4. I could care less who a person chooses to fall in love with. n/t

PB

[rodeodance]

5. that says it for me.

[saracat]

7. Thankfully Republicans see this differently Maybe Fred should be their nominee!

Do you think the GOP will find Fred offputting for this? Just wondering.

[Poll_Blind]

15. I have no idea how your average GOPer thinks. People who would...

...vote Bush into office twice might as well be aliens to me, as far as their thinking is concerned.



PB

[jdadd]

8. I agree also...

None of my business

[smalll]

13. I refuse to blindly assume that "marriage" = "to fall in love with"

I'm creeped out by Grandpa Fred's marriage too. And yes, I'm also a little creeped out by Dennis Kucinich's.

[saracat]

16. Dennis's doesn't 'creep ' me out.maybe because he looks younger?Dunno.

[smalll]

21. Well he does look a lot younger than Fred,

but on the other hand, Dennis' wife looks a lot younger, a lot taller and a lot "hotter" than Fred's wife.

[pnwmom]

38. Fred's wife is in her 40's, Dennis's is 29 -- so the disparity if greater

with Kucinich.

[Donnachaidh]

52. Dennis doesn't have that *rode hard, put away wet* look that Thompson has

There's an energy to him that's hard to describe. But you can even see it in photos of him. He's retained a bit of his *inner child* qualities. And whle some may be creeped out by him, if I had to choose which man I'd talk to, based on their looks, it would definitely be Dennis. Yeah, he's short, and not classicly handsome - but he's got a positive aura about him.

Thompson looks like he needs to find a dark bar somewhere where he can drown his sorrows. ick.

[ShortnFiery]

6. I'll admit it saracat ... it sort of creeps me out too.

:blush: But it's not our gig. Still, I'm creeped out man! :P

[saracat]

9. I "know'I am not supposed to be but damn, it was an instant gag reflex!

I should add it isn't ALL May/December matches that revolt me. Just this one!

[Justyce]

10. Regardless of his age, the thought of anyone

having to actually have sex with him is disgusting! Makes my skin crawl.

[Withywindle]

14. That's where my grossout lies.

There are plenty of sexy older men out there. He ain't one of them. :puke:

Of course, I don't think that kind of "beauty" that she has is very attractive either. Too fake. Elizabeth Kucinich is beautiful. Michelle Obama is beautiful. Mrs. Faketits Golddigger here, not so much. (I'm a woman so I think maybe I can say that.)

[JuniperLea]

20. MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!!

I'm not supposed to get creepy words in them!!!

[EST]

11. I have to have sympathy for Freddie-fred-fred.

There was a time when I hooked up with this woman who was so smoking hot that it just oozed out all over the place. She loved bar hopping and I hated it. One of the reasons was that right in front of me--I was a mountain man, late twenties, six-four and two fifty--guys would come up and hit on her. Constantly.
It was a royal pain in the ass and the major reason the relationship lasted no longer than it did.
I can only imagine the number of times guys have hit on Fred's "daughter!"
It would have to affect his choice of associates and assistants and how long they stayed around.

[valerief]

12. Yeah, creepy for them. Dennis Kucinich, on the other hand, doesn't seem creepy at all. nt

[incapsulated]

17. Dennis is more "wtf??"

Because it's not the first time he scored a babe.

I mean really.... hung like a horse, wtf???

:crazy:

[valerief]

18. He's gotta have something. He does say all the right things to us

citizens. Maybe he says all the right things to his "womens" too.

[saracat]

22. Really? Who else was a Dennis "babe" ?

[eagler]

19. He still be creepy if was single

[saracat]

23. True Dat!

[KoKo]

24. That's His Lifestyle and why would YOU of all people DENY him that Right?

Kind of hypocracy isn't it? :shrug:

[saracat]

26. I am not "denying' him the right.Am I not allowed to think he is creepy?

He can live however he wants.I don't begrudge him that right.I just have a knee jerk reaction to him and his family.So.Is that not allowed? Do I have to think they are marvelous?

[...of J.Temperance]

25. "It's almost like he's a pedophile or something", not really no

Many older men have younger wives and girlfriends....Fred Thompson's wife is over the Age of Consent, she's a fully developed adult woman....therefore, I see no comparison whatsoever to Fred Thompson "almost" like being a pedophile....pedophiles are attracted to children, usually children under the age of 12 years-old.

Not that I like the man politically, but at least he didn't dump his first wife ala The Ghoul Rudy Guiliani (well Rudy dumped two wives as we know)

I believe that Fred Thompson was married to the first Mrs. Thompson for a great many years, and then she died....and then he began seeing this whatshername, who became his second wife.

Regardless of politics, he DOES have a right to find happiness again and have the added happiness of young children, and I don't think this is creepy in the slightest, and it really ought not to even be an issue.

If some people don't like what I've just commented, then tough....sometimes plain old common decency should be displayed.

[saracat]

29. That was a very nice civil post.I did say I thought I might get flamed.And I agree with you.

But my viceral reaction is what I stated.I can't help it.

[...of J.Temperance]

32. I try to be polite

It was just the "almost like a pedophile" bit that bothered me some.

I wasn't flaming you per se.

[saracat]

33. I didn't think you were.Thank you.

[...of J.Temperance]

54. Cool :) n/t

.

[spooky3]

40. Is the thought of a female candidate in her 60s married to

a man in his 40s creepy/disturbing/whatever?

If people can HONESTLY answer that they would not have any reaction to that pairing because the candidate's personal life is none of their business, great. But I suspect a lot of people who say that would react differently to the reversed roles, and if that's the case, a sexist principle, rather than a "none of my business" principle may be what's guiding the reactions.

[saracat]

42. In my case, I guess it depends on the couple. As I stated, Dennis doesn't creep me out but

Fred does? Why? I am not sure. I wouldn't have any problems with a female candidate in her 60's married to a man in his 40s depending on what they were like. In the case of, I think it wa Kay Ballard, in her 70's or 80's and in a wheelchair marrying the guy in his 30's? He was obviously a hustler.I may not be remembering this correctly. That was wrong because she was being taken advantage of.

[Withywindle]

48. I feel that way too

re: Dennis vs. Fred, and my reasoning is equally visceral and not rational. Why? Because personally I find Fred sexually repulsive, whereas I personally find Dennis kind of cute and I'd probably do him 'cause I bet it would be fun.

It's a personal judgment based on looking at the situation from the woman's point of view.

Has nothing whatsoever to do with making a judgment on the people involved, because I'm not them, and they're all consenting adults, so who are we to say that these kinds of happiness are OK and these other kinds aren't?

But I might make a mean-spirited joke here and there because sometimes I'm just mean. Especially about right-wing Republicans. :evilgrin:

[...of J.Temperance]

55. Listen, in 30 years time, when I'M 60 years old

I'm totally planning on being a horny old gal, so yeah....when I'm 60 years-old, I'll be keeping my eyes fully peeled so I can pull some cute 30 year-old fellow and some cute 40 year-old fellow!

I have VERY little morals where sex is concerned, but you know, it's fun....and I'm counting on it still being fun when I'm 60 years-old :)

So, you see, no I'm not sexist, I have no problem at all when the roles are reversed....and it's really none of mine nor anyone elses business what two consenting adults are doing to each other in the bedroom, or the bathroom, or the kitchen, or the garage, or outdoors at night....

[monmouth]

27. I'd have to be drunk to be with that ole man....lol.

[ShortnFiery]

60. Oh, not only drunk but he'd have to be throwing money at me and gifts galore ...

and still I'd have to probably take an extra shot of tequila before ... ugh! :puke:

On second thought, there ain't enough money or booze in the world for me to do THAT. :yoiks:

[Bitwit1234]

28. The link is gone.

[saracat]

30. I guess they didn't like the comments about what it seemed the baby was eating! And those were from

repugs not me, and I think tasteless.

[bluedog]

31. I'll say it.they BOTH creep me out! n/t

[noamnety]

34. I find it creepy to imply that sex with an adult woman is pedophilia.

Adult women are not children.

And I find it creepy that someone on DU would link to a post on another site that mocks the size of a candidate's wife's vagina. WTF at that. Glad to see they pulled that post from that site, sorry to see our standards are apparently as low or lower than theirs. I've seen it linked here twice now.

[saracat]

35. I didn't read the site.I pulled this from the other post.I thought it was Fred's site?

Thats what is says on the banner. Hmm.

[noamnety]

41. possibly his forum, and a troll post

The commentary there and more disturbingly here on DU both involved the mandatory commentary on the size of her vagina. Welcome to DU. :eyes:

[NMMNG]

36. Wow

Um, no. I don't react that way. AFAIC if they're both consenting adults I don't care about age differences, racial differences, gender, ethnicity, religion or whatever. But that's just me. :shrug:

[LoZoccolo]

37. Women are jealous of younger women. Men are jealous of richer men.

Women have an interest in portraying men who like younger women as creepy.
Men have an interest in portraying women who like richer men as gold diggers.

Because life is not fair.

[Withywindle]

50. This woman has an interest in portraying women...

...who assess men by their wallets as gold diggers also.

Why? Because it reinforces the notion that women can be bought. (I respect straightforward sex workers a lot more than women who play games to get a husband who can buy them a Lexus and a McMansion.) Because it tells men they don't have to work on being good companions, they just have to get rich by any means necessary. (I'd rather drink Old Styles with a wise and kind and funny guy than Dom Perignon with a mean and greedy workaholic bore.) Because it tells women they don't have to be self-sufficient and ambitious and find meaningful work in their own right, they just have to have perfect teeth and fake tits.

[Donnachaidh]

53. hogwash

Creepy + creepy is creepy times two.

[madrchsod]

39. really the age difference is`t that great

what the whole deal is about that she is very nice looking for her age and he`s not. if she was just average or he carried his age well then there would`t be a big deal at all.

[saracat]

43. Isn't there over a 30 year difference?

[madrchsod]

45. 24 or 25 years

she was born in 66 and he was born in 42

[saracat]

61. still a lot of years betwen them.He could definately be he father.Under some scenarios her

grandfather but that would be a stretch!

[Debi]

44. I'll let my husband (who is 25 years my senior) that he's 'like a pedophile'

or something :eyes:

[madrchsod]

46. you`d be a graverobber?

:rofl: sorry could`t resist

[Debi]

47. I prefer geezer-lover

:loveya:

[saracat]

49. I'll bet your hubby is nothing like Fred!

[marlakay]

51. Its not politically correct but I agree

not real into the old man young woman thing, but its just my opinion thinking that women like that, like Larry Kings wife just want someone either famous or with money.

I mean could they really want sex with these guys, be real!!!

[AlCzervik]

56. doesn't bother me at all, a Newt Gingrich leaving his cancer stricken wife--yeah

that kind of thing really bothers me, Rudy cheating on his second wife and then being a douche through the divorce---very bothersome.

[MadHound]

57. No, I'm much more creeped out by his policies and positions

A younger spouse, nah, not at all. It is their business, and I really am not bothered by it. I've known many couples with age disparity that is as large or larger and really find it to be no big deal.

[onenote]

62. I think the OP reveals more about the poster than about Thompson

"almost like a pedophile" -- geez, get a grip.

I can't imagine what you think of John Conyers. After all, he married Monica Esters when he was 61 and she was 26. THey've had two kids. He's now 78 years old and she's 43. He looks his age, she looks pretty good.

Does that creep you out too?

Personally, I say more power to him.

[saracat]

63. No It doesn't.I said it depends on the couple.All December/May unions don't bother me.There is just

something about the Thompsons. The Conyers look fabulous. Nothing creeps me out about them. I don't know what it is about the Thompsons.I should add Larry King creeps me out too!

[onenote]

64. well, if Thompson creeps you out standing all by his lonesome

I can understand that. But suggesting that his creepiness is related to the fact that he has a younger wife doesn't make much sense to me.

For what its worth, I was always creeped out at the idea of Bush I and Babs...thought she looked like his grandmother.

[saracat]

65. Actually he and his wife together AND apart creep me out.I agree about the Bushes as well!

[2rth2pwr]

68. Odd how Edwards and some of his supporters

can be so judgmental of peoples lifestyles that are a bit different from their own.

Shrum recalls asking Edwards at the outset of that campaign, "What is your position, Mr. Edwards, on gay rights?"
"I'm not comfortable around those people," Edwards replied, according to Shrum. He writes that the candidate's wife, Elizabeth, told him: "John, you know that's wrong."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301499_pf.html



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