Nice Picture Of Fred Thompson And His Daughter

[DemocratSinceBirth]

My bad... That's his wife...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. god ordained all old rich men could have young pretty wives

:rofl:


or some such thing

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I Like Him On Law And Order

But he would be beyond scary as a president...

[Justyce]

33. He was pretty damned scary on L&O...

he'd be TERRIFYING as pres...

(I couldn't stand him on L&O -- I like the other DA, what was his name - Adam?)

[mediawatch]

2. some would consider Fred lucky

Looks like he lost wait too. I wonder if he is going to run for president?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. weight not wait.

[mediawatch]

10. right, thanks

I got caught up in the moment

[ccpup]

15. some would consider Fred

their Grandpa.

Doesn't negate the ick factor of him boffin' a teenager who goes out without a bra in her nightie.

[mediawatch]

27. well if I looked that good in my "nightie"

I would go out without a bra.

I don't see the ick factor, but that is just me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. i frequently go without a bra. no pointing attacking her. its not she who is running for president.

my boobs hold up well on their own and i dont like to wear bras just because its the ladylike thing to do.

[mediawatch]

40. glad to hear your boobs

hold up well. My boobs are ok too:-)
its the bottom half that keeps me home

[ccpup]

44. give me a break

It was said in good fun and in the spirit of the OP which was, lest you forget, humorous in nature. The main thing that pisses me off about DU sometimes is that people take things SOOOOOOOOOOOOO seriously! Geez, people, lighten up! Not everything is doom and gloom, you know?

It's downright exhausting these days doing the PC Two-step so as to not trod on anyone's hypersensitive, "I'm offended by (fill in the blank)" toes.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

46. wait so you are whiny and exhausted because i am the one who is hypersensitive?

:rofl:

[ccpup]

56. I gotcha

different strokes for different folks, I guess. :shrug: If I didn't have things to do with my day, I'd find this kind of back-and-forth, slightly argumentative discussion interesting. But I do so I don't.

[NewJeffCT]

30. she's like 40

hardly a teenager...

[noamnety]

60. by "boffing a teenager" you of course mean

being married to a 40 year old woman. :eyes:

[Clark2008]

22. Yes - he's making his announcement on July 4.

:puke:

[NewJeffCT]

4. You do know...

if we bring up the age difference between Thompson & his wife, Republics will shoot back with the difference between Ted Kennedy & his wife, Chris Dodd & his wife, Dennis Kucinich and his wife, etc, etc.
It's not like male politicians have never had wives that were much younger before Thompson came along.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. None Of Those Guys Are Going To Be President

I'm trying not to make a value judgment as "love is blind" but all the serious Democratic candidates have spouses roughly the same age...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. well when we do it , its just loose hollywood morals.

(in fairness, i judge large difference of age/power harshly in all cases)

[NewJeffCT]

20. I know, it's a double standard

If a Republican had an affair before today, they can write it off as a youthful indiscretion. Meanwhile, if a Democrat even looked at another woman in high school, it's a sign of a serious moral failure.

I don't look at all big age differences in a harsh light, but I will admit I'm a bit skeptical.

And, I guess since you judge age differences harshly, I'll have to give up my dream of you being my trophy wife! :evilgrin:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. Can You Imagine

if Edwards , Obama, or HRC were on their third marriage and marriage #3 was a trophy spouse?

The press would be making lots of hay out of it...

[Pyrzqxgl]

70. Can we go back to talking about boobs again?

I'm a guy, I'm 68 and mine are nothing to write home about.
The biggest boobs however are those Republican candidates
and the one in the White House.

[babylonsister]

8. Who cares? nt

[Dhalgren]

25. Right on, sister. Who cares?

And besides, it isn't like she is a "teenager" - she's in her forties for sake of the gods! At some point the age difference just doesn't matter. And, again, as you said, who cares?

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. This thread has a touch of "been there, done that" to it....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1023119

My response to this sort of conversation is "Who gives a shit?"

But that's just me

[China_cat]

11. Why did she wear her nightgown for a photo op?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. She Does Look Nice In It

eom

[Occulus]

61. I think I saw that cut and fabric

as a curtain for an alcove in a funeral home once....

She wears it well.

[Beelzebud]

13. Funny how Republicans hate hollywood, yet vote actors into office.

It's amusing watching Joe Scarbourough drool over Fred Thompson and then have a Hollyweird segment on after the following break, to tell us how deranged and sick people from hollywood are. :D

[goddess40]

14. We get it Fred, you're pro-life

but did you have to marry a fetus to prove it?

[mondo joe]

16. OMG! He married The Little Mermaid???

[momster]

29. The Levitating Mermaid

That's how she gets around out of the water....

[murray hill farm]

17. Looks more like grandaughter!!!!!!!!

What is the age difference?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. I Think Thirty Three Years...

eom

He's 64 and she's 31 or thereabouts...

[Clark2008]

23. She's 40.

She was born in 1967.

[KoKo]

50. And....she's a Lawyer....She just happens to look like the Lil' Mermaid....

:eyes:

[ozymandius]

18. It's true. n/t

[Clark2008]

21. Fred and "Daughter" Thread No. 2,465,000

:boring:

It's a little old, now, people.

[Double T]

26. Smokin' HOT First Lady!

[noamnety]

31. There are other websites I could log into for this.

what is with the war on women among the so-called human rights activists lately?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. I Haven't Commented On Her Appearance Beside The Fact She's Attractive

I think older woman/younger man create a similar kind of fuss...

Just curiosity... There's a whole genre of adult movies dedicated to just that situation...

[noamnety]

37. Is calling her his "daughter" commenting on her attractiveness? (nt)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

41. I Was Merely Pointing Out The Age Difference...

Most folks have significant others of roughly the same age... I only comment on what I observe...

[noamnety]

42. Not exactly.

A comment on the age difference would be: He is X amount of years older than she is.

You were sending a slightly different message by calling her his daughter.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

47. I Was Highlighting The Dramatic Difference In Appearances..

I learned she's forty and he's sixty four but in that picture she actually makes him look much older and he actually makes her look much younger...

My take... If two people love each other than age, race, ideology, etcetera is of no moment but I am only human and my impulse is to see an attractive young woman with a not so attractive older man....

[noamnety]

58. I notice you didn't finish that sentence.

and I'm not implying you need to.

I'm just saying that I suspect the rest of that sentence is what your REAL message was; not a comment on just her appearance.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

59. If I Didn't Know Who They Were...

And saw that picture the first thought I would have is "this old guy is with this really attractive younger woman"... I'd be a bit envious...


on edit- And then my better angels would kick in I would be upset with myself for thinking another woman was as nice as the one I am currently with...

But human nature is human nature...

[noamnety]

62. and then your even BETTER angels

would kick your ass for objectifying women like that. ;)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

67. I'm Not A Big Fan Of "Lookism"

or objectifying people but people "objectify" other people regardless of their gender or orientation....

[noamnety]

68. oh, absolutely

it's a matter of degrees, to some extent. But the degree of the objectification of women, that's the thing that leads some entire cultures to wear burqas, and leads other cultures to feel superior cause they don't ... while the women in those "superior" cultures aren't able to walk down the street without getting harassed.

Just let me have my ass-kicking angel fantasies, okay?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

52. its highlighting the age difference. he could have had a daughter her age.

[RebelOne]

38. Actually, I think there is a bit of jealousy among the female posters. n/t

[noamnety]

39. Ohhhh, you nailed it.

We're jealous that random strangers don't feel entitled to comment on every aspect of our bodies.

Oh, wait, they do.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

45. what shade of green are you? i am currently a shiny emerald tone

with some specks of jade.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

43. not so much.

on edit: i am very happy with my looks and my choice of a peer partner.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

49. Me Thinks Some Of The Men Are Envious Too

But I would have a hard time being married to someone whose world view is probably diametrically opposed to mine...

[Clark2008]

54. Jealousy?

I think the jealousy here is found in the men who can't get a woman who looks even half as good as 40-year-old Jeri, but I digress.

Speaking for my female self, I'm not a bit jealous of Jeri's looks. I couldn't care less. My husband thinks I'm beautiful. My kids love me. I'm happy.

I'd like to have her money, though, so I could stay at home with my kids instead of having to slave their lives away at work.

The problem many of the female (and some male) posters have here is that some of you males seem to disregard Jeri's personal accomplishments because she has blonde hair and boobs. The woman isn't stupid. She's a media consultant for a high-powered DC firm. She has her own money and didn't need the likes of Fred Thompson in order to live quite well.

She's not a "child" bride. She's not a "gold-digger." She's not any of those degrading things many men use to describe women who seek to marry older men. I know Fred Thompson and, despite what you all may want to believe, the man is rather charming. I can see where a woman in her 40s might find him attractive in that manner, despite his less-than-appealing external features.

If we want to complain about Fred Thompson, then we need to be concentrating on his actions and not his wife. His wife will HELP him in his presidential bid amongst the very group of people we need to attract in order to flip some purple states and win the Electoral College - and that group would be white male swing voters.

Lastly, this is probably the 10th or 12th time this has been posted. It's getting rather old and stinking up the joint, particularly when the left has Ted Kennedy, Dennis Kucinich and Keith Olbermann - all of whom are married to or dating women many years their junior. It's, frankly, hypocritical.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

48. my comments on this thread isnt directed towards women.

i find these large differences in age, to come with power inequalities. especially given that men have more power in society to begin with. its because we live in a sexist society that this is considered normative behavior.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

51. Maybe As Power Becomes Equalized There Will Be More "Trophy Husbands"

And maybe I'm being jaundiced in denying the possibility they really love each other...

I just posted the photo because it was striking not for any deep social relevance...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

53. maybe, it will but i doubt it will be any time soon.

and i doubt it will be considered normative.

on edit: there is a striking differnce in attractiveness.

[NewJeffCT]

66. I think you're right

I think if power were more equalized, I still don't think you'd see a rush of older women looking hot young stud males. It might become a bit more common, but I still think the majority of relationships where there was a large age gap would be between an older man and a younger woman.

Odd thing - my 2nd wife is about 5 years older than my ex (first) wife, though she's still a couple of years younger than me.

[shimmergal]

71. Yes. The day when physically unattractive

sixtyish FEMALE politicians have drop-dead-gorgeous 40-yr-old husbands, maybe we can stop showing our disdain in threads like this.

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[noamnety]

55. calling women whores is against DU rules.

Assuming that because a woman is built a certain way, she is a whore is offensive for many reasons, and blatantly sexist.

[zbdent]

63. I'm talking dancer ...

isn't that where "family values Republicans" usually pick up their second (third?) wives?

[noamnety]

65. She's a lawyer not a stripper.

quit judging women by the size of their chest. It's offensive and ignorant.

[Czolgosz]

34. Why is she wearing a negligee? Is this a take you daughter to work day slumber party?

[Octafish]

36. They used to at Plato's Retreat.

Ask John Bolton. He saw what was going on.

Plato's Retreat sex club customer and voyeur John Bolton

[flpoljunkie]

57. A more recent photo...

Actor and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., talks with his wife, Jeri, at a fundraiser in Richmond, Va., Saturday, June 2, 2007. Thompson took the first formal step toward a widely expected bid for the presidency, establishing a preliminary campaign committee on Friday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Interesting, Yahoo has evidently removed the above "mermaid" photo from May 1, 2006, from their file of Fred Thompson photos, and replaced it with the more recent photo above. She was evidently pregnant in the "mermaid" photo, as their second child was born in 11/06.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson

Thompson married Jeri Kehn on June 29, 2002 at First Congregational United Church of Christ, Naperville, Illinois, having first met her on July 4, 1996. Kehn (born January, 1967) is an attorney and a political media consultant at the Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, and McPherson law firm in Washington, D.C. She had formerly worked for the Senate Republican Conference and the Republican National Committee.

In March 2003, Thompson was featured in a commercial by the conservative group Citizens United that advocated the invasion of Iraq, stating: "When people ask what has Saddam done to us, I ask, what had the 9/11 hijackers done to us -- before 9/11."

In October 2003, Fred and Jeri Thompson had their first child, Hayden Victoria Thompson. A second child was born to them in November, 2006.

[flpoljunkie]

77. Mrs. Fred Thompson was actually 3 months pregnant in the "mermaid" photo.

Interesting, Yahoo has evidently removed the above "mermaid" photo from May 1, 2006, from their file of Fred Thompson photos, and replaced it with the more recent photo above. She was evidently pregnant in the "mermaid" photo, as their second child was born in 11/06.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson

Thompson married Jeri Kehn on June 29, 2002 at First Congregational United Church of Christ, Naperville, Illinois, having first met her on July 4, 1996. Kehn (born January, 1967) is an attorney and a political media consultant at the Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, and McPherson law firm in Washington, D.C. She had formerly worked for the Senate Republican Conference and the Republican National Committee.

In March 2003, Thompson was featured in a commercial by the conservative group Citizens United that advocated the invasion of Iraq, stating: "When people ask what has Saddam done to us, I ask, what had the 9/11 hijackers done to us -- before 9/11."

In October 2003, Fred and Jeri Thompson had their first child, Hayden Victoria Thompson. A second child was born to them in November, 2006.

[mitchum]

64. Can't a DYING MAN have his fun?

[Hubert Flottz]

69. Gold gold gold fe fe fe gold gold gold fe fe fe...

The Gold Fever is where the heat in that flame comes from.

[Bombtrack]

72. Can DUers please not stoop to Freeper-level bullshit ?

she's not a teenage stripper. She's a super attractive AND educated/successful 40 year old.

As a young man I wish women wouldn't go for for the older men so often but they do. I can't bash Fred Thompson (who isn't going to win the nomination) and not bash Ted Kennedy or any other old politician with a decades younger wife or girlfriend.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

74. Amen

Some of the comments are also offensive to me because of the age difference of my parents.

[WI_DEM]

73. you're kidding! That's his wife!! What would the fundies think of that?

[Little Star]

75. What can that old geezer have to talk about with

someone that age???? I just don't get it. I dated a highly intelligent guy 10 years older than myself and there was NOTHING there but his lust for my body.

[tammywammy]

76. Since he daughter died, I think these comparisons

stoop to a level that I'd rather we didn't go to on DU.