First Lady is a Tramp
Fred Thompson’s second wife does not look like your typical first lady. Let’s face it. No one wants to f*ck Laura Bush.
An article in the Sunday NYT asked whether Americans are ready for a trophy wife in the White House. The 40-year-old Jeri Kehn Thompson is roughly 45 years younger than her husband.
“You have a situation where a candidate happens to have an attractive wife, therefore it’s open season for smutty thoughts and lowbrow humor, and no concern for the fact that this is a wife and mother, a professional woman?” said Mark Corallo, chief media adviser to the Thompson campaign. “One picture on the Internet and all of a sudden she’s reduced to being a bimbo?” Hey, there’s way more than one picture of that bimbo.
In 1989, Fortune magazine was first to introduce the term “trophy wife” into the American vernacular, which referred to the younger, sexier and bustier second or third wife of a wealthy and powerful man desperately trying to prove to his friends that he is still sexually virile.
But Jeri is accomplished in her own right. She’s a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee who was hired for her looks.
According to Republican consultant Frank Luntz, however, Thompson’s wife won’t be a liability. “The spouse of the candidate matters in less than 1 out of 100 votes,” Luntz said. “It’s not relevant. It will have no impact whatsoever.” Obviously he’s not considering the HRC factor.
Karen O’Connor, an obviously unattractive political analyst, disagrees with Luntz. “I think women have an innate ‘ick’ reaction when they see a wife so much younger and vital than her husband,” O’Connor said. That’s because they’re old wrinkled hags.
But no one can deny the fact that Thompson’s a family man. I, for one, think it’s wonderful that he was at his daughter’s First Communion.
July 9th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I’d transubstantiate it.
July 9th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
You can still be considered a trophy wife at 40? Good to know.
/PL’s got what? Five more years then?
July 9th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Bridezilla?
July 9th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
My problem with her is she has no sense of style. I mean, my god woman. THAT was your wedding dress? Does your house have wheels or something? And check out that blue number in the NYT, previously posted on this site. Perfect for your next world wrestling event. Ick factor is right.
July 9th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
I just got censored. Wtf PL?
July 9th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Re: 2. lush
I’m already a trophy wife. I mean, look at me.
July 9th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Re: 6. Pink Lady
I bet your wedding dress wasn’t knee length.
July 9th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Re: 7. lush
now thats just plain ole’ mean
July 9th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Re: 8. I blogged your girlfriend
Nah. Playground politics. When they push and shove, it’s only love.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Re: 7. lush
Yeah, and I didn’t marry my dad either.
/what?!
July 9th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
She’s a trophy wife? Participant trophy maybe.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Re: 10. Pink Lady
Hey now. Only one of my ex-husband’s was old enough to be my dad.
/Oh….that wasn’t directed at me?
//Sigh. Still true.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Wasn’t Jacqueline Bouvier (sp.?) sort of a 60′s trophy wife?
July 10th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Re: 4. Don’t Mess w/ Pink
A New York Post article says the dress was a Valentino! I can’t believe I’ve spent the past 20 minutes looking at all the articles/pictures about her.
Did you know she is a lawyer, too?
What about those shoes? TTFW
July 10th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Those of us–myself included–who don’t like the dress are just jealous. It’s because we’re not married.
July 10th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Re: 14. KO
OK – maybe the dress is appropriate for a beach or garden wedding, but certainly not a musty old church with a pipe organ. Either way it’s still ugly.
July 10th, 2007 at 11:36 am
You are not supposed to show cleavage at your wedding. Although I did wear a strapless gown, nothing spilled out.
/even with a push-up bra
//still waiting to hit puberty
July 11th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Re: 16. JACK
What have ya’ll never been to the Deep South? That’s damn classy for Tenn.