Republican Thompson endorsed by ex-girlfriends

[kskiska]

But is he the sort you'd like to have a beer with?

(snip)

Thompson, 64, dated for a long time after his 26-year marriage to his first wife, Sarah Knestrick, ended in 1984. In 2002 he married Jeri Kehn, who is 24 years younger than he.

Many of his old girlfriends still adore him and hope he wins.

"I think he has a great chance of capturing the women's vote. He's majestic. He's a soft, safe place to be and that could be Fred's ticket. Women love a soft place to lay and a strong pair of hands to hold us," ex-girlfriend country music singer Lorrie Morgan told the Sunday Times.

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http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3315273

[Captain Hilts]

1. Margaret Carlson? Kelly Anne Fitzpatrick? nt

[AlCzervik]

2. is that a voting block?

[lonestarnot]

3. Got to hand it to the puglicons, they are so disgusting.

[gatorboy]

4. I vomited just a little bit in my mouth.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Those numbers don't add up unless Thompson got married at 15?

He is 64 years old, according to the article. 2007 less 64 means he was born in 1943.

His 26 year marriage ended in 1984, meaning he got married in 1958 (58 plus 26 = 84)

So, married in 1958, born in 1943 - married at 15?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

7. 16 or 17

Born in 42, married in 59. (per Wikipedia, anyway)

[City Lights]

6. "Adore him?"

:puke: He gives me the creeps.

[Smooth Operator]

13. ah yes

they want him to be president but they didn't think enough of him to marry him. Plus you don't elect someone because they're a fucking teddy bear.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Why is this important for us to know? What about all the other candidates' ex-wives

and old girlfriends/boyfriends? This is weird.

[blueknight]

9. LOL

lorrie morgan slept all over nashville for years. and a country music singer endorsing a rethug? did anyone seriously think ANY country music singers would ever endorse a dem? with the exception of course of the dixie chicks

[TwilightGardener]

11. And Tim McGraw/Faith Hill--both Democrats.

[shain from kane]

14. One of her husbands drank himself to death. What she had couldn't cure him of alcoholism.

[Bucky]

18. Mee fucking yow.

The angels of your better nature know that was an irrelevant thing to say.

[Bake]

27. That was Keith Whitley

A terrific talent, and former bluegrasser. He was pals with Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill, both of whom have roots in bluegrass. Whitley's death from alcohol poisoning was so tragic and unnecessary.

Bake

[tanyev]

10. No fair! Hillary, Edwards and Obama don't have any ex-spouses to endorse them!

:cry:

[TwilightGardener]

12. Guess they should have fucked up their personal lives a little more--

what a crazy universe. GOP (family values party) horndogs with exes get credit for their past behavior, and staid, faithful long-married candidates--well, who cares about them?

[Libby2]

15. Oh brother, that stupid ass Lorrie Morgan

is out of her fucking mind.

[Canuckistanian]

16. "He's majestic" Great, all we need is another candidate with a "King" complex

So where does Fred stand on the burning issue of the Divine Right of Kings?

[Bucky]

17. Brilliant move, Fred! The only way Giuliani can top this is....

if he gets all his ex wives, all his former mistresses, both of his estranged children, and half the wise guys he's put away to come out and endorse him. That would totally checkmate Thompson.

[Missy Vixen]

19. Okay, I think breakfast is about to revisit

>Women love a soft place to lay and a strong pair of hands to hold us," ex-girlfriend country music singer Lorrie Morgan told the Sunday Times.<

Really, Lorrie?
That's more information than I needed.

Julie

[ComerPerro]

20. That is extremely disturbing.

[ComerPerro]

21. She just described what Republican MEN secretly long for, actually

[BlueStater]

22. Wow. A country singer and a Republican fund-raiser...

Is this supposed to impress me? :eyes:

[DKRC]

23. There's a movie with this scenario

Running Mates

Behind every good man is a good woman -- or several. Michigan governor James Pryce (Tom Selleck) is making a bid for the White House, surrounded by a telegenic wife and the three former lovers who now run his campaign. Can the last honest man in politics make it to the Oval Office? Strange bedfellows make for even stranger politics in this wicked satire. (2000)

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Running_Mates/60003275?strkid=1514428996_0_0

All these women have proved to me is that the only taste they have is in their mouth. Thompson is no Tom Selleck!

[Enrique]

24. Tweety will be jealous

they got to smell his English Leather up close.

[Javaman]

25. I wonder what Sarah Knestrick has to say, huh? nt

[politicalhumor]

26. Unlike the other Republicans in the field

At least he was unmarried when he was dating, unlike, say, Giuliani. Or Gingrich. Or McCain.

[samq79]

28. Do people really care what ex girlfriends have to say?

You've seen this guy's ghoulish face...these women dated him, and now we suddenly care about their opinions of his political acumen? I don't think they're in any position to make an accurate assessment.