Jeri Thompson: I'm no trophy wife

[Saguaro]

WASHINGTON - Jeri Thompson, wife of GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson, shakes off the "trophy wife" label critics have tagged her with for being 24 years younger than her husband.

"It's hard not to be defensive," she told People magazine in her first solo interview. "To think back on how hard you've worked, and all anybody thinks about is that you're a trophy wife."

In a story for Monday's issue, Thompson said: "I almost think they had to fabricate that trophy-wife stuff because there's nothing interesting to say."

Jeri Thompson is a Naperville, Ill., native who has worked for the Republican National Committee, on Capitol Hill, and at a public relations-lobbying firm.

Thompson, 41, says she met her future husband at a Nashville supermarket on July 4, 1996, a few years before she moved to Washington. To hear her tell it, the then-U.S. senator from Tennessee was standing in line with a can of beanie weenies and half a premade tuna fish sandwich.

"I looked at him and just said, 'I'm so sorry,'" Thompson says, adding that he carried her groceries to the car, and she invited him to a friend's party that night.

Years later, she tells People: "I was never an older-man-dater kind of girl before."

They married in June 2002, and have a daughter, Hayden, who turns 4 in October, and a son, Samuel, approaching 1.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_po/jeri_thompson;_ylt=Alnebzto5eVgcLco9cMXnD.yFz4D

[sparks]

Thompson, 41, says she met her future husband at a Nashville supermarket on July 4, 1996, a few years before she moved to Washington. To hear her tell it, the then-U.S. senator from Tennessee was standing in line with a can of beanie weenies and half a premade tuna fish sandwich.

"I looked at him and just said, 'I'm so sorry,'" Thompson says, adding that he carried her groceries to the car, and she invited him to a friend's party that night.

Am I missing something? What was she sorry for?

[Saguaro]

Good line,I guess

[Lone Laugher]

What a lovely story. Isn't Hayden a good stripper name?

[Saguaro]

I would think that Aroara Dawn would be better :D

[Kurtz]

I learned this from Cookie Parker:

Strippers take as their first name the name of their dog
and for their last name the name of the street they live on.

Cookie told us that, or somethin' like that. :lol


FTR, Cookie's a smart cookie, not a stripper. :D

[The Q]

I think Boom Boom is good.

ADQ

[sparks]

I learned this from Cookie Parker:

Strippers take as their first name the name of their dog
and for their last name the name of the street they live on.

Cookie told us that, or somethin' like that. :lol


FTR, Cookie's a smart cookie, not a stripper. :D


My hubby used to work with a gal named Talona Starks. I always thought that would be a good name for a stripper. It was hard for me to hear the name without cracking up for some reason! :rofl

[Lone Laugher]

"Buddy Whidbey"? Wouldn't lead to a full garter around here.

[Rockin Rodney]

Am I missing something? What was she sorry for?

Probably thought he was down & out? I hate to think how many times as a young punk out on my own that Bologna or PB & Jelly was the event of the day! Thank God the Navy showed me what it was like to grow up or who knows, hell I may have turned into a Liberal????????????????????????????????

[Yellowdogtexan]

I am not sure which GOP wife is worse. Evidently Jeri Thompson is calling the shots on the Grampa Fred team and has fired a number of key professionals. Judy Giulani is also making most of the calls for Rudy's campaign and has evidently called Rudy more than 40 times during speeches and key meetings (i.e. the call during the NRA speech has happend 40 times before this).

[quiet man]

WASHINGTON - Jeri Thompson, wife of GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson, shakes off the "trophy wife" label critics have tagged her with for being 24 years younger than her husband.

"It's hard not to be defensive," she told People magazine in her first solo interview. "To think back on how hard you've worked, and all anybody thinks about is that you're a trophy wife."

In a story for Monday's issue, Thompson said: "I almost think they had to fabricate that trophy-wife stuff because there's nothing interesting to say."

Jeri Thompson is a Naperville, Ill., native who has worked for the Republican National Committee, on Capitol Hill, and at a public relations-lobbying firm.

Thompson, 41, says she met her future husband at a Nashville supermarket on July 4, 1996, a few years before she moved to Washington. To hear her tell it, the then-U.S. senator from Tennessee was standing in line with a can of beanie weenies and half a premade tuna fish sandwich.

"I looked at him and just said, 'I'm so sorry,'" Thompson says, adding that he carried her groceries to the car, and she invited him to a friend's party that night.

Years later, she tells People: "I was never an older-man-dater kind of girl before."

They married in June 2002, and have a daughter, Hayden, who turns 4 in October, and a son, Samuel, approaching 1.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_po/jeri_thompson;_ylt=Alnebzto5eVgcLco9cMXnD.yFz4D
i cn sympathize with thompson's plight. all i had when my wife met me was a tv and a waterbed. she thought i was sorry too. :theman :Q :drevil :rooster :zen

[toxic]

Trophy Wife, No.

Gold Digger, Yes.