Fred Thompson Flies First Class From RNC, Wife Sits In Coach

Washington Post:

A star-spangled Fred Thompson, the former presidential candidate, and his wife, Jeri, flew back from St. Paul to Washington today -- he in first class, she in coach; he in a red, white and blue top hat, she hatless.
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Nothing says 'convention' like a huge, American top hat.

Thompson, who spoke Tuesday night at the GOP convention, was spotted at the gate of his Northwest flight in the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport wearing a "huge" American flag-themed top hat, according a reliable Sleuth informant who took the same flight. You know the hat, the kind you often seen on the floor at political conventions -- like this one.

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Comments

[guntotinganglion]

Isn't Fred "Foghorn Leghorn" Thompson one of the Hollywood elite? I say I say I say...chickenhawk!

[JiminNC]

She's lucky he let her fly at all. She knew when she married republican that walking behind her man was one of the deals.

[the964kid]

She married an a** hole, and she should have known better. Im sure she wasn't surprised by this extremely budget move of Fred Thompson.

[jcwtts1]

he's tall and first class is expensive. As a guy who is 6'5, I understand the issue.

J

[BPCentrisAmerican]

I thought that was daughter, anyway that's about par for the course for these people.

[redsongia]

That's lame. Fred is super tall. I'm short, myself and if I fly on some airlines, like alaska air, the first class seats are bigger but they don't recline like other first class seats and my feet don't touch the ground.

I'm voting Obama, and I don't intend to hold this against Fred, just cause his booty is bigger than his wife's and he needs the space.

[rollingdivision]

We need more coverage of the repugs like this.

[Daly]

Wow

This sounds just like an American version of the Taliban the zealots are coming out in force bolstered by the American version of suppression of everything and everybody that is not religiously aligned with them.
Nothing else matters all explaining the lowest common denominator educational focus of these people.
They advocate women having no control over their own bodies, soon the burkas will be fashionable already they are offended by books like Harry Potter. Ignorance embraced by the fans of buybull over science because freedom of thought, self, respect honor truth, faithfulness and so on is not needed or wanted. Not one commandment is sacred to them.

[rabprevent]

ins't that the repulbinc motto, women are not bright and they belong in the back of the bus!

that is why mccain thinks they do not deserve to make eaul pay for equal work with women and voted against the bill.

VOTE NO TO MCCAIN AND ALL HIS CRONIES!!!!!!!!!!!

[commissaris]

His radical Islamic slip is showing. Somebody should check his birth certificate.

[bronceye]

Keep 'em barefoot, pregnant and flying coach.

[londongal]

Please tell me, Huffpost, how this help Democrats stay focused on what's important in this election?

[IkeChicago]

If you don't think this says something about Thompson, then I think you need to reexamine your value system. WHO THE HELL SAYS ANYTHIN ABOUT ELECTION. Is our value system all about the elections.

Man abuses his wife, what does this have to do with the elections.

Man beats his wife, what does this have to do with the elections.

Right

[londongal]

IkeChicago:

Your point is well noted, but I just don't see the longterm value of these types of postings. Whose minds do they change? No one is going to hesitate pulling the lever for McCain because of Fred Thompson's travel preferences.

Dems need information that'll help win this damned election. IMO, this doesn't do anything to sway people one way or another, hence the low number of comments.

[JimR]

Who said Thompson abuses his wife? No one.

Who said Thompson beats his wife? No one.

Nobody even knows why they sat in different section. Maybe it was HER idea for him to sit in the bigger chair, ever think of that?

Usually it's Republicans who spread these types of lies. Don't be like them.

[surfcitysteven]

It is just an extension of the redneck pickup truck rule, "Women and children sit in the back, Man and the dog, sit up front."

[TexasDem0]

Is that part of the "Republican Family Values" I keep hearing about?

[littlepuffycloud]

Senator Phlemmy Leghorn knows 'the little woman' wouldn't want him to be uncomfortable, so of course he'd leave her back with the common folk.