There has been some discussion over the past few months about political trophy wives in the media, specifically Fred Thompson’s wife, Jeri Thompson, and I can’t help but add my two cents to this debate.
Jeri Thompson hails from Naperville, Illinois, not far from Wilmette. She went to DePauw University in Indiana and spent about ten years living “in sin” with a boyfriend and not doing anything particularly “career oriented”. In the late 90’s she met divorced senator Fred Thompson and they started to date. At this time Jeri was working on a website about Tennessee politics and her relationship with Fred catered nicely to this venture. He is 64 and she is 40. They were married in 2002 and he is now running for the presidency.
First and foremost I would like to state that I absolutely hate when people bash large age gap couples. Are they happy? Is it what they want? Good! Go mind your own business! How does her being younger affect anyone other than her and her significant ... more »
Posted: November 12, 2007 10:01 pm | 1 comment
Tags: age, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Jeri Thompson, politics, relationships, trophy wives
I didn't see the debate, but heard much about few were taking too much of air time. Chris Dodd's site had this clock and I thought it was interesting to see the visual presentation on length of time each candidates talked.
Posted: November 16, 2007 10:37 am | 0 comments
Tags: clock, debate, democrats, politics, presidential candidates, talk clock
First of all I wish to apologize for the length of time in between posts. I have several pieces in the works that I am currently editing. However tonight, after watching her speech at the Democratic National Convention, I feel impassioned to write about Hillary Clinton.
I know many people have many differing and passionate opinions about Hillary. These opinions range from the creditable to the ridiculous. Analysts pick at her pant suits, her cleavage, her spouse’s indiscretions, and, although not directly, her gender.
As a woman, it is my ardent wish to be able to point to a woman, or even better- women, and say, “I can do it. She did it.” That is why I voted for Hillary in my primary election. I want to believe that a woman is capable of being elected president, not just running for the office. I want to raise a daughter in a time where that feat has already been accomplished. I want to be paid equally. I want to be treated equally. I want to have high expectations of my talen ... more »
Posted: August 27, 2008 12:14 am | 0 comments
Tags: DNC, Hillary Clinton, politics
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The appointment of Sarah Palin has stimulated a lot of discussion about its implications for women and leadership. Yesterday Mary Shapiro was interviewed on NECN to give her reactions to the NY Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02mother.html?_r=1&ref=pol.... She had some great clips in the interview. You can see Mary's interview at http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/Will-Palin-pregnancy-affect-voters-/....
We had some very interesting discussions in preparing for this interview and processing all of our thoughts since Palin's announcement which raises many issues regarding women and leadership. I am using the new blog technology at Simmons to share some of my views. I am inviting faculty and other interested members of the SOM community (including our students)to join this discussion. I think that we can have a lively discussion that will help us all better understand how gender dynamics shape women's leadership and career opportunities.
My per ... more »
Posted: September 3, 2008 8:16 am | 8 comments
Tags: gender, leadership, palin, politics, women
Everyone's talking politics, however, I'm only hearing about Democrats and Republicans... Why aren't any other candidates being talked about? What about the various 3rd parties? I can't be the only person interested in seeing the views of the other parties. And come to think of it, the only reason I'm actually interested in hearing from the third parties was a guy on the MBTA who saw my tattered Simmons College bag and asked if I was voting and for who and I said I was undecided and he gave me a "Vote for McKinney" flyer. If you're curious, this is the state-by-state ballot access chart. It lists all the parties and marks the major ones that are available for each state. :D
Personally, I've been following the commentaries by the Green Party candidates and the Libertarian party candidate on bloggingthedebates.com which is using voterwatch.org to get all the different angles from politicians, writers, and users. It's awesome.
I love seeing all the commentaries.
Posted: October 1, 2008 8:29 pm | 1 comment
Tags: election08, politics, Simmons, what about the third parties?
sooo.. The Last Debate is tonight... and yeah I know they're showing it in I think quadside...but i'm lazy and I don't want to be a type-a-holic.
Personally, I'm going to watch via current.com and put my input in via twitter tonight....Yep, I'm gonna attempt to participate in the "Hack the Debate Project" via Current TV.
I do have something better to do(namely homework) but I think I can balance the two nicely. It's the loveliest thing about internet streaming. I don't have to watch--I can listen.
I also have to start working on my "third parties" fact sheets later so I can deliver those to the Simmons Votes committee. Because hey we have 4 other people with ballot access here in Massachusetts: Green Party's McKinney/Clemente, Libertarian Party's Barr/Root, Independent Party's Nader/Gonzalez, and Constitution Party's Baldwin/Castle.
And then over the weekend I get to continue following bloggingthedebates.com.
Posted: October 15, 2008 8:56 pm | 1 comment
Tags: election 2008, final debate night, politics
so i'm with the crowd tonight in quadside and I'm kinda involved in this. I keep occasionally looking up at the big tv... but I also have twitter open, watching the #current tag because i can't hear for beans from where I'm sitting. It's an awesome tracker and average person opinion grabber. though at the moment MOST of the people seem to be Obama supporters.
Posted: November 4, 2008 10:03 pm | 0 comments
Tags: current tv, election2008, politics
I really miss my internships during the New Hampshire primary. I got to mingle with some of the most convincing and entertaining politicians I have ever met.
This blog is not about an American Fun Fact but more of an information blog to keep my viewers interested in politics. I was reading The Phoenix over the weekend and I saw this ad for the Wang Theatre. The theater is hosting the 2009 Speaker Series that has some of the best politicians and consultants around the U.S, that come to Boston and talk about current issues that the U.S is facing.
I got really excited because one of my all time favorite people, James Carville is part of the event. He will be participating in the Speaker Series with Karl Rove and they will be debating each other. I’m excited that he will be in Boston.
Carville is on the Meet the Press on Sunday mornings at 10:30 almost every other week. I find him to be one of the best political consultants in the world. If I could have my way I would want his job. He w ... more »
Posted: March 29, 2009 8:44 pm | 1 comment
Tags: politics
