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Fred Thompson wears Gucci
loafers to campaign at Iowa State Fair
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Raw
Story
Tuesday Aug 21, 2007
CNN reported on Friday that presidential non-candidate Fred
Thompson "is making it very clear that he is in fact running"
and that his appearance at the Iowa State Fair sends a "critical
signal." Thompson told CNN correspondent John King, "We're going
to be getting in if we get in."
According to CNN, Thompson is wooing the conservative wing of
the Republican Party, and much depends on whether he can convince
them "that a President Thompson would not only push for a Constitutional
amendment banning gay marriage but also press aggressively to
overturn the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights
decision."
On Sunday, however, Fox News hosts were laughing about Thompson's
appearing at the Iowa Fair in Gucci loafers. Fox's Ellen Ratner
said, "It's kind of like when Howard Dean's wife came and looked
like crunchy granola. You don't go to Iowa, or any place else
in the country, unless you're going to Rodeo Drive in Hollywood,
and wear Gucci shoes. It's just not a smart idea."
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The Gucci loafer incident has already given rise to a tempest
in the blogs. Ryan Sager, blogging at the New York Sun,
has
discovered that when Thompson ran for the Senate in 1994,
his opponent described him as a "Gucci-wearing, Lincoln-driving,
Perrier-drinking, Grey Poupon-spreading millionaire Washington
special-interest lobbyist." Pajamas Media, on the other hand,
has raised
doubts about the story, pointing out that the loafers do not
come in larger than a size 12 and Thompson wears a 13.
The following video clips are from CNN's Situation Room
and Fox's Fox & Friends, broadcast on August 17 and
19.
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