If you can know a man by his enemies Fred looks pretty good

I'll let you in on a little secret. All of the attacks on Fred Thompson, even the ones being floated by his Republican rivals, have their origin in the Clinton machine. Hillary and her husband know that Fred is the man to fear and the man to beat and they and their mainstream media tools are sending out every kind of trial balloon they can think of to see what might do some damage.

In the process they are taking some care not to hit Thompson with any charge which might remind people of any of the Clinton scandals.

This is why the charge that Thompson married a "trophy wife" is so attractive to them. They know that nothing about being married to a "trophy wife" could possible remind anyone of Bill Clinton as no one imagines that Hillary is any kind of prize.