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prefix (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... that Bocephus has left his rowdy friends behind to run Republican and join fellow conservatives Fred Thompson and Fred Grandy as entertainers turned lawmakers. The second generation Nashville icon spent a lot of time out on the campaign trail with Sarah Palin and has discussed his candidacy with Senate Republicans Lamar Alexander and Bill Frist. Hopefully if elected, he will...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
> MSNBC's Alex Witt and former congressman (and former Gopher ) Fred Grandy will host the series Daily Cafe on Retirement Living TV. The show is in its third season, but this will be this is the first season NBC News will be involved. The show will be a mix of news and features and will include NBC News briefs three times an hour as well as a weather report and segments for the RLTV...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... live from Washington, D.C. and New York,
the country's most influential cities, with hosts Fred Grandy in the
nation's capital and Alex Witt at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan. Fred
Grandy is a former four-term U.S. Congressional Representative from Iowa
and the former President and CEO of Goodwill Industries. Alex Witt is an
anchor and correspondent for MSNBC.
"We...
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Coyote Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
... did a Love Boat guest appearance, so there must have been two Congressmen in one TV episode (with Fred Grandy of Iowa). There may be a Fred Thompson +1 out there I can't think of. And of course there were probably some Ronald Reagan matchups, but that is before my time.
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findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... circus.” If Doherty had prevailed, it wouldn't have been the first time . Among the most famous, Fred Grandy jumped ship from his role as Gopher on Love Boat to serve in Congress representing Iowa. There’s little doubt that Sonny Bono’s fame as a national icon helped him win a House seat from California in 1994. And Ben Jones, who played Cooter the mechanic on The Dukes of Hazzard...
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findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
This isn’t the first time . Among the most famous, Fred Grandy jumped ship from his role as Gopher on Love Boat to serve in Congress representing Iowa. There’s little doubt that Sonny Bono’s fame as a national icon helped him win a House seat from California in 1994. And Ben Jones, who played Cooter the mechanic on The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, was elected to serve two terms...