Jenna Bush to Get Married, Fred Thompson Embraces "Fair Tax"

One of President George W. Bush's daughters has announced she is getting married.  Jenna Bush announced the engagement between her and Henry Hager of Virginia.  No wedding date has been announced.

Jenna was voted 17th most eligible bachelorette in Britain's FHM magazine. When choosing the most eligible bachelorette, voters had to take "wealth and looks" into consideration.  Her finance's dad is Chairman of the Virginia Republican Party, and former Virginia lieutenant governor and U.S. Education Department assistant secretary, John H. Hager.

In other political news, Fred Thompson has announced should he become President, his first mission would be to "enact a fundamental overhaul of the tax code that makes it fairer, simpler, and more pro-growth."

Thompson is yet to officially declare his candidacy for 2008 US President. 

Thompson mentioned that there are a "number of ways to do that," and he said the "principles and ideas found in the Fair Tax are a good place to start."

The Fair Tax -- a national retail sales tax designed to replace the income tax system and all payroll taxes -- has the support of five declared Republican presidential candidates and one Democrat (former Sen. Mike Gravel).

Thompson, in an Aug. 10 letter to the national FairTax campaign, said it's time for Congress to begin "a serious consideration of real fundamental tax reform rather than nibbling around the edges."

FairTax said it welcomes the support of Republicans like Thompson as well as that of Democrats, Independents, and Americans who have given up on political parties.

"Wresting control of the tax system away from an army of Washington, D.C., tax lobbyists requires the kind of grassroots wildfire the FairTax campaign is producing," said Ken Hoagland of FairTax.org.

Fred Thompson is currently listed with 4 to 1 odds of becoming the next President of the United States at Sportsbook.com (see website here).

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Christopher Costigan, Publisher, Gambling911.com

Originally published August 16, 2007 3:47 pm ET