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Teresa Heinz Kerry recently told the attendees of a fund-raiser in Seattle, "Nobody told me what to do," The implicit afterword: Nobody better try. The sails of the philanthropist wife of Senator John Kerry were not trimmed by November's narrow electoral defeat. Environmentalist, Heinz Kerry recently flew into Seattle on her own Gulfstream V jet direct from a conference on global philanthropy at Stanford. She talked energy-efficient building design with Seattle Art Museum boss (and old friend) Mimi Gates. Heinz Kerry is openly skeptical about results from November's election, particularly in sections of the country where optical scanners were...

Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry , D-Mass., talks with outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, at the National Building Museum, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, in Washington. Kerry, former President Clinton and others attended a tribute for McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari)

Over the years, we've heard Jesse Jackson thump his tub over his people being held in captivity for more than 400 years (not including US democrat). IIRC, when asked on several occassions to spell out the start of the time measure, he responded with the first instances of Portuguese slave traders coming down the West Coast of Africa and having evil Portuguese disturb the Eden established by black Africans.Terry Kerry's family in Mozambique were part and parcel of the Portuguese colonial apparatus in Portuguese black Africa. Her father held senior status. Her family must have owned African slaves in Africa...

(passing along an interesting note I recently received... as if we in Freeper-land really need another reason NOT to vote for Kerry) Maria Teresa Thiersten Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry Just few notes on Mrs. John Kerry (She hates being called that, by the way!) Maria Teresa Thiersten Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry. Married to Senator Kerry in 1995, she only took his name eighteen months ago. She is an interesting paradox of conflicts. I thought John Kerry was scary, but he doesn't hold a candle to his wife ... Maria Teresa Thiersten Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry was born in Mozambique, the daughter of a...

Sen. John Kerry made the phone call to Sen. John Edwards late Monday night, after sharing the news of his decision with his wife, Terry Kerry, his vice presidential vetter, Jim Johnson, and campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill. Johnson then facilitated the phone calls to everyone else involved. Surprisingly, Kerry was adamant about making the announcement without Edwards being present, an oddity in modern politics, even for a man such as Kerry obsessed with public image. The Kerry campaign spun Edwards' absence from the Tuesday morning announcement by first claiming that it was no big deal (Edwards did a phoner...