Does Teresa Heinz Trust John Kerry? If not, why should we?

Slate ^ | Dec. 2, 2003 | Timothy Noah

[Hon]

I'm surprised to see that this wasn't posted. I guess Kerry was seen as already dead in the water when it was published.

[hoosiermama]

Not on your topic, but thought you might find it interesting.

[mewzilla]

Or, to put it another way, what does the Boston Globe know that we don't...?

[plain talk]

I haven't seen all these democrat candidate spouses but I have seen Kerry's and Dean's wives and must say they would be disasters as first ladies.

[Cicero]

The only way Heinz Kerry could now give substantial money to Kerry's campaign would be to tear up her prenup and kill herself.

She's lucky she didn't marry a clinton.

[Hon]

"Or, to put it another way, what does the Boston Globe know that we don't...?"

Interestingly enough, former CNN and Boston Globe reporter, Chris Black, was hired last September to be Teresa's "handler".

[Pubbie]

"The only way Heinz Kerry could now give substantial money to Kerry's campaign would be to tear up her prenup and kill herself."

This is wonderful news. JFKerry has no way of blowing his wifes stash of cash on a futile Presidential campaign.

Kerry could be broke by the time the Primaries are over.

Good thinking Teresa!

[Peach]

Thanks for the ping. Good point about Theresa not trusting him with her money and why should we. Hah.

[Hon]

"This is wonderful news. JFKerry has no way of blowing his wifes stash of cash on a futile Presidential campaign."

There's always the possibility that he will break the law. If he did we'd probably never hear about it from the media and it would never get investigated, let alone prosecuted.

[OpusatFR]

The Ketchup Heiress and her husband, the Finishing School Debutante remind me of Marie Antoinette and Louis.

She's so condescending it makes me itch. I loved (snort) the sweater tied around her shoulders during her last ~chat.~

How very Muffy of her.

[tiamat]

Yeah, but she is NOT reaching or angling.

i think she wants to be left the hell alone, and I have no problem with that!

Tia

[Pubbie]

Maybe, but Teresa seems to have gone out of her way to keep him from touching her money.

He can't illegaly put her money in his campaign without her permission - so far she doesn't seem interested.

[yankeedame]

The only way Heinz Kerry could now give substantial money to Kerry's campaign would be to tear up her prenup and kill herself

She should be thankful she's not married to Bill Clinton.

[BartMan1]

Ditto #13...

[Rome2000]

The horse faced lib will get her money yet.

[IncPen]

From this link in the article to a WashPost story

They are in the living room of their Georgetown home, where Heinz has lived ever since her late first husband, John Heinz, came to Washington in 1971 as a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania. In the front entrance, the first things a visitor sees are two framed photos of Teresa Heinz cuddled with tall, smiling men with big heads of brown hair: In one is John Kerry, in the other John Heinz.

and this:

She still calls John Heinz "my husband" and doesn't always correct herself -- "my late husband" -- even when Kerry is around. She still wears the blue sapphire engagement ring that Heinz gave her.

There's something Clintonianly creepy about these two that screams 'marriage of convenience', or more likely, 'arranged marriage'.

[CedarDave]

Unlike many other married couples, Heinz and Kerry kept their premarital assets separate.

How true is that statement for second marriages, especially when one has very sizable assets that are brought to the marriage? I would expect that the rich partner might want to protect those from exploitation for whatever reason by his/her new spouse.

Also, isn't it true that Kerry just took a 6 million dollar loan on the mansion? If money paid on the mortgage was mostly hers, but both names were on the mortgage, that would be one way to get some campaign funds from her. However, after that I don't know.

[Hon]

"I would expect that the rich partner might want to protect those from exploitation for whatever reason by his/her new spouse."

I think that is the point of the article.

[M Kehoe]

Methinks Teresa should ask John if he has been doing the horizontal bop with Jane Fonda.

Just a suggestion.

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