Coulter Lambastes Kerry on Finances

NewsMax.com ^ | 1/29/04 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[GigaDittos]

Oh really. How do you know this?

[alisasny]

Early BIO: John Forbes Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 at a military hospital in Denver, Colo., while his father Richard Kerry, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was being treated for tuberculosis. Soon after his birth, the Kerry family returned to Massachusetts. This, however, was only a temporary residence for young Kerry, who was destined for an unusually privileged upbringing. Kerry's father, a diplomat in the Foreign Service, and his mother, Rosemary, was a member of the Boston Brahmin Forbes family, whose wealth is drawn primarily from its land holdings on Cape Cod, made certain that Kerry received the best education that their positions could afford him. Kerry was educated at Swiss boarding schools and attended an elite private school in New Hampshire, before enrolling in Yale University. More Kerry Bio here.......

Info on 1st wife:

John Kerry's stay at a Swiss boarding school and his four years at the prestigious St. Paul's college preparatory school in New Hampshire paved the way for his natural friendship with David Thorne during their freshman year at Yale University in 1962. Thorne, who grew up overseas, and Kerry were members of Yale's elite Skull and Bones society. They unknowingly vied for the same girl - the half-sister of Jacqueline Kennedy - enlisted in the Navy together and served in Vietnam. Kerry would go on to marry Thorne's twin sister, Julia, in 1970.

More info here

[alisasny]

Kerry's career focus was so intense that Thorne apparently felt she was an impediment to her husband's ambitions. In her 1994 book about that period in her life, titled "You Are Not Alone," she wrote: "I could no longer pretend I was of use to my husband or my children. ... I knew that, once I was gone, my family and friends would be relieved of the burden of my incompetency." More about Julia

[Arrowhead1952]

Moments later, when Alan Colmes complained that Coulter's description of Kerry's finances was "mean," she responded, "Nobody has contested me on the facts, I notice."

Ever notice that the RATs CANNOT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!

Never could, never will....., nothing new here.

[alisasny]

Kerrys Parents: Richard Kerry and Rosemary Forbes, married 1941. Forbes was a descendent, on her mother's side, of the Winthrops, one of the founding families of Massachusetts.

Married Teresa Heinz Kerry on May 26, 1995. Heinz had three sons from a previous marriage, John, André and Christopher Heinz.
Married to Julia Thorne from 1970 to 1982. Daughter Alexandra born Sept. 5, 1973; daughter Vanessa born Dec. 31, 1976.

[familyofman]

The headline should read, Coulter doesn't like Kerry, or his wives.

[Rummyfan]

Bump for later.

[altura]

Duba and Laura lived fairly modestly in Midland. They even had a garage sale. You can't get more middle America than that.

[Dante3]

After 12 years of "marriage" and two children Kerry gets an annulment? Does that mean they were just shacking up and his daughters are illegitimate?

[an amused spectator]

"I could no longer pretend I was of use to my husband or my children. ... I knew that, once I was gone, my family and friends would be relieved of the burden of my incompetency."

WTHF!??!!?

[finnman69]

Awesome..I would have loved to have seen this.

[finnman69]

Yes, Te-REY-ZA(Euro-elitist pronunciation she uses) made John Kerry sign a prenup. LOL

[finnman69]

more on Teresa Heinz..Hardball Interview....

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4068638/
January 26th, 2004 Hardball interview.

MATTHEWS: I‘m out of time here. I have to do one tough question.
Do you think George W. Bush deserves a second term?

HEINZ KERRY: Oh, God. You know, I don‘t think anybody really deserves to be president, if you really think of the responsibilities. But I must say, he came in with a lack of curiosity and interest about the job. And I think that the results of that was offending a lot of people around the world and really, almost seemingly, being afraid to think on the complex problems that we live in as opportunities, but rather as silos to be disposed of. And, you know, the world is really a very complex, but very interesting place. And I think you can‘t have someone who is afraid to be Socratic or is afraid to really go there, who is afraid to even make a fool of themselves, only because they‘re thinking out loud, not because they‘re not thinking.

And so I would say, Mr. President, if you want to stay there, please listen to Americans. Don‘t tell them.

[Rummyfan]

Yeah, me too! Hopefully this is just warm-up for Ann this election year.

[mattdono]

I think that you have been reading too much DU, Moby's blog, urban legend emails, or some other liberal, anti-Bush pap. Here's the run-down for you.

Bush owned his first business, which went under.

If you are talking about Harken Energy, you are totally incorrect. Harken Energy didn't go under. Bush sold his stock (at $4), the company did go through some restructuring but was still operable and a year later the stock was valued at $8.
Source: The Truth about "The Resume"

He was moved into a series of cushy figurehead positions reqyiring no personal investment other than the family name

Well, first of all, you seem to think that there is something wrong with being paid because of your name. There is nothing wrong with that. It's not illegal and apparently it pays well. Recognized figures get paid because of their name recognition.

If RLK was a recognizable name and someone wanted to pay you $500,000 (amount?) per year to promote their product or service, would you? With the only possible caveat being asked to promote something illegal, if you say no, you're a liar, an idiot, or both. Of course, you would. Everyone would.

Now, you could make the argument that it is shallow. However, that really doesn't wash either. In fact, George W Bush wasn't just a "rainmaker" as you imply. W's most well-known "rainmaker" job was with the Texas Rangers. But, as it turns out (and much to your dismay), he wasn't just a figurehead at all. Here are the facts (try not to stuggle with them too much):

"He was a constant presence in the ballpark, keeping everybody, from the ushers to the players, feeling good about the franchise. His ownership group was an ever shifting stew of between a dozen and two dozen millionaires; he spent a lot of time keeping them happy. During games he sat in a box next to the dugout, not in the normal owner’s box above. He ribbed the players, passed out autographed baseball cards of himself to fans, and shouted jokes to the managers. Bush spoke at Rotary Clubs about the glories of baseball and even made cold calls to prospective season-ticket buyers."

"He was not merely a cheerleader. He was known around baseball as an activist owner—less activist than Yankees owner George Steinbrenner or Orioles owner Peter Angelos, but more activist than most".
Source: Texas Ranger

The athletic team was greatly financed through a political deal in which the city/state confiscated the land for it. Out of an original investment of $15,000 in his first faltering business, Bush came out with tens of millions of dollars for practical purposes as gifts in return for use of the Bush name.

Incoherently wrong.

The only part that you partially got right was that there was that The Ballpark at Arlington was tax-payer financed. However, there was no land grab, as you so falsely alledged. Hold on, here's the facts:

When the Rangers moved to Texas from Washington, they were housed in a glorified minor-league ballpark, with lousy seats and few luxury boxes to generate revenue. Bush, Rose, Schieffer, and Richard Greene, the mayor of Arlington, developed a proposal to hike the city’s sales tax by half a cent to raise $135 million for the new stadium. It was put to the voters in a referendum. Bush campaigned for it, while critics called it welfare for millionaires. In the biggest turnout in Arlington history, the measure passed by 2 to 1.
Source: Texas Ranger

Additionally, tax-payer funded stadiums have been occuring since the 50s. In fact, only 1 stadium since the 50s was built WITHOUT municipal involvment and/or tax-payer money. So, there isn't anything amiss about this.
Source: The Truth about "The Resume"

Now, was the purchase of the Texas Rangers predicated on the moving from the "glorified minor-league ballpark"? Maybe. Maybe not. The fact are that:

"Revenues were $28.8 million the year before Bush and company bought the team. They were up to $62.4 million in 1993, the last year in the old stadium. But in the new park, attendance jumped by 700,000, with revenues skyrocketing to $116 million last year.
Source: Texas Ranger

I don't care what you call him, but W is a "gamer". He is not a figurehead. Rather, he is an effective executive who lets people who know how to do the job, do the job. Its really the first rule of being an effective executive: get the hell out of the way!

[tescoveee]

As a citizen of the People's Republic of Massachusetts, I'm here to say that John Kerry has a snowball's chance in hell, once the rest of the nation learns: - He married a rich wife, divorced her, and married a richer wife.
- Between wives he was a playboy and dated Hollywood starlets.
- In the 80s he voted down the development of almost every weapons system that won us wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- He also was in favor of a "nuclear freeze" in '84, and of course if he had his way we'd still have commies running half the earth.
- He was Mike Dukakis' Lt. Gov.
- He had a fire hydrant moved from the front of his wife's Beacon Hill (Boston) mansion in order for them to have an extra parking space.
- He is famous for his arrogance and the phrase "do you know who I am?"
- He came back from Vietnam and hooked up with the Fonda group, and proceded not only to protest the war but to smear his fellow soldiers with lies about phony atrocities.
- He threw his war medals over the White House fence to protest of the war....oh wait a minute..they were some other guy's medals. He now displays his own medals on his office wall.
- His voting record is more liberal than Ted K's.
- He's had more botox injected into him than Liz Taylor.
- We call him "Liveshot" around here cuz he's never met a TV camera that he didn't force his face in front of.

-tesco

[tescoveee]

If she's really anorexic then where did those great hooters come from?