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Kerry Warns Opponents Not to Attack His Wife
AP via Yahoo! ^
| May 11, 2004
| AP
Posted on 05/10/2004 6:55:46 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John
LOUISVILLE, KY. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry warned his political opponents on Monday against attacking his outspoken wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, saying, "They're going to have to go through me."
The Massachusetts senator also sought to dispel the notion he was aloof, asking one television interviewer: "Have you had a beer with me yet? I like to have fun as much as the next person, and go out and hack around and have a good time."
Worth an estimated $500 million, born in Mozambique and fluent in five languages, Mrs. Kerry can be controversial and blunt, disclosing her Botox injections, her prenuptial agreement with Kerry and the fact he was in the bathroom when he got word of his wins in Iowa and New Hampshire.
"If they want to attack her, they're going to have to go through me. I'll be the first to defend anything she does. ... She doesn't pull her punches," Kerry said in one television interview when asked if Republicans were targeting his wife.
"I think that they're foolhardy to do it, personally, because I think that she's so down to earth and so straightforward," Kerry said. "I think people who meet her love her."
Mrs. Kerry has been criticized for her outspokenness and candor, and some Republican commentators have also called on her to release her tax returns.
While she is wealthy from her marriage to former Republican Sen. John Heinz, the heir to the Pittsburgh ketchup empire, she said Sen. Kerry was not. She can only contribute the same $2,000 to his campaign everyone else can.
Kerry was able, however, to mortgage the couple's townhouse in Boston to take out a $6.4 million loan to keep his campaign afloat.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2004; africanqueen; crybaby; heinzkerry; kerry; kerrykohnkhancon; ketchupqueen; lovie; mrshowell; not2swift; schlemiel; teresaheinz; terrayzuh; yawn
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To: hole_n_one
"It's so big that Hillary could walk thru without the aid of butter and a shoehorn."
Will we still need someone holding the donut on the other side as a motivational lure?
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:06:08 PM PDT
by
HighWheeler
(def.- Democrats: n. from Greek; “democ” - many; “rats” - ugly, filthy, bloodsucking parasites.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
"They're going to have to go through me."
Now there is a statement to stike fear into one's heart
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:06:08 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
If Kerry wants her left alone then he should tell her to STFU.
To: Smartass
He He11 I would love this on my car's bumper with the kerry beside it!!!
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:06:30 PM PDT
by
Republic
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Let Lynne take her on, she rip her apart. ;-)
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:06:44 PM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(Welcome home Thomas Hamill !!!)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Kerry: "I've got three words for the Republican Attack Machine, Bring It On!"
"Unless of course they are going to mention my voting record, my record in Vietnam, my medals, my wife, my families SUVs,..."
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:07:18 PM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
hey y'll Kerry fought in Vietnam, ya know. tough guy. Did I mention he was in Vietnam?
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:07:33 PM PDT
by
Babsig
To: plain talk
"I'll attack her. She's an strange, rich, ugly bitch who should disclose her tax returns."
Heeeeeey wait a minute. You can't attack her without going through John first.
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:07:49 PM PDT
by
HighWheeler
(def.- Democrats: n. from Greek; “democ” - many; “rats” - ugly, filthy, bloodsucking parasites.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
The Massachusetts senator also sought to dispel the notion he was aloof, asking one television interviewer: "Have you had a beer with me yet? I like to have fun as much as the next person, and go out and hack around and have a good time." This is almost as stilted as Nixon's famous attempt to make small talk: "So, did you do any fornicating this weekend?"
To: F.J. Mitchell
LOL! ;-P
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:08:43 PM PDT
by
highlandbreeze
(....that others may live.)
Mrs. Kerry has been criticized for her outspokenness and candorNice try. She's not criticized for speaking out or being candid, but rather for WHAT she says.
To: opinionator
When it suits them.
To: plain talk
I'm getting sick of him attacking everyone else but then announces that no one can attack him. He is such a little prick. He is pulling a Hillary Clinton. They are so tough until they start receiving some of their own medicine, then they cry like a baby about being attacked. They can't have it both ways. Oh, but wait, they can because the media covers for them.
BTW, is Evan Bayh trying out for Kerry's Vice-President? He has been on every talk show today trashing President Bush, Rumsfeld and the military.
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:09:19 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:10:04 PM PDT
by
NYC Republican
(How can Americans SERIOUSLY consider voting for an ADMITTED WAR CRIMINAL Scum like SKerry???)
To: HighWheeler
ha!
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Have you had a beer with me yet?... This guy is boring as all get out. This line of his is crafted by someone in his camp in order to make him look and sound less like a rotting corpse.
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
asking one television interviewer: "Have you had a beer with me yet? I like to have fun as much as the next person, and go out and hack around and have a good time."
Oh for godsakes, this is the second time today hes referenced beer in one of his goofy quotes. I guess his latest image consultant has told him that he needs to appear more regular guyish.
That cognac-sipping fairy is not going to win the beer-drinking vote unless he grafts his horsehead onto Carmen Electras body and sprouts endless taps out of his nipples.
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:10:48 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: HighWheeler
I'm not worried about John. He threw his medals over the fence like a girl.
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:10:54 PM PDT
by
lavrenti
(I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
I want to hear from Maria Teresa Thierstein Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry. She speaks so little I wouldn't even recognize her voice if I heard it. Why is that? Why have they kept her away from the public? It's almost like they are hiding her.
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:11:03 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(I'm isthisnickcool, and I approved this post!)
To: Smartass
LOL, wish it was a gif!!
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posted on
05/10/2004 7:11:14 PM PDT
by
potlatch
( Medals do not make a man. Morals do.)
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