Posted on 07/27/2004 5:36:08 PM PDT by Vision Thing
(CBS) While there are few surprises at political conventions anymore -- you can still count on Teresa Heinz Kerry to say what's on her mind.
The woman who could become first lady made headlines the other day giving a piece of her mind to an opposition journalist.
Amid the convention noise and hoopla, CBS News Anchor Dan Rather asked her about that, and what she'll say about her husband in her speech at the Democratic convention tonight.
Like every speaker at the convention, Teresa Heinz Kerry will try to paint a picture of her husband that will draw supporters.
Heinz Kerry: I want them to know that he is a man who believes in public service and he is also passionate about justice and fairness and he's an optimist.
Rather: We look out on this great hall, and two days from now they'll be nominating your husband officially, formally for president of the United States. What do you think when you look out here and you see it, hear it?
Heinz Kerry: It's very hard for me to think that it's my husband and it's very hard for me to think it's me. I've been to a few conventions over time and always find them very overpowering and a little scary.
But unlike all the other speakers, she must define herself as well as the candidate, and those who have been first lady -- like Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton -- say she won't have an easy time of it.
"Being first lady was an extraordinary privilege, but it's not a job. It doesn't have a job description, and in many ways it's a daily challenge because the expectations are both very high, but also limited because you're not supposed to do too much. But you're supposed to do enough and trying to figure out what that means is not easy. It's a very difficult challenge," Clinton told Rather in a previous interview.
Teresa Heinz Kerry is rising to that challenge in her own way. When she confronted a writer from a Pennsylvania newspaper Sunday night, telling him he printed untrue things and that he could, "shove it," she says she was defending her honor.
Heinz Kerry: You know, I defended my rights. I defended my freedom and personally I defended my integrity, and I think any American would do that. And I would certainly applaud them for doing that and find them very weak if they didn't.
Rather: Anybody who's been married for any length of time knows when you get in this situation either you call your husband and tell him, 'I've got some not very good news,' or he calls you and says, 'What's going on?' Which way was it with the two of you?
Heinz Kerry: No, I told him (last night) at the ballgame and he said good for you. That's exactly what he said, "Good for you."
From the podium tonight, Teresa Heinz Kerry says she plans to be conversational and personal about her own life and values and why she believes you should stand up for what you believe.
As opposed to Dan Rather who is a "butt kissing liberal-worshiping" journalist.
Everyone heard it.
Suffering cats. Enough already, dan. So she told a reporter to shove it. Big deal. The issue here is her inability to recall something that she mumbled and slurred just minutes prior to confronting the reporter. The story here is that she has trouble recalling simple facts.
From now on, I want Rather to refer to NYT writers questioning R politicians as 'opposition journalists'
Amazing...in this whole exchange, Rather didn't manage to point out that the dust up was over the fact that she lied about what she said.
She never heard of them and certainly doesn't make them.
Look for this to be reported real soon in the MSM.
Yup. He posed no challenge to the donkey at all in this interview.
Instead of challenging her on whether or not she said "unAmerican", he didn't bring it up at all. It's an example of selective reporting.
I think Dan Rather is taking up James Carville's call for all dems to tell the opposition to shove it.
Sounds like a dem to me.
The idiot just exposed his bias here. If the Pennsylvania reporter is an opposition journalist, then he is a partisan journalist. That's bias, no matter his denials to the contrary.
Heinz Kerry: It's very hard for me to think that it's my husband and it's very hard for me to think it's me. I've been to a few conventions over time and always find them very overpowering and a little scary.
It sure appears as though it's hard for this woman to think at all. She has no spontaniety about her. She's totally unprepared to answer even the softball questions that are posed to her. The press is giving her a pass on charging at this reporter and acting like she's mortified. Hope she has more outbursts like this one to help define her true character.
I have an idea for an ad showing the Skerry Skank vs our demure Laura Bush -- and asking "Who would you want to represent you as our First Lady?". Help, please...
She's a drug addict? I thought she was just naturally stupid.
I think the photo was of Kerry's daughter, not of his loose cannon of a wife.
The dems seem to be competing amongst themselves to tell the biggest lie and get away with it.
Well, she's never had to make much of an effort to do anything in her life, considering her life of privilege. That kind of life prevents her from sharpening whatever abilities she has.
Well, she's never had to make much of an effort to do anything in her life, considering her life of privilege. That kind of life prevents her from sharpening whatever abilities she has.
But womaen of privilege are usually refined and somewhat savvy. This woman is course and doesn't seem capable of expressing herself. She's been around the political arena for what, 25 years now, and still seems incapable of obtaining any class. God forbid if this woman were to become America's ambassador to the world.
A couple of weeks ago, someone posted a photo of (I think) T H-K in a see-through, black evening gown. If anyone has that photo, please post it. (If it is, indeed TH-K...)
Think you'll find that that photo was of Kerry's daughter, portrayiny her young, sagging boobs.
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