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Posted on 09/15/2004 3:35:27 PM PDT by quantim
NEW YORK (AP) — Teresa Heinz Kerry, encouraging volunteers as they busily packed supplies Wednesday for hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean, said she was concerned the effort was too focused on sending clothes instead of essentials like water and electric generators.
"Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids," said Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. "Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes."
Heinz Kerry stopped by a market in the heart of Brooklyn's Caribbean community, where she spoke French with Haitian vendors and shook hands with volunteers busy packing food, clothes and other relief supplies to be shipped to several Carribean islands hit by Hurricane Ivan. Her husband's campaign donated water, blankets and first aid kits.
"I think it's important we help all the kids we can," Heinz Kerry said.
Ivan swept through the Caribbean last week, killing more than 60 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
Dr. Roy A. Hastick Sr., president of the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and coordinator of the market's relief effort, said the visit helped make difficult days a bit brighter.
"It's a major boost for us and the community to show we have someone on a national level concerned with what's happening in the Caribbean region," Hastick Sr. said.
Supporters gathered on the sidewalk shouted "We love you," and "Good luck" as Heinz Kerry made her way to a waiting car.
Now that is a gay picture.
Please tell me this was a joke. I cannot believe this nut. The contrast to Mrs Bush becomes more striking every time the billionaire opens her mouth.
Positively Marie Antoinettesque.
Did Teresa do the same for Americans in Florida?
Ping-a-roo:)
She is clearly a mental patient.
At least she didnt say
"And let them eat cake!"
Hey Theresa, why don't YOU go naked for a while. On second thought, belay that request (I'll never get THAT drunk)!
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She's an embarrassment. She fancies herself as a woman of great compassion for the downtrodden of the world. Seems like she should be worrying about our kids in the path of Ivan right now.
I'm wondering how long it will be before they shut her up.
YOu are right though, I love it when she has something to say because it is ALWAYS NUTTY!
Unbelievable but it is in the AP article - verbatim. Witch! :-(
She's an old hippie like Kerry!
Like she knows anything about anything! How dare her tell the pros how to run their business. I'm just disappointed that the workers stopped working to shake her hand--and then felt complimented by her being there.
http://www.wnbc.com/politics/3733850/detail.html
Had it been Laura Bush speaking she would have said "make sure to prioritize food and water and medical supplies." Not let em run naked... wow...
How did she sneak out?
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites), accepts a gift from Makini Armand, a Haitian-American artist in the Flatbush Caton Merchants Mart, after touring the Caribbean Chamber of Commerce (news - web sites)'s hurricane disaster relief center in Brooklyn, Wednesday, Sept. 15 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Ramin Talaie)
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