[MadIvan]

Hmmmmm.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Prime Choice]

Long after his divorce, Kerry went on to annul his marriage to Thorne in deference to his second wife, a Catholic.

Which means that his marriage to his first wife never happened and, for all intents and purposes, his children from that union are illegitimate.

Wonder how that makes the Kerry kids feel? Hell, wonder how it makes his first wife feel?

[Capricam]

How the hell can you annul a marriage that produced two kids? I'm confused. Kerry's an even bigger asshole than I previously thought!

[L.N. Smithee]

Some right-wing commentators have made hay with Kerry’s relationships, however. One of the most biting, Ann Coulter, has blasted the candidate as “just a gigolo”, “living off other men’s money by marrying their wives and daughters”.

This would be a cheap shot if such comments weren't often made in response to the constant portrayal of the Bush family as evil because of its fortune or not being deemed deserving of its wealth.

[AmericaUnited]

In another book, on depression, she described how she had contemplated suicide. “Five months after my 36th birthday, my mind ravaged by corroding voices, my body defeated by bone-rattling panics, I sat on the edge of my bed minutes from taking my own life.”

If I was married to that pompous blowhard, self-agrandizing Kerry, I'd consider killing myself too.

[Savage Beast]

"Republican dirty tricks may intensify now..."

"Republican dirty tricks" is another Democrat catchphrase spread throughout the partisan "Newsmedia"--like "gravitas" or "Ken Starr is out of control". Obviously this writer for the Times has picked it up. It implies a wide range of unspeakable doings without saying anything specific. It's designed to be parrotted by unthinking robots, useful idiots, and the malevolent, and the Democrats find many of these ready and willing.

[Bonaparte]

"...very grateful that people have respected her privacy."

I intend to respect her privacy by completely ignoring her. Can't get more respectful than that.

[hershey]

The woman was a fool to marry Kerry, and it's clear he made a dead set at her the minute he found out how much money her family had. He hasn't changed in all these years, and neither has she. We hope and pray she's beaten cancer. It sounds as if she's had a tough time of it.

[leadpenny]

On Rush Limbaugh’s hugely popular and ultra-conservative radio show

What would someone to the right of Rush be considered?

[tkathy]

Annulment greatly wounded my son's stepson. This is an unbelievable practice, especially if it is for money.

[shrinkermd]

Senator Kerry maintains the lid on the reporting of his prostate cancer that was diagnosed and treated some 18 months ago. He refuses to release medical records and claims a complete cure on the basis of his physicians's findings.

[fso301]

In another book, on depression, she described how she had contemplated suicide. “Five months after my 36th birthday, my mind ravaged by corroding voices, my body defeated by bone-rattling panics, I sat on the edge of my bed minutes from taking my own life.”

That's what being around John Kerry will do to a person. Explains a lot about Teresa's psychological imbalances.

[Ed_in_NJ]

"I associated politics only with anger, loneliness and fear"

Life with Jean-Fraude...one would be led to conclude that this is his approach/attitude to his lifes work.

[OldFriend]

So the girls are off buying jock straps with their father while their mother battles for her life.

What class.

[Casloy]

Thorne is considering writing a book about her experience of illness,

That's what we need, another book about surviving cancer.

[AnAmericanMother]

Here's one thing (among many) the writer gets wrong:

There is absolutely NO evidence that Kerry ever in fact obtained the annulment. He APPLIED for it - not the same thing. He even joked at one point to some interviewer or reporter about applying for it. But in yet another "flip flop", he and his campaign have refused to confirm that he ever GOT it, and IIRC one campaign spokesman actually backtracked on it - which means of course that he never did get it. He and TeRAYza were married in a civil ceremony outside the church, so the church certainly didn't sanction his second marriage.

He's probably not only in mortal sin because he supports abortion on demand, he's also living in sin without his first marriage being annulled. How he can approach the Sacrament is a mystery to me.

BTW, annulments don't cost a lot of money, and they don't make children of the marriage illegitimate. I do think they have been handed out way too freely.

[Capriole]

On Rush Limbaugh’s hugely popular and ultra-conservative radio show, an advertisement about the candidate’s “flip-flops” — a persistent Republican theme — dominates most commercial breaks. The ad purports to sell anti-Kerry playing cards but is really an excuse to knock the candidate before an audience of millions.

Oh! How completely terrible! Imagine, an ad that is really an excuse to knock the candidate! What an outrage. I'm shocked, I tell you. Positively shocked. Will these conservatives never cease being unjust to our dear Sir John? And that Rush Limbaugh person--he is apparently "ultra-conservative," of all things. This is dreadful, simply dreadful.

[cricket]

Okay. . .can understand the 'lonliness' and the 'anger' - at being left alone, no doubt; but the 'FEAR'? Of not being able to get a good lawyer, should she need one or worse, perhaps.. .

Would bet it was Ted Kennedy that advised Kerry to get an annulment so as to keep a legitimate door open for his church-going-sacrament-receiving, phot-ops that Ted knew he would need.