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Will Teresa Heinz Mimic Hillary?
www.mensnewsdaily.com ^ | February 13, 2004 | Jan Ireland

Posted on 02/12/2004 6:36:56 PM PST by teldon30

The Drudge Report is reporting that John F. Kerry, democrat presidential candidate flavor of the moment, allegedly had a recent affair with a young intern. Yawn. We know that democrats don’t mind dalliance, not from the JFK for the twentieth century, or Slick Willie in the room off the Oval Office, and probably won’t – if Wesley Clark’s off-the-record statement to twelve journalists turns out to be true – from the JFK for the new century. What I’m wondering is how Teresa Heinz, she of the 600 million ketchup dollars, and not a little pride, will take it. Will she euphemistically kill or maim him, if it turns out to be true? Or will she mimic Hillary and simply take it, as a tradeoff for a future chance at the power of a co-presidency?

Teresa Heinz, who now wants it pronounced Ter-rayz-uh, seemed none too happy a few months ago that her husband was going to run for president. She made it clear that he was not going to use her money to make the run. She couldn’t have been happy when he didn’t know how to eat a Philadelphia Cheese Steak, or what cheese to order with it, or with the unfortunate comparisons of his face to Lurch and Jay Leno. And if body language is any indication, she often seems irritated or exasperated with him.

But then there are the political causes Teresa loves. As administrator of the billion dollar Heinz Foundation awards, her allegiances become clear. She wants to change the world, but of course to suit her personal preferences. Those right now are the usual liberal causes, particularly global warming. Her Heinz Foundation 2001 award was to the originator of the global warming theory, and she expressed displeasure with the Bush administration for rejecting the Kyoto treaty. It would seem that she expects John Kerry to go along with her environmental positions, since she has said his “world citizen” mentality attracted her to him.

If the rumor is substantiated, would their relationship change? Unlikely. Teresa has lived with the knowledge that Kerry went from one heiress, to another. She certainly is aware of his early penchant for touting his initials being the same as his idol’s John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and probably is not surprised that much of his behavior mimics John Kennedy and Bill Clinton. She even made no waves when he mortgaged his half of their mansion, with its priceless art, to get money to breathe life back into his going-nowhere political campaign. And of course no one is sure how much she did behind the scenes, over the last few years, to set up this run for the presidency.

Teresa’s actual commitment to causes seems skin deep, or self-approbating. Though certainly aware of what malaria can do, she puts her fortune toward liberal environmental causes that give her awards – not toward fighting for the resumption of DDT spraying which could stop malaria in its tracks. She knows the devastation of AIDS and expresses angst about stopping it, but I have seen no evidence that she supports teaching abstinence – unlike condoms, absolutely the only sure way to stop AIDS.

Teresa Heinz seems to have a lot in common with Hillary Clinton. She has an agenda, and she wants it fulfilled. She doesn’t have the public political experience of Hillary Clinton, which will make it more difficult. But my bet is that she will stay with Kerry – if he effects enough damage control over the next few days to ensure the possibility that he can still win the democrat nomination. Teresa seems a less public version of Hillary in ambition, and will probably look to Hillary for inspiration in handling this situation.


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; bimboeruption; drudge; heinzketchup; hillary; kerry; teresaheinz; x42
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To: af_vet_1981
Do you think we'll see the Kerry's on 60 Minutes were Teresa says"I'm like Tammi Wynette, I'm standing by my man. Please have some home cookies before you leave."
41 posted on 02/12/2004 7:42:39 PM PST by oyez (Kerry Kan't Kut it.)
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To: Rhys Ifans
I think a very angry Mrs. Heinz has a good chance of pulling a Bobbitt on Ketchup Boy. OUCH!!!
42 posted on 02/12/2004 7:47:03 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
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To: anniegetyourgun
You done good, Annie. Real good!
43 posted on 02/12/2004 7:48:15 PM PST by Humidston (Two Words: TERM LIMITS)
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To: oyez
Do you think we'll see the Kerry's on 60 Minutes were Teresa says"I'm like Tammi Wynette, I'm standing by my man. Please have some home cookies before you leave."

No, she'll blame on the stress caused by George Bush.

44 posted on 02/12/2004 7:51:58 PM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: small voice in the wilderness
You said: Is there anything worse on this planet than a rich, bored, liberal woman?? I mean it.

Let's keep this real: One thing (among many)worse: A man who puts his enemies in wood chippers......
45 posted on 02/12/2004 7:54:35 PM PST by NCLaw441
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To: teldon30
I hope she has enough pride to kick his butt in a public fashion.
46 posted on 02/12/2004 7:55:57 PM PST by Saundra Duffy (For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: NCLaw441
Oh, cr*p (slapping self upside the head) I forgot about the woodchipper murderers.
47 posted on 02/12/2004 8:02:55 PM PST by small voice in the wilderness (1)
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To: small voice in the wilderness
But she is a CLOSE second
48 posted on 02/12/2004 8:04:04 PM PST by NCLaw441
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To: NCLaw441
LOL!!
49 posted on 02/12/2004 8:05:20 PM PST by small voice in the wilderness (1)
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bump
50 posted on 02/12/2004 8:22:15 PM PST by new cruelty
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To: NCLaw441
Teresa is a loose cannon. And, the best thing is she's a foreign-born woman who wears her emotions on her sleeve. This is going to be beautiful to watch if the intern thing is true. We might actually see Teresa chasing John Effin Kerry across the stage with a shoe in her hand!
51 posted on 02/12/2004 8:23:44 PM PST by Azzurri
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To: uvular
Now just how does one go about getting a loan on your 1/2 of a mortgage?

The 3% mortgage is from a Pittsburg bank.

52 posted on 02/12/2004 8:28:38 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Saundra Duffy
I hope she has enough pride to kick his butt in a public fashion.

Turning him upside down and smacking his bottom would appropriate.

53 posted on 02/12/2004 8:29:19 PM PST by kanawa
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To: teldon30
I knew about the other JFK. And about his Fiddle and Faddle. And John F Kerry doesn't have to be allowed to have a Fiddle or a Faddle.
54 posted on 02/12/2004 8:39:09 PM PST by 185JHP ( "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.")
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To: teldon30
Interesting that no one has interviwed the first wife yet, Julia Thorne, no slouch herself in the money department.
Also he has two daughters from his first marriage, I don't think I have seen either one or even read an interview with them.
How do they feel about their Father? They may have not have good relations with him. Anyone heard anything about the daughters?????
55 posted on 02/12/2004 8:46:55 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: small voice in the wilderness
Hey, speaking of rich, bored,liberal women, WHERE IS HILLARY!!? I mean, the Silence Of The Clintons over the past four months has been deafening! Are Nag and Nagaina simply lurking in their burrow, waiting the opportune time to strike? Or is the prospect of a serious Kerry candidacy not completely to Herself's liking? Meanwhile, not a peep from those two adulation addicts.
56 posted on 02/12/2004 8:46:55 PM PST by elcid1970
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To: Captain Peter Blood
How do they feel about their Father? They may have not have good relations with him. Anyone heard anything about the daughters?????

There was a long WashPost article a few months back that mentioned the Kerry daughters. The article said they went through a pretty hard time with Kerry's divorce, when they were teenagers, and resented Teresa very much.

Recently they seem to have patched things up for the sake of the campaign, and IIRC the daughters have been showing up at Kerry rallies.

<-Vanessa Kerry when she was a student at Phillips Andover Academy

57 posted on 02/12/2004 9:35:42 PM PST by shhrubbery!
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To: rottndog
How can you call Teresa Heinz a whore? She is a great woman, with many causes, and to jump to conclusions about the DRUDGE report no less, is ridiculous
58 posted on 02/21/2004 5:50:59 PM PST by Brittany
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To: Hon
He was divorced in 1988....and that was annulled in 1995. Her husband died in 1991. They started dating in 1993. So no they weren't dating when he was still married. And technically if his marriage was annulled....then he wasn't married if you want to get technical with the catholic church
59 posted on 02/21/2004 5:56:27 PM PST by Brittany
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To: Brittany
She is a great woman

Oh my, a silly statement even for a newbie!

60 posted on 02/21/2004 5:59:28 PM PST by mountaineer
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