Posted on 10/20/2004 5:55:24 PM PDT by Engine82
Teresa Heinz Kerry Doubts First Lady Has Held 'real Job'... Bush was a teacher for 11 years.
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Heinz Kerry Separates Self From Mrs. Bush
Wed Oct 20, 2:08 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Teresa Heinz Kerry says she doesn't know if first lady Laura Bush has ever had "a real job" and suggests their different experiences help make them different people.
Laura Bush taught in public schools in Texas from 1968 to 1977, the year she married George W. Bush.
In an interview published Wednesday in USA Today, the newspaper asked the wife of Democratic candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) if she would be different from Laura Bush as a first lady.
"Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good," Heinz Kerry said. "But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things."
Heinz Kerry said she sees her age as a benefit — she is 66 and Bush 57. "I'm older, and my validation of what I do is a little bit bigger — because I'm older, and I've had different experiences. And it's not a criticism of her. It's just, you know, what life is about," she said.
Karen Hughes, an adviser to President Bush (news - web sites), criticized Heinz Kerry's remarks as "indicative of an unfortunate mind-set that seeks to divide women based on who works at home and who works outside the home."
Story Sources
http://www.woodystaxidermy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3695
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&u=/ap/20041020/ap_on_el_pr/heinz_kerry_1&printer=1
If this outrages you as it does me contact: Sarah Gegenheimer of Kerry Edwards 2004, 202-464-2800, communications director and let her know what you think, how you will vote and why!
I guess you can expect this from an elitistist who probably sent all her children to private schools and looks down her nose at us "commoners" who teach for a living. Send this to all of your teacher friends (especially in the states of Ohio, Flordia and Pennsylvania) who might be outraged at this affront, too.
Dr. David Phillips
Serving 20 years as a Public Educator
Hey Terroraza it isnt quantity is quality....
The one thing I do like about Terraza is that she is a good example for children...
Lesson : Money cannot by class...
10:1 they delete it without reading if it comes from a parent. But, if they think it's coming from the union HQ, they wouldn't have a choice.
same here.
Have gotten back one reply that a teacher was on the fence and now definitely will vote for Bush.
the one I sent to, is so brainwashed by a: the NEA b: her family and c: her husband, that all I am doing is being a thorn in her side, but what the heck, can't hurt, eh?
It never hurts to try. The email cost you nothing.
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