"First, he's a traitor and now he's a plagiarist to boot.
It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. /sarcasm"
His reputation also includes that of being a gigolo, too.
[Gigolo: "A man living on the earnings of or supported by a woman"]
Like Clinton and the reputation he gained over the years for blatant lying, one must engage in certain behaviors --as a daily way of life --in order to gain a reputation for it.
Quote: "Kerry was well-known as a gigolo, and now is known in Washington as the "ex-gigolo"." ~ Howie Carr of the Boston Herald (who has known him PERSONALLY for a long time).
Kerry the Gigolo
Posted on 07/17/2004 2:34:43 PM EDT by onyx eyes
John Kerry twice married for money, was homeless between Heiresses. [Second wife Teresa is 5 years older than he is]
According to Howie Carr, Boston Herald Columnist and WRKO Radio show host, John Kerry was basically homeless, until he married Taareeza (sic) Heinz, and Mr. Carr states that he has known Kerry a long time, in a casual setting, like the after-hours drinking hole, and from being a columnist, learned a lot about the dem candidate.
Between heiresses, Kerry was so broke, he was virtually homeless, begging room and board from friends and even at one point, his ex-brother-in-law.
This was during the late 80's, early 90's and Howie Carr tells of an episode in Kerry's life where he borrows Buicks from a car dealership to drive, and didn't pay a cent, claiming he'd promote the cars on the senate floor.
Howie Carr was on C-Span, Friday, 7/16/04, and he said that Kerry was well-known as a gigolo, and now is known in Washington as the "ex-gigolo".
Kerry the Gigolo
Posted on 07/17/2004 2:34:43 PM EDT by onyx eyes
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173324/posts
From a larger, 6 part story on Kerry from the Boston Globe:
"...Kerry's personal life, meanwhile, was becoming increasingly tumultuous. He had separated from his first wife, Julia Thorne, in 1982, and the divorce became final in 1988.
For much of their marriage, Julia, who came from a wealthy Long Island family, had provided significant financial contributions.
The divorce left Kerry strapped for cash and looking for ways to meet child-support payments, campaign debts, and tuition costs.
He took out a $473,000 loan to purchase a home in Washington, thinking his daughters would be staying with him for periods of time. It was "a huge mistake," he says, as he found himself returning to Boston most weekends to maintain his ties to his children and the state. He sold the D.C. home and bought a Boston condo but "lost his shirt" when he sold it a few years later, as he told the Globe in 1996. "He was broke," Blum says. ....
Kerry acknowledges money "was tight" for him in those days. "I was spending all I had," he says. ...
Kerry's current wife, Teresa Heinz, calls the late 1980s his "gypsy period." For months at a time he had no fixed address and crashed instead with his daughters when Julia was away or with Julia's brother David.
Sometimes, he stayed with a girlfriend who had been his former law partner, Roanne Sragow, now a district court judge in Massachusetts. (She declined to be interviewed.) Or he stayed with a Vietnam buddy or on a per diem basis in condos owned by wealthy contributors: developers Finch and Edward W. Callan, and lobbyist and campaign fund-raiser Robert Farmer. ....
Here's a link to Part 6, which is where this link is from: A Candidate in the Making
Links to parts 1-5 are on the right side of the web page, as well as a link for Kerry's life in pictures.
19 posted on 07/17/2004 4:23:14 PM EDT by mass55th
John Kerry: A 'cheap' aristocrat
Born to blue-blood status, wealth came with marriage
The Associated Press
Updated: 12:59 p.m. ET April 7, 2004
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4685276
...Before he married Teresa Heinz, the heir to the food empire, Kerry had little more than his annual Senate salary of $133,600 and a trust fund valued at $50,000 to $100,000. When his mother died in 2002, he inherited trusts with $300,000 to $1.5 million in assets a pittance compared to his wife’s estimated $500 million.
Second marriage
In 1995, Kerry’s fortunes changed dramatically when he married Teresa Heinz, the widow of Sen. H. John Heinz III of Pennsylvania. His next disclosure report to the Senate included dozens of pages detailing Heinz’s financial portfolio and some of the wedding presents they received ...
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