Did you hear that, Johnny Kerry? Now that Teresa's likely to boot your gold-digging self right out of her mansion (which one?), it's such a coincidence: here's widow-to-be Suha Arafat with even more inherited money! And you can even pander to her in French!
You can bet the NYTimes and other liberal media will be attacking this before the end of the news cycle. Freightliner (owned by Daimler-Benz) proudly introduced a similar rig about eighteen months ago, and was roundly criticized and ridiculed on the next day's front page. Freightliner had to then backpedal and say they wouldn't offer it for general distribution. Remember how Sierra Club, Greenpeace et al went after Ford and the Excursion?
Oh, come on. Is it a ripoff if you buy the more expensive branded consumer items over private label? Heineken over Bud? This is a market economy- vote with your dollars, and feet.
This Massachusetts op-ed writer is so proud of their "public parks", but of course Lord Kerry and his Patroness live on Louisburg Square in Boston, which is enclosed by a wrought iron fence for the private enjoyment of the key-possesing landed class of neighbors who jointly own this seemingly public amenity. I'll let others comment on his mother's family's ownership of the private Naushon Islands (hint: don't try to come ashore without permission).