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On one of his last campaign trips as a "welcome guest", we see John Kerry and the lovely Teresa enjoying themselves in New Hampshire.....

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., acknowledges applause alongside his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry at Faneuil Hall, Monday, June 26, 2006, in Boston, where Kerry unveiled an energy plan reprising themes from his 2004 presidential campaign. Kerry called for reducing oil imports, increasing the number of cars powered by renewable fuels and focusing on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie)

I am proud to live in a country where religious freedom is a fundamental belief, and where our elected officials are judged by their performance in office, without religious tests. Though the beliefs they hold in their hearts surely inform every decision they make, elected officials are properly judged by the policies they pursue, not by the religion they practice or by their adherence to the tenets of our own religious beliefs. So, I was troubled to read that picketers protested Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s address to the Catholic Charities of Greater Boston Christmas dinner earlier this month, criticizing the...

A campaign convenience is no more. Teresa Heinz, the erstwhile Teresa Heinz Kerry, has stopped using the last name of her husband... Preceding its Women Who Make a Difference Awards dinner next month, the National Council for Research on Women is featuring "a conversation with Teresa Heinz," according to a release from the organization. The council failed to mention the final half of the Fox Chapel ketchup heiress' formerly elongated last name in several other references.

Laura Ingraham is saying goodbye playing the childrens bedtime nuumber from 'Sound of Music' with all of looney Mama T's greatest hits..Best of the 2004 Campaign sound bite contest up next!

They're traveling across the country on their off weekends to spread the word, and last week Michelle Clunie, Scott Lowell and Robert Gant from the cast of the Showtime original series "Queer As Folk" spoke to the gay press via a national conference call. Their message is simple: Bush must go. "I am sure that this is one of the most important elections we may ever see in America," said Clunie, who spoke first. "America is divided right now. There are two futures ahead of us and we have the ability to choose whether we want to live in a...

The hits keep on rolling for John Kerry's wife Teresa. In an online interview with 'Planet Out.com,' Teresa says she 'pledges to make gay tolerance a centerpiece of her First Lady duties.'What may have many Americans scratching their heads is that America is already the most tolerant nation in the world regarding sexuality. In a time of war it would be unprecendented in US History for a First Lady to make gay tolerance a centerpiece issue. She also talked about John Kerry's comments about Mary Cheney's sexuality, saying, 'If John had really thought about it, he's have metioned no name....

HOUSTON -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry would appoint Supreme Court justices who would safeguard a half-century of civil rights gains, his wife said Friday. "Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, we are reminded now more than ever that we need a Supreme Court to protect our hard-won victories," Teresa Heinz Kerry told the Pennsylvania State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "John Kerry will appoint judges that interpret our Constitution and don't go there for political reasons to divide our country," she added during a 20-minute prepared speech. The NAACP had invited...

HOUSTON, Pa. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) would appoint Supreme Court justices who would safeguard a half-century of civil rights gains, his wife said Friday. "Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, we are reminded now more than ever that we need a Supreme Court to protect our hard-won victories," Teresa Heinz Kerry told the Pennsylvania State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (news - web sites). "John Kerry will appoint judges that interpret our Constitution and don't go there for political reasons to divide our country," she added...

Does Teresa want her husband to LOSE the election? Let's take inventory: 1. No affection shown between the Kerry's. 2. You seldom see Teresa at her husband's side. 3. JFK's joke attempt about "marrying up" which fell flat. 4. There have been no children born of Teresa and JFK. 5. JFK's history of going after rich women for a free ride. Could Teresa have, somewhere along the way, realized what a loser she married? Could she just be being "polite" to him due to his lofty political ambitions? More than one of you out there say that if JFK doesn't...

When Teresa Heinz Kerry invited gay delegates at the July Democratic National Convention to "call me Mama T," the crowd burst into chants of "Mama T," "Mama T." It was the kind of spontaneous love-fest Heinz Kerry has not always received on the campaign trail, where she has been described as more cerebral than emotional and where she has been on the receiving end of right-wing attacks. It is easy to see why she connects with gays and lesbians. Even though she does not have gay children and opposes same-sex marriage, she comes across as the picture of a PFLAG...

So who has a capture of Teresa H(ic)K after the Poodle's comment about Marrying up? I missed the debate and wish I could've seen that one!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christine Iverson(202) 863-8614 WASHINGTON -- RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie issued the following statement today on the promised release of Teresa Heinz Kerry's tax returns: "Throughout history, presidential candidates have disclosed income tax information prior to Election Day. We believe Americans value disclosure and transparency in campaigns. During the 2003 filing year, Sen. Kerry made a $6 million loan to his campaign based on the value of a home jointly owned with his wife. “Were it not for that infusion of cash John Kerry might not be on the campaign trail today. Because of her financial interest...

Colorado continues to attract attention in the Bush-Kerry election battle. Friday Teresa Heinz-Kerry, Senator John Kerry's wife, was in Pueblo for what was billed as a town meeting. Her points centered on health care costs, which she says are out of control. She says her husband would fight to reign them in, if elected. She also said her husband would bring European countries on board to help in Iraq. "Our allies to be with us all the way to share the costs, the burdens, dollars, the burdens, lives, so the United States does not have to shoulder it all alone."...

A little while back worldnetdaily.com had an article which related how Teraaaaaza Heinz Kerry told the Democratic National Convention's "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender caucus" to call her Mama T. Teraaaza said "I know that I am welcomed and I am grateful to be welcomed. I'm grateful to you because you symbolize family. You symbolize strength and hope. You symbolize resistance. And you symbolize tolerance. For that we are all thankful to you." Speaking to the group she related a story about a man at a past campaign stop who told her, "I want you to be my mother." (BARF)...

WASHINGTON – Some of those who attended Teresa Heinz Kerry's address to the Democratic National Convention's "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender caucus" – an event uncovered by the "straight" media – believe the would-be first lady broadly hinted at her covert support for same-sex marriage. Greeted with thunderous applause – and chants of "Teresa, Teresa, Teresa – from the crowd of 200 last week, Mrs. Kerry told the group: "I know that I am welcomed and I am grateful to be welcomed. I'm grateful to you because you symbolize family. You symbolize strength and hope. You symbolize resistance. And you...

Wise Irishman      "I am having fun listening to Teresa Heinz Kerry. The Democrats muzzled Hillary Rodham Clinton in '92 after the 'baking cookies' remark, but I don't think John Kerry will be able to do so with his meal ticket. When I was growing up, I had friends who wanted to marry girls with some wealth, but my dad, a wise old Irishman, told me: 'No one works harder for his money than the man who marries it.' "     — Irish-American Republicans founder and co-chairman Frank Duggan.

The time has long past for Teresa Heinz Kerry to end the free ride she has been enjoying ever since she used her immense inherited wealth for the second time in less than eight years to resuscitate her husband's faltering political career. She needs to reveal the details of her finances, which Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has deftly exploited to his maximum political benefit — first during his tightly contested 1996 Senate race and then during this year's Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses.

HANNIBAL, Mo. - Forget polite sensibilities. Many women along the Democratic campaign trail are telling Teresa Heinz Kerry to keep speaking her mind. To them, the sassy, gabby wife of presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) is a key part of the package they want to put in the White House. These women don't care that Heinz Kerry doesn't always follow the etiquette rules for potential first ladies. Like when she marches up to a persistent reporter and tells him to "shove it" or when she tells Republican hecklers that they want "four more years of hell." Dawn...

"Mama T" took the stage Wednesday. A night after giving a sedate speech to the Democratic National Convention, Teresa Heinz Kerry was treated like a rock star at the gay and lesbian caucus, where she told the packed room that "at least, if nothing else, you will have a mom in the White House." "You can call me Mama T," Heinz Kerry said. And the crowd took her up on her offer. Heinz Kerry never mentioned gay marriage during her 10-minute speech, but she said that "we have to make sure that those of you parents ... have the same...