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PHILADELPHIA - A lawsuit filed by Teresa Heinz Kerry after her first husband, U.S. Sen. John Heinz, died in a midair collision in 1991 was settled for $15 million, according to newly unsealed court records. Last year, attorneys for The Philadelphia Inquirer sought to unseal the settlement papers when U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., ran for president; Kerry married Heinz's widow in 1995. At first, attorneys for the Heinz estate tried to prevent the Montgomery County Court records from being unsealed, citing the family's need for security and privacy. In October 2004, Montgomery County Judge Paul Tressler unsealed portions of...

Theresa Heinz Kerry failed in her bid to become First Lady, but she's not giving up on buying her way into political power. "The word in Pennsylvania is that Kerry and other family members are pressing her son Chris Heinz to run for a House of Representatives Seat," says Washingtonian Magazine.

This is the portion of the Theresa Heinz kerry interview in USA Today which has caused no small amount of stomach acid in Kerry-ville: Q: You'd be different from Laura Bush? A: 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. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up. A bit of American literary lore has F. Scott Fitzgerald telling Ernest Hemingway, "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different...

Theresa paid a tax rate of about 3% on the income she's reporting; story says she must have a lot more income to manage all the houses, etc.

Wednesdays WSJ Opinionjournal reports that Theresa Heinz's Pumpkin Spice Cookies are back in the news. Reader Ruth Papazian has a theory about John Kerry's change of color, which we noted yesterday: He's been eating too many of his wife's pumpkin spice cookies. Family Circle sponsored a contest asking readers to bake, then vote on, cookie recipes submitted by Laura Bush (oatmeal-chocolate chunk cookies) and by Teresa Heinz Kerry. and thatOr it may be that Kerry has chosen a Halloween costume that reminds us he by the way served in Vietnam. (Did you know?) That is to say, perhaps he's supposed...

WATERVILLE -- With unusually blunt language, John Kerry's stepson on Monday blasted President Bush during a visit to Colby College, calling the Republican "a complete flop" and asserting that American soldiers are "dying because of oil." Chris Heinz, 31, is the son of Theresa Heinz Kerry, who married John Kerry after the death of her first husband. Heinz has spent 18 months championing his stepfather's presidential bid and made stops Monday at Bates and Colby colleges and the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine. Heinz's Maine campus tour is part of an ongoing effort by Democrats to get...

Likely Voters have a much more favorable opinion of First Lady Laura Bush than they have of Theresa Heinz Kerry. Mrs. Bush has a net favorable rating of nearly 48% while Mrs. Heinz Kerry has a net favorable rating of only about 10%---Mrs. Bush enjoys nearly a 5 to 1 net favorable margin over Mrs. Heinz Kerry.

THK: My Hubby's Unqualified "Teresa Heinz Kerry, America's would-be First Lady, reinforced her reputation for blunt speaking yesterday by admitting that her husband was not qualified to hold the office," reports the Times of London: "I think nobody is truly qualified to be President of the United States," she said, displaying the plain speaking that has become her trademark, a possible liability for John Kerry's campaign. "I mean, are you qualified to run the world . . . not run it, but have that influence? No, nobody is," she said in the latest edition of Reader's Digest. . . ....

Crowd drawn to Heinz Kerry By Monica McLellanSun Staff Reporter 08/09/2004 [ write a letter to the editor | ] Theresa Heinz Kerry has been constantly on the front lines of her husband's campaign, and she took a central role in his visit to Flagstaff. The crowd that came to see Kerry was overwhelmingly supportive of his outspoken wife. She was greeted by earsplitting cheers when she stepped onto the stage. "I'm here as much to hear her as her husband!" said Caere Dunn, 53, a hypnotherapist from Prescott. Her fans cited her intelligence, strength, generosity and international life...

MILWAUKEE – Thousands of supporters of John Kerry cheered the Democratic presidential candidate in a riverside park Monday night, overcoming a heckling pro-Bush contingent with the chant ``three more months.’’ The pro-Bush hecklers chanted ``four more years.’’ ``They want four more years of hell,’’ quipped Theresa Heinz Kerry during her speech, to a roar from the Dem audience. Then she led them in a chant of ``three more months.’’ As to his wife’s quip, Kerry said: ``She speaks her mind, and she speaks the truth. And she’s quick on her feet.’’

I'll be honest with you, I've never heard the ketchup lady speak before but the woman definitely sounded drunk or sedated one way or another to me. She slurred her words repeatedly and her timing was off throughout her speech. Other than that, can anyone tell me where her unusual accent comes from? She doesn't sound like a Bostonian or even a Boston Brahman as far as I can tell. I doubt the public can relate to her. She's definitely no match for our Lady Laura. She appears to belong more in the Betty Ford Clinic than the White House.

THERESA HEINZ CUBAN COMMUNIST CONNECTIONS THIS IS A LONG ARTICLE AND A COMBO OF 2 ARTICLES - THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THERESA HEINZ KERRY AND HER TIDES FOUNDATION WORK. THE SECOND ARTICLE IS ABOUT THE TIDES FOUNDATION CUBA-CASTRO-COMMUNIST FRONT GROUPS. THESE ARE LONG ARTICLES BUT THEY ARE WORTH IT - PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE! Maria Teresa Thiersten Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry FROM AN ARTICLE ON FREE REPUBLIC.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1169204/posts So how does Mrs. Heinz Kerry spend John Heinz's money? Just one example: According to the G2 Bulletin, an online intelligence newsletter of WorldNetDaily, in the years between 1995-2001 she gave...

W Ketchup a nonpartisan flavor By Isaac Wolf THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published June 26, 2004 A saucy new dipping sauce billing itself as "America's Ketchup" hopes to cash in on the Heinz-John Kerry connection. "Choose Heinz and you're supporting Teresa [Heinz Kerry] and her husband's Gulfstream Jet, and liberal causes such as [Massachusetts Sen. John] Kerry for President," reads the Web site for W Ketchup, which started selling June 14. "You don't support Democrats. Why should your ketchup?" W Ketchup focuses on themes of patriotism -- its label combines an American flag, a bald eagle and a picture of George...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) on Tuesday rejected any suggestion that he release records of his 1988 divorce, calling it old history that had nothing to do with anyone else. "I have no intention of doing that at all," Kerry said during a campaign stop in Phoenix, Arizona, when a reporter asked if he would release the papers from his divorce from his first wife Julia Thorn. In a U.S. senate race in Illinois, Republican candidate Jack Ryan quit his campaign last week after the Chicago Tribune and other media sued to...

June 18, 2004, 9:08 a.m. Kerry-Kerry ’04! For a running mate, Kerry need look no further than his own Botoxed mug. By Leonard Albin Before the presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry arrives in Boston (the presumptive site of the Democratic Convention), he needs to name his running mate. His campaign staff has spent the last few weeks vetting lists of candidates — probing their tax returns, military records, video rentals, and scheduling prostate exams. No one is exempt — not even Hillary. As you'd expect, this tedious and old-fashioned process has so far produced the tired, old, familiar names —...

The borough was given a double hit as first candidate security and then nature tied up traffic. At the end of last week, presumed Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry visited the family estate of his wife Theresa Heinz Kerry. Borough forces, both police and public works, were mobilized to support U.S. Secret Service agents. Roads were closed for the motorcade through the center of the borough. Then history repeated itself Monday as traffic backed up again when a tree toppled. About 8 a.m. the large pine tree near the entrance to Fox Chapel Golf Club fell. High winds were blamed,...

A blogger on the official John Kerry campaign Web site has offered a telling insight into the Kerry campaign in her account (since removed) of a December campaign party. "We had 200 guests eating, drinking, and watching the MoveOn documentary 'Uncovered,' featuring Joseph Wilson and Rand Beers from the Kerry campaign," wrote blogger Pamela Leavey, describing a Kerry event that did not include John Kerry himself. "When Theresa Heinz-Kerry arrived, she handed me a pin that read in the center: 'Asses of Evil' with 'Bush,' 'Cheney,' 'Rumsfeld,' and 'Ashcroft.' surrounding it." Asses of Evil -- get it? And how fitting...

<p>A blogger on the official John Kerry campaign Web site has offered a telling insight into the Kerry campaign in her account (since removed) of a December campaign party.</p> <p>"We had 200 guests eating, drinking, and watching the MoveOn documentary 'Uncovered,' featuring Joseph Wilson and Rand Beers from the Kerry campaign," wrote blogger Pamela Leavey, describing a Kerry event that did not include Mr. Kerry himself. "When Theresa Heinz-Kerry arrived, she handed me a pin that read in the center: 'Asses of Evil' with 'Bush,' 'Cheney,' 'Rumsfeld,' and 'Ashcroft' surrounding it."</p>