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July 27, 2004
Rodham 'Dubya' Heinz
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic hopeful John Kerry, has some interesting things to say. I'm not referring to "shove it" (which, incidentally, makes her tough and sexy--a woman who knows when to say 'enough!'; it's also shorthand for "shove it up your ass", the sort of thing Dick Cheney would be roasted for). I'm talking about her Hillary-styled ambition. I'm also talking about her mangling of the English language which rivals the President's. First there's the quote I heard on the radio this morning. There is as yet no web link available, but Teresa Heinz Kerry thinks that we would like to know that the President and his wife are able to check one another. She also thinks it's important that we know she and her husband enjoy being leaders. So keep that in mind. When you elect John Kerry you elect co-president Teresa Heinz Kerry. Now try to wrap your mind around this quote: I dont mind criticism, provided its intelligent, not gratuitous, she said. Im not perfect, Lord knows. And I have opinions and so do other people. The only thing one hopes is that when people criticize you, theyve really thought about it. And I would hope that my friends and those that are not my friends, but would think about whatever, would criticize me with that in mind, which is to make it be better. Thats what criticism should be for. Other kinds of criticism, you know, its a free country. Setting aside the confusion between 'one' and 'you' (a forgivable error and one commonly made by people trying to sound smart), no sense can be made of the sentence, "And I would hope that my friends and those that are not my friends, but would think about whatever, would criticize me with that in mind, which is to make it be better." Come again? But it's followed by another gem. Asked about her emotional response to her husband's decision to run she managed another string of disconnected words: Scared, she said, Of the awesomeness of this job. Not responsibility. You can see the faces of presidents when they go in and when they come out. Its a huge weight, a great honor, obviously, but its weight and you lose for a time being, anyway, some freedom, movement. That reads like a Leelee Sobieski poem (the poem in question, "This Day And All the Rest," sadly -- and unbelievably -- is not on the internet. If anyone finds a transcript I will be forever gratefeul). [UPDATE: You can download an mp3 of the infamous poem, but I warn you, it may cause vomiting or excessive laughter.] I'm not going to go so far as to criticize her claiming to call herself an African American because the only source on that seems to be NewsMax, and the sources it cites seem nonexistent. Still, that's just the sort of thing Kerry supporters do to their enemies. UPDATE: Eric pointed out in the comments here that the NewsMax story is accurate despite the fact that it no longer appears on the Baltimore Sun website. For some reason the story was not archived, but I dare not speculate as to why. The story, however, survives intact on a Peace Corps message board. And I've decided to archive it here as well since such a seemingly innocuous piece has proved so hard to find. NB: the link, of course, is dead. >> Teresa Heinz Kerry grew up in Mozambique
posted by Dennis on 07.27.04 at 11:23 AM
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And here's the Wall Street Journal: Eric Scheie · July 27, 2004 01:09 PM Eric, My hesitation stems from the fact that I can't corroborate the story with the Baltimore Sun. I registered with their site and searched for the story but it isn't there. The link from the Wall Street Journal is dead because the Baltimore Sun archives their articles after two weeks. But this article is not archived. Surely the Baltimore Sun wouldn't make a piece like that disappear, would they? As surely as Salon.com would check its facts? Varius Contrarius · July 27, 2004 01:29 PM I've seen this before with the Sun; it's just one of those papers which doesn't keep archives beyond a certain date. The fact that this article is cited in three different journals (including the WSJ) places you on solid ground in citing it. Eric Scheie · July 27, 2004 01:49 PM I might buy that if it weren't for the fact that articles about Teresa Heinz Kerry from the 23rd and the 25th have been archived. What was so different about the 24th? Too much bad press? Varius Contrarius · July 27, 2004 01:54 PM Hmmmm..... Maybe they engage in selective archiving? Some old news is more equal than other old news? Eric Scheie · July 28, 2004 10:51 AM Knowing what I know about my African history, this was a bunch of bull. Portuguese were th ones who found Africa and sold us in the first place and knowing the oppression of the African, and her pampered lifesyle, she did not demonstrate against anything except the loss of such luxury. Ayesha · August 13, 2004 02:35 AM |
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Rodham Dubya Heinz? I love it!
The "African American" quote seems accurate. Newsmax got it from the Baltimore Sun. Here's a longer article from PeaceCorpsOnline:
http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2019860.html