look at what came out of Teresa's mouth

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look at what came out of Teresa's mouth
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Tue, 09-21-2004 - 9:57am
Look at the trash that just came out of Teresa's mouth. What a role model she is.Posted: September 20, 2004 5:00 p.m. Eastern


© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

In her latest outburst against her political enemies, Teresa Heinz Kerry called her detractors "scumbags" during an interview with a Pittsburgh TV anchorwoman.

Name-calling has become frequent behavior for the wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

According to a report in the New Yorker, Kerry campaign advisers have struggled with Teresa's off-the-cuff remarks in the media.

"There are these bizarre moments that make you shudder," a Kerry adviser told the magazine. "Like calling herself African-American to black audiences."

Earlier this month, Heinz Kerry said voters who don't agree with her husbands health-care plans are "idiots."

Writes the New Yorker's Judith Thurman:


I doubt that she knows the literal meaning of "scumbag," but perhaps, after 40 years in America, nearly 13 of them as a political wife, observing how the flaws and contradictions of a personality as complex as hers are melted down for ammunition by the other side, she should have learned it. Close friends attribute her lapses of discretion to "naïveté." Heinz Kerry says that they are a form of resistance to enforced conformity. "I don't like to be told, for told's sake," how to behave, she says, "because I lived in a dictatorship for too long."

Heinz Kerry was born and raised in Mozambique, which was ruled by the Fascist government of António Salazar while she lived there.

As WorldNetDaily reported, in July Heinz Kerry told a journalist from a Pittsburgh paper to "shove it" after he questioned her use of the term "un-American" in a speech.



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She is of British decent... her family

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HA!

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darn it, I forgot to add in my last post "too bad she did not say the 'hyphen' when she spoke to the audience so they could differentiate between African American and African-American".


I would have used the "edit" feature, but I really hate doing that.

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Registered: 04-04-2003
I agree. It is silly but I've always thought the new PC term African-American to be technically off the mark (and coming from Canada, many people of colour here think so as well) and I have never had a chance to debate it before.

We can drop it.

Sorry for getting off topic.

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I did not mean to sound like I was trying to drop the subject or be critical of those debating it.

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Don't worry Miffy (did you see my smiley face?). I realized I was getting off topic but the constant negativity swirling around this campaign gets to me at times and I am sometimes guilty of changing the subject if the opportunity arises.

Besides....I like you. I REALLY like you. You have never offended me even though we often don't see eye to eye on many issues.

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But it you WANT to keep on going I just want to make one comment. Racial issues are often topics that are too hot to handle in everyday conversation. It is something I find very interesting and would love to debate it. Even in the US if a person of colour makes certain comments about the black community they can land in hot water (example....Bill Cosby's comments have offended the black community).

I have a great many friends of colour that come from the Carribean, Jamaica etc...but I am reluctant to discuss these things with them so we always tip-toe around these issues. I would LOVE to have a heart to heart talk with them and get a real understanding of what it is like to be a visible minority but am terribly afraid of offending these people who I care about deeply. I am also only too well aware of my ignorance on this subject and am afraid that my lack of awareness would come across as racism. Does anyone else feel this way?

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Registered: 09-16-2004
Hey all....I wasn't trying to avoid the real issues here. and yes, I KNOW she is not a politician...but she is a politician's wife.

I was merely making a point here about the stuff that's come out of her mouth during her husband's campaign is all. I personally do not approve of the way she has conducted hereself ... that's all. Whether or not someone is known to have a "potty mouth" does not matter. The things she's said, has turned me off her husband.... simply because "I" don't think she could restrain herself if she were in the whitehouse during a dinner with dignitaries from all over the world.

Some of you out there may love her for the independant woman she is...and her strong personality. From what I've seen of her in interviews, and other news clips...I don't like her and think she is a drag on her husband's campaign.

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Registered: 04-04-2003
I suppose there are many people who you either love or you hate. Very few genuine people can come across to everyone with a wide appeal (McCain is a good example of such a person). Bush himself is a fine example of the latter. Most people either love the guy or can't stand him (strangely enough for the very same qualities). Some see him as a man of steadfast strong convictions....others as a stubborn pigheaded individual who can't admit a mistake. Kerry is seen by some as either a waffler who can't make up his mind or a thoughtful person who sees all sides.

It's amazing how it ended up that these two men running for president just happen personify polar opposites of these qualities and it is strongly reflected in how the US is so sharply divided.

I wouldn't be too concerned with how Mrs Kerry can conduct herself. She is much practiced in moving in high circles through her charity works etc...and as you said, many admire her strong independant nature. I feel that too much emphasis and importance is placed on the first lady anyhow.

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I suppose that's a reality and many people are guilty of judging people in that way. I think it's unfair. I have absolutely no opinions on your spouse based upon the things you post. If you were to want to judge my spouse based upon my opinions you'd probably be dead wrong. My husband is a conservative who supports the war in Iraq and has told me on numerous occasions that the US should just bomb all the muslims off the face of the earth.

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Registered: 02-23-2004

From many reports, I have heard that Bush has a reputation for using quite colourful language when pressed. >

While personally "bad words" don't bother me much, there IS a difference IMO between using them in private conversations and using them in a published interview or public speaking engagement. Do I think Mrs. Kerry's use of the word "scumbag" makes her an evil person? No, of course not. But it does make me wonder why she doesn't have more control over herself knowing that she is in the public eye and that many people view a potential first lady as someone who represents us around the world. It's not BAD, it's just rather tacky and lacking in good judgement and self-control, IMO. Just as Cheney's remark was, however like I said there's a difference between remarks intended for public consumption and private conversations.

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Registered: 02-23-2004
< It is possible that no expletives escaped her lips when her hit and run accident occurred>

It was not a "hit and run" accident-that's false. She had a car accident at age 17 but she did not leave the scene. And if some expletives did escape her lips at age 17 in a private conversation, that is certainly not the same thing as saying them in an interview with the press when her husband is running for president.



Haven't heard this story before-any source for that info?