Heinz Kerry rebukes heckler; crowd cheer
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| Mon, 09-27-2004 - 2:10pm |
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A group of 600 Democrats crowded the 4H Auditorium at the State Fairgrounds Friday hoping to see for themselves whether presidential candidate John Kerry's wife was as outspoken and sharp-tongued as some have described her.
Teresa Heinz Kerry delivered for her supporters when she talked back to a heckler who implied her husband's a flip-flopper.
During a question and answer session, a young man demanded to know why Kerry voted to give Bush authority to attack Iraq but voted against an $87 billion appropriation bill to support the war effort there.
"Is that the kind of thing he would do as president?," the man asked.
Heinz Kerry sharply asked the man whether he had read the legislation that was voted on.
When he said no, she told him that Kerry had supported $60 billion in military appropriations for Iraq, but would not vote for the full $87 billion because he considered it a "blank check." Kerry was one of 11 Democrats to vote against the bill.
"And we knew they'd already given Haliburton millions in no-bid contracts," she snapped, referring to the company formerly led by Vice President Dick Cheney.
"If you want to say (Kerry) flip-flopped, just say so, don't try to hide," Heinz Kerry scolded.
The young man responsed with chanting "Four more years!" as he walked out of the auditorium. The partisan crowd's cheer of "Six more weeks!" quickly drowned him out.
Roberto Costales of Canon City liked the way she dealt with her heckler.
"Did you notice how she handled that one guy? I bet she doesn't back down from anybody," he laughed.
In appearances here and before a crowd of 1,700 in Fort Collins, Heinz Kerry echoed her husband's views about terrorism, national security, crime, health care and education.
She said the United States needs a different approach in the world.
"The way we live in peace in a family, in a marriage, in the world, is not by threatening people, is not by showing off your muscles. It's by listening, by giving a hand sometimes, by being intelligent, by being open and by setting high standards," she said at the CSU rally.
In Pueblo, Heinz Kerry sounded a similar theme, criticizing the Bush administration for sending warning signals to Iran about developing nuclear weapons.
"There are about 50 countries in the world that have the capability to build nuclear weapons. Are we going to attack them all?" she said.
Gina Maggrett, of Pueblo, liked what she heard.
"(She's portrayed) as this caustic person but I thought she was really warm and intelligent. A lovely person," she said.

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Sorry about that....LOL
Bush chose to ignore those that promised one thing only to act another way. France had originally promised Colin Powell that they would support a US proposal for military action in Iraq, and when it came to crunch time, they renegged on that promise.
Again, if THK wants to discuss public policy and have a hand in it, then perhaps she should run for public office to see if anyone would elect her and her ideals.
With regards to the words, actually scumbag may not be a bad word, but the context in which it was used was in extremely poor taste.
THK expressing her opinions are much different than Bush's command of the English language.
<<I have read books written by many Republicans>>
You really need to stop making that claim when referring to these books:
The Price of Loyalty, Ron Suskind
Against All Enemies, Richard A. Clarke
Worse Than Watergate, John W. Dean
Bush at War, Bob Woodward
Plant of Attack, Bob Woodward>>
Paul O'Neil is the only Republican in the bunch & he had an ax to grind because Bush fired him. The only books on your list that aren't political hatchet jobs are from the left wing Bob Woodward who actually did a pretty good job describing how the administration works.
<<who are no longer working for any administration and therefore are credible.>>
LOL! Since when, in the world of power & politics & massive egos, is money the only reason to spin and prevaricate? Do you think any of these poeple might have been interested in salvaging their own reputations or influencing the political process?
Richard Clarke certainly was. That's why his book was timed to come out during his public testimony for the 911 commission, and why he gave
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I would like to see a society that supports and rewards motherhood instead of financially penalizing it, but in my view easy access to abortion has basically gotten rid of the necessity for creating that kind of culture. Understand now?
We have such a culture. It is called welfare, which is what women
John Dean worked for Nixon as did Richard Clarke and is a Republican. Did you read any of those books or did you just read the people who discredit them? Clarke was not discredited. It seems to be the Republican's favorite comeback, to say "Oh, that person was discredited."
you know what she thinks? fascinating.
What if I said you were "so upset" because you didn't grow up to be a rock star like you thought you might when you were 10? I don't know you, so that wouldn't make sense, so I wouldn't say that. You don't know Hilary and you should stick to facts (at this point facts with backup source, when you are referring to something you -- and nobody else apparently-- heard back in 1992). I'm willing to buy the possibility that she was interested in an actual position, she was a professional most of all her adult life... and fyi i happen to feel a spouse of a president should NOT be on the staff/cabinet of the federal government...
Anyway you muddy up the points you're making by adding flavor like "she was so upset" (as if you know). Her actions & her quotes are facts, but beyond that, her feelings & her personality are speculation.... your characterization...
OMG why are we discussing Hillary again?? LOL!
I would prefer they take responsibility before they get pregnant too-thought we were talking about after they got pregnant. Apparently then you would prefer that they abort, whether they want the child or not, just to absolve you of any financial responsibility. In which case I don't really consider it a "choice", if women are forced by financial and cultural standards to abort a child they would rather give birth to. But I wasn't talking about welfare actually, I was talking about a working world (which doesn't exist today, partly IMO because fo easy access to abortion), that offers equality for ALL women without requiring women to be childless in order to gain that equality.
Sorry, don't have a clue what you're talking about, since I actually APOLOGIZED for causing confusion in that post. Not sure how one can be apologizing for their mistake and patronizing in the same post. If you want to point out where I've been patronizing perhaps I can clear up the misunderstanding.
You keep bringing up the word "force" which I have never mentioned except in mentioning your using it.
If you don't know when you are being patronizing and insulting I can't help you. I think I am finished talking to you for now. It is going nowhere fast.
"Patriotism means to stand by the Country. It does not mean to stand by the President." -- Theodore Roosevelt.
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