Is anyone else surprised...

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Registered: 07-04-2003
Is anyone else surprised...
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Thu, 10-14-2004 - 2:18pm
that John Kerry lived to see another day and wasn't strangled by his wife last night after the debate? His response to the last question clearly made his wife angry--remember how she looked when the camera went to her as she was sitting there listening to the debate?

President Bush melted my heart with his answer to the last question about the strong women in his life. He is clearly head over heals in love with his wife Laura and they seem to have a great marriage. I admire him a lot for that. And Laura is a great asset to him, and to all of us as our first lady.

Then when it was Kerry's turn to answer, he joked about marrying up, ha ha ha, then switched to talking about his mother, he said very little about his wife and didn't even say her name, then he praised Laura Bush (he said more nice things about Laura Bush than he did about his own wife), and praised the President also.

Men, if you have a chance to praise your wife in public, DO IT! Don't switch to talking about your mother!

(And does anyone really want Theresa Heinz Kerry as our first lady?!)

Here's the text:


Mr. Schieffer: We've come gentlemen, to our last question. And it occurred to me as I came to this debate tonight that the three of us share something. All three of us are surrounded by very strong women. We're all married to strong women. Each of us have two daughters that make us very proud. I'd like to ask each of you what is the most important thing you've learned from these strong women?

Mr. Bush: To listen to them. To stand up straight and not scowl. I love the strong women around me. I can't tell you how much I love my wife and our daughters. I am, you know, it's really interesting, I tell the people on the campaign trail when I asked Laura to marry me she said fine, just so long as I never have to give a speech. I said O.K., you've got a deal. Fortunately, she didn't hold me to that deal. And she's out campaigning along with our girls. And she speaks English a lot better than I do. I think people understand what she's saying. But they see a compassionate, strong, great first lady in Laura Bush. I can't tell you how luck I am when I met her in the backyard of Joe and Jan O'Neill in Midland, Tex. It was the classic backyard barbecue. O'Neil said come on over, I think you'll find somebody who might interest you. So I said all right, bopped over there. There's only four of us there. And not only did she interest me, I guess you could say it was love at first sight.

Mr. Schieffer: Senator Kerry?

Mr. Kerry: Well, I guess the president and you and I are three examples of lucky people who married up. And some would say maybe me more so than others. But I can take it. Can I say, if I could just say a word about a woman that you didn't ask about, but my mom passed away a couple years ago. And just before I was deciding to run and she was in the hospital and I went in to talk to her and tell her what I was thinking of doing. And she looked at me from her hospital bed and she just looked at me and she said, "Remember: integrity, integrity, integrity." Those are the three words that she left me with. And my daughters and my wife are people who just are filled with that sense of what's right and what's wrong. They also kick me around. They keep me honest. They don't let me get away with anything. I can sometimes take myself too seriously. They surely don't let me do that. And I'm blessed, as I think the president is blessed. As I said last time, I've watched him with the first lady, who I admire a great deal, and his daughters. He's a great father. And I think we're both very lucky.

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Registered: 09-24-2003
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 3:19pm
Did your mother never tell you to pay close attention to the way your boyfriends treated their mothers? Mine said it was a reflection of how'd they'd treat me. I totally respect and admire Kerry for remembering his mother at that moment. And I'm certain Teresa did too.

Why must you grasp at straws in effort to bring Kerry down? He did so well last night. I'm proud of him!

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Registered: 09-24-2003
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 3:20pm
And furthermore, I find it embarrassing when our president jokes that his wife speaks better English than he. Granted its beyond a doubt true.
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Registered: 10-07-2004
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 4:04pm
It's going to take more than an Anti-Kerry campaign to re-elect Bush, much more.

Wait, it may be too late now.

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 4:52pm
Yes, President Bush melted my heart too.

<<(And does anyone really want Theresa Heinz Kerry as our first lady?!) >>

NO! I've even stopped buying Heinz Ketchup (switched to Hunt's).

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 4:55pm
Do you find it embahdeessing?

LOL!

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 4:56pm
It's going to take much more than an Anti-Bush campain to elect Kerry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 more years!

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Registered: 08-05-2004
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 9:22pm
They asked about women in their lives and his mother was a big part of his life. I thought it was nice he mentioned her as well.
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Registered: 08-07-2004
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 9:49pm
She only has a 2 1/2% interest in Heinz.

< I've even stopped buying Heinz Ketchup (switched to Hunt's).>

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 11:15pm
Remember she was married into the Heinz family. John Heinz was her first husband who was a senator who died in a plane accident.
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Registered: 02-23-2004
Thu, 10-14-2004 - 11:47pm


A 2.5% interest in Heinz is one nice chunk of change, and probably makes her one of its largest stockholders.

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