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Teresa Heinz Kerry: SUVs Are Safer
Teresa Heinz: Hypocrite (But we knew that). Hat tip to Country Store (again).To the environmentalists she funds with her billion-dollar philanthropy, SUVs are public enemy No. 1. But when it comes to her own personal driving needs, Teresa Heinz Kerry says she drives SUVs because theyâre safer. Damn straight - thatâs why I drive one too. Of course, in her eyes only the rich elite are entitled to safety. "Safety first," she tells USA Today, which notes Monday that "four [of her] close relatives were killed in car crashes." Whatâs more, Heinz Kerry says she needs the SUVs "to drive safely in snow and sand at her various homes," the paper explained. The would-be first lady is said to be "angry that U.S. car manufacturers have taken so long to build a fuel-efficient four-wheel-drive vehicle." So sheâs now planning to buy a gas-electric hybrid Ford Escape. Thatâs nice, Te-re-zah, but most of us canât afford to scrap our cars every time a new, overpriced one comes out. Even if we wanted to. Sheâs no doubt also angry that U.S. power boat manufacturers have yet to build fuel-efficient watercraft, forcing her husband to tool around in that gas-guzzling luxury yacht she bought for him. Poor baby. And Heinz Kerry must be absolutely livid at U.S. aircraft manufacturers, who have yet to devise a fuel-efficient way of powering private jets, leaving her no alternative but to fly around in a gas-eating Gulfstream V. But of course sheâs a member of the elite, so itâs OK. And people actually want this maroon and her husband to run our country. Yecch! Original USA Today article here. Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-24 |
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