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| Kerry’s Wife funds the "Ground Zero Commercial" Critics |
| 2004-03-09 |
| EFL To hear some folks tell it, families of the 9/11 victims have risen en masse to denounce President Bush for using brief images from Ground Zero in his campaign commercials. But now it turns out that this whole furor is driven by a tiny group that’s motivated by a far-left agenda and a festering hatred of the president - and has some quite dubious financial ties. Leading the rhetorical charge has been an outfit called September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows - which, the group admits, has only a few dozen members and represents relatives of no more than 1 percent of the 9/11 victims. ... before the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a Peaceful Tomorrows delegation went to Baghdad to "demonstrate solidarity" with Iraqis - a move that Saddam’s deputy, Tariq Aziz, termed at the time "a very important international development." And back in January 2003, the group said had it had gotten a "verbal commitment" to the fund proposal from the junior senator from Massachusetts - John F. Kerry. Little surprise there - because Peaceful Tomorrows’ parent group, the San Francisco-based Tides Foundation, has received millions from foundations controlled by Kerry’s heiress wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry. A spokesman for Kerry insists that her donations to Tides were earmarked specifically for environmental charities based in Pennsylvania. But money is fungible - and the Tides Foundation has a lot more than greening the earth on its plate. It has given millions to anti-war groups since 9/11 - particularly the extremist MoveOn.org. |
| Posted by:Yosemite Sam |
| #4 More importantly, Tides also funds a number of Islamist Fronts....particularly, CAIR and the National Lawyers Guild. The Guild's recent convention featured indicted lawyer, Lynne Stewart. Remember he/she was arrested for helping her client-(convicted 1993 WTC bombing mastermind, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman,) communicate with his terrorist cells in Egypt. NLG also posted a petition for Post-Conviction Relief for convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. |
| Posted by: milford 2004-3-9 10:01:14 PM |
| #3 Oh and thank you Teresa Heinz and MR Sorry ass SOROS for supporting them through your munificent charities as the Tides Foundation and move on.org.....What a pathetic lot.......I think OLD PAT would have some suitable punishments for these bastards. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-3-9 6:08:09 PM |
| #2 Well on March 20th these asswipes will be marching in Pittsburgh and other cities. The 60's are back. My BP goes up when I see protestors. I detest them for what they are, traitors, whether misled or not, to their country. Our troops don't need them right now, but obviously the left wing thinks it's time to divide the country. Though I suspect this time it's mostly one on the war against terror. I saw them when I came back from NAM and I still hate them. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-3-9 6:05:49 PM |
| #1 just kerry's wife following in his footsteps in supporting the flag of an enemy state...... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-3-9 12:40:17 PM |