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| Teresa Kerry: "I can’t believe I ever even married an American" |
| 2004-04-16 |
| It didn’t take long for the rigors of the campaign trail to sour first lady-in-waiting Teresa Heinz, who fumed yesterday that she "can’t believe" she moved to America and married an American politician. "I can’t believe my family left Africa and came to this country," Heinz Kerry complained to the New York Post’s Cindy Adams. "I can’t believe I ever even married an American." She married an American? I thought she was married to John Kerry. "A politician’s wife has a hard life," she said. "To become more of a ’thing’ and less of a person is terrible." JK: "Um, honey, would you please remember I’m trying to get elected President, and shut the hell up!" Teresa’s tirade continued, "I can’t believe I married a second politician." Then referring to her first husband, the late Sen. John Heinz, she blasted, "I can’t believe I married the first politician. He wasn’t one when we met. What people don’t know is that I am basically shy. I never wanted to do this." At least Clinton’s wife didn’t demean him in public. At least not before he got elected! |
| Posted by:Unmutual |
| #25 I don't have a timeline, but she would have left Mozambique at around the time the Fascist dictatorship fell in Portugal and its colonies (including Mozambique) became independant in very chaotic circumstances. It doesn't surprise me in the least that a Lefty hankers after living in Fascist colony where a small number of white people ruled the black majority. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-04-16 7:11:23 PM |
| #24 Theresa Heinz Kerry, born Mozambique, 1939 Mozambiqui National Anthem (1975-2002) Verse 2: United with the whole world, Struggling against the bourgeoisie, Our country will be the tomb Of capitalism and exploitation. The Mozambican People, Workers and peasants, Engaged in work Shall always produce wealth. Sounds like the upcoming Democrat Platform. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-16 6:06:16 PM |
| #23 Wow! That's a heck of a Designated Victim Group. Portuguese-Colonial-African-American...not too many of those. Hope they overcome and join the mainstream |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-04-16 5:36:05 PM |
| #22 A4052 - Right you are. She is a Portuguese-Colonial-African-American. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-04-16 4:43:15 PM |
| #21 She's not going back to Aftica. Too many mosquitoes in Mozambique. (Her ancestry is Portugese) Madagascar was a French colony. More appropriate, ruprect, but nonetheless incorrect. She is a Mozambiqui. Her father was a doctor there who had moved from Lisbon. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-16 4:27:07 PM |
| #20 Ruprecht and Angie Schultz: It depends on whether the reporting is accurate, but the story does say that "Heinz Kerry complained to the New York Post’s Cindy Adams" (emphasis added). I'm not so sure that's "spin"; more likely, it's an attempt to depict the emotion of her spoken words in print. That doesn't strike me as meaning she's incredibly grateful her family came to America instead of staying in Africa. Perhaps she would be happier if she went back home. She's certainly got enough money to live comfortably there. She wouldn't even have to take John with her, though I wish she would. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-16 3:35:43 PM |
| #19 "Did anybody ever find out how HJ Heinz IV plane crashed or is it still an open investigation?" There never was any mystery to it: it was a midair collision caused by unbelievably gross pilot error. If I recall correctly (it happened only a few miles from my house, and was on the Philly local news for several weeks), Heinz's plane had some sort of trouble with its undercarriage, and a helicopter in the area maneuvered underneath the plane to get a look at the problem. Bad, bad, BAD move: the chopper's rotor sucked the plane down right on top of it, and both went down. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-04-16 3:25:03 PM |
| #18 From what i heard Heinz died in a helicopter crash and nobody questions that it was a legitimate accident. Wives often inherit everything when their spouse dies. Nothing conspiritorial about it as long as no other Heinz family members try to challenge things. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-04-16 3:13:16 PM |
| #17 ... then Teresa Heinz Kerry clarified her comments, embellishing, "actually, I didn't marry an American, before I married an American"... |
| Posted by: Hyper 2004-04-16 3:11:50 PM |
| #16 Did anybody ever find out how HJ Heinz IV plane crashed or is it still an open investigation? Seems suspicious too me that a Liberal woman inherits a fortune after her Republican husbands death and proceeds to marry the most Liberial senator in Washington D.C. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-04-16 2:51:54 PM |
| #15 1)Trying to play Hillary card-it is so tough,I need your sympathy(and votes). 2)Trying to gain support for not releasing "private info". 3)Thought she maried a minor politician of her own class,not some ambitious jerk who dragged her into typically tough Presidential campaign. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-04-16 2:44:48 PM |
| #14 come on girl keep it up - show you and your husbands true colors.... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-04-16 1:13:54 PM |
| #13 The sad thing is that Kerry didn't marry her money, he married HJ Heinz IV's money. He didn't do a very good job of securing his estate either if she has so much control over it. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-04-16 1:11:22 PM |
| #12 I gotta agree with Ruprecht---the meaning's kind of ambiguous. At the end of the "I can't believe" spiel she says "I can't believe we've embarked on this journey." I've often said stuff like that myself, and meant it positively. The "complaint" aspect is Newsmax's spin. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-04-16 12:58:25 PM |
| #11 Translation: I can't believe I married an American Liberal without a pre-nup, my bad! |
| Posted by: Comment Top 2004-04-16 12:57:59 PM |
| #10 Great, she does Hillary one better: she is not just any old shrew, she is an anti-American shrew. |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-04-16 12:57:21 PM |
| #9 Her statements could be read as pro-american and just happy and disbelieving that things had come out so well after moving from Madagascar. The comments at the end of the article seem to indicate that her being shy is why she can't believe she married a politician (and thus has to deal with criticism from folks demanding her tax records) not that politicians are scumbags or something. I think to be fair you would have to see the video (if any) of this conversation. At least that's my reading until another source or something comes out. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-04-16 12:45:59 PM |
| #8 It is amazing what JFKerry and Theresa will willinglingy put out into the public for mass consumption. And this is before we start to hear about the stuff they are hiding. |
| Posted by: TomAnon 2004-04-16 12:38:39 PM |
| #7 You didn't marry an American, Trayyy-sa... John Kerry married your $$$$... You don't like it here? LEAVE! |
| Posted by: Jack Deth 2004-04-16 12:23:01 PM |
| #6 (From the original piece at www.nypost.com): "I can't believe my family left Africa and came to this country. I can't believe I live in America, I can't believe I ever even married an American." Spread that message around the Heartland, sweetie. Your hubby needs all the help he can get. Ha! |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-04-16 12:07:45 PM |
| #5 John Kerry's idea of success is to a) marry a woman worth $300 million b) ditch her when a woman worth more than $500 million becomes available. He's movin' on up. I'll be he's wondering if any of Sam Walton's heirs are available. Then again, they probably have more discriminating taste than to marry Gigolo John Kerry. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-04-16 12:04:41 PM |
| #4 Turncoatsa Heinz, I have a message for you: ,,|,, |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-04-16 11:59:27 AM |
| #3 She DID marry an American. She married HJ Heinz,IV, who was killed in a plane crash. Then she married John Kerry. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-16 11:58:11 AM |
| #2 Maybe she would feel better living in Sudan with her terrorist friends. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-16 11:47:53 AM |
| #1 Teresa's a loose cannon - check out the expression on her face the next time you see Kerry hug and kiss her during his appearances on the platform. Release your tax returns hon! We want to see how much you've been giving to your lefty causes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-16 11:43:35 AM |