The Kerry's came to an agreement about the SUV the family will own.
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| Teresa Heinz Kerry: SUVs Are Safer |
| 2004-05-24 |
| 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 they’re safer. Damn straight - that’s 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." What’s 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 she’s now planning to buy a gas-electric hybrid Ford Escape. That’s nice, Te-re-zah, but most of us can’t afford to scrap our cars every time a new, overpriced one comes out. Even if we wanted to. She’s 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 she’s a member of the elite, so it’s OK. And people actually want this maroon and her husband to run our country. Yecch! Original USA Today article here. |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #11 That's my response, too, CL - buy your wife some jewelry. That's a keeper. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-05-24 11:26:51 PM |
| #10 I'm sure John F'n K and Nurse Fuzzy Wuzzy will sell the gas hogs and buy a pair |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-24 7:27:57 PM |
| #9 Ouch, Matt!! Toyota will be introducing a new hybrid SUV later this year ... they say acceleration is much improved over the Prius, gas mileage is better than economy 4-cylinder cars & the styling is mainstream. FWIW. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-05-24 7:26:35 PM |
| #8 No kidding, Kerry served in Vietnam? On which side? |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-05-24 7:22:16 PM |
| #7 Classical Liberal: Got dang, man-- I'm gonna write that down. That's a good one. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-05-24 5:47:37 PM |
| #6 The best, most damning argument against Kerry is that "he will lose because he is a Yankee." No one has yet come up with a rebuttal for that. Even his most ardent liberal supporters out there are stultified, and can only change the subject, in grudging acceptance of the fact. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-05-24 5:38:30 PM |
| #5 My wife put it well: "Why would we want a President and First Lady that treat us the way the French do?" |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2004-05-24 5:31:18 PM |
| #4 Somebody call Arianna Huffington!!!!! |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-24 4:47:53 PM |
| #3 The Kerry's came to an agreement about the SUV the family will own. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-24 4:19:57 PM |
| #2 Oh, but wait a minute - her husband, who by the way did you know he served in Vietnam, doesn't own one! And did you catch the part where they called her the "would-be first lady"? |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-05-24 4:15:26 PM |
| #1 she's a real peach |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-24 4:10:39 PM |