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October 20, 2004
| Heinz Kerry Separates Self From Mrs. Bush

(Via CQ)

AP: Heinz Kerry Separates Self From Mrs. Bush

“Well, you know, I don’t know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good,” Heinz Kerry said. “But I don’t know that she’s ever had a real job - I mean, since she’s been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things.”

Let’s ask Merriam-Webster Online:

teacher
Pronunciation: ‘tE-ch&r
Function: noun
1 : one that teaches; especially : one whose occupation is to instruct

librarian
Pronunciation: lI-‘brer-E-&n
Function: noun
: a specialist in the care or management of a library

As opposed to:

heiress
Pronunciation: ‘ar-&s, ‘er-
Function: noun
: a female heir; especially : a female heir to great wealth

UPDATE:
Heinz-Kerry has apologized for her comments, saying that raising children is a real job.

She should know, considering how much she paid to have her own kids raised by others.



Posted by Laurence Simon at October 20, 2004 03:48 PM | TrackBack
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From the White House website bio for Laura Bush: Public school teacher and librarian in the Houston, Dallas and Austin school systems.

Posted by: sbw [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 20, 2004 05:09 PM

Perhaps Mrs. Kerry was LeftBehind…

Posted by: Cap'n DOC [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 20, 2004 06:54 PM

Yeah, all that hard work to find a rich man….get his money when he dies; and then marry some farthead who could be a world size ruler!! Hard work for a smarmy liberal if you can get it. Ms. Kerry would be the WORST first lady in history…they’ll have to lock her in the White House basement so that the rabble don’t kill her with pitchforks and stakes!!

Posted by: dickmr [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 20, 2004 07:25 PM

All the money in the world and not a stitch of class.

Kind of like Roseanne Barr, who I believe once remarked, that she was America’s worst nightmare: white trash but with money. (pre Osama days)

Perhaps I’m being unfair to Roseanne Barr to lump her in with this woman. After all THK did reach new lows in response to the idea of her being the First Lady with this memorable quote: First Lady, yuck.

Posted by: Solara [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 20, 2004 10:00 PM

Solara: Yeah, that’s unfair to Rosanne. The difference between her and Terry Kerry the Pickle Princess, is that Rosanne knows she has no class.

Posted by: gus3 [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 20, 2004 10:31 PM

Kerry and Mamma T, livin off the wealth of a Republican…..now THAT is disgusting!! How can half this country possibly want that bitch in the White House? The libs are over the edge more than I thought!

Posted by: dickmr [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 20, 2004 11:00 PM

Hmm… teacher, librarian, wife and mom.

All way too “traditional” and “women’s work.”

No wonder Lefty womyn hate Laura. They just don’t consider such work legitimate.

Posted by: Darleen [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 21, 2004 12:38 AM

This lady is just amazing. Between her and her hubby we get a glimpse of the bigotry of the “american patricians”.

People whose wealth surpasses imagination live differently. And of course they surround themselves with other patricians so dealing with the great unwashed is simply not something they’v practiced. And it shows.

Kerry’s stumbled because he underestimates everybody who isn’t a wealthy patrician and T girl stumbles because she’s just plain stupid.

So, let’s go soak some white raisins in gin.

Posted by: skip [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 21, 2004 09:29 AM

I hope that we can find more and more opportunities for Ms. Heinz-Kerry to have time at the microphone.

In fact, I’m sure the American public would be interested to hear her opinions on a variety of subjects. :) The more she has the opportunity to speak in public, the better it is for Bush.

Posted by: Ebonic Plague [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 21, 2004 01:08 PM

Wow….I’m very glad that Mrs. Bush responded to Mrs. Kerry’s apology with far more grace and style than anyone here has displayed.

Posted by: Jatsby [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 22, 2004 04:26 AM

“Wow….I’m very glad that Mrs. Bush responded to Mrs. Kerry’s apology with far more grace and style than anyone here has displayed.”

What did you expect from the First Lady? A cat Fight? Or maybe a comment like “She’s Fair Game now”. Would that work for you, Jatsby?

Oooops. “Let ‘em eat cake”.

The best thing that the Kerry Campaign could do would be to put her up in a Penthouse somewhere with no contact with the outside world. She talks like she’s got a ‘kept’ man or something…

The italicized portion Posted by: Jatsby at October 22, 2004 04:26 AM

Posted by: Cap'n DOC [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 22, 2004 07:44 AM

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