Loose Cannon

I never thought that I’d be thinking about telling someone to “go back to Africa,” unless it was my father.

"I can't believe my family left Africa and came to this country," [Teresa, wife of two Johns] Heinz Kerry complained to the New York Post's Cindy Adams.

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."

She cleaned that one up quick.

Is Teresa Heinz Kerry purposely trying to sabotage John Kerry's chances of becoming the POTUS? Or does she think that she has enough money to do and say what she pleases? One wonders whether Mrs. Heinz Kerry is secretly working for the Republicans. John Heinz (her late husband) was a Republican US senator from Pennsylvania, after all. Or maybe there’s a less tin-foilish answer to this riddle: she has no desire to be the First Lady. I can’t say that I blame her.

Bet John Kerry is wishing for a Stepford-Teresa right about now. (Link inserted for you younguns. A 2004 remake is set starring Nicole Kidman)

UPDATE: Aaron posts the entire interview, to give the statements more context.

Comments

[Donna]

She just proves that money cannot buy class...

[cardeblu]

I had to do a quick double-take on the statement, "I can't believe I married a second politician."

For a very brief moment, I thought it read, "I can't believe I married a second-rate politician."

[Fausta]

What can one expect from a woman in the public eye who doesn't carry her own make-up, and then sits down at someone else's dressing table & uses that brush, makeup, & all!
Yeck!

[Mike O]

For a minute, I thought that I was reading Scrappleface. Truth realy is stranger than fiction.

[Monkey]

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[Helen]

I read the comment, and it didn't bother me cuz I didn't consider that the woman was being nasty or anything. I've a friend from Latvia who says pretty much the same thing -- I never thought I'd marry an American; I never thought I'd be in America. In fact, I know a lot of Caribbean people who'd make the same kind of comment. It's just a "dag, life has a way of creating unexpected situations! Whoever thought I'd be here?" kind of thing, I believe.

No, I'm not a Kerry fan, but I do think that a lot of people on the right are getting their knickers in a knot over this. In this instance, though she's Kerry's wife and she's rich , Teresa ought to be given the benefit of the doubt.

[baldilocks]

Helen: That's why I posted Aaron's link to the entire article.

[baldilocks]

Monkey: Thanks!

[John Salmon]

I don't think her comments will hurt Kerry, but it is odd that she would say these things. You don't like being married to a politician? Bad time to have buyer's remorse, when your hubby is running for Prez.

[Teresa]

Ms.Heinz makes me want to change my name....

I feel so...so soiled!

sheesh! ;-)

I cringe at the thought of her becoming a first lady.