I think Teresa Heinze Kerry would make a great first lady.

[Reeder]

She honest and outspoken. Has a very effervescent personality. She is her own woman not just John Kerry’s wife.

She speaks her mind and doesn’t let anyone else speak for her. Her opinions are both personal and partisan and she delivers them with aplomb, as she demonstrated in the course of a day of barnstorming for her husband, Democratic presidential contender John Kerry of Massachusetts.

Bouncing through a series of meetings and interviews in recession-plagued Midwest towns, Heinz Kerry responded promptly to a question about first lady Laura Bush by proclaiming her “a wonderful woman.” She went on to describe former President George H.W. Bush as “a gentleman” who understood diplomacy, while savaging his son, President Bush, and Vice President Dick Cheney for telling lies and playing “dirty politics.”

“I know these people,” said Heinz Kerry, who was once a Republican.

http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/9814980p-10737543c.html

What is your opinion?

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

What the hell does it matter? She’s not running for office, and anyone who factors her into their choice of candidate should have their voting priveleges cancelled.

That said, she’ll probably be an excellent first lady. She knows which knife and fork to use, and will probably bear up well under media scrutiny.

[Jackmannii]

Words cannot begin to express the vast indifference I feel towards the subject of who gets to be “First Lady”.

Although, if she’s so outspoken, why is she being so reticent about releasing her tax returns? (not that this affects my support for JFK in any way).
By the way, do the Kerrys have a dog? And is it qualified to become First Canine, or will it disgrace itself by tugging on the leash and misbehaving like certain other Prime Pooches that have held the office recently?

[Reeder]

I try to lighten the political debate just a smidgen with a discussion of Teresa Kerry. But I see some are so polarized that they can’t let anything go for even a tiny bit of time.

I never said elect Kerry because of his wife.

[Smeghead]

@Reeder

But I see some are so polarized that they can’t let anything go for even a tiny bit of time.

Reeder, you owe me a new irony meter. Mine just exploded.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Reeder

I see some are so polarized that they can’t let anything go for even a tiny bit of time.

I never said elect Kerry because of his wife.

And I never said don’t elect Kerry. DO elect Kerry. Elect a ham sandwich. Elect Darth Vader. Juse don’t elect Bush.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Smeghead

Reeder, you owe me a new irony meter. Mine just exploded.

Isn’t that what mines do? Explode?

ducks

[Jackmannii]

@Reeder

I try to lighten the political debate just a smidgen with a discussion of Teresa Kerry. But I see some are so polarized that they can’t let anything go for even a tiny bit of time.

I am sorry.
I love her suit.

[AskNott]

Throughout the Sacramento Bee article, Mrs. Kerry was called Heinz Kerry consistently. The stylebook of most newspapers call for married women to be called Lastname, after the first mention of the full name.

Is this odd construction standard for the Bee? Otherwise, what’s the point? Is it a slam?

[Guinastasia]

I believe that’s what she prefers to be called.

[Colibri]

What I find most interesting is that if Kerry is elected she will become the first African-American First Lady.

[Revtim]

Mrs. Bush’s cookies sound better to me.
http://www.familycircle.com/marketing/04_cookie_cookoff/

Pumpkin spice might be good, but nothing beats chocolate. NOTHING!

[rjung]

@Reeder

She honest and outspoken. Has a very effervescent personality. She is her own woman not just John Kerry’s wife.

And we all know how well the Republicans respected Hillary Clinton for exhibiting those traits.