Heinz Kerry Set to Speak at Convention

[BaysideLiberal]

BOSTON (AP) - Democrats, energized by their last first lady, get their first long look Tuesday at the multimillionaire heiress who would be their next one as they turn to John Kerry's outspoken wife and an aging liberal warrior to define the Massachusetts senator they would put in the White House.

Teresa Heinz Kerry, widow of a Republican senator who inherited his family's ketchup fortune, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will offer the nation a more personal and family view of the party's candidate for president on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.

Kerry is to arrive at the convention Wednesday as the question of whether he or Bush can best protect America from terrorists continues to dominate the political debate.

His wife, Heinz Kerry, who drew attention this week by telling a reporter to "shove it" said in an interview broadcast Tuesday she would do it again, displaying the same unapologetic bluntness that Vice President Dick Cheney showed when he defended uttering a vulgarity to a Democratic senator last month.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040727/D8434P7G0.html

comment : so now Teresa is as blunt as Cheney....go figure?

[chelsea0011]

1. Is Laura Bush going to speak

It would be interesting to haer what she would say that is not a sound bite.

The right Wing attack squad already has the talking points assembled to attack Heinz Kerry before her speech. Sweaty Eddie Gillepie is foaming.

[Gin]

2. Mrs Kerry should end her speech by saying "free ketchup for all

conventioneers".....humor disarms every issue. (IMHO)

She's a terific woman and I look forward to her speech and having her as our new first lady.