Teresa Heinz Kerry -- unscripted on the trail (good article for most part)

[RamboLiberal]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/182162_wife15.html

But for the microphone, Teresa Heinz Kerry could have been gossiping with the girlfriends she takes with her on her private jet while campaigning solo across the country.

"When you get married when you're older, it's not the same as when you get married when you're a young little thing," Heinz Kerry confided to a mostly female crowd of 1,400 here the other day; all wink and nod. "It's better, and it's not the same."

A few hours later, on another stage, she had more to share. "I have to say that John Edwards is very beautiful," she said in her trademark stage whisper, as a ripple of giggles spread across the crowd of 5,000 at a fund-raising concert. "And my husband is very smart."

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"She has a different style; it's not the conventional you-get-three-minutes-to-introduce," said Ann Lewis, the White House communications director in the Clinton administration who is now national chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee Women's Vote Center. "Teresa can talk to large political crowds the way women who are just getting to know each other talk at a neighborhood meeting."

It seems to work, at least among audiences at high-dollar fund-raisers where many of the women share her fondness for Chanel shoes and silk scarves. "We'd vote for her in a heartbeat," said Jean Verbridge of Marblehead, Mass., an interior designer who is part of a Republican women for Kerry group. "She needs to be out more. I felt like she was being cloistered before."

[JI7]

1. she actually has thoughts of her own and isn't afraid to tell them

unlike someone else who right wingers consider to be a "true lady" just because she sits stone faced like a statue and never utters an opinion of her own.

[Justice]

2. Very Nice Article

Not only does Teresa have her own opinions - they are great, very thoughtful and insightful opinions.

I loved her line last week in Boston - we need a president who is not phased by complexity.

Also responding to post 1 - JI7, I don't know who you are, but you certainly get access to Kerry/Edwards and great photos. Thanks!