Posted on 10/09/2004 7:58:15 PM PDT by icecold
suprislingly from NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/politics/campaign/10wealth.html
By ROBERT F. WORTH
Published: October 10, 2004 .....If Mr. Kerry is elected, he and his wife will be the richest couple ever to live in the White House, said Kevin Phillips, a political commentator and the author of "Wealth and Democracy.''
Even adjusting for inflation, their net worth far surpasses that of such wealthy predecessors as John F. Kennedy and his wife. In an election driven in large part by the candidates' personalities, that extraordinary wealth and the air of privilege Mr. Kerry seems to carry with him have often been a stumbling block, exacerbating the perception that he is an aloof man whose elite tastes separate him from the concerns of ordinary people.
I refuse to visit the Slimes website (I don't want to start receiving a bunch of homo-erotic spam), so someone will have to tell me if the writer provides any details about these "stumbling blocks".
me too
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