Kerry's Wife a 'Benedict Arnold CEO'?

NewsMax.com ^ | 2/25/04 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

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One of Sen. John Kerry's favorite stump speech tag lines these days is a blast at "Benedict Arnold CEOs [who] send American jobs overseas." But he never gets around to mentioning his wife's Heinz Foods empire, which seems to be leading the pack in exporting jobs from America into the Third World.

Reporting for Tech Central Station, James Glassman revealed Wednesday, "The Kerry family business, H.J. Heinz Co. of Pittsburgh, operates 22 factories in the United States and 57 in foreign countries."

A quick check of the Heinz corporate Web site seems to confirm the fact that the Democratic presidential front-runner is married to one of America's worst corporate traitors, at least according to the way he defines the term.

Under World Locations, Mrs. Heinz Kerry's webmaster lists Heinz plants throughout the Third World, including the Middle East, Africa, Southern Africa, the Pacific Rim and Asia.

Mrs. Heinz Kerry's company seems to particularly favor the employee pool in Asia, where workers come dirt cheap and slave labor is not unknown.

Here's just a few of the locations where Sen. Kerry's corporate bucaneer-missus has her third world workers toiling overtime to keep the prospective first couple living in style:

HEINZ SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Established 2001
Republic of Singapore
Factory: Singapore
Major Product Lines: chili sauces/ketchup/preserved beans/soy sauces.
Brand Names and Trademarks: SinSin.

HEINZ-UFE LTD.
Established 1984
Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
Factory: Guangzhou
Major Product Lines: cereals for infants.
Brand Name and Trademark: Heinz.

HEINZ COSCO
Established 1999
Qingdao, People's Republic of China
Factory: Qingdao
Major Product Lines: infant foods/ketchup/mayonnaise/puree.
Brand Name and Trademark: Heinz.

HEINZ WIN CHANCE LTD.
Established 1987
Bangkok, Thailand
Factory: Bangplee
Major Product Lines: chili sauce/ketchup/oyster sauce.
Brand Name and Trademark: Heinz.

HEINZ INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Acquired 1994
Mumbai, India
Factory: Aligarh/Bangalore
Major Product Lines: glucose powders/infant feeding
products/ketchup/medicated powders/milk-based beverages.
Brand Names and Trademarks: Complan/Farex/Glucon-D/
Heinz/Nycil/Sampriti.

PT HEINZ ABC INDONESIA
Established 1999
Jakarta, Indonesia
Factories: Daan Mogot, Jakarta; Karawang Timur; Pasuruan
Major Product Lines: chili sauce/fruit drink concentrates/ ketchup/soy sauces.
Brand Name and Trademark: ABC.

PT HEINZ SUPRAMA
Acquired 1997
Surabaya, Indonesia
Factory: Sidoarjo
Major Product Lines: noodles/noodle snacks.
Brand Names and Trademarks: Burung Dara/Heinz.

HEINZ UFC PHILIPPINES
Established 2000
Manila, the Philippines
Factories: Cabuyao Laguna; Davao City
Major Product Lines: banana ketchup/hot sauce/sweet chili sauce/tomato ketchup.
Brand Names and Trademarks: Jufran/Mafran/Papa/UFC.

HEINZ HONG KONG LIMITED
Established 2000
Wanchai, Hong Kong

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[goldstategop]

John F. Kerry can't be against outsourcing cause heck, his wife makes a good living from it.

[floriduh voter]

Visit www.worldnetdaily.com and read Joe Farah's researched piece on Theresa. She's no librarian like the lovely Laura. She's AS RADICAL AS THEY GET. (on page one)

[finnman69]

HEINZ 57 takes on another meaning.

[Thoro]

Shhhh...didn't you know this is an unspoken exception when there's a D in front of your name?

[Viking2002]

The Commie Kerrys must be outsourced this November.

[dennisw]

I didn't realize there was such a huge demand for ketchup overseas.

[FReepaholic]

Here's the link:

Kerry's wife supports U.S. radicals, jihadists

[swampfox98]

All I can say is, if Hillary is Kerry's vice president, and I think she will be, God help America! Those two old bags (Ms. Kerry & Ms Hillary) will make Bill Clinton's eight years look like a Sunday school picnic.

[floriduh voter]

Thanks for the link. Wives have to pass muster too.

[Digger]

The campaign adds are gonna be too easy on this stiff.

[TheSpottedOwl]

A quick check of the Heinz corporate Web site seems to confirm the fact that the Democratic presidential front-runner is married to one of America's worst corporate traitors, at least according to the way he defines the term.

Ohhhh, he can define the word "traitor"? ROTLMAO!!!

[Steve_Seattle]

A Dan Rather lead-in we're unlikely to hear: "Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry has criticized what he calls 'Benedict Arnold CEO's' who transfer American jobs overseas, but some critics say that the giant Heinz Corporation, of which Kerry's wife Theresa is the principal owner and stockholder, is one of the worst corporate offenders for exporting American jobs overseas. Bob Schieffer reports from Washington . . . "

[Liz]

I say let Teresa speak. Put her out there with a microphone. Let her say whatever she wants. Heheh.

[Hon]

See also:

Teresa Heinz Kerry Funded Group Calls For Censure Of Bush
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1079318/posts

The Heinz Endowments have teamed up with a secretive left-wing group [Mrs. Kerry Is A Commie]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1077429/posts

[RightWhale]

Is this outsourcing?

[aculeus]

This is stupid.

Heinz sells consumer products to consumers all over the world. Most of their factories make local products for the local market.

I seriously doubt that they import into the USA, for example, ketchup from Brazil. Low cost consumer goods don't sell for a high enough price to cover the transportation costs.

They've been at it (selling internationally) for scores of years and were so successful that the typical British kid thinks "Heinz" for soup and not Campbell's which was late to go international.

Moreover Senator Lurch's wife has zero influence on Heinz management.

[autoresponder]

Why do you say that?

Do you really think Kerry is vunerable to TV ads?

Won't Kerry come right back with one of his zingers?

http://00access.tripod.com/Kerry-11.html

[Destro]

ousourcing means a part of the production of a good or service is made overseas and re-imported back into America. Are ketchups being made by Heinz that are imported back to America? Or are they opening facilities that serve the foreign local markets only? If the later then it is not outsourcing.

[montag813]

This is a waste of time. It never pays to go after an opponent's wife in a general election.