You're putting words in my mouth,
so shove it!
Posted on 04/23/2005 11:48:35 AM PDT by bitt
Were it not for the man now known as Pope Benedict XVI, Teresa Heinz might already have installed new drapes and carpeting in the White House. Or so she seems to believe.
Based on remarks Heinz made recently at a Seattle money-raiser, the Pittsburgh ketchup heiress -- a practicing Catholic -- appears to have little fondness for the new pontiff.
You can almost understand why. He did, if you buy her argument, indirectly help keep her husband, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., from becoming president last year.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported last month that Heinz blamed Kerry's inability to unseat President Bush on anything and everything but Kerry himself.
She implied votes might have been improperly tabulated because most optical scanning devices used to count votes in many parts of the country are owned by two "hard-right" Republicans.
She also suggested the Kerry campaign was brought down in part by Catholic bishops who assailed the candidate's pro-choice view on abortion.
"You cannot have bishops in the pulpit -- long before or the Sunday before the election, as they did in Catholic churches -- saying it was a mortal sin to vote for John Kerry," she said. "The church has a right and obligation to teach values. They don't have a right to restrict freedom of expression, which they did."
I assume the Post-Intelligencer's Joel Connelly did his best to accurately quote her. No reporter wants to have to ask Heinz to clarify her remarks immediately after she finishes speaking.
We've heard it can be dangerous.
Last summer, American bishops received a letter from the Vatican advising that Catholics who condone abortion are committing "a grave sin."
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
I'm waiting for the gas-electric hybrid private jet!
You know - the dude that was in Vietnam.
If I only had a brain!
LOL! Heeere's Teresa! The really scary part is the facial expression is spot-on perfect!
I'd be a buyer on that bumper sticker---it's up there with "stop global whining"
Hey, quit picking on the blood shot broads! We're working on HeinzKerry here and it's a way bigger job. She must have just had another "stupid" transfusion? Anybody ever look at her family tree to see if her style is genetic? She can't be a first generation morph?
Why does anyone listen to the screeching of Her Royal Thighness? All of your points could be made about her.
I'm still waiting for him to use his freedom of expression, regarding his military records and plans for Iraq.
Now that's a keeper.
Heinz "Liberal" Humanitarianism:
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