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Kerry Says His 'Family' Owns SUV, Not He
Guardian ^
| 04/23/04
Posted on 04/23/2004 6:38:31 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
Kerry Says His 'Family' Owns SUV, Not He
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Does John Kerry, who supports higher automobile fuel economy standards, own a gas-guzzling SUV? He does, but says it belongs to the family, not to him.
During a conference call Thursday with reporters to discuss his upcoming jobs tour through West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, the Democratic presidential candidate was asked whether he owned a Chevrolet Suburban.
``I don't own an SUV,'' said Kerry, who supports increasing existing fuel economy standards to 36 miles per gallon by 2015 in order to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil supplies.
Kerry also has made rising gasoline prices an issue in the campaign against President Bush. In Houston on Thursday, Kerry said the president broke a 2000 campaign pledge to ``jawbone'' oil-producing nations by pressuring them to increase their output.
Kerry thought for a second when asked whether his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, had a Suburban at their Ketchum, Idaho, home. Kerry said he owns and drives a Dodge 600 and recently bought a Chrysler 300M. He said his wife owns the Chevrolet SUV.
``The family has it. I don't have it,'' he said.
Kerry said it's important for his family to buy American cars and pledged to keep car manufacturing jobs in the country if elected. He said he is interested in a hybrid car, and has talked to Ford about making it the ``campaign car.''
``We're going to keep jobs in America and help the industry be more competitive with foreign manufacturers that are building those cars today,'' Kerry said.
The Massachusetts senator said he'll release more details during the jobs tour about his plans to keep jobs in the country.
``I want cars to be made in Michigan, made in America, made'' by the United Auto Workers, Kerry said.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cafe; gas; hypocrite; kerry; liar; suv; suvs; uaw; waffle
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Had to go to foreign press to find this. Wonder why?
To: Phantom Lord
What a HYPOCRITE!!!
To: Phantom Lord
He's not even a good liar.
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:40:30 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: Phantom Lord
Does Kerry think he is in a Godfather movie?
To: Phantom Lord
Kerry flip flops on whether he owns an SUV, oh, well, that's my family's not mine!
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:42:05 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: Phantom Lord
"I don't own a SUV", "The family has it. I don't have it"
"I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it"
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:42:07 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: tioga
"That's not my family"
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:42:28 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: Phantom Lord
People who sponge through life rarely own any items.
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:43:03 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/" target="_blank">miserable failure)
To: Phantom Lord
GAWD! What an effin IDOIT!
To: Phantom Lord
It's interesting how Clinton-esque this a$$ is. When asked if he owns a SUV, he flat-out said no. He had to be asked specifically if his wife owns a Chevy Suburban before he fessed up to it!
To: Phantom Lord
"This is not my beautiful wife! This is not my beautiful SUV!"
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:45:19 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: Phantom Lord
It is wrong to pick on Senator Kerry for the things his elitist wife owns. An avid enviornmentalist she owns five homes, an 85 foot yaught, a jet plane, a SUV etc. Ms. Heinz Kerry knows all Americans can not consume fuel at the rate she does so she sponsors a two tier system, the elite and the peons. It used to be called communism but it is now enviornmentalism.
If you are middle class and think you can join the elite few, vote for Kerry and his friends Kennedy, Clinton, Soros, Buffett etc. If you are middle class or aspiring to be middle class you had better vote for Bush.
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:46:08 AM PDT
by
paguch
To: Phantom Lord
He's a better comedian that John Lovitz...
Guess he'll claim to married to Morgan Fairchild next....
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:46:13 AM PDT
by
OpusatFR
(John Kerry - Cheezewhiz for the mind - marshmallow mush for the masses)
To: RoseofTexas
oops...idoit=idiot! Need more coffee! :)
To: Phantom Lord
It's really hard to take this guy seriously. He has a real problem connecting with the average American.
To: Sloth
ROTFLOL. Same as it ever was.
To: Phantom Lord
Is there video of this?
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:47:31 AM PDT
by
amordei
To: Phantom Lord
Does Thersa know that he is not a part of the family?
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:48:01 AM PDT
by
Piquaboy
To: Phantom Lord
Kerry also has made rising gasoline prices an issue in the campaign against President Bush. In Houston on Thursday, Kerry said the president broke a 2000 campaign pledge to ``jawbone'' oil-producing nations by pressuring them to increase their output. After all, it takes 3500 gallons of fuel to top off Theresa's Gulfstream II. Yeah, he's Mr. Energy Efficiency alright...
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posted on
04/23/2004 6:48:21 AM PDT
by
general_re
(The doors to Heaven and Hell are adjacent and identical... - Nikos Kazantzakis)
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