Crowd cheers after Heinz Kerry rebuts heckler

[JI7]

what a contrast from Laura Bush who had a woman arrested for wanting to know why her son died in a war Laura's husband started. and that woman deserved a response much more than this idiot heckler at Teresa's rally.


<During a question and answer session, a young man demanded to know why Kerry voted to give Bush authority to attack Iraq but voted against an $87 billion appropriation bill to support the war effort there.

Heinz Kerry sharply asked the man whether he had read the legislation that was voted on.

When he said no, she told him that Kerry had supported $60 billion in military appropriations for Iraq, but would not vote for the full $87 billion because he considered it a "blank check." Kerry was one of 11 Democrats to vote against the bill.

"And we knew they'd already given Haliburton millions in no-bid contracts," she snapped, referring to the company formerly led by Vice President Dick Cheney.

The young man responsed with chanting "Four more years!" as he walked out of the auditorium. The partisan crowd's cheer of "Six more weeks!" quickly drowned him out.

"The way we live in peace in a family, in a marriage, in the world, is not by threatening people, is not by showing off your muscles. It's by listening, by giving a hand sometimes, by being intelligent, by being open and by setting high standards," she said at the CSU rally. "There are about 50 countries in the world that have the capability to build nuclear weapons. Are we going to attack them all?" she said. >

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[juslikagrzly]

1. She ROCKS!

I love this "There are about 50 countries in the world that have the capability to build nuclear weapons. Are we going to attack them all?" she said. >


This should be repeated over and over and over by the Kerry camp.

[Carla in Ca]

70. This was sooooooo done on purpose!!!

Folks, the repugs tried, and failed, to get a tit-for-tat for the woman arrested at Laura's speech. We are different, spread the news!



on edit: OK, I emailed the WH with this...

Lets see...At republican speeches/rallys hecklers get kicked, knocked to the ground, mouths slapped, hair pulled, hand-cuffed (dead soldier's mom!) and arrested.
At Democratic speech/rally you, excuse me?, get a response and your question answered.
Does God know about this?

[neuvocat]

75. When you keep repeating the same line of BS like he did

how can you not expect a cogent response? What an idiot.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Sharp lady.

I hope this story gets legs.

[cedahlia]

3. Yeah Teresa!

:yourock:

She sure schooled his ass, the dumb freep!

Six more weeks...damn right! }(

[madrchsod]

7. teresa?

i thought her name was "heinz"...i`m being a smart ass-but- i wish people would stop using "heinz kerry" as if that is her first name.
teresa heinz kerry will make a grand first lady who will bring elegance back to the whitehouse

[MODemocrat]

31. She wants to be called Heinz Kerry

I've read that several times. She's great by any name!

[sandnsea]

4. "Did you read the legislation?"

Ahuck, ahuck, no.

I wish she would have had something to address that, people who don't care about the facts, just their partisan loyalties.

But she still rocks!

[Lefta Dissenter]

5. I agree with

the DUer who suggested the other day that we have First-Lady Debates. Ms. Heinz-Kerry would kick Laura's whiny little ass without even disturbing the sweater that she has thrown over her shoulders! :D A beautiful, classy, self-assured woman who is smart and outspoken? WOW!!!!!!!!!

[napi21]

6. That was terrific, and I hope THIS gets into the media as much as

her "shove it" comment did! This is the way campaigns should be handled. Speakers should be exposed to a heckler once in a while, and how they handle them is verry telling!

To have people forbidden entrance, forced to sign commitments of support, or thrown out and arrested is the real un-American actions!!!

[strizi64]

8. Best answer ever to

a dumb Freeper :headbang::

Heinz Kerry sharply asked the man whether he had read the legislation that was voted on.

When he said no, blablabla

We use to say "reading can help you so much in life". But the normal Freeper can't read more than two words in a day, LOL! Good job Teresa, very good job.

[slor]

9. I LOVE YOU MAMA T!!!!

She is going to be my favorite first lady, I can tell already.

[2Design]

10. Go teresa - you are so much smarter than the current administration

[BiggJawn]

11. "Are we going to attack them all?"

If you've read "The Protocols of the Elders of PNAC" you already know the ultimate plan is "yes"...

It's gonna be great having Theresa as First Lady!

[ilovenicepeople]

38. is there anything in the PNAC document that says

they will give up the Whitehorse in a democratic election?Just wondering.:scared:

[BiggJawn]

44. Don't think they've ever considered that possibility.

They honestly believe they've started some "Thousand Year Reich" of PNAC puppets and Neo-Con prinicpals. Rumsferatu, Cheney, Scooter Libby, the whole bunch.

I don't think they've published ALL their plans, just the one calling for "Pax Amerikanner" to spread from the Middle-East like an oil slick...
But I must confess that particular document scared me so much i didn't dig a lot further into it...

[indie_voter]

12. She is a fabulous lady. WTG THK! n/t

[CBHagman]

13. Class and brains

...always beat out ignorance and boorishness. Go, Mama T!

[AP]

14. Yes. Engage the heckler. Ask them questions. Watch them run off with tails

between legs.

[Bullshot]

21. The fact that the heckler walked out and blurted "four more years"

is proof he only has rhetoric to use and very little background knowledge on the issues. I think this is typical of many of the Kerry hecklers. Teresa did the right thing. Hold his feet to the fire and make him explain and answer his rhetoric. Then, they're exposed.

There's a talk show host in Lima, Ohio who uses this tactic. Almost daily he gets callers who try to give him hell for his criticism of Bush, using the standard catch phrases and cliches you hear Bush and Cheney use. When the host asks the caller to give him examples of the liberal media, or Kerry flip-flopping, or whatever, they avoid answering his question and try to continue blurting out their pre-rehearsed lines. When it's obvious the callers have no intention to answer the host's questions, they get cut off.

That seems to be the most effective way of handling these kinds of people.

[AP]

25. Seriously. Stimulous-Response. A central nervous system as complicated

as a frog's.

Just ask them questions and they crumble.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

71. The fact he blurted "four more years" proves he was a disruptor

with no interest in voting for Kerry. ever.

[neomonkey]

15. Typical repub

When confronted with the facts and a clear rebuttal of their talking points, they revert to the brainless "4 more year" mantra. Essentially, they are saying they have nothing to really arm themselves other than their stupid-ass chant because they have no knowledge on their side.

That said, how long before someone on the right starts claiming that heckler was a plant?

[Philostopher]

30. Why would they claim that?

They don't have the goddamned sense to be embarrassed about how she handled the guy. That's exactly what they want their lackeys to do. They don't care if there's a rebuttal -- they just want to draw attention away from her, and get it focused on their slime for a few minutes.

It reminds me of when you're watching a news report about a fire or an auto accidnet somewhere, and the reporter's talking to a witness ... and in the background, you see this teenager making rabbit ears over somebody's head, or shouting 'hi, Mom!' -- he made his point, he disrupted the news report. He had nothing of value to add, but he got attention. That's all they can hope to do, since they can't actually argue, just spew talking points. The whole purpose is to disrupt, not to actually hold dialogue, because they don't hold up under dialogue and they damned well know it.

[tblue37]

50. OT--but I have to say it.

I have for some time been annoyed by the fact that Americans are always doing what you call "making rabbit ears" in jest. Even the popular commic strip "Fox Trot" (which I love, BTW) has that image on its sunday strip, with, if I remember correctly, the dad making the "ears" over his wife's head.

Now, this is ridiculous, because those are not "rabbit ears." What they are is cuckold's horns! To make that sign is to say that the person (it is supposed to be a man, not a woman, that the sign is made at) is being betrayed by his wife, who is sleeping with another man (or more than one other man, in some cases).

The degree to which Americans are ignorant of the sign's meaning is evidenced by the fact that in the comic strip Roger Fox is shown making the sign over his own wife's head!

[kymar57]

73. that's interesting tblue

I've not heard that before. Is this another European thing we have misappropiated or what. Seriously, no sarcasm. I come here to learn.

P.S. you speak of americans as you. Where are you at/from

Peace:hi:

edit for spelling

[trogdor]

16. Too bad we can't get her to run for President.

She's awesome. This is about the best answer to the funding question I have heard thus far:

"When he said no, she told him that Kerry had supported $60 billion in military appropriations for Iraq, but would not vote for the full $87 billion because he considered it a 'blank check.' Kerry was one of 11 Democrats to vote against the bill."

[SW FL Dem]

45. I don't think she can

for the same reason Ahnold can't. She wasn't born in the US. I'll be perfectly happy to have her serve 8 years as our First Lady.

[sonicx]

17. WOW. i wonder if they have video of that.

:yourock:

[aquart]

18. Wow! What a broad!

I love an intelligent First Lady.

[randr]

19. The is the best example of the differences

between our side and the dark side.

[Raiden]

20. Go Teresa, Go!

I cannot wait until she is the first lady, I LOVE YOU TERESA!!! I think she's gonna be the next Eleanor Roosevelt.

[MODemocrat]

32. Raiden, the photo is beautiful

We should keep this kicked. Where did you come up with this one? :loveya: John and Teresa :hi:

[Raiden]

62. Google Images

I just typed in 'Teresa Heinz.' There were a few more good photos.

[MODemocrat]

65. Thanks for sharing this information

You DUers are so sharp, and always willing to help others, and I sure do need a lot of help; as I'm lacking in computer skills.:hi: :)

[Carla in Ca]

69. Raiden, good point

Eleanor Roosevelt was one of a kind. She went into mines, went to the Pacific to cheer up our soldiers on WW2. Mrs. Kerry goes into the fields to talk to migrant workers...in their language.
That is the first lady I want, too!

[arwalden]

22. Hey!! Why Wasn't He MANHANDLED, ARRESTED and Tossed Into JAIL!???

[glitch]

63. You mean thrown down on the floor and kicked by bystanders? nt

[Cocoa]

23. the best part

The young man responsed with chanting "Four more years!"


Great comeback, stupid freeper! Thanks for taking this opportunity to PROVE how stupid you are. :toast:

[Mrs_Beastman]

24. It's going to be nice to have a first lady with an opinion again

Hell, she might even do something constructive

[devinsgram]

26. What a coward.

Couldn't handle the truth just like the rest of the cowards in that party.

[MODemocrat]

34. The heckler is a coward

I doubt seriously if he would have done that to Big John or Edwards.
He underestimated Teresa.

[oasis]

27. Typical freeper: predisposed not to accept an answer to a question.

There is no reasoning with Bush's kool-aid drinking corps.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

28. Can you even imagine...

Laura Bush in the same situation? Of course the heckler would have already been wrestled to the ground and pepper-sprayed, but even so, this certainly highlights the differences between these 2 women.

Teresa is what I had hoped Hillary would've been, and she was, to some extent, but Teresa is much cooler.

Elizabeth Edwards seems pretty great, too. I read an early (August?) interview with the 2 of them in Time or Newsweek; it was mostly a puff piece, but they were both so articulate and opinionated and unafraid.

[MODemocrat]

29. I love Heinz Kerry

That four more years by the heckler is a typical response by someone who relies on Rush or Hannity for his information. There is a strong
possibility that he can't read well enough to understand legislation.
:toast: Way to go Teresa!

[jackieforthedems]

33. She'll Make

a great First Lady!!!:thumbsup:

[wryter2000]

35. Wow

"Did you read the legislation?" Awesome answer. I love this woman!

[MasonJar]

36. Therea's whole life has been a training ground for being a

very special and phenomenal woman...so rich and yet so down to earth and grounded. She marched against white only rule in S Africa; she grew up under a dictator; she married two important men, holding her own in courage and strength, and what children she raised...such totally nice people....Kerry also, of course.

[theblasmo]

39. Let's hope...

...she doesn't get the same treatment Hillary did when she got into the White House. For whatever reason, many people in this country are just blasted scared of intelligent, active women. I think most people's reasons for hating Hillary were simply that she was a First Lady who wanted to do more than just act as a mouthpiece for the President (see Laura Bush), and the Repubs can't handle that. Looks like the backlash against feminism will not go away. I like Teresa's approach: when attacked, attack back intelligently and passionately.
David Murphy

[MagickMuffin]

53. They Hated Hillary

because she was on the legal team to help impeach Nixon.

That is another way they behave when they hold a grudge against someone.

Yet they also want other people to "get over it".:grr:

I'm glad Teresa tried to inform the dimwit, but apparently nothing can get through to these dumb-asses!

[flordehinojos]

64. Teresa answered the man's question with facts and pointed him to further

facts if he were to look up and read the legislature.

The man reacted to irrefutable facts with an emotional charge. When they can't refute the facts, the poison the waters with emotional charges.

[MagickMuffin]

54. oops posted twice

[okieinpain]

37. sorry, but america does not like it's women to have opinion's

sorry, but you guy's know it's true. that's why she's been moved to the back. we like our women like pickles.

[Lizzie Borden]

52. I have to agree...

somehow it seems that men find these women threatening.

[5thGenDemocrat]

57. Um

SOME men do.
My mom was a MENSA member and my aunt served 23 years in the US Air Force. Some men aren't threatened by smart, talented women whatsoever. I can tolerate a lot of shortcomings in a partner (I have plenty of shortcomings, too), but stupidity isn't one of them.
John
Now back to the thread. Go Theresa!

[calimary]

66. MY husband certainly isn't threatened by "uppity" women. Look who

he married!

It tells me just as much about John Kerry as it does about Teresa herself. Kerry is clearly one of those men secure enough in his own humanity, intellect, character, and achievement - that he can love and marry and partner with a woman as illustrious, accomplished, and magnificent as Teresa. Clinton struck me that way, too. You don't see many republi-CONS in that boat, do ya?

[annabanana]

59. not REAL men

REAL men aren't intimidated by smart, educated, well traveled, opinionated women! REAL men treasure them!

[gauguin57]

40. There is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL photograph of Teresa

in this past week's New Yorker magazine. I can't describe it ... you just have to see it. It's at the beginning of a long (and very interesting profile) of her.

One detail I loved ... when John and Teresa first met up again (after her husband had died and he was divorced), they first went to Mass together. Then, they hung out, starting out speaking English to one another but then lapsing into French (which the writer said is usually a sign -- when you're talkinga bout two Americans -- that they're flirting). Teresa's son, Andre, is also "a polyglot like his mother."

Man. There's just no comparison between the Crawford Hillbillies and the Heinz/Kerry families.

On edit: Here's the New Yorker profile (alas, without the photo).
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040927fa_fact

[JNelson6563]

41. *clink*

:toast:

[Bat Boy]

42. I love her!

Laura has her hecklers arrested. Teresa has her hecklers schooled.

[Cha]

43. Heckler was stupid..

That's the perfect question to ask Teresa..now the ones who aren't BRAINWASHED..and want to know why Kerry did that(that don't already know like us)will get more of a chance to learn.

[shanti]

46. damn, he got SERVED!

what a contrast between women!! go THK!!!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

47. KICK KICK KICK!!!!! Teresa is very Classy unlike "Stepford Bimbet Laura"

:kick:

[young_at_heart]

48. What a major contrast to Laura

Laura would NEVER have the ability to do what Teresa did.....and I want to know how she can face herself in the mirror knowing how much destruction her husband has caused?

[truthisfreedom]

49. that's the way to handle these thugs. they send out their hoodlums with

half-@ssed ideas in their heads... straigten them out publicly, using the facts. make them eat their words. send them home with their tails between their legs.

i love that the guy walked out when he couldn't argue anymore, falling back, giving up ground, chanting to console himself (like whistling in the dark).

DEMORALIZE 'EM! they're idiots for ever believing anything rove shoved down their throats. they're idiots for ever trusting bush's campaign buffoonery and bluster.

[deadparrot]

51. Yeah, Teresa!!!

Sometimes I wish Kerry had some of her spunk.

[Redleg]

55. She is awesome! A breath of fresh air.

She will help John's presidency.

[rocktivity]

56. FOOK-IN-BE-YOOOOU-TEE-FUL!!!!!

:bounce:
rocknation

[sr_pacifica]

58. Oh yeeeaaah!!

Now THERE'S our future Eleanor Roosevelt!

[0rganism]

60. Notice: "he walked out of the auditorium"

What, no plastic handcuffs? No jackbooted escort? No cops waiting to haul his ass to jail waiting outside the doors? No thugs ready to stomp his ass into the floor? No "young Democrats" ready to kick him in the groin while he's restrained by a secret service detail? My goodness, it's almost like he lives in a civilized society which tolerates dissent! Whatever will they think of next?

[bogey18]

61. People who support * and love Pickles

will never, ever be swayed or find anything to like about a smart, attractive woman like a Theresa or a Hillary. And when you dig deeply into that pile of Freudian manure, you will start to turn up a lot of not so pleasant facts about male dominated society in general.

It seems so weird to say this, but fundie Muslims have so much more in common with fundie Christians than they realize.

[Raster]

76. The three desert religions share many of the same foundations.

I'm speaking of course, of christianity, islam and judaism. All three have Abrahamic roots. Unfortunately they also share most of the same bad qualities.

[marlakay]

67. Great article on Laura and Terresa in GQ

I don't normally read this mag, in fact it was a first for me but someone left it on the Bart train I was on. Some one did a great story on the two women. It really shows how much Kerry loves her and how proud he is of her and how Laura has no personality, trying to hard to be perfect and happy at her achievements at it. They said Laura has 74% approval rating, does that mean dems like her to? They haven't asked me. I think she is a phony and I don't like phonies, that goes for anyone with me not just politics. I don't hate Laura but I don't respect anyone that can't be truthful about themselves.

[fortyfeetunder]

68. I like the way she kicks ass

Any chance she and Laura can be put up to a debate?

[Shallah Kali]

72. Mama T is the best! She will be a magnificent First Lady!

She is smart and thinks on her feet. She must be the RW worst nightmare - another highly intelligent lady who won't take any guff in the White House! hehehe!

[peacetalksforall]

74. I love people with class who have guts to speak out with class.

Love her. Fresh truth. Fresh depth of character. Love the contrast.

Seems we can say that about John Edwards wife, also.

[Politicub]

77. Mama T is going to be an amazing first lady

Only six weeks to go. The first thing she will have to deal with is getting the Bush stench out of the whitehouse.