Heinz Kerry Is Part of the Draw in Race

[DoYouEverWonder]

August 5, 2004

HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Forget polite sensibilities. Many women along the Democratic campaign trail are telling Teresa Heinz Kerry to keep speaking her mind. To them, the sassy, gabby wife of presidential candidate John Kerry is a key part of the package they want to put in the White House.

These women don't care that Heinz Kerry doesn't always follow the etiquette rules for potential first ladies. Like when she marches up to a persistent reporter and tells him to "shove it" or when she tells Republican hecklers that they want "four more years of hell."

Dawn Davis of Muscatine, Iowa, excitedly greeted Heinz Kerry as the tour came through her home state Wednesday. Davis says she isn't ashamed to acknowledge that she's been known to tell people to shove it and go to hell. Just thinking about all the criticism of Heinz Kerry was enough to get her going.

"Women should not feel that they should kowtow to anyone else's option," Davis said in a rapid-fire rant. "I told her, you keep speaking your mind and don't let them change you. They just criticize her because they don't have anything else to hang it on. And that's the truth."

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-heinz-kerry,0,1426105.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Fellows like her, too

My husband is a Teresa fan, as is one of the techs where I work. But like her feisty style. And I say to any Repuke who dares criticize Teresa that they don't know a real person when they see one.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. It will be so nice

to have a woman with a functioning brain back in the WH.

The position of First Lady brings a lot of power and influence and Teresa will know how to use it, to help those less fortunate. Especially when you look at what Laura Bush has done for her four years in the WH, which isn't much to write home about.