Internet 'Whisper' Campaign Spreads Lies About Teresa Kerry

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_4980.shtml

False allegations about Democratic Presidential Candidate John F. Kerry's wife have been circulating for months, but the velocity of the Internet "whispering campaign" picked up substantially with the approach of the Fall campaign.

One false message claims Teresa Heinz Kerry gave $4 million to a foundation that used the funds to support a list of "radical" groups including one with alleged links to Hamas and another that is said to have offered to provide a lawyer for Saddam Hussein. But public records show otherwise. Heinz Kerry's foundation money was directed to projects such as "Sustainable Pittsburgh," which promotes "smart growth" strategies.

Another widely circulated e-mail claims Kerry and his wife "own" dozens of H.J. Heinz Company factories in Europe and Asia. It accuses Kerry of hypocrisy for denouncing offshoring of US jobs while "making millions off that cheap labor."

That's also false: neither of them own Heinz. Public records show Heinz Kerry isn't an officer of the company, isn't on the company's board of directors, and isn't even close to being the largest shareholder. The Heinz Endowments do own Heinz stock -- less than 4% of the company -- but income from that stock goes to charity, not to the Kerrys personally.

[underpants]

1. HEZBOLLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is obviously where that came from.

[tom_paine]

2. Actually the Goebbels v2.0 Lying Blast E-Mail Division of the Imperial

National Committee probably takes up and entire floor of cubicles at the Heritage Foundation.

This is a coordinated campaign ofthe kind the the ORIGINAL: Goebbels would have loved and envied.