Heinz Kerry Says Why She Joined Democrats

[AmyStrange]

Heinz Kerry Says Why She Joined Democrats
Mon Jun 14, 8:00 PM ET
By EMILY FREDRIX, Associated Press Writer

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040615/ap_on_el_pr/heinz_kerry_1
WASHINGTON - Teresa Heinz Kerry says anger, not ideology, prompted her to become a Democrat. The wife of Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, says her emotion stemmed from the way the Republican Party, to which she had pledged allegiance, treated Democratic Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia in 2002.

Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm as an Army captain during the Vietnam War, lost his re-election bid in a bitter campaign against then-Rep. Saxby Chambliss. The GOP had raised questions about Cleland's patriotism because of his position on legislation to create the Department of Homeland Security. Cleland supported the concept behind the department, but insisted that a workers' rights provision be part of the bill.

Heinz Kerry, in an interview to be broadcast Tuesday on the "CBS Evening News," says Cleland's status as a triple amputee is enough to prove his patriotism.

"Three limbs and all I could think was, 'What does the Republican party need, a fourth limb to make a person a hero?' And this coming from people who have not served. I was really offended by that. Unscrupulous and disgusting," she said, her reference being an indirect one to President Bush (news - web sites) and Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites).

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2. Blatantly spamming the board is not cool.

You do know that there is an LBN thread about this, do you?

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3. DUPE

a good discussion is going on here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=622669

Please go there to continue the discussion.

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