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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Foot In Mouth
by Lee

That Kerry broad, she’s all class.

Teresa Heinz Kerry told a newspaper she doesn’t know if Laura Bush has ever had “a real job.” She apologized Wednesday for having forgotten about the first lady’s 10-year stint as a schoolteacher and librarian.

In an interview published Wednesday, USA Today asked the wife of Democratic candidate John Kerry if she would be different from Laura Bush as a first lady.

“Well, you know, I don’t know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good,” Heinz Kerry said. “But I don’t know that she’s ever had a real job—I mean, since she’s been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things.”

Heinz Kerry said she sees her age as a benefit—she is 66 and Bush 57. “I’m older, and my validation of what I do is a little bit bigger—because I’m older, and I’ve had different experiences. And it’s not a criticism of her. It’s just, you know, what life is about,” she said.

Laura Bush worked in public schools in Texas from 1968 to 1977, the year she married George W. Bush.

The article doesn’t mention THK’s career achievements.  I guess marrying billionaires isn’t much of a career.  Seriously, though, what the hell has she ever done to distinguish herself apart from marrying well?

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