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Home Front: Politix
Let them go naked for a while; at least the kids - The Mozambiqui
2004-09-16
Lovey Howell Teresa Heinz Kerry, encouraging volunteers as they busily packed supplies Wednesday for hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean, said she was concerned the effort was too focused on sending clothes instead of essentials like water and electric generators. "Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids," said Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. "Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes."
"And while they're nekkid, they can eat cake!"
Heinz Kerry stopped by a market in the heart of Brooklyn's Caribbean community, where she spoke French with Haitian vendors and shook hands with volunteers busy packing food, clothes and other relief supplies to be shipped to several Carribean islands hit by Hurricane Ivan. Her husband's campaign donated water, blankets and first aid kits. "I think it's important we help all the kids we can," Heinz Kerry said.

Ivan swept through the Caribbean last week, killing more than 60 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. Dr. Roy A. Hastick Sr., president of the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and coordinator of the market's relief effort, said the visit helped make difficult days a bit brighter. "It's a major boost for us and the community to show we have someone on a national level concerned with what's happening in the Caribbean region," Hastick Sr. said. Supporters gathered on the sidewalk shouted "We love you," and "Good luck" as Heinz Kerry made her way to a waiting car.
I know what she was trying to say, but, does she know how this sounds?
Posted by:BigEd / Mark Espinola

#19  I can't get past the image of my almost-4-year old running from the bathroom after getting out of the tub, my wife or I running after him, holding on to his scooby-doo briefs and a T-Shirt.
ERIC come back here!

Let 'em go "nikid". NOT!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-16 6:18:45 PM  

#18  They try to escape to freedom and a better life on little boats across the big ocean, too. Sillies.
Posted by: ex-lib   2004-09-16 11:42:54 AM  

#17  Water and food are first, if that's the choice.

Anyway, we all know that those little brown third-worlders--they don't mind running around naked. It's just the way they are.
Posted by: ex-lib   2004-09-16 11:41:10 AM  

#16  Ah shit, I gotta somewhat agree with MommaT, don't send clothes, send money! Send food! Send Whiskey!
Posted by: Shipman   2004-09-16 10:31:37 AM  

#15  I think we've found next year's Mardi Gras Grand Marshall...
Posted by: Pappy   2004-09-16 10:01:16 AM  

#14  AC - you stole the words from my mouth. I almost feel sorry for her, she's way out of her league.
Posted by: 2B   2004-09-16 9:56:02 AM  

#13  A really funny take on this

http://blogspirator.blogspot.com/2004/09/theresa-let-them-go-naked-for-while-at.html
Posted by: Anonymous6459   2004-09-16 9:55:50 AM  

#12  just shows, money can't buy everything....she's a nutcase, and I hope she keeps talking
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-16 8:02:13 AM  

#11  Why, AzCat? She is shallow, incoherent and often vulgar. No reason to expect something different or more of her, just because she had a feeble chance to become a first lady.
Posted by: Zarathustra   2004-09-16 5:45:00 AM  

#10  Or perhaps the delivery should have been a bit more nuanced.
Posted by: AzCat   2004-09-16 4:44:35 AM  

#9  Gotta agree with Big Ed and Mike here. She *meant* well - but the delivery was, shall we say, somewhat nuanced?
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2004-09-16 3:05:45 AM  

#8  More home cookin from Momma T.
Posted by: Capt America   2004-09-16 1:48:53 AM  

#7  You just can't make this shit up, but I'll keep trying:

"Water is necessary, Perrier if you please, and then champagne, and a good manicurist, and then generators, and then a languidly delicious and sensual full-body massage, and then a Rolls-Royce, and then food, and then clothes, if it's the season."

Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2004-09-16 1:46:25 AM  

#6  He spoke French? Haitians don't speak French. AFAIK they speak creole. Creole is derived from French but both are as mutually incomprehensible as French and Latin or English and Saxon.

If he spoke French then my guess is that the whole thing was staged and the Hatitian vendor was either not Haitian or not just a mere vendor.
Posted by: JFM   2004-09-16 1:40:15 AM  

#5  "...and let them eat cake, too. That's it, cake."
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2004-09-16 1:31:59 AM  

#4  I knew it! I knew it! She is an alien.
I can't imagine a human uttering that stuff.
Well, ok, she may be possessed...
(Granted, on the Drudge pic, she looks like a vampire, but I don't believe in vampires anymore).
Posted by: Spaced Brother   2004-09-16 1:20:32 AM  

#3  ....I'm with Big Ed on this one - for once, she meant well, but still screwed it up.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2004-09-16 1:19:20 AM  

#2  What a team!

We have Senator light weight as Veep.

We have Senator flip-flop as the Pres.

And we have Teresa who gets away from her handlers telling people to run naked in the streets.

Posted by: Douglas De Bono   2004-09-16 1:12:24 AM  

#1  Moonbattery from the Head Moonbat. WTFO?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-09-16 1:08:08 AM  

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