Teresa Remains In the News--And Remains Outspoken

[Dr Ron]

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp

[Stand and Fight]

1. DU Courtesy...

You really should post the first four paragraphs so people know what the article is about...
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Teresa Remains in the News
7 March 2005




In The Northwest: Teresa Heinz Kerry hasn't lost her outspoken way

Monday, March 7, 2005

By JOEL CONNELLY
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER COLUMNIST

What made Teresa Heinz Kerry so refreshing to some voters, and threatening to others on the 2004 campaign trail, is summed up when THK talks about her speech to last year's Democratic convention:

"Nobody told me what to do," she told a Saturday fund-raiser here.

The implicit afterword: Nobody better try.

The sails of the philanthropist wife of Sen. John Kerry were not trimmed by November's narrow electoral defeat.

The softly accented voice gives pointed advice to the Democratic Party, which she lately joined, formerly having spent 15 years as wife of a Senate Republican.

Heinz Kerry flew into town on her own Gulfstream jet (the Flying Squirrel, named for a Sun Valley ski run) direct from a conference on global philanthropy at Stanford.


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More follows -- including her opinions on the Catholic vote and counting the votes in the 2004 election...


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[Dr Ron]

3. I thought the title tells what is about

As it goes into multiple topics, the first few paragraphs really don't give any better idea than the title alone of what the whole article says.

[Stand and Fight]

4. Very true... But...

However, it is more likely to be read and responded to if people have an idea what the article contains. Some people may be simply cruising the discussion board for an interesting post. If you want your post to be informative and actively participated in, I'd suggest the four paragraphs. After all, it would not hurt anything, right?

[JI7]

5. this is a good point, especially for those with slow internet speed

[Dr Ron]

7. I guess you can count on DU members to argue about anything n/t

[MaineDem]

8. I don't think anyone is arguing, Dr

It does make it easier if a few snippets of the article are included.

Thanks for posting, though. It's good to see THK still in the news.

[Stand and Fight]

9. Oh good grief...

Someone here has problems with constructive criticism... Read the posting rules already since you can't understand a gentle nudge in the right direction!

:eyes: Good grief!

[Dr Ron]

10. But that's not the rule

The rule is to limit quotes to avoid copyright violations. The rule provides a maximum for how much should be quoted. It's not a mandatory policy that a portion be posted.

We are not ditto heads. Sometimes it makes sense to print part of an article. Sometimes it doesn't. In this case the first few paragraphs did not do justice to the body of the article, and the title gave as much a hint of what was in it as the first few paragraphs.

[flpoljunkie]

2. On Counting the Votes: "Very easy to hack into the mother machines" Amen!

COUNTING THE VOTES: Heinz Kerry is openly skeptical about results from November's election, particularly in sections of the country where optical scanners were used to record votes.

"Two brothers own 80 percent of the machines used in the United States," Heinz Kerry said. She identified both as "hard-right" Republicans. She argued that it is "very easy to hack into the mother machines."

"We in the United States are not a banana republic," added Heinz Kerry. She argued that Democrats should insist on "accountability and transparency" in how votes are tabulated.

"I fear for '06," she said. "I don't trust it the way it is right now."

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp

[loudsue]

6. BRAVO for THK!! Fianlly, someone in high places "gets it"!!

:loveya: This woman should have been our First Lady! :loveya:

The frikkin' election was STOLEN by those mother *$%&@# machines!!! Period!

:kick::kick::kick:

[Blue_Roses]

11. I like your homepage

very impressive to see doctors and nurses support Democratic candidates in this time of TORT reform agenda from the republicans.
:thumbsup:

[Dr Ron]

12. Tort reform is no reason to vote for Bush

Thanks for the comment. As I'm sure most here would agree, Bush's proposals on tort reform reduce costs for insurance companies. They do little to protect doctors from frivilous suits (as Kerry's proposal did) and do not meaningful reduce the cost of health care.