Thursday, October 21, 2004
Laura Bush's 'Real Job',a Mother
Heinz Kerry drew the ire of the Republicans when USA Today asked her how she would be different from Mrs. Bush if John Kerry won the November 2 election, making her the new first lady.
Heinz Kerry responded, "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. 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 [sic] from important things, but different things."
Does billionaire heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry really think teachers and librarians don't have "a real job"?
Laura Bush taught in public schools in Texas from 1968 to 1973, then earned a master's degree in library sciences and worked for the following four years as a school librarian. In 1977, she married George W. Bush.
Reminded that Mrs. Bush as a "grown-up" had worked in government schools in Texas from 1968 to 1977, the ketchup queen scrambled to avoid offending those big-spending Democrat educrat unions.
Heiress Teresa Apologizes to Working Woman Laura
"I had forgotten that Mrs. Bush had worked as a schoolteacher and librarian, and there couldn't be a more important job than teaching our children. As someone who has been both a full-time mom and full-time in work force, I know we all have valuable experiences that shape who we are. I appreciate and honor Mrs. Bush's service to the country as first lady and am sincerely sorry I had not remembered her important work in the past."
Karen Hughes, an adviser to President Bush, said Heinz Kerry's apology "made it worse because she left out the very important real job of a mother."
"Clearly she knows Laura Bush was a mother who chose to stay home and rear her family," Hughes said. "That's a noble choice that should be celebrated not denigrated."
"Teaching is a real job. Working as a librarian is a real job. Staying at home and rearing a family is a real job," Hughes added.
She didn't say what her own full-time job was, other than counting her loot.
Heinz Kerry drew the ire of the Republicans when USA Today asked her how she would be different from Mrs. Bush if John Kerry won the November 2 election, making her the new first lady.
Heinz Kerry responded, "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. 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 [sic] from important things, but different things."
Does billionaire heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry really think teachers and librarians don't have "a real job"?
Laura Bush taught in public schools in Texas from 1968 to 1973, then earned a master's degree in library sciences and worked for the following four years as a school librarian. In 1977, she married George W. Bush.
Reminded that Mrs. Bush as a "grown-up" had worked in government schools in Texas from 1968 to 1977, the ketchup queen scrambled to avoid offending those big-spending Democrat educrat unions.
Heiress Teresa Apologizes to Working Woman Laura
"I had forgotten that Mrs. Bush had worked as a schoolteacher and librarian, and there couldn't be a more important job than teaching our children. As someone who has been both a full-time mom and full-time in work force, I know we all have valuable experiences that shape who we are. I appreciate and honor Mrs. Bush's service to the country as first lady and am sincerely sorry I had not remembered her important work in the past."
Karen Hughes, an adviser to President Bush, said Heinz Kerry's apology "made it worse because she left out the very important real job of a mother."
"Clearly she knows Laura Bush was a mother who chose to stay home and rear her family," Hughes said. "That's a noble choice that should be celebrated not denigrated."
"Teaching is a real job. Working as a librarian is a real job. Staying at home and rearing a family is a real job," Hughes added.
She didn't say what her own full-time job was, other than counting her loot.
