Terezzza. WTF.

Met this beast today- Teresa Heinz. Not Teresa Heinz Kerry. She dropped the Kerry again after the presidential race was over.

Perfect article about her:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07105/778186-85.stm

They say she's still in love with her deceased former husband and that Kerry is always on eggshells around her. That might be true.  I couldn't detect any chemistry between them, but I then don't know them well. For Kerry's part, he was nicer than I remembered since I last saw him.

Anyways, Terezzza grew up as the child of a European doctor in sub-saharan Africa. She has a bit of a savior complex and talks about Americans like we are illiterate African tribes people that need an elite like her to come save us. I think she seriously does not differentiate between the starving people in Mozambique that her father treated and Americans that happen to disagree with her.  She likes to be called a champion and a public figure, but make no mistake, she is an eccentric billionaire that never earned a dime in her life and is only valuable because she gives away this money she never earned. When speaking to her one on one, she lacks the most basic courtesy that anyone that ever had to hold down a job would find second nature. She doesn't say excuse me, she snarls her lip and says "what". She says "can I!" not "may I?" and never waits for anyone to give her permission anyways. She must be heard and she must not be doubted.  She calls those who do not agree with her positions either idiots or illiterate or both dumb and greedy. She often cites European policies as proof for American backwardness and undemocratic corruption, as though the existence of a difference between European and American policy proves that America is in the wrong. She is a living caricature of the conservative portrayal of snobbish out of touch liberal elites that disdain America and admire Europe. But the republicans can't laugh too hard over her image, for she is more their beast than the democrats'. She had been a republican for most of her voting years and only registered as a democrat on January of 2003. Despite her relative newness to the Democrats, she's absorbed all their lingo- she wants to continue the conversation about xyz, she lauds local papers and rails against corporate owned anything, she puts the public ahead of corporate backed lobbies. But she still hasn't learned 'thank you', or at least she didn't know it when I tried to be nice to her and compliment her ideas. She responded with a rather cold 'yes' while looking disdainfully at my outfit. Can I be called a champion for this too? I'll marry a rich guy, spend his money on hiring experts to find causes for me and then when you tell me good job, I'll say "yes, I agree" while thinking "ew. you don't have $1000 to spend on your  dress."

 

I've never had much against what she does. It's just that I wish she'd STFU while she dabbled in her philanthropies and moral crusades. She's still a great role model of mine since I'd like someone with a billion dollars to marry me even if I am obnoxious, outspoken and not even that pretty (although I admit, she has a Zsa Zsa Gabor kind of sex appeal).

Now for Kerry- he is, like Bush, great at energizing his base and I saw him with the base of his base- wealthy Cambridge ivy leaguers that are involved in numerous liberal community activities- there were the professors from chairs that Terreza funded, people Kerry helped appoint as former ltd Governor and another Democrat senator.
    Kerry joked about the little school in the south he went to instead of the old institution in Cambridge and told his associates that they'd done everything possible for him except move to Ohio. To my surprise, he was rather funny and up beat. I don't know if he is the environmental affairs hero he claims he is, but his hired experts briefed him well as he is able to make astute and informed comments about environmental policy.

When you take away the people that don't like him and his ways, he's a rather dynamic thinker on his feet. He may not understand average republicans, but he certainly understands what makes republican leaders tick. He can't answer a question about abortion, but he can answer specific questions about the economics of current trends toward nuclear power.

And Kerry seemed like a nice enough guy. He knows how to thank people and speak with sensitivity towards their perspective. He's voted on and sponsored so few bills that it's hard to tell if he has any deeply held cause, but he's fine at adapting to the changing concerns of MA people. So, good job Kerry and good luck reporting back to duty in the 2008 senate re-election.