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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: American Spirit who wrote (6779)5/6/2004 9:09:18 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
the Kerry's are very rich and led privileged, elitist lives

Kerry is a son of the eastern establishment, with deep roots in the exclusive institutions that have traditionally produced those who wield power in America. Kerry's mother, Rosemary, was a member of the Boston Brahmin Forbes family, whose wealth is drawn primarily from massive land holdings on Cape Cod. Following the war, while his father served as a diplomat in European cities such as Oslo, Paris and Berlin, Kerry attended boarding school in Switzerland.

Kerry's second marriage to Teresa Heinz, the somewhat exotic widow of Senator John Heinz III of Pennsylvania, made him spectacularly rich. Born in Mozambique, Teresa was educated at the Interpreters School of the University of Geneva. Upon his death in a plane crash in 1991, Heinz left her as the principal heir to the HJ Heinz food fortune. Forbes once placed her personal wealth at $860 million; she also heads the billion-dollar Heinz family foundation.

When Senator Heinz was killed, she became chairman of the Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies, under whose auspices she gave away $66 million in 2002.

not exactly main stream American
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