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To: tejek who wrote (565887)	4/16/2004 5:20:36 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

poor poor ketchup head caught by his own stupidity again.... or mr hienz kicks himself in the beheinz again. April 16, 2004 -- There was new GOP pressure on Democrat John Kerry to release the tax returns of his mega-rich $525 million wife Teresa yesterday after it was learned that Kerry once said a politician who refuses to release tax returns can't be trusted. When his wealthy GOP Senate challenger balked at releasing tax returns in 1990, Kerry demanded that he "come clean" and made it a central campaign issue, repeatedly asking: "What is he hiding?" At that time Kerry claimed a wealthy candidate must release returns to prove he pays a fair share in "a tax system that isn't fair and lets the super-rich get off." A GOP strategist zinged: "Now Mrs. Kerry is subsidizing his lifestyle so it's fair to expect to see her tax returns." Kerry in 1995 married ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry, worth an estimated $525 million according to Forbes magazine. The Kerrys file separate returns and Mrs. Kerry says she won't disclose hers - which would make her the only spouse in memory to balk. In 1984, Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro, who also filed separately, ultimately released five years of her husband's nypost.com