The Teresa Thread!!!!!

[liberalpragmatist]

They've got her promo video on - talking right now about how she marched against apartheid when studying at college in S.Africa.

Showing DNC video on MSNBC and CSPAN

[gauguin57]

1. Very funny first comment by Chris Heinz

"the only man good enough for my mother is the president of the united states!" hee

[Thrill]

2. Chis is sweating

[LittleApple81]

8. They say the airconditioning is not working property. n/t

[liberalpragmatist]

3. she's up!

here she is

[Endangered Specie]

4. "Simply the Best!"

[ellie]

5. Teresa up now!

Go Teresa!

[WillyBrandt]

6. Can you believe she's 65 years old!!!!

[Endangered Specie]

9. Baloney.

I have a hard time believing that.

[liberalpragmatist]

25. No, she is

Really. I know, it's impossible to believe. But it's true.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

7. The signs match her outfit.

[ellie]

10. By now, it should come as no surprise

that I have something to say!

[southlandshari]

20. that's it

I didn't get it quite right in my post below

[Chovexani]

11. Red Hot Mama!

I LOVE this woman!!

[DemWitch]

12. you say it gurl!!!

[Endangered Specie]

13. "I have something to say"

[southlandshari]

14. "Now is the time when I have something to say"

That may not be verbatim, but it was a great and witty line.

And now she is speaking Italian!

[gauguin57]

15. Here come the languages ...

... and Bush can't even speak ENGLISH!

[Bat Boy]

She's speaking in tongues!

Fluently!

[Catherine Vincent]

16. She would be a GREAT first lady!

[joanne]

22. She WILL be a great first lady!!

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Thanks for the correction!

She will be a great first lady....and then some!:-)

[ncrainbowgrrl]

17. what a classy lady.

and what masterful use of language.

[playahata1]

18. "My name is Teresa Heinz Kerry....

And by now, you should all know that I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY."

Hear THAT, all you Stepford Wives?!

[aquart]

39. I loved that.

[UTUSN]

19. Here We Go---------"I Have Something to Say---a Todos Los Hispanos"

--------------I invite you to join in this conversation, a free, good, and democratic society."

[Feanorcurufinwe]

"join in our conversation"

She is eloquent.

[moondust]

21. Perfect First Lady for these times.

Cultural sensitivity in spades. World view of democracy.

[berner59]

27. can you be any more perfect????

Our country is not ready for this!!! But we'll get her and boy how proud a country we'll be!!! I AM IN AWE!!!!

[southernleftylady]

23. Go her! she is great! no stepford wife here! :)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

24. OMG I am SO impressed

and I hope other nations can see this. For ONCE, I'm not EMBARRASSED!!!!

She is FANTASTIC!!!

[fairfaxvadem]

26. Once again, No Notes!!!!

Okay, maybe teleprompter, but you know she has rehearsed this in her heart and mind for days.

[southernleftylady]

30. Amazing isnt it! n/t

[UTUSN]

28. "There is value in taking a stand whether or not anybody notices it

or whether or not it is a risky thing to do."

[AntiCoup2K4]

38. Hopefully she'll communicate that one to her husband.

And the idiots in the party "establishment". :)

[aquart]

61. Superb.

[ellie]

31. She is really great!

I have never heard her speak before.

[shanti]

93. me neither

i am so blown away!

[Endangered Specie]

32. Right to be opinionated

[gauguin57]

36. Uppity women unite!!!!

Go Teresa!

(And still, Hillary looks bored and unenthused. sorry ... but that's just rude -- Teresa's supporting YOU with her speech, Hill!)

[lancdem]

49. I disagree

Hillary looked like she agreed wholeheartedly. And she backed Teresa up on TV a bunch of times in the past few days.

[southlandshari]

46. she just won me over

I didn't have the same love many of you have for Tersea from the get go, and it had nothing to do with the "shove it" business. She just seemed very angry in every interview I saw her in, and very arrogant.

That bit about the right to be opinionated was right on, though. I am quite opinionated myself - I just like those who can be strong in their convictions with a smile on their face simultaneously!

[jab105]

33. Women will be called smart and well informed just like men!!!!!!!

I like her tonight!!

[blueblitzkrieg]

34. How can anyone not love this woman?

She rocks!

[Catshrink]

45. She's got me nearly in tears....

You're right: how can anyone NOT love her?

Welcome to DU!

[blueblitzkrieg]

62. thank you!

:hi:

[liberalpragmatist]

35. HAHA - "They Call me Opinionated"

"I hope in the future we will have the right not to be called opinionated but to be called smart and well-informed, just like men!"

[Longhorn]

37. I'm smart and well-informed!

:yourock:

[Digit]

40. She is amazing!

[Digit]

53. My God, she is intelligent!

[texas1928]

41. I can hear the Freepers now.

Saying "She can not speak proper english."

[Feanorcurufinwe]

42. And since she was born in Mozambique

at least we won't have to hear for the next 16 years that she wants to be President.

[Wednesdays]

64. You know not the freeper mindset...

They'll repeat that mantra anyway...even if they know it's not true!

[malatesta1137]

43. great brain, classy woman!

poor Laura Bush, who can't even be called a Stepford wife, too good for her.

[otohara]

44. Whoa - Blow Me Over

she should be an ambassador

[in_cog_ni_to]

47. Teresa, YOU ARE AWESOME!

First Lady Teresa Heinz-Kerry! She will be a PERFECT First Lady!

[Liberal Christian]

48. Oh dear God! This woman is amazing!

[WillyBrandt]

50. Is it just me, or will this play GREAT among women voters?

[jab105]

55. Would if the networks were covering it!??!

ARGH!!

[ellie]

51. It's so nice to hear smart people talk

For the last four years I feel like I have been wading hip deep through shit. I feel restored again!

[aquart]

52. Witwatersrand--what a credential! To march at the start of marching!

She attempted to fight apartheid.

Holy hannah.

[sundog]

54. She's great -- I'm so happy this is going so well :)

:bounce:

[Dudley_DUright]

56. Great mention of space science

"Galileo to Jupiter, Cassini to Saturn, and Hubble to see to the edge of the Universe."

[Bat Boy]

57. Hell yes!

Immense respect.

[Gregorian]

58. Listening to Teresa, I feel that Bush was just an anomoly

I even feel that we can recover.
And I know more about John Kerry. He married that woman.
And being the dry eyed person I am, I can hardly contain my tears.

[shanti]

98. anomaly?

hell, yeah! we're taking our country back! however, you know they aren't going to go for that.

[gardenista]

59. Mu husband- "She has good legs, too!"

[ellie]

60. Good environmental policy

is good economics!

[BayouBengal07]

63. Uh Oh

She just basically said Iraq was a war for oil.

That wont go over well everywhere.

[WillyBrandt]

69. Yeah, in the RNC convention. Please.

[annxburns]

74. No, that is misinterpreting her ...

... lowering our dependence on imported oil is tied to security policy. Christ, the PNACers and Dick Cheney would agree to that - they made the same argument to support drilling in ANWAR

[bushisanidiot]

78. Repukes were the ones bragging that oil would be cheaper if we invaded

iraq.. they can't pretend they didn't say it.

Teresa's comment was perfectly legitimate.

[Hoping4Change]

110. We all know now it was indeed for oil. Iraq posed no imminant danger.

[DemWitch]

65. She is going to be awesome

in the Whitehouse...

[Chovexani]

72. You got that right!

I can hardly wait! Imagine having a First Lady who's not a Stepford Wife?! :)

Blessed be and welcome to DU! :)

[evworldeditor]

66. "Good environmental policy is good economics....

Reminds me of a speech I heard Robert Kennedy Jr. give back in 1997...

Here's the link to that address.

http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=article&storyid=474

[aquart]

67. So, you think Laura will give a speech?

[0007]

97. In our wildest dreams Laura couldn't match Treresa...

[ellie]

68. John is a fighter

He earned his medals the old fashioned way, by putting his life on the line for his nation.

[gauguin57]

70. John got his medals the old-fashioned way ...

... by putting his life on the line.

OH YEAH!

[nostamj]

71. now THERE's a "first lady" for this age

BRAVA DIVA!!!

even Hillary is going, "oh shit"

[DemWitch]

73. YESSS!

Leaders that mistake stubborness for strength... Gawd... I think I'm in love...

[BayouBengal07]

75. I like how she just said

Bush mistakes "stubborness for strength" :D

[UTUSN]

76. JK "will not fear disagreement or dissent

The true patriots are those who dare to speak truth to power. ...America has responsibilities it must accept again."

[Catshrink]

John will not fear those who disagree!

Slap and shove it!

I love her...

:loveya:

[playahata1]

77. Teresa: "John is a fighter.

"He earned his medals THE OLD FASHIONED WAY -- by putting his life on the line for his country."

"As president, my husband will not fear disagreement or dissent."

"True patriots will speak truth to power."

Amen, Amen, Amen.

[southlandshari]

79. "greedy choices"

gotta love her including that little jab!

[eleny]

80. Theresa is like Eleanor reincarnated

[0007]

99. Oh yeah, I love her!

[bain_sidhe]

81. Not a moralistic nation, a MORAL nation!

What a line!

[Blue-Jay]

82. I like Teresa, but she needs to wrap it up now.

Going a bit long....

[NashVegas]

85. tee hee

yeah, I was kinda thinking that.

[DemWitch]

83. first Obama, now her...

Crawford, Texas must be filling up with shit as we speak from the fear of dealing with the next few months...

[NashVegas]

84. Theresa Heinz Kerry Is One Great Broad

And would make a magnificant first lady.

[Catshrink]

87. Reminds me of Sophia Loren...

both classic, beautiful, strong, gracious, awesome women.

[ellie]

86. Wow!

She was really rockin'! Go Teresa!

[Feanorcurufinwe]

88. She was really getting lyrical there.

[InkAddict]

89. This is a First Lady! n/t

[drscm]

90. And now Scarbourough is busy slamming her...

what a chenyin' mysoginist.

[Catshrink]

92. Oh Cheney Scarbragbag....

tell him to go fuck himself. Probably does anyway.

[GaryL]

91. Five languages.

Good Lord she speaks five languages! That's five more that the idiot in chief!

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

100. It seemed stilted at first....

,,,shes not really a public speaker the way Obama and Clinton where, but she gave a great speach nontheless, in terms of content.

[in_cog_ni_to]

94. The repubs are FINISHED

and they know it. That's why we have every network, except C-SPAN, with RW talking heads who have to bash everthing, everyone says. They are TOAST come November. The Democrats are UNITED like I've NEVER seen. I have hope again.

Teresa kicked ass!

[GaryL]

95. Five languages!

Good Lord, she speaks five languages! That's five more that the idiot in chief!

[sundog]

96. Teresa Diva

She is faaaaaaaaaaaaabulous :)

:kick:

[ronnykmarshall]

101. Damn my VCR!!

Teresa ROCKS!!!


I love her!!!

[watercolors]

102. After reading all the threads

I think we have said it all, WOW, she just blew us away tonight. John and teresa will make us proud!

[teresafan]

103. Did the big three networks cover this?

She needs to be shown toall of America. This livid speech needs to be broadcast to all of America!!!!!!!!

[shawmut]

106. No, they did not

unfortunately.

[shawmut]

104. She is amazing

I will be so proud to have her as First Lady of our country when John Kerry is elected.

[OnionPatch]

105. Wow, she's great!

I love her! That was the most inspiring thing I've seen in ages. I had no idea! :bounce:
Now watch, they'll air her saying "Shove it" a million times but how many people will get to hear that great speech?

[FredScuttle]

107. here we go....Tweety on Theresa

"Will she play in Peoria?"

"She's got an accent"

"Is Laura Bush more acceptable than Theresa?"

"Will she appeal to Middle America?"


Thankfully, Tweety's panel is hammering him, but Christ, what a thinly veiled attempt to play to the racist goons for absolutely no goddamn reason.

[JDPriestly]

108. Teresa Heinz Kerry

should appeal to Republicans on the fence. She has crossed the fence and is likely to bring a lot of other Republicans, especially women, with her.

[Hoping4Change]

111. Odd isn't they don't mention Arhnold.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

109. Teresa Heinz Kerry has set a standard for women in one speech

I remember when Anita Hill was under oath. Orin Hatch dismissed her testimony as being that of an "outspoken opinionated woman," whose views could, naturally be dismissed out of hand. I was surprised at the time that he didn't simply say, "She's just a nigger. Who cares what she has to say?" Of course, that's where America is today with the word "liberal."

At any rate, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony would have been proud of Teresa last night.

[onethatcares]

112. I heard it today on NPR

in fact spent the day listening to Obama and her. I was filled with PRIDE. Pride in the fact they have a view and vision for The United States of America. Summabeach, I wish I could have taped it. I work with a new citizen of the country from Cuba, and even he said he could hear the tone of the speeches.

[NJCher]

113. some points about Theresa's speech

First, I like the way they showcased Theresa as a mother. The repukes have not yet figured her out so they can't stereotype her. Nothing they've come up with has really resonated and the Democrats did the smart thing by having her sons introduce her. When her son talked about his mother putting his school lunch together, everyone could identify. This took Theresa out of the realm of the super-rich and made her a mom--a mom like most of us have experienced.

Then when she walked out to deliver her speech, she took her time and that told us something: it told us this woman knows how to handle an audience. She told us that she is worth waiting for.

As a speech teacher, I often tell my students to pause and to speak slowly. This is what I liked most about her speech. She used silence effectively and she spoke clearly and slowly so we could all understand.

I thought the red suit was interesting. Red is a tricky color. It can incite anger. But this particular suit had a very soft collar and if you note, the collar was raised around her face. In fact it sort of looked like a Valentine.

This speech left me feeling very good about Theresa Heinz Kerry. I thought about the speech off and on, all night long. It really was a wonderful speech to "dream on."


Cher

[demigoddess]

114. I agree, she was elegant and down to earth at the same time

She spoke and meant what she said, execellent portrait of a great first lady. I think her heart has been with the democrats a long time.

[Lavender Brown]

115. Great Teresa pic: