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« Love It | Main | Clean Up Your House » August 23, 2004
Terry Kerry
Posted by Bill
Anti-apartheid activist? A would-be Democratic First Lady, Teresa Heinz Kerry nailed her radical colours to the mast with stories of the struggle against South African apartheid while a student in the country. But now contemporaries from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg say her participation in an anti-apartheid protest march, which she used to describe her fearlessness, was an isolated event. You'd never get the impression from her DNC speech: As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me. And so, with my fellow students we marched against its extension into higher education. This was the late 50’s, the dawn of the civil rights marches in America. As history records, our efforts in South Africa failed and the Higher Education Apartheid Act was passed. Apartheid tightened its ugly grip, the Sharpsville riots followed, and a short while later Nelson Mandela was arrested and sent to Robin Island. I learned something then, and I believe it still. There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anyone may be noticing and whether or not it is a risky thing to do. And if even those who are in danger can raise their lonely voices, isn’t more required of all of us, in this land where liberty had her birth? I knew that the portion of her DNCC speech sounded completely bogus. Why do political operatives (always abetted by the overenthusiastic handlers that co-write the speeches) bother to stretch the truth on such trivial stuff and think that no one will call them on it? It's not a big deal, but it's funny. (Via this Insta-linked gem) Posted by Bill at August 23, 2004 10:37 AM | TrackBack (1) CommentsI gather she marched (once) and so her (one) march makes her a (one-time) anti-apartheid activist. Reporting for duty! Posted by: Ghost of a flea at August 23, 2004 01:15 PM Ugly as a dime's worth of dog meat. Posted by: Joel (No Pundit Intended) at August 23, 2004 01:53 PM She's like 65. IMO, she looks pretty damn good for 65. Posted by: Bill from INDC Journal at August 23, 2004 01:59 PM Notice we haven't heard from her in a while ... must be time for an oil change... Posted by: The Backer at August 23, 2004 09:06 PM Thanks for the link. I don't care ow much money she has. Kerry could have had Morgan Fairchild. Morgan Fairchild! Posted by: chris at August 23, 2004 09:53 PM This woman is very strange, and in this pic HIDEOUS. Four years of this? god help us. Posted by: david at August 24, 2004 02:49 PM |
