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Thread #73670   Message #1280082
Posted By: Nerd
24-Sep-04 - 12:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Kerry is an arrogant asshole
Subject: RE: BS: Kerry is an arrogant asshole
You're full of it, old guy.

Teresa has nothing to do with those companies.

She controls the philanthropic foundations established by her late husband, a Republican senator from Pennsylvania.

Or as factcheck.org puts it:

As the H.J. Heinz Company reports in its most recent proxy statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Heinz Kerry is not on the company's board of directors, nor is she listed among the principal shareholders (those who control 5% or more of the outstanding shares).

The Heinz Endowments do own Heinz stock -- less than 4% of the company -- but income from that stock goes to charity, not to the Kerrys personally.

The Heinz company also said it is "nonpartisan." Worth noting, however, is that the company's Political Action Committee has given nearly all its donations to Republican candidates, including $5,000 to the Bush campaign and nothing to Kerry's as of the most recent reports available.

The TRUE merger of corporate and Executive power is going on the BUSH administration, the richest administration with the most former CEOs in history.