Why Was Teresa Heinz-Kerry's Wealth an Issue in '04 but Cindy McCain's Fortune ISN'T an Issue for Republicans?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080702/pl_politico/11477

Isn't this hypocritical?

What are your Thoughts on the Issue?

Answer 1

No, since Cindy is good and Teresa is evil (plus her wealth came from a good Conservative Republican Senator).

Answer 2

No, her wealth had a minimal effect on the election, same as McCain's wife's wealth will.  The only thing Heinz was criticized for was when she talked down to America.

Answer 3

I think McCain has more going for him than did Kerry.  It's easier to ignore the insignificant stuff when you are considering a good candidate.

Answer 4

The issue is what they are doing with their wealth,

Teresa Kerry- is a liberal and socialist and spends her money to support such causes- while Cindy McCain is conservitive.

Personaly I don't care about a politicians money unless they are breaking laws.  Most presidents have been wealthy and some of the founding fathers wanted officals to go unpaid and have allowed only self finiced campaigns as they felt some one lacking asets would bend to eaisly looking for campaign donations.

Answer 5

Of course it's hypocritical. That's why they are Republicans.

Answer 6

I never saw any Republicans making an issue with Kerry's wife. But I do see quite a few Democrats wanting Mrs McCain to reveal her total worth. Neither Teresa nor Cindy are running for President..

Answer 7

The same reason Clinton was impeached for lying about s*x, and nothing happens to Bush who has broken International Laws and rendered many of the Ammendments in the Bill of Rights meaningless.

It is in the financial interests (tax cuts/deregulation) of most Corporations to have a Republican in the White House. The CEOs of the major Corporations that own the Media-Disney, G.E., Fox, Time-Warner, Viacom, Clearchannel, Sinclair, etc. are Republican or Vote Republican.

"From a Viacom standpoint, the election of a Republican administration is a better deal. Because the Republican administration has stood for many things we believe in, deregulation and so on. The Democrats are not bad people. . . . But from a Viacom standpoint, we believe the election of a Republican administration is better for our company." Sumner Redstone CEO of Viacom, owner of CBS

Answer 8

Nice revisionist history there, LIBERAL.

WEALTH isn't an issue, the Republican party isn't a bunch of communists like the Democrat party. The issue with Teresa wasn't her wealth, it's that she was a LIBERAL NUTJOB.

Thank god we kept her out of the White House!! Now patriotic Americans must unite to elect McCain.