Jonathan V. Last of the Weekly Standard points out another example of Kerry's hypocrisy:
In the low point of the speech, Kerry says, "You don't value families by kicking kids out of after-school programs and taking cops off our streets, so that Enron can get another tax break." The irony, of course, being that Enron profited wildly--and quite fraudulently--under Bill Clinton. It was only under Bush's Justice Department that the crooked company's executives were exposed and prosecuted.
See, the Democrats want to taint the President by association with thieves like Kenneth Lay, never minding that Lay also had ties to the Heinz-Kerrys:
Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry reported more than $250,000 in Enron stock ownership before the firm's 2003 collapse. Kerry also was forced to return a campaign contribution from an implicated Enron executive.
And Heinz Kerry served on a charity board with Lay, even after he was implicated in the alleged fraud, records show.
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A Heinz family trust bought between $250,000 and $500,000 of stock in December 1995, just days before Heinz Kerry announced Lay would serve as a member of the Heinz Center philanthropy, Kerry's Senate financial disclosure documents show.
Neither Kerry nor his wife seemed to be bothered by Lay's ethical and criminal status:
The Bush campaign said [...] that Lay attended a dinner at Kerry's Georgetown home "10 months after Enron went under" and that Lay had been on a board, the Heinz Foundation, overseen by Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry.
Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said Kerry wasn't at the dinner, the foundation was philanthropic, and Lay is no longer on the board.
Ahh, who cares? If there's anything that Kerry learned from the Kennedys, it's that multimillionaires have a right to pretend to speak for the common man. And the common man has an obligation to excuse his betters when they preach a different game from the one they're playing.
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Updated: Friday, 30 July 2004 11:45 PM CDT