Kerry\'s Many Mansions


John Kerry, man of the common folk....
he understands your pain, really...
trust him -

The many homes of Democrat Presidential candiate, John F. Kerry.



Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania
(Assessed value: $3.7 million



Ketchum, Idaho ski getaway/vacation home
(Assessed value: $4.916 million)



Washington, D.C - Georgetown area
(assessment: $4.7 million)



Nantucket, Massachusetts retreat on Brant Point
(Assessed value: $9.18 million)



Boston, Massachusetts - Beacon Hill home
(Assessed value: $6.9 million)


Oh, and he sold his estate in Italy to activist actor George Clooney, just before announcing his running for president. I guess he thought it might not sit well with the common man since it sold for $7.8 million.

Other foreign property ownership by John Kerry is unknown... because he denied repeated requests for this information.

This was not plagiarized. I stole it off the web.

How can anybody vote for a wealthy guy like that who doesn't own a log home on some lake or river somewhere?

Plunk:

Maybe Grandpa can respond. He has often made a point of saying that its no sin to be rich. The question is will he help the middle class as promised or give huge tax breaks to the wealthy- like some Texan we all know.

If I recall correctly, only one of those homes is actually Kerry's, which he co-owns with his wife. The others are actually only in his wife's name which she inherited, along with her fortune, from her late husband, Heinz.

Also stolen from the net:

As far as being rich, show me a president in recent history that wasn't.

Why can't a rich person be considered having common ideals? Is it a fact that no one in the executive office can ever relate to the middle class?

What's the point of this? Sour grapes? Looks like he knows what he is doing to me....

Yep..he's got it dicked...marry money....It's the American way isn't it?

Oh I don't know if he's got it dicked or not. If he had to sign a pre-nup, perhaps she doesn't trust him?

Imagine that on a public servants salary his whole life? What does he like to say"let's get the special interests out of government"

Hey King,

Did you miss the part above where it was revealed that all but one of the homes are owned by Kerry's WIFE whom he married in 1995. LONG after he began a career in public service.

papaslap - Are you gonna tell us that if you were worth hundreds of millions of dollars, you would enter a second marriage without one?

...and you call yourself a Conservative? :p

4salt


Read his financial disclosure statements.

King - Read George W. Bush's. So what! The sad truth is that if ya ain't filthy stinkin' rich, you can't afford to run. Name me ONE person who holds a major office that isn't rich.

4salt,

I could care less if someone is rich or poor. Just don't say you are against special interests and then make millions of dollars off of your conection. Kerry and his wife owe some favors and no one alive can convince me that he does not pay them back with his political connections. We all know he does it but the poor slob that works at the toilet paper mill takes him at face value when he claims otherwise.

Uh oh! Now ya done it King! Do you REALLY want to get into the whole "Owes a favor" can 'o worms?

OK then... here you go.


Tax Breaks For Donors
By David Donnelly, Director, Campaign Money Watch

Special Interest Spotlight 2.8


April 15, 2004

Some of the nation's wealthiest CEOs have been so energized to support President Bush's campaign that they have personally raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for him.

As Americans file their income tax forms today, this special edition Special Interest Spotlight provides a glimpse into one reason (for some there are many) why some of these titans of finance, insurance, and other industries are so personally supportive of President Bush:


His tax cuts saved them an extraordinary large amount of money.

Here is a look at just six of Bush's super-fundraisers:
Bush fundraiser 2003 total
compensation
Est. min. tax
savings from Bush

Henry McKinnell
CEO, Pfizer
Raised $200,000+ for Bush
$11.9 million
$244,214

E. Stanley O'Neal
CEO, Merrill Lynch
Raised $500,000+ for Bush $8.8 million
$351,900

Charles Cawley
CEO, MBNA America
Raised $200,000+ for Bush $29.1 million
$276,000

William McGuire
CEO, UnitedHealth Group
Raised $100,000+ for Bush $9.5 million
$329,866

Dwight Schar
CEO, NVR
Raised $200,000+ for Bush $94.3 million
$138,000

Maurice Greenberg
CEO, American International Group
Raised $200,000+ for Bush $29.4 million
$276,000



The information in this chart comes from Forbes.com, WhiteHouseForSale.org, and National Journal. The minimum tax savings from the Bush tax cut is estimate based upon calculating the portion of 2003 income, as reported by Forbes.com, that each CEO received in direct pay and bonuses multiplied by the new lower tax rate of 35%, as opposed to the 39.6% rate before Bush took office.

4salt...have you ever gotten a paying job from a poor person?

Being rich is much better than being poor.

Even Ralph Nader is rich for pete's sake

4salt - now you calling me names ?

first Go harley calls me a hate filled nazi and now you call me a conservative and I have never met any of you.

4salt,

Bush is not campaigning to get special intrest out of Washington unlike the Beagle.

4Salt..are you sure that no one on the list of companies you disparage for donating money to Bush donated to the Democrats as well?

Gramps,

No one was dispariaging anyone or anything! The post was put there merely to demonstrate to Theking that GWB owes at LEAST as many favors to campaign contributors as John Kerry... nothing more, nothing less.

I've got ABSOLUTELY NOTHING against being rich! Lord knows I've committed enough hard work myself in that single-minded pursuit!

good boy.....