8/11/03
JOHN KERRY - ADULTERER
By Parnell McCarter
There was a time
in America when an adulterer like John Kerry would not be seriously considered
for public office. But the continuing
declension from Biblical Christianity brings us to a point in history when
adulterers are fully welcome as political leaders. Such is American tolerance.
Correspondent Al Hembd notified us of the following
article (at http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/5/12/120519 ) which exposes the wickedness of
Kerry:
…After Newt Gingrich hit the national spotlight in 1994 by becoming the
first Republican speaker of the House in 40 years, he was skewered by reports
that he had served his first wife divorce papers as she lay in a hospital bed
battling cancer.
But the press has been far kinder to Democratic presidential
front-runner John Kerry, who, according to published accounts going back more
than a decade, began extricating himself from his first marriage to
Philadelphia heiress Julia Thorne at the same time she was battling a case of
depression so debilitating that it drove her to the brink of suicide.
In an attempt to explain why he decided not to let his wife's precarious
mental state derail his 1982 bid to become Michael Dukakis' lieutenant
governor, Kerry told the New Yorker magazine last December, "When I get
focused and set out to do something, I'm pretty good at staying focused."
"You don't want to let yourself down, you know what I'm
saying?" added the ambitious Democrat without a hint of irony.
Thorne, whose family is reportedly worth $300 million, married Kerry in
1970. According the New Yorker's Joe Klein, the couple's friends said Julia was
not a typical political wife.
"There were times at dinner parties when John would be very
pompous, unable to control his impulse to make a speech," one acquaintance
told the writer. "It was all slightly laughable, and Julia was one of
those who laughed. She'd say things like, 'What the f--k did you just
say?'"
Kerry's career focus was so intense that Thorne apparently felt she was
an impediment to her husband's ambitions. In her 1994 book about that period in
her life, titled "You Are Not Alone," she wrote:
"I could no longer pretend I was of use to my husband or my
children. ... I knew that, once I was gone, my family and friends would be
relieved of the burden of my incompetency."
By Thorne's own account, she began to contemplate suicide a full two
years before Kerry ratcheted up his 1982 campaign. Reviewing her book shortly
after it was published, the Boston Globe reported: "One night in 1980,
Julia Thorne put her children to bed and then sat on the edge of her own bed to
contemplate suicide. She was exhausted - overwhelmed by despair, self-loathing
and pain. She wanted to lie down. Curl up. Sleep forever."
The Kerrys were separated in 1982 but didn't divorce until 1988.
Press summaries of the New Yorker report focused on other details of
Kerry's life story, such as his Vietnam heroism. Most omitted any mention of
Kerry's first wife altogether, a fact that likely pleased the Massachusetts
Democrat. "Kerry is understandably loath to talk about the details of the
marriage," noted Klein.
In response to the New Yorker report, Sen. Kerry wrote what was
described as "an anguished letter" of protest to the magazine.
Thorne's two daughters by Kerry also registered their displeasure. Their
mother, who has since conquered her depression and is happily remarried and
living in Montana, told the Globe, "I support John's [presidential]
candidacy, and I believe in John's candidacy. I think he is an immensely
talented statesman, and I am 100 percent behind him."
But previous reports indicate that Thorne had problems with Kerry even
after they split 21 years ago.
During the period the Kerrys were separated, for instance, the senator
apparently felt little constrained by his marital vows. Gossip columns at the
time linked him to Morgan Fairchild, Cornelia Guest and even President Reagan's
liberal daughter, Patti Davis. An upcoming Boston Globe expose will reportedly
feature details of the Massachusetts Democrat's 1980s affair with a 25-year-old
British reporter.
According to a previous account offered by the paper, the fact that
Kerry was still technically married till 1988 "reportedly came as a
surprise to some of his frequent companions."
Just weeks before his May 26, 1995, remarriage to Ketchup heiress
Theresa Heinz, Thorne took Kerry to court in a bid for an increase in child
support payments, arguing that "his income was up substantially,"
according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Both Kerry and Thorne denied that the lawsuit had anything to do with
Heinz or her fortune.
But friction arose again two years later when Kerry, a Catholic, applied
to the Washington, D.C., archdiocese to have his marriage to Thorne annulled,
even though the couple had two grown daughters.
Thorne "has written a letter of opposition to the archdiocese
because she feels the process demeans their relationship and their
children," reported the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1997.
The paper blamed Kerry's new wife on the annulment bid. His office
issued a terse statement: "Sen. Kerry very much understands Julia's
feelings and appreciates her support. Sen. Kerry believes that this is a
private family matter."
The Washington Times noted in a Kerry profile several years ago that his
critics consider him "a ruthless political opportunist." Given some of
the more obscure details of Kerry's first marriage, that assessment may not be
too far off the mark...