Jon and Ta Raise A

A blog friend sent along this link to what’s fast becoming a famous photo of soldiers in Iraq ridiculing Sen. John Kerry for his disgraceful cheap shot at Americans serving there in our military.

The soldiers are holding a large banner with a message for Kerry. It begins: “HALP US JON CARRY.”

If you haven’t seen the photo, it’s a “must see” unless you believe most of MSM have no liberal/leftist bias.

The soldiers' banner reminded me of something that happened back in the late 1990s.

Talk was growing about Kerry as a future Democratic presidential candidate. Naturally, people were also talking more about Kerry’s wife.

Sometimes I’d hear Ms. Heinz Kerry referred to as “Ta ree sa;” other times I’d hear “Ta raise a.”

Which was it?

I asked a friend who “travels in Washington circles.”

“She pronounces it ‘Ta raise a',” he said.

I thanked him and said I hoped I could keep that straight.

“That should be easy, John. Just remember Kerry’s a Democrat so he wants ta raise a your taxes.”

I’ve kept it straight ever since.