Here's another great example of Heinz-Kerry maladroitism-itis...
Heinz Kerry: Hurricane Victims Should Just 'Go Naked'
By Jimmy Moore
Talon News
September 17, 2004
NEW YORK (Talon News) -- Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry, commented Wednesday about victims of Hurricane Ivan in a visit to the Caribbean community in Brooklyn.
Heinz Kerry observed the efforts by the people there to assist Caribbean families who were ravaged by the damaging winds of rain from the hurricane. She even interacted with the Haitian vendors speaking in French and met with many of the volunteers who were loading the food and clothes for the Caribbean islands.
The Kerry campaign donated water, blankets, and some emergency medical kits to send to the victims.
"I think it's important we help all the kids we can," Heinz Kerry said at a local market.
Tens of thousands of families were completely devastated by Hurricane Ivan as it came through the Caribbean islands last week, including leaving 60 percent of the population of Granada homeless and without food or water.
Responding to this, Heinz Kerry shared her opinion that the Caribbean needs water and food more than they need clothing.
"Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids," Heinz Kerry exclaimed. "Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes."