Kerry’s wife ‘sorry’ for job blunder

THE wife of US election hopeful John Kerry apologised to First Lady Laura Bush after saying in an interview: “I don’t know that she’s ever had a real job.”

Teresa Heinz Kerry apparently ignored Mrs Bush’s former job as a teacher and librarian. The remark, in an interview with the USA Today newspaper yesterday, sparked an angry reaction from President George Bush’s campaign team.

Karen Hughes, an adviser to Mr Bush, criticised Mrs Heinz Kerry’s remarks as “indicative of an unfortunate mindset that seeks to divide women based on who works at home and who works outside the home.”