Yahoo! News - Anti-Ketchup Comments Draw Fire From Heinz: "Thu Sep 23,10:54 AM ETSARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Is putting Heinz ketchup on a burger tantamount to supporting John Kerry president?
An upstate New York lawmaker apparently thinks so.
Republican state Assemblyman Jim Tedisco recently told the crowd at a GOP cookout in Saratoga County that using Heinz ketchup would benefit Kerry's presidential campaign.
The Democratic senator from Massachusetts is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, whose late husband was a descendant of the condiment giant's founder.
The H-J Heinz Company caught wind of Tedisco's comments and responded, saying its ketchup is a nonpartisan condiment enjoyed by 'Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike.'
The company says Heinz Kerry is involved with Heinz-funded endowments and foundations, but not the company's ketchup business.
Nevertheless, Tedisco says he's 'a mustard man' until the November election. "
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