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| Heinz Kerry Tells Reporter to 'Shove It' | |
| 2004-07-26 | |
| Teresa Heinz Kerry urged her home-state delegates to the Democratic National Convention to restore a more civil tone to American politics, then minutes later told a newspaperman to ``shove it.'' ``We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics,'' the wife of Sen. John Kerry told her fellow Pennsylvanians on Sunday night at a Massachusetts Statehouse reception. Minutes later, Colin McNickle, the editorial page editor of the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, questioned her on what she meant by the term ``un-American,'' according to a tape of the encounter recorded by Pittsburgh television station WTAE. Heinz Kerry said, ``I didn't say that'' several times to McNickle. She then turned to confer with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and others. When she faced McNickle again a short time later, he continued to question her, and she replied, ``You said something I didn't say. Now shove it.'' The Pennsylvania delegation was the first to be visited by the wife of Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee. Before her encounter with McNickle, she criticized the tenor of modern political campaigns, without being specific.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 ``We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics,'' the wife of Sen. John Kerry told her fellow Pennsylvanians... I didn't realize that Teresa was the patron saint of American traits. Silly me. |
| Posted by: jules 2 2004-07-26 8:41:39 PM |
| #10 Mike: The link is funny. Especially where Teresa touts her Mozambique-was-a-repressive-regime. Bay Area Libs just sucked it up. Scroll to comments where guys asks if there is a discount for 100 buttons. Also loved the one where Teresa is encouraged to run for Penn. senator. |
| Posted by: michael 2004-07-26 5:40:10 PM |
| #9 Maybe she should lay off the sauce before she speaks in public, eh? |
| Posted by: TS(vice girl) 2004-07-26 2:33:26 PM |
| #8 It depends on what your definition of "it" is. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-07-26 12:44:53 PM |
| #7 If I owned 4% of Heinz stock, anyone could say anything they'd like to me and I would take no offense. I'd remain as reasoned and grounded as I'am now. My reply to any query would be: "Shut up you dreadful commoner, I'm rich hahahahaha, off to the Ferrari dealer!" |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-07-26 7:37:26 AM |
| #6 Do not give a major speech on the mote in your brother's eye until you have taken care of the beam in your own. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-07-26 6:36:32 AM |
| #5 Well, Heinz is a terrible person, but I relish the press actually getting a tiny taste of what they dish out on a daily basis. |
| Posted by: Gromky 2004-07-26 3:37:08 AM |
| #4 Lol - She's a cat on a hot tin roof - and she's extra-sensitive. Reminds me of the "dancing" chicken at the State Fair, heh. If it weren't a matter of life and death, she would be a scream. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-26 1:29:01 AM |
| #3 tick...tick....tick....BOOM! Taraaasa gone wild! A future first lady in action. Can't wait for her "Operation Shove It!" speech this week. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-07-26 1:11:02 AM |
| #2 No one know more about "un-American" than Miss Mozambique. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-26 12:49:24 AM |
| #1 I didn't say I had to do it. I meant, you know, the little people. Like Cheney. |
| Posted by: Taaaaaresa 2004-07-26 12:22:57 AM |