Teresa Heinz Kerry
Posted on 08/02/2004 11:21:09 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
The journalist whom Teresa Heinz Kerry told to "shove it" after rejecting a question he asked her after a speech says he has received death threats in the aftermath of the incident.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial page editor and columnist Colin McNickle says the reports of the confrontation with the wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry were used by liberals to "demonize not only me but the Trib," he wrote in a column yesterday.
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As WorldNetDaily reported, in a speech July 25 to her home-state delegates to the Democratic National Convention, Heinz Kerry used the term "un-American" to describe the sometimes harsh rhetoric used.
Minutes later, when McNickle asked her what she meant by the term "un-American," Kerry turned angry.
"I didn't say that," she said. "You're putting words in my mouth. I didn't say that."
After conferring with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and others, Kerry then returned to confront McNickle.
"Are you from the Tribune-Review?" she asked.
"Yes," replies McNickle.
"I thought so," she said. "You said something I didn't say. Now shove it."
Ironically, the confrontation came immediately following an even-toned speech by Mrs. Kerry to the Pennsylvania delegation – the first to be visited by the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee – about returning civility to American politics. Kerry's comment was caught on videotape.
"We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian – and sometimes un-American – traits that are coming into some of our politics," she told her fellow Pennsylvanians at a reception at the Massachusetts Statehouse.
McNickle wrote that "'Right-wing rag' became the pejorative du jour, vomited repeatedly by liberal media elitists" to describe his paper.
The editor quoted some of the invective that had been sent to him via e-mail:
"'I hope you burn in hell,' read one e-mail. 'You're a (expletive) Nazi,' went another. 'Teresa should have told you to go (expletive) yourself,' another friendly e-mailer offered. And these were among the milder communiques; those that included death threats will be forwarded to the senders' respective hometown police departments.
"One of my daughters back in Pittsburgh was brought to tears by a caller to our house. The clever woman identified herself as a Washington reporter seeking to interview me but then embarked on a filthy tirade. It seems a member of the Heinz Kerry Civility Enforcement Patrol posted our home address and telephone number on the response part of my convention blog."
As for the "shove it" comment, McNickle wrote: "I have been told worse things by more important people."
Careful!
Some of the Girlie thugits will be threatening you! They will hit you with their pink purses and bras for posting the truth about Mama T Rex.
Bump!
lol
President Bush versus T-Rex's Franchurain Candidate :
Any Questions?
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'Shove it' still reverberating
Washington Times ^ | 8/03/04 | Jennifer Harper
Posted on 08/02/2004 9:47:20 PM PDT by kattracks
Teresa Heinz Kerry's "shove it" phrase to a Pittsburgh editor was the most cited Kerry campaign message in the press last week — mentioned 381 times in American publications, according to Factiva, a Dow Jones/Reuters company that tracks daily press mentions.
But the two words also brought death threats, insults and accusations upon Colin McNickle, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial-page editor who vexed Mrs. Kerry by asking her to explain her claim that "un-American traits" were emerging in politics.
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In a Boston Globe interview, singer Patti LaBelle advised Mrs. Kerry to "pimp slap" Mr. McNickle; liberal columnist Molly Ivins suggested he had inappropriately "touched" Mrs. Kerry; and former Baltimore Sun columnist Jack Germond told CNN that Mr. McNickle "was not a legitimate newspaperman."
He responded in a Tribune-Review column Sunday, explaining he was only seeking an example of "un-American traits" from Mrs. Kerry, but "I got a finger in the face and was told to 'shove it.' I have been told worse things by more important people."
A mention of Mr. McNickle's column in Editor & Publisher was picked up by the Drudge Report yesterday, ultimately reversing the firestorm of criticism, Mr. McNickle said.
"Today, I got 1,700 e-mails in four hours, most supportive, saying I'd done a good job," Mr. McNickle said.
"But you know what?" he pointed out. "Mrs. Kerry never answered my question."
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You're in rare form -- thanks, Grampa.
The actions of T Rex last week and her Franchurian Candidate, al Kerry, make it easy to be in a rare form and a great mood!
LOL!!! Good one!
So she's the victim here? Go figure.
Liberals are such freaks.
Re Franchurian Candidate.
Apparently a Freeper used the great term, Franchurian Candidate, this past weekend.
Then one of our Lady Freepers was on Rush this morning. She used the term "Franchurian Candidate", and Rush loved it.
You know me. I will adopt anything if it sounds good.
it was a very reasonable, normal question
BTTT for later
McNickle should just ignore them. Whining about death threats is the oldest trick in the 'Rat playbook. The fact that they call them in on themselves is immaterial.
kinda reminds me of a surgeon i know who commented about a patient's family member, sayin that she should be "dick whipped"!
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