Posted on 07/27/2004 2:48:31 PM PDT by swilhelm73
Colin McNickle, the editorial-page editor of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review became an insta-celeb this weekend after Teresa Heinz Kerry told him to “shove it” after she denied using the word “un-American” in remarks on — ironically — civility. NRO editor Kathryn Jean Lopez checked in with McNickle earlier today.
National Review Online: Teresa Heinz Kerry told you to "shove it" this weekend. Did you deserve that?
COLIN MCNICKLE: No. She's a public figure who made a public statement. I deserved an answer to my question.
NRO: What was going through your head during "the incident"?
MCNICKLE: There was a point — when she came back at me — that I wondered if she would actually hit me. I think every journalist has experienced "the look." And she had "THE LOOK."
NRO: And you're sure she said "We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian, and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics."
MCNICKLE: Quote is confirmed myriad ways, now even by Mrs. Heinz-Kerry (on CNN Tuesday morning). Her quibble was with my use of the word "activity" after the word "un-American." But as the video of the incident shows, my emphasis was on the latter, not the former.
NRO: Has anyone from the Kerry camp apologized to you — for the First Lady in Waiting essentially calling you a liar?
MCNICKLE: No apologies — yet. Do I expect one? When George McGovern registers as a Republican.
NRO: If you could do a post-interview with Teresa Heinz Kerry, what would you ask?
MCNICKLE: The very same question. I never got my answer.
NRO: Have you had past interactions with Mrs. Kerry?
MCNICKLE: Brief and fleeting during my days at UPI and the AP.
NRO: Do you think her tendency to go "off message," so to speak, is helping or hurting her husband's campaign?
MCNICKLE: It's more of distraction right now. But if she continues, the campaign will risk her words becoming the main attraction. In any event, the "shove it" clip will be used in the campaign ad nauseum.
NRO: So...will you be covering her convention speech tonight?
MCNICKLE: I'll be listening. And, if I have the chance, I'll ask her what she meant about anything I think isn't clear.
Wonder if it was the same look Kerry had when he bullied Kristen.
The Dems must be going off their meds.
McNickle should be right in the front row during the speech - or have him sit in O'Reilly's or Hannity's box, wearing a bright red shirt so she can't miss him while she doodles around.
I imagine that she will be unintelligle, swaying and wavering. I can't imagine that she can go 3 minutes without doing something hinky.
/sarcasm
Perhaps a month ago, Terry Kerry was on one of the local alphabet news stations with a softball questioner. Since she had, with much fanfare, switched her voter registratation from Republican to Democrat, the fawning interviewer asked her why. Rather than giving an honest answer such as 'I want to support my husband' she launched into a tirade about how the Republcan party had become extreme and uncivil citing, as an example, what they did to poor Max Cleland, the triple amputee war hero Senator in Georgia who should have been entitled to lifetime re-election without having to answer bothersome questions like why he voted with the extreme leftwing of the party against the wishes of his constituents.
I'd like to see her
without makeup. She looks like
someone with something
carved into the skin
of her forehead. And I bet
it's not an angel . . .
It really looked like that to me also. She was out of hand.
A Spoiled 'Castle Communist'.
Can you imagine this queen bee'itch with an assigned Secret Service Detail.
Untouchable, unstoppable, and uncouth!!!
Oh boy. The Photoshop potential of that shot is limitless.
Make us proud, man!
She is very masculine in looks and actions. Looking at her without makeup may be more than I could handle. She is ONE very, very UGLY woman.
.....before make-up ( extreme that is ).
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Coming soon, watch for the James Carville interview with Terry Kerry . . . |
Who was that charactor, Komrad Kleb?
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