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."
I was wondering about that.
Ms. Goofus
Man! I am shocked, but not surprised. The 'RATS are not above doing anything!:
"'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."
Bump to you, Grampa.
'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."
The difference I note here is that liberals often claim to have received death threats, but (1) they never quote them; and (2) they never turn them over to local police.
"So, that's what happened to the girl in "The Exorcist" when she grew up."
"I was wondering about that!"
That is great. You might want to shorten it to be your tagline.
Stay safe over there!
That is a great pic! ROTFLMAO!
LOL! 1-800-SHOVEIT!
That is genius.
Your genius.
That is really great!
Doesn't T Rex and her goofus Franchurian Candidate give you great opportunities for your great graphic arts?
You should be working on some Ichabod Crane material for October. As you and I discussed a long time ago, the goofus Franchurian Candidate must be a descendant of Ichabod.
I get the feeling that she scares the lefties if they have half of a functioning brain.
This is the way DemcoRats behave - all the time.
They are basically thugs. Look at this creep Kerry is married to. She talks like a thug and acts like one.
The Clintons are other examples. Not only are they personally from the lowest rungs of the social classes, but in many instances, even their parents are. In a book I'm reading now, it states Clinton's mother was married around five times and when she married his father, he wasn't officially divorced from his prior wife.
Trailer-trash, thy name is DemocRat.
At least this guy lives in Pennsylvania and he can get a gun permit rather easily - something prudence would dictate he do.
But just imagine what would happen if the situation were reversed and some radical conservative threatened a liberal newspaper reporter. The paper would probably demand and get a 24 hour police guard for their reporter.
Thank you. :^D
Maybe some of them understood the actual election process and knew that barring very unfortunate and unlikely occurances, it is a minimum of 5 more months before Bush could be unseated, not 3 more months.
hehe! Great comparison pic of TeRAYza and Laura. Thanks!
If I only had a brain!
Well, I'm not that familiar with Ichabod Crane (or forgot a lot since those days in school).And doing a Google Image Search, nothing pops out at me.
"Just imagine what would happen if the situation were reversed and some radical conservative threatened a liberal newspaper reporter. The paper would probably demand and get a 24 hour police guard for their reporter."
Every fish wrap in America would be screaming for the arrest and lockup of the conservative.
ABCNNBC BS would run the conservatitives comments 24/7. There would specials on specials. Follywood would come out with a made for tv hit movie showing how evil the conservative was.
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