Teresa Heinz Kerry Tells Reporter to 'Shove It'
Tuesday July 27, 2004
Teresa Heinz Kerry told a Pittsburgh reporter to "shove it" after he questioned her on a remark made to a crowd of delegates and well-wishers at the Democratic National Convention yesterday.
The wife of presidential candidate John Kerry made the comment, perhaps ironically, following a brief speech urging her home-state delegates to the Democratic convention to return a more civil tone to politics. Immediately after her speech, Teresa Heinz Kerry engaged in a brief discussion with Pittsburgh Tribune Review editor Colin McNickle, who badgered her on what she had meant by "un-American" in her statement, "some of the creeping unPennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics."
Heinz Kerry repeatedly insisted that McNickle had mischaracterized her remarks. Then, after walking away briefly, she returned to the writer and said, "You're from the Tribune-Review -- understandable. You said something I didn't say. Now shove it."
The conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's editorial page has been generally critical of the Kerry campaign. According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the newpaper's publisher, Richard Mellon Scaife, "is a longtime contributor to conservative causes, among them, the Capitol Research Center, a right-wing think tank that has been critical of some of the philanthropic activity of the Heinz family charities guided by Heinz Kerry."
As the heir to the Heinz ketchup fortune and in control of the Heinz endowments, Teresa Heinz Kerry has dedicated her time and money to improving the environment, education, women's and children's health, and urban areas. A spokeswoman for Heinz Kerry later said, "This was sheer frustration aimed at a right-wing rag that has consistently and purposely misrepresented the facts in reporting on Mrs. Kerry and her family."
"I think my wife speaks her mind appropriately," Kerry told reporters in Florida on Monday.
Asked about the now infamous comment on CNN's "American Morning," Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton, said, "A lot of Americans are going to say, 'Good for you, you go, girl,' and that's certainly how I feel about it."
Judge for yourself. You can view a video of the exchange, caught as it happened by Pittsburgh WTAE Channel 4.
The wife of presidential candidate John Kerry made the comment, perhaps ironically, following a brief speech urging her home-state delegates to the Democratic convention to return a more civil tone to politics. Immediately after her speech, Teresa Heinz Kerry engaged in a brief discussion with Pittsburgh Tribune Review editor Colin McNickle, who badgered her on what she had meant by "un-American" in her statement, "some of the creeping unPennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics."
Heinz Kerry repeatedly insisted that McNickle had mischaracterized her remarks. Then, after walking away briefly, she returned to the writer and said, "You're from the Tribune-Review -- understandable. You said something I didn't say. Now shove it."
The conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's editorial page has been generally critical of the Kerry campaign. According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the newpaper's publisher, Richard Mellon Scaife, "is a longtime contributor to conservative causes, among them, the Capitol Research Center, a right-wing think tank that has been critical of some of the philanthropic activity of the Heinz family charities guided by Heinz Kerry."
As the heir to the Heinz ketchup fortune and in control of the Heinz endowments, Teresa Heinz Kerry has dedicated her time and money to improving the environment, education, women's and children's health, and urban areas. A spokeswoman for Heinz Kerry later said, "This was sheer frustration aimed at a right-wing rag that has consistently and purposely misrepresented the facts in reporting on Mrs. Kerry and her family."
"I think my wife speaks her mind appropriately," Kerry told reporters in Florida on Monday.
Asked about the now infamous comment on CNN's "American Morning," Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton, said, "A lot of Americans are going to say, 'Good for you, you go, girl,' and that's certainly how I feel about it."
Judge for yourself. You can view a video of the exchange, caught as it happened by Pittsburgh WTAE Channel 4.
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