'Shove it' still reverberating

Washington Times ^ | 8/03/04 | Jennifer Harper

[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."
    

[hoosiermama]

good idea considered tweeked

[Libertina]

"I have been told worse things by more important people."
LOL Home run ;)

[Grampa Dave]

Very Good.

[Pres Raygun]

I agree. Kerry has so many things going against him, he's a liberal from the northeast, he did nothing of importance during 20 years in the Senate, he's a self confessed war criminal, etc, but his biggest liability is his wife. It is not that people think they are electing a first lady, but she is such an unlikable person, that it highlights the fact that he married her for her money, certainly not for he personality, character or looks. The electorate will not trust a man who marries for money.

[ZULU]

"liberal columnist Molly Ivins suggested he had inappropriately "touched" Mrs. Kerry;"

Typical liberal propaganda. I guess Anita Broderick's graphic description of the sexual-predator President and all that implies, although having no impact on her view of Clinton, spills out into any confrontation between a male and female if the male is conservative.

Personally, only a horny male rhinoceros - or an American gigolo - could possibly find anything appealing about Ms. Heinz anyway.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"...singer Patti LaBelle advised Mrs. Kerry to "pimp slap" Mr. McNickle..."

I wonder. Is that what Ms. Labelle's pimp used to do to her?