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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good idea considered tweeked
Very Good.
"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.
I wonder. Is that what Ms. Labelle's pimp used to do to her?
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