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| 2004-07-27 |
| Democrats, energized by their last first lady, get their first long look Tuesday at the multimillionaire heiress who would be their next one as they turn to John Kerry's outspoken wife and an aging liberal warrior to define the Massachusetts senator they would Kerry was appearing Tuesday in the Navy town of Norfolk, Va., Tuesday, where he was calling for the Sept. 11 commission to continue working past its scheduled end date of Aug. 26 to ensure recommended reforms are put in place. Kerry is to arrive at the convention Wednesday as the question of whether he or Bush can best protect America from terrorists continues to dominate the political debate. His wife, Heinz Kerry, who drew attention this week by telling a reporter to "shove it" said in an interview broadcast Tuesday she would do it again, displaying the same unapologetic bluntness that Vice President Dick Cheney showed when he defended uttering a vulgarity to a Democratic senator last month. "If someone is really attacking your honor, or trying really to be dishonest, really to try to get you, I think most Americans, most people, would say, you know, defend yourself. And that's what I did," she said on CBS-TV's "The Early Show." In the interview, which was taped Tuesday, Heinz Kerry also acknowledged her reluctance to see her second husband run for the White House. Her first husband, Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., was killed in a plane crash in 1991. "When you can see the faces of presidents when they go in and when they come out, it's a huge weight," she said. "A great honor, obviously, but a huge weight." |
| Posted by:Korora |
| #9 Aw c'mon. Shit, she got caught spouting bullshit. She clearly lied. The reporter was dead fucking right. It's all there plain as day. Telling him to shove it when SHE was lying through her teeth is just fucking sad. She's a ding-dong loser and must be a pin-head Luddite to think that she wasn't recorded saying it. She would / will be entertaining as First Lady. The female comics are prolly drooling at the prospect. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-27 8:10:40 PM |
| #8 SH, I don't think it's really a big issue that she used the phrase "shove it" to a hack, but I do think it's significant that she denied using the phrase "un-American", when she just did. Why did she deny having done so? Partly because she appears to have 'issues' with the particular journalist and his "rag" (I think she called it that!). That she can seem so thin skinned in reaction to run-of-the-mill questioning, and get riled up so easily over something rather trivial, and also deny the facts so vehemently, suggests she's not first lady material. I don't know much at all about Teresa, to be honest, but this episode suggests she ain't no Nancy Reagan. Put it that way... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-27 5:36:53 PM |
| #7 I am so phucking boored by this all. I can hardly wait so I can watch the news without having to endure this GD convention. I think the only thing they got going is she has the balls to say "shove it" to this hack. |
| Posted by: FlameBait93268 2004-07-27 5:18:00 PM |
| #6 BD, you may be right. I tuned out the story totally because I have a low opinion of journalists. It seemed to be a case of journalists being facinated with a journalist being told to lump it while in the act of jounalism. Usually stories about her are jounalistic noise - i.e. they don't have enough juice to last very long. For instance, the regular media feigned disapproval for a couple of days when she called herself an "African American." Her statements won't change anyone's mind. They are just a sideshow like Arnold's "girly men" gag. Frankly, her treatment in the press is Arnoldesque. Realistically, she is not dangerous, her money is. We shall see whether her money can be used to recast her traitor husband as a patriot. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-07-27 5:07:57 PM |
| #5 Was she, SH? I watched the report linked to from Rantburg yesterday, and it looked to me as though she was denying saying the word "un-American" when she demonstrably just had - the journo's question was perfectly legitimate, but Teresa either can't remeber/care what she's just said in front of an audience, or she's a bad and blatant liar... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-27 2:27:26 PM |
| #4 I am not a fan of Kerry, but his wife certainly was right to tell the journalist to shove it. I think she could have been a force for good had she picked a different secondary life-mate. He must have caught her on the rebound. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-07-27 2:22:11 PM |
| #3 Mike - much to my chagrin, I think the Dems just dodged a major bullet - Theeeereeeezzzaa makes Hillary sound like Ghandi in comparison. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-07-27 1:06:24 PM |
| #2 Newsmax is now reporting that the three big networks will not be carrying Theresa's |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-07-27 12:21:39 PM |
| #1 The head of the largest union in the AFL-CIO created a minor stir when he told The Washington Post the labor movement is in crisis and might be more motivated to change if Kerry is not elected president. Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, later clarified his remarks, saying after the story appeared on the paper’s Web site that he is committed to helping Kerry win. Yeah, kinda sucks when all you've got in your pocket are losers, don't it, Andy. Losers can suckup and make you feel important, but they can't really do much for you, can they? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-27 11:24:53 AM |