What we got here is a match made in heaven. John-DO-YOU-KNOW-WHO-I-AM-Kerry and billionairess Teresa. The exchange between Teresa and Colin McNickle, editorial page editor of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, tells us who she really is, and how she and John are so right for each other. In a speech to the Pennsylvania delegates to the DNC, she said this to kick things off. "We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics," Heinz Kerry said during a reception at the Massachusetts Statehouse
Here is a transcript of the recorded exchange between Teresa and McNickle, who was seeking to discover what exactly did she mean by "un-American". McNickle: (inaudible) Un-American activity? You mentioned un-American?
Heinz Kerry: No, I did not say that.
McNickle: What did you mean?
Heinz Kerry: I did not say that (pointing finger at reporter).
McNickle: Well, what did you say?
Heinz Kerry: I did not say that.
McNickle: I am just asking what did you say.
Heinz Kerry: Why are you putting those words in my mouth?
McNickle: I thought you said something about being un-American?
Heinz Kerry: No I did not say that.
Heinz Kerry turns away, then returns a few moments later.
Heinz Kerry: Are you from the Tribune-Review?
McNickle: Yes, I am.
Heinz Kerry: Of course (turns away quickly).
McNickle: Come here (tapping her on the elbow).
Heinz Kerry: (Turns back to reporter) Understandable. You said something I didn't say — now shove it!
A review of an audiotape recording made by Patriot-News political reporter Peter DeCoursey shows that Heinz Kerry used the term "un-American traits."
Here's the polite take on it. "Colin McNickle did just what any good reporter does -- he asked questions. And the question he posed in this instance was legitimate," said the statement by Editor Frank Craig. "The tape of Teresa Heinz Kerry's speech shows she used the word 'un-American,' even though she denied it. It is unfortunate that she ruined what was an otherwise good message by resorting to exactly the type of tactics she was criticizing."
It's worth noting how insistant she is that she didn't say what she clearly said. Of course, Heinz Kerry is worth billlions, so she doesn't have to take any crap from anybody. She won't be bothered answering questions, from presumptuous news editors. She just ignores those little slip-ups and if anybody wants to make something of it, well they can just shove it.
Don't they make the perfect pair. John-I-DON'T-FALL-DOWN-THE-SON-OF-A-BITCH-KNOCKED-ME-DOWN-Kerry and his billionairess wife prancing around the country posing as champions of the downtrodden. Unfortunately the recovering economy poses something of a problem for them. It makes for fewer and fewer downtrodden. Too bad for them the election can't happen a little sooner. By November the pool of downtrodden may very likely contain only the "little people" John and Teresa shove aside and step on as they try to claw their way to the White House.
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