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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JULY 25, 2004 23:33:04 ET XXXXX

TERESA TELLS REPORTER TO 'SHOVE IT'

Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic nominee John Kerry, told a reporter to 'shove it' on Sunday evening -- immediately after giving a speech calling for a more civil tone in politics.
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Speaking to the Pennsylvanian delegation at the statehouse in Boston, Heinz Kerry delivered an impassioned plea against hate politics:

"We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics."

"My prayers for you, for me, for the country, for the world, are that we keep this at a high level, with dignity, with respect and with a great idealism and courage that took our forefathers to build this great nation."

According to multiple sources who attended the event, Heinz Kerry upon finishing the speech pushed her way through the Secret Service to get to Pittsburgh Tribune Review reporter, Colin McNickle. Upon getting to Mcnickle, Heinz Kerry asks, 'Are you from the Tribune Review' Mcnickle says, 'Yes, I am.'

At this point and in an irritated fashion Heinz Kerry says, 'Of course, understandable. You said something I didnt say. Now Shove it!'

Tape of the incident is being edited to air on Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV, and, according to a media source, ABC NEWS is set to run with it thereafter.

A witness of the incident said reporters were "stunned" by Heinz Kerry's outburst, especially in light of the speech she had just given.

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I know I'm repeating myself ... but given that she is neither Pennsylvanian nor American, how can she judge what's "Un" either of those ... the tiff with the reporter arose because she couldn't explain what she meant.

She is an American.

Naturalized, isn't she? Raised and educated entirely outside the borders of this country.

She was naturalized before I was born, so I think it counts.

i saw this on TV, the way she said it and the fact she was smiling suggests it was almost a joke, talk about non-event.

Thousands of reporters standing around waiting for anything usually results in some non-events being widely reported. :(

it wasn't that big of a deal, really. i just thought it was funny because she seems to be sort of a wild card. but i did see the video and didn't look like a joke.

Huh. I'm listening to her speech, and apparently she actually is Pennsylvanian, too. She called Pennsylvania her home state. Her first husband was from Pittsburgh, and he's the one who brought her to the US, so she's as Pennsylvanian as she is American.

Precisely my point.

Your point is that naturalization doesn't count?

I watched her speech and she was excellent. I trust her to understand what "American" means.

She's going to be a lot more entertaining than Laura.. or either of the Johns for that matter. :thumpsup:

I watched the speech too, I liked her, she had the balls not to apologize for the heinous crime of telling a reporter to shove it, good on her. It's a good reflection on a guy that he likes strong-willed women and that he's willing to let her speak her mind.

The "reverend" Jackson said she is an "African American".